April 6, 2012

 

今天又与建堂委员，还有建筑工程代表等等开会。。。
一般上，我对这些一窍不通，通常也不会有什么兴趣，但上帝却把这重任交给我，所以我一定要负责任。。。

Today I had another meeting with the committee and the representatives of our construction work…
Generally I have no knowledge in this area and normally I would not be interested in such thing too, but God has assigned me to this task, so I have to undertake it responsibly…

 

 

感谢主的恩典，让我身边有很棒、很同心的领袖、委员等等协助，我们才能顺利进行这庞大的建堂计划。
Thank God for His grace that He gave me very capable, one-hearted leaders, committee etc to assist me, only then could we proceed smoothly with this mighty project.

 

 

每次巡视了建筑工程，你只能感恩上帝如此恩待我们。。。
After inspecting the construction work each time, you can only give thanks to God for being so gracious to us…

 

 

看起来已经是很大的建筑物，渐渐成形，事实是，它只不过是第一期，都还没有第二期的一半！
所以等所有的建筑工程完成，我们会更感恩上帝如此怜悯我们！

What already looks like a huge building gradually taking shape is in fact just the first stage, it is not even half the size of the second stage!
So when the entire construction is completed, we will be even more grateful to God for His mercy on us!

 

第一期应该在九月份就会完成，届时我们就可以先搬进来新家了！你们兴奋吗？
Stage one should be completed by September, by that time we can move into our new home already! Are you excited?

 

 

期待与兴奋的当儿，可不要忘了常为建堂劳碌奔波的委员和领袖们祷告，也要越发感恩与顺服啊！
绝对不要忘了，你们能够舒服享受，都是因为有人在背后辛苦工作。。。

While you are full of expectancy and excitement, do not ever forget to pray for the committee and leaders who are working very hard for our church-building, and be even more grateful and obedient!
Never ever forget, behind your comfort and enjoyment, there are people working hard for you…

 

December 5, 2011

11月27日傍晚从西马赶回来，那晚只睡了约四个小时，凌晨六点半就要赶到运动场主持蒙福欢乐家庭日。。。
拖着疲惫的身躯和半清醒的头脑，这不是很容易的一件事，我求神给我力量，能充满活力与兴奋的带领大家同欢乐！

I rushed back on the evening of Nov 27th from West Malaysia, slept for barely four hours that night, and had to rush to the sports ground at 6:30am to take charge of our Blessed Family Fun day…
Dragging my weary body and half asleep mind, it was no easy feat, I prayed to God for strength that I could be full of life and excitement to lead everyone to rejoice together!

老实说，要逼自己爬起来不是很容易的一件事；身体和精神都很累时，要兴奋起来也不简单。。。
可是当你抵达时，看到这些美丽的脸孔，你什么疲惫都会消失的无影无踪了！

Honestly, to force yourself to get up was not an easy thing; and to try to get excited when your body and mind were both exhausted was not a simple thing too…
But when you arrived there and saw these beautiful faces, all your weariness would vanish into thin air straight away!

我们教会可以算是“很忙碌”，很多节目与活动的教会。。。无论是给老人家、成人、青少年、小孩，我们都尽量举办一些活动让大家有归属感，有机会互相认识，开开心心成为一家人。。。
看大家天刚亮，就很兴奋的集聚等候。。。

Our church can be considered as one that is “very busy” with many programmes and activities… whether for the elderly, adults, youths and young people, children, we do try our best to organize some activities to make everyone feel belonged, to have an opportunity to know each other, and to joyfully become one family…
See everyone, at the break of dawn, gathering and waiting together excitedly…

 

有这样的教会，你能不感动而为他们努力吗？
With a church like this, can you not be touched and working hard for them?

December 4, 2011

那天，11月28日（星期一），教会老老少少一早就集聚在千禧运动场，大家为着蒙福家庭欢乐日感到兴奋。除了一些赛跑项目，也有各组游戏比赛。通常在这种日子，你会看到弟兄姊妹们一般上你看不到的一面，真的可以破冰与促进感情交流！

That day, November 28th (Mon), young and old from church gathered very early at Jubilee Ground, everybody was excited about Blessed Family Fun Day. Apart from some running events, we also had games competitions for groups. Normally during occasion like this, you could see the sides of brothers and sisters which otherwise you would not see at some other time. It was really an ice-breaker and it really fostered closer relationship!

这一天，我们注意到一个小英雄。。。
That day, we noticed a little hero…

 

四岁小男孩，除了长得那么可爱，还有什么其它东西那么特别呢？
让人很惊讶的，他竟然参加男子组800米公开赛！
有注意到他在那里吗？那些大人也真够坏心，竟然把他挤到最外面一圈！！
工作人员也很坏心！
Little 4-year old boy, apart from having a cute look, what else is there so special about him?
Very surprisingly, he actually took part in the 800m male open race!
Can you see where he is? How terrible of those adults to squeeze him to the outer most circle!!
The volunteer workers were also so bad!

 

开跑之前，他很专心的听哥哥的指示。。。
Before running, he listened very carefully to big brother’s instruction…

 

然后他就很认真的凝视着前方。。。你看他满脸的斗志！
你一定在想，他一定跑一下就停了，哪有可能跑完两圈！
Then he looked at the distance ahead with such seriousness… look at that determination on his face!
You must be thinking, he wold surely stop after running a while, there was no way he could finish running two rounds!

 

你可不要搞错，这不知谁家的小孩，他可不轻言放弃！
你看下面一张，他虽然落在人后，他还是追赶上来！
Make no mistake! This little wonder-whose-kid-he-is, has got real guts to not give up easily!
Look at the picture below, though he was falling behind, he was still trying to catch up!

 

请再看他怎样一步一步超越他前面的大人和大哥哥，那可是第二圈的时候！
哇，真的是太厉害了！
Please see how he overtook the adult and older kids in front of him step by step, and that was the second round!
Boy, that was so very impressive!

 

而且刚才指示他的哥哥已经跑到很痛苦了，他却还充满冲劲！
And the older brother brother who instructed him just now was already agonizing and yet he was still running full force!

 

最终他终于得着胜利和如雷掌声。。。
Finally he was triumphant and received thunderous applause…

 

当然马上有一群粉丝涌上来，争着要与他拍照。。。
可是我看得出，在这里，他很痛苦。。。
And of course immediately a swarm of fans fought to take photos with him…
But I can see, here, he is really suffering…