Great little story! Bitcoin fixes this situation after all.

My Dad lost his wallet in Malaysia. They asked for my help to send them money through Western Union the next day. I said I'll send you some sats right now, but it was all a bit too much for them.

If they had accepted my offer I probably would have tried to find a p2p trade nearby. It would have been faster and cheaper using Bitcoin, but to be fair Western Union wasn't as expensive as I had thought. Maybe they have better rates between Australia and Malaysia