The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse turned out to be one of the highlights of my trip to Penang.

this mission centre started as a soup kitchen, giving meals to the poor and homeless. At present 60 people file in daily for tea and 100 others dine in regularly (monday to friday) 4-7pm. The organization has been running solely on donations! great work guys!the volunteers cook and serve their clients/guests.

Everyday homeless people can come by to wash their clothes and take a shower. They are each given a bar of soap daily.By 6pm they collect their washed and dried laundry. The lighthouse also organizes street outreach where volunteers befriend the homeless and give those who have not been to the Lighthouse a packet of food. The friends/guests/clients of the lighthouse are known by their addresses and "positions" E.g. manager of 7/11, excecutive at the so-and-so Bank, or CEO of so-and-so company.. sweet.

The clients also come to the Lighthouse early in the day to watch TV in the activities room. Some are elderly, some are middle-aged. The Lighthouse also does job placement for those who can work. Each day, a group of those seeking work, go off to do odd-jobs and also graveyard maintenance. Interesting. The lighthouse does not judge or discriminate or label anyone. All are welcomed! Sometimes we go round the 1-room flats and meet able-bodied middle-aged people who are not working and are asking for help. Sometimes I can't help but ask in my heart "Why don't you work? What's wrong with you? Are you lazy?" The temptation to judge or to compare is not Christ-like. That's something I learnt from the Lighthouse. Sometimes I'm tempted to label the kids of Aunty Rosa but still cannot. After seeing how the Lighthouse has been serving I am inspired to do more for Angel Network.