Goodness
My job is unique and sometimes i’m being put into situations whereby I feel so lost and am uncertain on how i should react. I’m a campus minister and basically, my job is to serve the student community. Yet, it is not that simple as it seems to be. People from all walks of life drop by at my office and sometimes the assistance that they ask from me is not within my job scope. Today, a Liberian came to my office seeking for assistance. He does not have a passport and he wanted me to help him to get a passport. I felt so lost, so much so that I did not know how to react. He convinced me that he was sincere and really needed assistance but i was really not in the position to help him. We spoke for nearly 1/2 and hour and i really felt sorry that i had to deny him from any assistence.
I wondered how did he get into Malaysia in the 1st place without proper documents and how did he survived all these while. There are abundant problems around and there are so many people who seems to need assistence. Some people are truly sincere in their cry for help while others take advantage of the compassion that we have. I find it so hard to determind which of these cases are genuine and which are fake.
I could just close my eyes and help everybody innocently but, i have limited ability to do so, in fact, i could also get myself into trouble. Goodness gracious, why must life be so complicated?
