Dear Frens,
Yes, we made it past the 1st month! We have fed 700 people twice in August 09! \o/\o/\o/
Kyrie Kitchen aims to serve delicious hot home-cook meals that money cannot buy.
This project is wonderful, not only because the poor had food but it has allowed me to witness the solidarity of love & humanity that so many people have in their hearts for the poor.
The amount of individual effort it has taken to feed these 1400 people in this August '09 is truely inspiring to me.
We have cooks waking up as early as 5.30am, volunteers coming in just to pack the food in between running their own personal errands.
So many individuals took the effort to take time off their busy schedules to personally buy rice, fruits, pepper, oil and lug it to my house. Many also supported with their business connections and friends to supply food items and ingredients.
Even market uncles and aunties whom my mother patronised for years jumped in the bandwagon to contribute their share to the poor where they can.
Others shared their business kitchens to donate their own share of food to bless the poor. Charity groups like blessing in a bag, willing hearts, kitchen agape, St Ignatius's St. Vincent de Paul & Salvation Army sent in their resources to give clothes to the migrant workers and offered help and equipment in setting up the kitchen.
Still others, rush from work in their office outfits and leather shoes with their cars, MPVs and vans that they kindly begged, borrowed or stole from their friends to transport the food and fruits.
Many, many friends who have not been able to join us operationally have made generous personal contributions to fund the effort. Last but the least, the prayer support we have received from friends all over the world which we cannot do without.
It's so heartening to know that so many people will give so selflessly to people whom they do not know.
Let's pray, that these acts of kindness will have the effect of having others pass it forward, making this world a better place to live in.
God Bless,
Mill
Charity can be recognized as an authentic expression of humanity and as an element of fundamental importance in human relations, including those of a public nature. Only in truth does charity shine forth, only in truth can charity be authentically lived. - Pope Benedict XVI
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