Hey guys! just a reminder the outreach is confirmed on the 20th March from 2pm to 5pm.
This is the amended breakdown of our planned activities: 1.45pm: Reach Lentor Residence and fetch the elderly from their rooms/wards to the main hall. (the name of the old folks home)
While we are walking/accompanying them down from wherever they are we will take the time to talk to them, get to know them, try to show them that we care.
2.10pm-2.45pm: We start a mini concert for them, where we will be singing some hokkien/chinese/english songs on stage for them to hear, and maybe one of our kids can tell them a little story pertaining to christianity?? There will not be a salvation call, but along the way if any of them wants to know more our kids will be there. I will be emailing you guys the songlist later this week. If possible please go through with your kids this coming sunday! Very simple songs.
2.45pm to 4.15pm: We will play a game with them. Based on what the reachlighters did for the golden pines elderly. We split the elderly with their respective kids into 4 groups. There will be a large snakes and ladder board displayed by the projector. Each group will take turns to roll a big-furry-soft-toy-dice. If they roll a six, then the piece moves 6 steps. Whatever colour they land on they will have to take a card and do whatever the card says. It'll be funny things like maybe balance some balls or something. Whichever group reaches the end point wins!
4.15pm-5pm: We have a game of bingo! Each elderly has a bingo card. Numbers will be called out. Whoever gets bingo first wins first prize! Then second prize! Then third prize! THen consolation prizes.
5pm: We will sing them a song together on stage, thank them for the wonderful time we've had, and tell another story, an analogy about christ. Then we will accompany them to the dining area. We will NOT be accompanying them for dinner because we would probably be more of a liability than an asset if it comes to assisting them to eat.
Just a reminder it takes merely 10mins bus ride from Yio Chu Kang MRT station. Also, bus 39 from pasir ris takes merely 25 mins to get to Lentor Residence from Whitesands bus stop.same goes for 969 from tampines 858 from changi 965 from sengkang. They are all highway buses.
-from Esther's email