林义忠怎么了？Whatever happened to GT Lim?
在瑞士Zurich机场很认真的打着这封信 Very seriously typing away at Zurich Airport, Switzerland
沉寂了一段日子，没消息、没声音、没留言。。。好长的时间都没更新我的部落格。。。
Been silent for a while, no news, no sound, no message…and for a long time I haven’t been updating my blog…
朋友说游览我网站的人次已大大削减，“朋友”说－因为我自己都没到自己网站看看！太失败了，哈哈。。。
Friends told me the number of visits to my website has dropped drastically, “friends” told me – ‘cos I haven’t been visiting my own website myself! How terrible, haha….
我想很多人都在猜测我最近怎么了，在做什么，还活跃吗，还事奉吗，还“健在”吗。。。哈哈。。。
Probably many people are guessing whatever had happened to me, whatever am I doing now, whether I’m still active, still serving, still “alive and kicking”…haha…
没写部落格的原因还不是一贯的牧养、事奉等太忙碌，加上自己没这个节制和习惯，所以也常常拖延。。。每次告诉自己要改过，但还是不太有改善，真不好意思。。。
The reason for not writing my blog is no other than the usual very busy with pastoring and ministry couple with the lack of discipline and that blog-writing isn’t really my habit, hence the constant delay… Each time I told myself I must change, but still there isn’t much improvement,it’s my bad…
最近收到一位朋友的来信，她说听到谣言说，我的喉咙严重损伤，还说我从此不会再录唱片了，故她很焦虑的写信给我问我到底发生什么事，落到如此下场！我读了信哈哈大笑，消息传得可真夸张！
Recently I received a letter from a friend telling me she heard a rumour that my throat or voice is severely
damaged that I won’t be able to record another album again. That’s why she wrote with great concern asking whatever had happened to me to result in such end! I laughed upon reading her letter, such exaggerated rumour!
事实是，我的喉咙的确有点状况，但也只不过是这些年来因用喉咙过度而常出现的沙哑和“失声”状况，还不至于从此不能再录唱片那么严重，然而经长辈牧者的劝导，我也必须采取行动保护喉咙，不要让喉咙操劳过度，免得以后恐怕真的不能再录唱片了。。。
故此，我就听取意见加以“补救”，为了来日能继续以声音和诗歌服事耶和华。所以我刻意从今年(2009)的二月开始放自己喉咙
六个月的假，不接外面的邀请，没有演唱，也把一些台上事工分配给同工们负责。感谢主，喉咙果然大有进步，同时同工的事奉也有长进！
The truth is I do have problem with my throat, but it is just the same problem of over-exertion of my throat which results in coarseness and occasional loss of voice which has been bugging me these past few years. However it is not as severe as not being able to do any more recording. But with the advice of more senior pastor, I must also take good care of my throat so I won’t over-stretch it or I might truly not be able to do recording again. Therefore, I took heed to the advice to “rescue” my voice, so I can continue to serve God with my voice and songs. I deliberately took a 6-month break for my throat starting February this year (2009), I didn’t accept outside invitations nor hold concerts, I also handed over some speaking responsiblities to my co-workers. Thank God my throat has remarkedly improved and my co-workers’ serving has improved too!
话虽如此，休息够了我也不可毫无节制的再把喉咙累坏，比如现在到欧洲服事，在葡萄牙里斯本华人教会从九月4日开始一直到
10日每一天马不停蹄的又讲又唱，到最后几天真的感觉到老毛病又浮现了。。。现在(九月11日)从葡萄牙飞到瑞士要转机到巴黎，还好这两天有好休息，礼拜天只有一场聚会，过后再飞来瑞士休息三天再回国。。。感谢主的恩典！
Having said that, after my rest I must not damage my throat again by not disciplining myself. For instance, I’m now ministering in Europe, from Sept 4th to 10th, I sang and preached non-stop in Lisbon Chinese Church, Portugal, and by the last few days I could feel the old “throat problem” coming back… And right now (Sept 11th) in transit in Zurich, Switzerland from Lisbon, waiting to board the flight to Paris, I’m glad I have at least two days’ break before my next and only speaking engagement on Sunday. After that I’ll be flying back to Zurich again for 3 days’ break before flying back to Malaysia… Thank God for His grace!