chairty for Lifeline Express

On Wednesday, I took a flight to Kumming and then we went by car for about 2 hrs to Yunnan.  It is a beautiful city in China and the air is just amazing!  The weather there is also very nice...cool in the morning and night..and sunny yet breezy in the afternoon.  I was there for a charity called Lifeline Express.  This year, I am their ambassador.  Basically, this charity raises money to help those less fortunate who can't afford cataract surgery. The surgery cost about $3,000 RMB per eye and these people only make about $1,000 an ENTIRE YEAR! 

Most of the patients are the elders, however, there are also cases with young children who are born without the ability to see...or in one of the cases, he was playing around and something went in his eye.  Can you imagine growing up without being able to see?  And then 9 yrs later...you can see yourself, your parents, the color of the trees for the first time?  It was unbelievable to hear the stories that these patients had to tell. One of them, an elderly woman, wanted to be able to see again so that she could wash vegetables and cook for her husband...she also really wanted to watch TV again!  hahaha..she was so cute!  Having healthy eyes to go on with our daily lives seems like such a small thing that we never really think about. But, to these people....it's such a big deal because they can't do the simple things in their lives that makes their life what it is....if that makes any sense. 

They were all so appreciative towards us...it was very very touching.  I was able to see the procedures of the surgery..but, truthfully, I had to look away most of the time.....it takes less than 30 min to do each patient!  And there are only 2 doctors handeling the surgeries..doing more than 1000 each day!  Bless their souls!  It's an interesting concept to have this train travel around and have stop points to pick up the patients....do their jobs...and move on to the next city..very clever indeed!   星期三我坐飛機去了昆明，然後再坐了二個小時的車去到雲南， 這真是一個非常美麗的城市，空氣是那麼的清新， 氣候也是令人非常的舒暢，早晚有點兒涼，中午太陽出來， 就很暖和了。

  今年我很榮幸被他們指派為［生命列車］光明大使， 我這次去雲南就是因為一個慈善籌款活動， 希望能籌到更多的經費來幫助那些患有青光眼的患者， 可以接受手術治療。

  這種手術須要三千人民幣手術費， 對於每一年只有一千人民幣收入的窮苦是一個天文數字， 尤其多半是上了年紀的老人家， 甚至於還有剛出生的嬰兒就已經失明了...

  還有這樣一樁病例，有一個孩子在玩耍的時候， 不小心有髒東西進入了眼睛，從此就看不見東西了， 怎麼知道動了手術之後，失明了九年的的他， 突然又重見光明了他現在不但可以看到自己，還能見到自己的父母， 他重新看到了光明。

  我重複地聽到這一類的故事...

  有一位老太太，她告訴我，她有多希望自己為她的老伴洗菜， 當然她更希望能和老伴一起看電視，她那樣子好可愛哦。

  我們有一付健康的眼睛，能看得清世界上的大大小小的東西， 我們都會覺得這一切是理所當然的，然而當我看見這一些患者， 他們就因為他們看不見東西，連最起碼的事都做不了...

  他們非常感激我們這一次的探訪， 其實我也一樣感激能有這樣的一次機會，我還參觀了他們手術過程. ..事實上，很多時我都不敢看... 每一個患者至少得花30分鐘的時間， 但是他們只有兩個醫生可以做手術的， 每一天平均要做1000個手術!

  上天保佑他們!

  我能有機會坐上這輛列車，一站站把患者載上， 看著醫生們幫這些患者動了手術，列車又開動了， 從這個城市走向另一個城市..

  果真是一個最慈悲的舉動，我也因此行長了智慧! this is the elderly woman who couldn't wash her vegetables...she was very very cute

during the lunch with the government, there was some live entertainment...and they had to sing to each of us asking us to drink...there's me with my sour milk..hahahaha

this is how the train looks like

this is the 9 yr old girl who was born blind and her father

here is a photo of the cute elderly woman again...and the doctor