Moving Forward in the Pandemic - Maye Wong
Year 2020 is a special year, filled with challenges and uncertainties. In February, there was a big snowstorm, followed by an outbreak of the pandemic, which suddenly put all the Community Services activities to a complete halt. Despite gaining an extra day every week, I feel a sense of loss.
While staying at home, my mind is always on Community Services. Thoughts of how I can maintain member relationship and provide mutual support and care, so that members do not feel isolated. Fear and loneliness are always on my mind. Although we cannot meet face to face, we hope to be able to utilize our limited resources to provide positive, happy, relaxing, and physically and emotionally enhancing activities to our members. Zoom, a new technology, can be used by members to join in activities from different locations, thus maintaining a sense of belonging. With the agreement of instructors, we started Zoom learning to meet the needs of various classes.
God’s grace is sufficient to meet our needs. Our Church provided the software application and Internet specialists provided technical support, through which we started this learning curve. Now we have six exercise/interest classes and three ESL classes offered through Zoom.
With the situations during the pandemic changing all the time, we do not know whether we can go out. Through online learning, we can reduce the barriers between one another and expand our visions. We should not stop here. By continuing to rely on God’s grace, we can maintain good health and lead a positive and happy life.