It would be quite impossible for my mum and I both go shopping ourselves compared few years ago, due to aging and my mum does have mild dementia. There was a need for us to go to mall to look for something since the end of last year. I did try buy online once but failed to get the suitable one. Besides, there are couple of household things to be bought. As there is a long holiday the end of May, I planned to bring my mum to Gama, her favourite shopping mall, with a helper.
On 19th May, I tried to contact directly the caregiver who took me to GH for my last checkup in March. However, I failed to contact her as I learned that her number is used by someone else when a Chinese guy replied my whatsapp message with voice message on the 20th evening. Anyway she is an Indian who unable speak Hokkien with my mum. I got to know her via the agent that help me finding a caregiver each time I need go for checkup since last year. We had an agreement that I would try contact her directly when needed in future since it cost me a lot RM150 each time if I go through the agent. In addition, I just require a companion who can assist me walking and assist with the registration and collecting medication, instead of a nurse.
Once I reached my office on the 20th, I wrote an advertisement message looking for someone can help bring my mum and I to Gama, and send the message to the three KingdomCity’s whatsapp group that I am currently in. And I prayed to our Heavenly Father hoping that I can get someone suitable and ease our coming outing. I do hope the person may take the opportunity sharing gospel with my mum while assisting, if I got someone from our church. Even though my mum may not remember. On the next morning, I was delighted receiving a call from an Indian lady Alice, who is used to be caregiver cum companion, offering herself to help us as required. She is a sister to one of our Welcoming Team’s members where her sister have forwarded my message to her. She speaks Hokkien with me fluently like Chinese people. As I have speech impairment, I asked her to whatsapp me and we communicate via whatsapp.
Then, I told my mum about the arrangement that I have made, taking her to Gama with a helper. Thanks God that my mum accepted my arrangement without any hesitation as this was the first time my mum and I go out with a helper. My mum did not disagree of having the helper, stating why I waste money, or deny the fact that she herself may not able to handle me going shopping as what she was able to do previously. Finally, Alice came take my mum and I go shopping last Friday. We managed to find and buy most of the things that we needed. I was pleased especially see my mum was seemed happy with the shopping, telling Alice how she had taken care me when I was a child, while Alice did encourage my mum to come to church.
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