A GRACED NIGHT OF
CONFLUENCE AND
DIVERGENCE
The ‘mission-to-the-ladies’ has become a mission-in-reverse – she claims her dignity and right as a Hindu believer to shower God’s blessings upon us. She mentioned to us that she has read the whole bible except the book of Revelation. God has surprised us through this lady
who equalized and reciprocated the generosity of the ‘outreachers’ of PEACE PRAYER. The ‘giver of gifts’ from the dominant society
becomes the recipient of blessings from the ‘receivers of gifts’ at the margin of society.
In another street where the ladies are from China, one of them requested for a second packet and when she was given, she immediately replied, “can I offer you a cold drink?” When we said “yes” she was beaming with joy when she passed the bottle to us. Indeed, there was a
confluence, a flow of joy from the ladies to us.
They unleashed a latent capacity to reciprocate the delight in our hearts in the personal encounter through engaging us in a brief conversation that normally ends in an assuring embrace (with the ladies of PEACE PRAYER) that affirms their inherent worth as women who suffer
the social stigma and the violence of the systemic evil of illegal human trafficking.
This regular social ministry has great potentials. Many have come and see, a few stayed though others have left. Geylang with the ladies is a
privileged space where the ‘outreachers’ periodically experience the God who is born on the margin of society in a manger, only to be a
reject of society due to the radicalism of his boundary-shattering Kingdom-message of God’s compassion, justice and mercy, a way of life
and mindset so deeply rooted in love of God and neighbor.
May those who come bring their talents to bear on the ministry. May their talents develop the ministry by deepening and sharpening the
sensibility of the ‘outreachers’, capacitating the ministry to denounce the systemic evil through documentation, media-release and publication, even dialogue with the relevant authorities to ensure the collective-individual rights of the ladies to a safe environment and sustainable
future, especially those who are underage, broken and dispirited, in body and heart.
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