因为你没有离开我。。。 Because you did not leave me…
因为你没有离开，所以我还在。。。
不知不觉我们一起走这条路也16年了。。。
Because You did not leave, that is why I am still here…
Without realizing, we have been walking together in this journey for 16 years…
七月1日对我是一个很特别的日子，七月1日是我当牧师的周年纪念。。。
今年，2011年七月1日是我服事16周年纪念。。。
July 1st is a very special day for me, July 1st is my anniversary as a pastor…
This year, July 1st 2011 is my 16th anniversary serving as a pastor…
谁又会想到那一年19岁受洗的我，有一天竟然会成为一位牧师呢？
Who would have thought when I was baptized that year when I was 19 that I would become a pastor somehow?
因为你陪伴我、供应我走过在纽西兰求学的日子，一路照顾我不离不去，所以给了我勇气和信心放下我的文凭来跟随你。。。
( 我是真的有毕业的哦，哈哈。。。)
Because You were with me, providing for me all through my years as I studied in New Zealand. You had never given up or forsaken me along the way, so it gave me the courage and faith to lay down my degree to follow You…
( I did really graduate, haha… )
感恩的是，你让我疼爱我的双亲能够接受我的决定，并引我为荣。。。
我也知道如今爸爸也在天上很欣慰我选择这条路。。。
I amvery thankful that You made my parents who love me so much appreciate my decision and feel proud of me too…
And I know that my dad who is in heaven now must be so glad that I have chosen this path…
服事的道路上有酸甜苦辣。。。有瘦过，也有胖过，哈哈！
保持开朗喜乐的心情很重要，免得又要加有崩溃过或疯过，因为有时候压力真的是无人能理解。。。
There are sweet, sour, bitter and all kinds of tastes in this journey of serving… there were times when I was skinny, and times when I was fat too, haha!
It is very important to maintain a cheerful and joyful heart, otherwise I might have to add there were times when I broke down or became crazy, because the pressure is incomprehensible by others at times…
还好我的个性一向来都较外向和有一点搞怪，所以会用不同方式发泄或纾解压力与情绪。。。
当然最重要的是一定要有时间个人安静在神面前，祷告啦、唱诗啦、读经啦等等。。。如此与神保持亲密关系才能不断重新得力。。。
Just as well my personality is kind of outgoing and mischievous, so I could release and ease my tension and emotions in different ways…
But of course the most important is personally you must have time to be quiet before God, to pray, sing, read the Bible etc… then only can your strength be renewed always when you maintain a close relationship with God…
但除了感恩上帝没有离开之外，我也要谢谢所有一路一起走来，一起忠心事奉的弟兄姐妹，愿神也亲自报答你们每一位，阿们！
But apart from giving thanks to God for not forsaking me, I also would like to say thanks to all the brothers and sisters who have been so faithful all these years along the journey, serving and walking together, may God reward each and everyone of you personally, Amen!
