老人家的牧师。。。 Pastor for the elderly…

那天一下飞机，他们带我们去吃午饭，然后就被载往老人疗养院拜访。。。
That day after we landed, they took us for lunch and after that were taken immediately to visit the nursing home for the elderly…

照节目说，只是去拜访，看看那里的环境，也了解我帮他们筹款的目的。。。
According to the programme, it was just a visit, to look at the environment and understand the purpose of my helping them to raise fund…

后来却被院牧要求说，既然来了，可不可以唱首歌逗老人家开心，因为他们都熟悉我的歌。。。
Then the home’s chaplin requested whether I could sing a song to make the elderly happy since I was already there, as they know my songs pretty well…

因才下飞机不久，也没什么准备，就答应清唱“真正好”。。。
Because I had just landed a while ago and was not prepared, I obliged by singing “Cin Cia Ho” without music…

大家很开心，院牧就说，那本来是老人家午睡时间，大家都牺牲睡眠等我来，可否多唱一首。。。
Everyone was very happy, and the chaplin said that was actually the elderly’s napping time but they sacrificed their sleep just to wait for me, so he asked that whether I could sing another song…

听了，我觉得好感动，就再唱“牵我的手”。。。
I was quite moved upon hearing that, so I sang another song “Hold My Hand”…

后来疗养院总裁也走进来，他说老人家最喜欢的其实是“一粒沙”，可不可以再唱这首。。。后来其他工作人员告诉我，其实是总裁自己最喜欢这首，哈哈！
Then the nursing home’s CEO came in, and he said actually these old folks’ favourite song is “A Grain Of Sand”, so he asked whether I could sing that for them… Later the staff told me that is actually the CEO’s own favourite, haha!

所以我就用我“随身带万一要用到”的卡拉唱了“一粒沙”。。。
So I used my brought-along-in-case-I-need-it karaoke disc to sing “A Grain Of Sand” …

过后，他们终于放过我了。。。
Finally they let me go…

其实上帝真的很奇妙，只要你愿意，他就会赐给你超过所求所想的。。。
想当年让我犹豫不决要不要当牧师的其中一个原因就是我不懂如何服事老人家；事隔多年，上帝竟然让我成为一个“老人家的牧师”。。。
Actually God is really wonderful, as long as you are willing, He will give you things that are beyond what you ask and imagine…
Recalling years back, one of the things that made me reluctant to be a pastor was I did not know how to minister to the elderly; and now, after so many years, God suddenly made me a “pastor to the elderly”…

服事老人家真的很不容易，我真的要向所有服事老人家的人致敬， 愿神大大赐福你们！
It is really not easy to serve the elderly, I must really salute those who serve the elderly, may God bless you all greatly!