March 25, 2011

 

2011年3月19-21日，我们到了彭亨州一个小镇直凉布道。。。
直凉人口据说不超过两万人，是我自己告诉我的好友石和何牧师夫妇我要去的。
去直凉的路途中，我的肉体已开始后悔了，因为我们午夜十一点半才从云顶出发，车程越两小时，山路“曲折崎岖”，予人一路想吐的感觉。
我也非常怀疑开车的弟兄曾经是F1车赛的选手，开车真的比云顶的过山车还要刺激！连酷酷的田圣坐在后座也突然间静静的自己绑起安全带。。。

March 19-21, 2011, we went to a little town in Pahang called Triang for evengelistic meetings…
I was told Triang has less than 20,000 people in population, I was the one who told Pastor Chok and Ho (husband and wife) myself that I wanted to go there.
On the way to Triang, my flesh started regretting because we only started our journey from Genting at 11:30 midnight. The journey took about two hours and it was winding and hilly, it gave you the feeling of wanting to throw up all the time.
I seriously suspected the brother who drove us there as an ex-F1 racer, his driving was really more exciting than Genting’s roller-coaster! Even our cool Daniel Tian Sheng sitting at the back suddenly got up to fasten his seat belt quietly…

这次直凉之行的高潮可以说是最后一天，21日在我们前往机场之前被邀请到直凉中学分享。。。
校长希望每个学生都有宗教信仰，因据说有些学生蛮叛逆的，连校长讲话也不怕；所以我们就迫切祷告，求上帝感动孩子们安静聆听神的话语，让神的爱触摸他们。。。
从照片你就可以看得出神听了我们的祷告，当天这群学生真的很礼貌，品行都很好，个个都很专心听讲，也不捣乱吵闹。。。给直凉的学生们一个掌声！！
你们让我们留下很好的印象，让我们不介意再一次坐过山车来看你们！

The climax of the trip this time to Triang was the last day, the 21st, we were invited to share at the secondary school there before going to the airport…
The principal hopes that every student will have a religious belief because we heard that some students are quite rebellious, they are not even afraid when the principal is talking; so we prayed earnestly that God would touch and cause them to quietly listen to the word of God, and be moved by the love of God…
From the photos you can tell that God heard our prayer, the students were well-behaved and polite, they all listened attentively and did not cause trouble at all… let us give the Triang students a round of applause!!
You have given us a very good impression, and we do not mind taking the roller-coaster to come visit you again!

 

虽然没有冷气和很好的舞台及音响设备，我们仍然卖力的演唱及分享，因为无论在什么状况下，都要把最好的献给神！
感动的是看到学生们有所反应。。。
Though there was no air-conditioned system and proper stage and sounds facilities, we still did our best in performing and sharing because no matter in what situation, we must offer up the best to God! The touching part was to see responses from the students…

 

光看这些笑容，心里就有温暖和感动。。。
连老师似乎也很享受，还不断拍照呢！
Just by looking at their smiles, you can feel the warmth and be touched…
Even the teachers seemed to enjoy themselves, and kept taking pictures too!

最后很多位也回应愿意接受主的爱，也跟着我们诚心向主祷告。。。
求主记念直凉的百姓和这群学生们，让他们个个都得救、蒙恩又蒙福，阿们！

Towards the end, many responded to the love of God, and they prayed with us seriously to receive Him…
May God remember the people of Triang and all these students that they will all be saved and greatly blessed, Amen!

 

 

 

March 11, 2011

一般上，提到宣教，很多基督徒就会联想乡村、偏僻地区、森林、沙漠，等等。。。
可是大城市、繁华都市也需要福音啊！
每个人有不同的恩赐和呼召，还在求学时我以为我最终会成为婆罗洲森林里的一位宣教士，但至今上帝仿佛是带领我到比较先进的地方，如二月底刚到过的雅加达。。。

Normally when we mention “mission”, many Christians would conjure up in their minds villages, remote places, jungles, desert, etc…
But big cities and busy metropolitans do need the Gospel too!
Everyone has different giftings and callings, when I was still a student I used to think I would end up being a missionary in the jungle of Borneo… but it seems till now, God has been leading me to more developed places, like Jakarta which I have just been at the end of February…

 

我的宣教住宿很舒服。。。这样可以吗？
My accommodation for the mission was very comfortable… is that allowed?

 

从所住的22楼看下去，有点难相信自己就在印尼，因为这住宅区还蛮西式的。。。
Looking down from the 22nd Floor where I was staying, a bit hard to believe I was actually in Jakarta because the residential area here seems quite western…

 

一眼望去就是大海，风景撩人。。。
You can just see the vast sea from the window, breath-taking view…

在家里很舒适安详，但其实印尼很多地方挺拥挤脏乱的，包括雅加达的街道，不是批评，只是报告。。。
哦，后面两姐妹是这公寓的主人，也是我印尼的助理和翻译员。。。前面的是毅伟，是我这一次从古晋带来的助手。
It is very comfortable and serene at home, but actually many places in Indonesia are very congested and dirty, including the streets of Jakarta, not criticizing, just reporting…
Oh, the two sisters at the back are the apartment’s owners, they are also my assistants and translators in Indonesia… the guy in front is Yi Wei, the assistant I brought from Kuching this trip.

 

印尼贫富悬殊差距很大。。。这是私人住宅，很夸张吧？跟我无关，拍照罢了。。。
There is a wide gap between the rich and the poor in Indonesia… this is a private residence, very extravagant huh? Nothing to do with me, just taking picture…

 

这种另一类宣教，除了好住，也很好吃呢！
This type of different style of mission, apart from good living, there was also good eating!

 

每天都被佳肴美食逼迫。。。引诱太大！
Persecuted by great food and cuisine each day… great temptation!

 

他们说我很瘦，要我吃胖一点，哈哈。。。
They said I’m very thin, they wanted me to eat more…

 

所以我就乖乖的吃、吃、又吃。。。
So I obediently ate, ate and ate…

 

我来宣教的对象。。。
My targeted audience for the mission…

 

他们都很专心聆听。。。
They were very attentive…

 

我有很棒的翻译员，杨晓娟姐妹。。。
I had a very good interpreter, sister Julie Wahab…

最开心是看到人回应主的呼召来信靠他。。。
The happiest thing is to see people responding to the Lord’s call to trust in Him…

 

这两位小朋友也在布道会中接受主。。。
These two boys received the Lord at the meeting too…

 

这次能来雅加达宣教还要谢谢这对可爱的夫妇的邀请，Adjito 和 Irene…
That I could come to Jakarta for mission this time, I must also thank the lovely couple who invited me, Adjito and Irene…

 

March 10, 2011

有时候把自己隐藏起来是好的，不要过于炫耀自己，不要让注意力一直停留在自己身上。。。
要不然会很容易自满、骄傲，因而夺去上帝当得的荣耀；同时也会给自己增添很多不需要的压力。。。

Sometimes it is good to hide ourselves, and not over-exalting ourselves, don’t let ourselves be the focus of attention always…
Otherwise it is very easy to become conceited and arrogant and thus robbing God’s glory; at the same time it adds on unnecessary pressure on ourselves too…

 

其实在茫茫人海中，有几个人真正认识你？即使很多人知道你是谁，又怎样？
Actually in a sea of people, how many truly know who you are? Even if many do, so what?

 

再有名、再成功，最后也还不是长江后浪推前浪。。。最后你也会渐渐被遗忘的。。。
“经风一吹，便归无有，他的原处也不再认识他” － 诗103:16 －
No matter how famous or successful, in the end you will be overtaken by uprising talents too… and ultimately you will be forgotten too…
“the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.” – Psalm 103:16 –

 

被遗忘在一个角落，但感谢主，上帝始终会记得你是谁。。。
Forgotten in a corner, but thank God, He will always remember who you are…

 

但话虽如此，该站出来的时候还是要站出来，因为上帝造你是有原因和用处的。。。所以也不应该永远躲藏在别人背后。。。
But having said that, when you need to stand out, then you have to stand out, because God created us for a purpose and we are useful… So, we should not be hiding behind others all the time too…

 

再加上，上帝看我们始终是宝贵的，而我们的确是很有价值的。。。只要记得时刻感恩和把荣耀归给他就是了！
Furthermore, God sees us as precious always, and we are indeed very valuable… we just need to remember to give thanks and glory to Him always!

 

(给那些好奇的，照片是去年(2010)九月带例外人去澳门时拍的。
For those who are curious, the photos were taken last September(2010) when I brought The Remnant to Macau.)