We visited a primary school under the development program. I showed them the location of Hong Kong on a map.
My two schoolmates of the theology school at Berkeley: James (left) and Kyalo (right)
We visited the St. Joseph the Worker's Parish in Kangemi on the second last day of our visit. It's a Jesuit parish in a slum area and my two schoolmates at JSTB are now working there. I took a class on Spirituality and Morality with Kyalo and a class on Ignatian Spirituality with James. I am very happy to meet them again and know what they are doing after graduation. Kyalo told me that working in a parish was so different from studying. Studying focus more on theory and now working in reality he has to face many practical problems. I can also see how busy he is as he had a meeting soon after we left and could not join us for lunch. But I told him his work is meaningful and can apply what he learnt in class.
We chat for a while and then Anthony, the staff in charge of the development program brought us around to see various projects, including clinic and dispensary, women's project, kindergarten and primary school, etc. We were all attracted by the handicrafts and products made by the members of the women project. Each of us brought something in order to support the project. I bought an African doll and a few giraffe keyholders. They are cute.
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