JAKARTA - The heat of the sun did not dampen Endang Irawan's intention to help cross the Jakarta Cathedral Church congregation from the parking lot to the church to perform Christmas mass.
Endang, along with 20 of his colleagues who wore online motorcycle taxi attributes seemed to be on standby in front of the Cathedral Church. When a congregation crossed, he immediately approached, waving a sign asking the vehicle to stop for a moment in order to be able to cross.
Beside the coffee shop opposite the Cathedral, the VOI team approached Endang who was resting while sipping coffee and smoking his kretek cigarette.
To VOI, Endang told the activities he did at the Cathedral. Endang and his fellow ojol did not come to the Jakarta Cathedral to look for orders. He admitted that he came to assist the officers in serving the church congregation.
"We do crossings, help a little with traffic control, direct the congregation to their parking locations," said Endang, Saturday, December 25.
As it turned out, they were part of the COVID-19 Hunter Team, which was sheltered by the Polda Metro Jaya. On their initiative, they asked the Regional Police for permission to help secure the celebration of Christmas Day and were finally allowed to. VOI asked why these 21 ojol groups were willing to help the congregation ease access to places of worship on this big day. Endang said that what they did was only based on a sense of social concern among religious believers.
"What moves us to do this is merely our sense of concern in upholding religious tolerance. Me and some ojol friends are Muslim, but we care about other religions," he said.
In fact, he admits that he is sincere about not working for a day in order to help the congregation. "It's okay not to be able to ride a taxi for a few hours, because this is a form of our concern. If we care about people, unexpected sustenance will come," said Endang, closing with a smile.
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