i finally met her !

For the past 5 months, i've been waiting for this opportunity to approach an old lady...and i finally did this morning.

Every morning when i drive to work , i would pass by this busy road up a hill that leads to a row of  shop lots before taking a turning  to the highway... Not only the road is busy but is very steep.

Some mornings i would see this old lady pushing a black old bicycle with a huge stainless steel box on the seat  but she is always on the opposite side of the road that i'm driving.  Looking at her pushing down her bicycle from the steep road really breaks my heart...is tough, no joke...there are times, i saw her stopping at the road side panting and catching her breath...i don't think i would be fit enough to do what she does everyday, my knees will probably give way...The first thought that came to me when i first saw her is ..."why didn't her children care for her"...i was angry...but then i told myself , lets not be judgemental ~ perhaps, she doesn't have any children.

I would say a prayer for her each time when i see her...and one day, as i was driving, i prayed to the Lord to give me the wisdom. I told God, i just can't pray for her and not do something about it and this morning, the Lord answered my prayer...The minute i saw her, before i could even think, i pulled over and guess what, being a super busy road, there was no car at all...i was really surprised !  it has to be God !...i waited and she finally arrived...she stopped and i walk towards her and try to make some small talk~asking what does she do for a living. She then opened the huge stainless steel box cover and inside the box are some "oil-fried devil" (yau char gwai and "ham chim ban"or literally means some kind of chinese doughnuts)...i bought all the left-overs from her just to make her happy...i then began to chat with her and within 10 mins, she shared all her pains and sufferings that she went through...she has 5 children (3 sons, 2 daughters) but none seem to care for her and asked money from her instead. She is 77 years of age and the youngest son who's  mentally retarded stayed with her...i can understand and relate to her situation cos i do have a mentally retarded older bro too, which is not easy to handle at times...The worst thing is, she doesn't even have a roof over her head...she used to live in the squatter area until some government projects took place...and now she's without a home but she said a friend allows her to stay at her house without having to pay any rental ~ what a good Samaritan...She earns only about RM15 a day by just selling these doughnuts and having to push her bicycle up and down the steep road 4 times a day (once in the early dawn and once later part of the morning)...that even breaks my heart further hearing that....immediately, I offered to find her a job, i.e a tea lady in the office or at least a much lighter scale job but immediately she turned down my offer...i was disappointed tho...but i don't blame her cos she doesn't even know me...but i won't give up on her either...i guess, i need to build rapport with her first in order  to win her trust and friendship.

Well, as i was running late for my meeting this morning, i had to end the conversation...but before i leave, i shared with her about Jesus and she told me she has accepted the Lord Jesus as her personal Savior and she shared how the Lord has help her all these while and see her through each day and her customer has been fetching her to church every Sunday...woah, i was so happy to hear that...well, at least, she's assured of her salvation and will be in a much much better and bigger home next time with no more sufferings...The Lord Jesus has been so real in her life...Thank God for His Great Love for each and everyone of us...His Love truly Endures forever !

What a great morning to start on Monday !!!