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WU OI NEWSLETTER ( No. 255 ) December 1999 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
2. To Fight Relying On God Chan Chung Man (Program Assistant in Long Ke Centre)
3. If there were no God...... Leung Sze Yan (Program Assistant in the Female Centre)
4. Knowledge? Life? Chow Lai Sheung (Minister)
5. Starting from the Spirit Leung Chi Ming(Program Secretary)
The ages of drug addicts have become lower and lower and most of them come from broken
I have been serving in Wu Oi for 17 years, I'm happy that 1999 is my sabbatical year, I had
I became an audit student in the City University of Hong Kong, the Lingnan University and a
Besides the studies, I had a chance to visit Drug Rehabilitation Centres in Singapore and
In this period, I spent much more time on my family. My mother is more than 80-year-old
The rest period broadened my mind, I hope that God will grant me wisdom and ability for
I made a wish to serve God as my full time career at a revival meeting in 1993, occasionally,
Graces were well provided for me by God, I entered to an University studying Social Work
It is very hard for me to adapt the daily life in Long Ke, I must have a breakthrough. I am
In my service in Wu Oi, I really realize the limits of human, I am weak and incompetent, I
I need to learn many other things in Wu Oi for a long term, I hope that God will use me as His
I have worked in Wu Oi for several months, I was relying on the graces of God everyday. If
I graduate in Social Work Course this year and really like to serve people. Being a program
I know that the social work counseling knowledge and skills cannot totally help a person. After
If there were no God, I couldn't tell an old male drug addict who is more than 60 years old,
Talking about pastoral care, I always link it up with the delivery of Bible knowledge. To make
Whenever I see rehabilitating sisters leave the centre, I worry their lives afterwards. Will they
When we prepare learners Bible knowledge, do not forget to remind them Christ Jesus is
It's just a few days after the 26th anniversary thanksgiving service. The theme was "starting
What a long story! I came to know Him 15 years ago, with a dying body and empty heart.
Today, I am resting at home because of some weakening parts of my body. Nevertheless,
families or single families. Facing these complicated problems, I need to take a rest and seek a
direction in God.
received and learnt many things from God in the rest period.
Theology College. From the courses, I learnt that introducing the professional social work
counselling skills and not only relying on my previous experience in my service is very
important on Christian Drug Rehab.
Malaysia to realize the difficulties of their operations and ministries and gain valuable experience
from them.
lives in the Mainland China, I visited and stayed with her.
facing new challenges in Wu Oi, please pray for me.
To Fight Relying On God
Chan Chung Man (Program Assistant in Long Ke Centre)
I started my serving life in Wu Oi in 1999.
Course, it made me concern about the group who were being despised by others. Now I'm
serving in Wu Oi, His kind hand is continually leading and guiding me.
afraid of hot rather than cold, but I need to come in and go out by climbing up and down the
hill road, it is very hot in summer night, I hate the feeling of steaming with sweat. I know God
has assigned homework for me, I have to learn patience and plain living. The daily life in Long
Ke let me realize the hardships of missionaries.
must rely on omniscient and omnipotent God and often pray for the brothers who have survived
the hardships of life. The words of God encourage me lot "I planted the seed, Apollos watered
it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God,
who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each
will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers." (1 Corin. 3:6-9)
Working with Jesus is very important, if there were no God, we'll lose power.
humble tool and I will become a blessing for the brothers.
If there were no God......
Leung Sze Yan (Program Assistant in the Female Centre)
there were no God, I couldn't believe that I could work in there and help the sisters.
assistant in Wu Oi, I feel vexed on handling many routine works and sundry duties. However,
when I think of Jesus, He is willing to give up His honour status and live with us as the good
model, I feel pleased doing for these boring duties. I have to lead the sisters how to experience
God in daily life and witness Him in their daily life. If there were no God, I wouldn't have power
to do this job which is not suitable for my own character.
a counseling service, it can't bring the hope of eternal life and crimes still remain. I do not deny
effects of counseling skills, God always use them to help people, but if there were no God, people
couldn't really be helped and get the hope.
unhealthy and hasn't any relative what is real value and hope of life. If there were no God......
Knowledge? Life?
Chow Lai Sheung (Minister)
learners known God more systematically and more lively, I am sorting out pastoral related material
carefully. In doing that, God clearly queries me whether learners affirm the faith at the same time
they are acquiring Bible knowledge.
seek God when they are in despair? I believe so if there is an affirmed belief rooted within. There
are two keys in building up affirmation. First, to let learners feel of Christ's love through their daily
lives. Nobody believes your love intention if 'love' is just a lip service. He believes because you
give him drink when he is thirsty. Don't leave him alone when he is in need. Second, to let learners
link the relationship of belief to their lives. They may wrongly take us staff as 'piritual supermen'.
No need to hide our struggles of lives. Try to share among learners. Actually, the love of Christ
reveals to us through our daily struggle.
trustworthy, which reflects from our lives.
Starting from the Spirit
Leung Chi Ming(Program Secretary)
from the Spirit". It is a calling to me.
Now, God leads me. No road is flat. In the past 15 years, there were happy memories and of
course ups and downs. I remind myself: try your very best to complete tasks, you will be
self-contented. The motivation is not by the result but by the process of seeking God.
my body and heart are still much stronger than that of 15 years ago. I am experiencing God in
this health crisis. Stepping forwards in every circumstance, may God carry me, starting from the
Spirit. Amen.
