Humbling experience

The local villager we saw were poor but they were so generous with what little they have.
When they thank you, they do so with so much sincerety and appreciation I wanted to cry.
They would provide us lunch (which we didn't ask for), give us fruits from their little plantation, invite us to their very bare houses. Yet many of them are malnourish.
The community spirit "Gotong-Royong" is strongly evident. They respect and help elderlies, they don't raise their voice, neighbours are like family, everybody knows where everybody lives, etc. That warmed my heart.

Most cases we saw are patients with respiratory problems, body aches, skin problems (rashes), chicken pox, scabbies, measles. These ppl do not have access to proper medical treatment
For those with skin problems, many live with animals in their house...cow, chicken...so i don't know if they would recover properly.
Their living condition is in such a sad state.
Yet, they are very contented ppl...that's the part that humbled me

The thing I like about going on these trips is besides helping them, I also get a taste of other realities. I learn many things...how we always don't seem to have enough and we keep complaining and keep working to get more and more money and in the end we have very low quality life
We forget to be human.
We become machines...unconsciously.
These trips remind me to be human again....