34. Church Building Fund

 

Tou Cheng church was originally a small church near the railway, every time service, there was a train passed, the foundation of the church would be vibrated and shocked, the speak should stop talking, and waiting for the train to pass. There were plans for the construction of the church, each time, on the bulletin board where had posted adoption projects, such as adopted chairs, podium, and other things etc.

At that time, I was a student in Fu Hsing Junior College, I had five hundred pocket money every two weeks, I decided to dedicate $ 200 TWD for a week, only I left 100 Yuan (Taiwan money) could be spent, as if I was at a disadvantage, I could not always take the train back to Taipei, I went home with the slowest train, but I believed the church building will happen, then I just hit the foundation. Until I graduated, my Church Building Fund had reached $ 6,000 Yuan, the results of my post office deposit which were six thousand Yuan, I really could not figure it out, but I believe it was God's blessing that I put in. Since then, I have great confidence for offering money. Until I had a job, I often offered a huge money, God also blessed me, so I did not have to pay more tax each year.

I also saw the completion of the church building and I attended church building Thanksgiving Sunday on 28 of September in 1982, the Lord Jesus is really the blessing of God.

33. Wherever you go?

One year, I went to high school group summer camp, I knew myself so timid, I was not open up, and I was often hiding behind the curtains and blowing harmonica, I did not know how to talk or get along with people? Young people from the Mei Ren Li and they got along with other young people very soon, they were playing ball or chatting, shy person like me, how could I go as a missionary?

In last night's Witnesses, I was being forced by the Spirit of God, and I finally stood out - talk witness. I said: "Wherever God sends me to go there, I will go ...." Tears were falling down from my eyes, my heart had infinite gratitude, I really did not know God who leads me where to go?

32. Tou Cheng Town

 

                                              I stood three people on the right

Tou Cheng is a small town in I Lan County. Our church was just next to the railway; where I learned sweeping, wiping, diversion to take underground water and wildflowers arrangement.

I also learned to ride a bicycle in Tou Cheng, every Sunday afternoon, students were in Xu Ying In outside of students’ home, a group of people were cheering at me, I rode the bike, because I could not turn, usually I was turning, I jumped off the bike, turned the faucet to good direction, then jump up and ride it, everyone taught me self-turn, I spent a lot of time before they turn into it.

At that time, the students would play table tennis, every Sunday afternoon, we hit a ball go and come, but I would not even serve the ball, so I learned to serve it, then I continued to learn to hit and kill the ball, no one would really play with me, because others went to learn other things.

Christmas each year, I was very excited, I could eat a lot of love feast food which ate less than usual, there were also a lot of leftovers food which was waiting for us to eat at home of evangelists.

31. Seventeen, eighteen years old for making a friend

 

Fu Hsing Junior college forth year

In Chinese tradition, the women must be married, they should work hard the cows and horses, then they gave born babies and raised them up, I could not see women were respected and valued.

In the seventeen years old, I met a Christian friend, we were often studying together, I treated him as an ordinary friend, he thought I was his girlfriend, I personally could not accept people who are not having definite opinions and having difficult to make any decisions. I also prayed for him for a long period of time, and until I went to his house for playing, his mother’s words have stimulated, I was what she said, and then she really did not like me, maybe she thought I was too short, possibly I was not good enough for her son, I think even if he and his family are the Christians, what can it be? When I was at the beginning of the Christian faith, I knew God too little, I always suffered, because of his mother, I   wanted to give up my belief, and I thought that the Christians were like her, why should I believe God?

In those days, my faith was wavering, evangelist Brother Chen because that guy talked to me for several times, that time, I was very young, and thought, "Who can be killed, but I can not be humiliated." Since then, I did ignore him. This was a great impact for my future friend, I was afraid the guy’s family did not like me; I felt I was very cute. My principle was just to be friends for dating, if he wanted to be my boyfriend, I would alienate our relationship. I was scared in my heart, and I was afraid of the hurting again by the family discouraged words, but also I was fear people who criticized assertion.

I believe that God has given each person who is valuable, as long as people, we need to respect each others and God uses us. On one occasion, OMF Main General Pastor Lin sighed and said; "He has promoted mission for more than six years, why not a single brother was sent out? Does God only call for sisters, not calling for brothers?" Then he cried in front of us all.

Women in God's eyes are the same as the men. Every time I saw so many single sisters embark on the roads of mission as the missionaries, they made the great sacrifices, then Oh single brothers! Where are you then? Where is your courage? You might as well do it than sisters? Do not wait to get married, dare to come out as the missionaries, you can now respond to God's call, let's go out! Let us work together for the kingdom of God now!

The single brothers go out for the Lord Jesus as the missionaries who are blessed. In Central America, South America, Africa and China etc. as the Third World countries. If you can not enable to cooking and cleaning, etc., you can hire very cheap salaries for cleaning housekeepers, you can also be surrounded by the local beautiful girls every day, why don’t act it with joy?

Postscript

As I wrote this article, God said to me: "I do not forgive that brother's mother, and I hid his words inside of me that I should forgive her and release these words."

After that, I decided to forgive her, she might hear, maybe she was alive, the Lord gave me the courage to forgive those who have hurt me and acted injustice, I have courage to face, not reserve in my heart, those hurts did not become pains forever. Lord, release me, as same as like the apostle Paul said; "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

30. Accident by a motorcycle

I attended the Fu Hsing fellowship gathering and this fellowship was lasted only two years, it was due to the splitting and ending.

At that time, I was a Fu Hsing fellowship General, who was responsible for the shopping, one day, I went to buy some snacks, I planed to eat after the meeting, when I rode a bicycle to come back and I was hit by motorcycle I was bounced up and fell on the side way, I could not move. The reason was not my fault, the Church was next to the railway fence, the fence had been automatically coming down, this motorcycle driver accelerated faster through the fence, I just crossed the fence and I was hit exactly by a accelerating motorcycle, that spot, fellowship students took me to the hospital, I did a lot of checks and X-ray, and no fractures or injuries, just bruises only.

The next day of motorcycle accident, I pushed my crashed bike, I was going to repair it, and the boss told me, "Only bicycle seat was good, others were damaged, and could no longer be repaired."

I was thinking all the way home, God is wonderful, bicycle was smash, and I was still not injured, it was a real miracle!

29. You're going!

At that time, the Tou Cheng church had a prayer meeting at Wednesday night, only three people attended as Brother Chen, younger brother Wu and I, we were using alternate way to pray, because I did not know how to pray, my opportunity of prayer turned very soon and many times, I often took the opportunity not to go to the prayer meeting.

I always used the service of that time, and I took the opportunity to take a shower. And The nunnery shower room was a small room, above the wall which put the students' shampoos and soaps, that day, I also took the opportunity to take a shower, you could find a reason not to go to service, I was taking a shower, there was a huge voice and said to me, "you're going to ...." then on the wall of shampoo bottles came to hit on my head, I was frightened, I was wet and I immediately put on my clothes, then I went to church for prayer meeting, Chen evangelist brother Chen saw me, he was very happy, because I have never gone to church so early, maybe it was God who disciplined me?

28. Speaking in tongue? Filling with the Holy Spirit?

Nunnery has a church where was open to the public every Monday night, free to pray, and I often went there, and I prayed to Jesus.

Once I prayed in the Monday night, I had more prayer, more praise my Lord, my heart was opened by the Lord, I began to say something I did not understand it, because I enjoyed worshiping the Lord, that I’ve never had this experience. Finally, the church was close, and two students carried me out, my feet could not stand up, I filled with joy, , as if I have been drunk, where were there the wine? That time, I spoke in tongue, and I was filled with the Holy Spirit, I did not understand completely.

Until one day, I was in the church, and I stood up to pray, I prayed the Chinese language into what I did not understand the tongue. After our church missionary Carol talked to me in private, and she opened the Bible and taught me; "The apostle Paul would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue." I listened to her advice, I did not speak in tongue continually, and the tongue was naturally stopped.