Showing posts with label Testimonies 见证. Show all posts
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Friday, May 13, 2016

Healings took place in Saskatoon!


David and I are in Saskatoon now helping and getting to know a local Chinese church. We went to their youth group meeting tonight and had fun playing with the kids, worshipping together, sharing amazing stories, encouraging them to join "Street Invaders" camp in July and praying for two kids who need healings!

The best part of the night was seeing the kids reaching out their hands in faith and taking a step further to believe in healings and miracles. One Japanese kid hurts his ankle and after his friends took turn to pray and to celebrate every improvement, he almost got healed completely! He got so shocked when he tested his legs (after prayer) and couldn't feel the pain anymore. 


Another Chinese kid accidentally hurt his buttock during games time and he also suffered from Amniotic band syndrome where his left fingers weren't fully developed. We prayed for him and he got significant improvement for his buttock pain. His left index finger wasn't able to move at all but could start moving by itself after prayer too! Halleluyah! 

David and I both have a burning heart to see kids/youth encounter and experience God's love. Moments like tonight remind me of our calling, our passion and God's plan for our lives joined together. I'm so thrilled! God, what's next??

- Jetaime

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

终极寻宝 Ultimate Treasure Hunt I


你玩过寻宝游戏吗?你找过最棒的宝藏是什么?

我和老公近日重新开始玩起我们曾经都很爱的寻宝游戏,但它不是一般人习以为常的你藏我找——需要倾听、需要勇气和很多的爱。因为我们找的,是失丧的灵魂,是上帝怜悯的终极宝藏!每一次展开寻宝游戏,都是一趟冒险的旅程……

首先,我们需要制作一张寻宝图。当中的线索,可以向神索求。只要静下心来祷告,脑海中浮现的,就是神给你的指示。你不需要是基督徒,你不一定认识上帝,但是你有信心,就能够领受。4月14日当天下午我和老公分别制作了属于我们自己的寻宝图,里头有:
1 人名 Name 
2 外貌特征 Appearance
3 地点 Location
4 祷告寻求 Prayer Request
5 其他 Others


我们改良了玩法,设定了一个期限——从4月14日到19日,也就是说在这几天里遇到的每个人都有可能是我们寻宝图里所指向的宝藏!其他时候,玩家也可以设定时段,比如约好在接下来的两个小时里进行寻宝游戏,时间比较紧凑,更刺激!

怎么玩?这里有完整的指示,欢迎点击阅读:终极寻宝猎人大整理

直接说我的经历好了。

4月15日,我和老公到一个谷仓阁楼为他姐姐的婚礼做准备,当时我只知道未来姐夫的名字,对其家人一无所知。所以当男方家人抵达,我们彼此嘘寒问暖一番后,我惊觉准新郎的妈妈,就叫Laura!也就是我的寻宝图里人名那一栏出现的名字!也就是说,她是我要找的宝藏之一!!!不过因为她是大忙人,所以我一直没机会跟她说上话,直到4月17日早上我才有机会为她祷告,并告诉她,她是上帝特别安排在我的藏宝图里的宝藏。


再举个例子。我的老公,他的寻宝图的外貌特征一栏,有一个线索写着“手里拿着香肠”,后来我们才知道4月15日当晚的晚餐,是大家聚在谷仓外烤香肠夹面包吃!所以当他在烤香肠时,刚好有个朋友站在他旁边说话,顺手拿起香肠就吃,那个时刻,我老公就想起这个人就是他要找的宝藏之一。当下,他为对方祷告,对方知道事情的缘由后也很惊喜!

说到这里,你看到玩这个终极寻宝游戏的技巧了吗?没错,只要根据神为你制作的寻宝图,你就很容易找到宝藏。前提是,要学会制作寻宝图,过程中要懂得倾听神的声音。

再举一个不可思议的例子。婚礼上我们会被分配到与陌生人同座,跟我们同桌的有四人缺席,另外四人是一家人:爸爸是加拿大人,妈妈是台湾人,还有两个可爱的女儿。而我们是在坐下之前一刻,才知道那年轻的爸爸,名字叫做Greg,也就是我老公的寻宝图上的另一个线索!那一餐我们吃得很愉快,大家也聊得很尽兴。当然,我们没有错过为对方祷告的机会,Greg没有听过我们玩的藏宝游戏,但并不排斥,还主动提出几个事项,请我们特别为他们一家祷告。

婚礼结束后,我检查了一次寻宝图上的线索(因为没带到婚礼现场),赫然发现在我的寻宝图上“其他”的那一栏,写着“zara”。记得当我领受到这个词汇时,还觉得莫名奇妙,我只知道那在马来西亚是某个服装品牌,完全不懂它有可能是一个人的名字……因为Greg的大女儿,名字就叫Zara!!!顺服了神,你不得不感叹一切有多奇妙啊!

我的寻宝图上还有一个线索是气球,当时我也不知道原来婚礼现场会用气球做布置哦!老公的寻宝图上有个名字是"Glen",后来我们在星期日早上跟随大家去的当地教堂,就是"Glencross Mennonite Church",他以为是人名,其实是教堂的名字!

说到这里,可能你会觉得奇怪,难道我们要为气球祷告还是为教堂祷告吗?其实寻宝图上的每一条线索,不管是直接或间接的,往往重点是把我们导向最后的宝藏——也就是神所在乎的人。所以,当看到线索出现在眼前,那是一种应许,一种“对,我们走在对的道路上!” 的强心剂。

你或许已经发现,我们并没有成功找到所有的宝藏,但是,这是我们停止好久以后的重新出发,能在众多线索里各自找到三、四条准确的,那是莫大的鼓励!而且,说真的,目的实在不是100%的成功率,而是在这段期间,我们为所找到的人祷告,让对方直到神在乎他/她的存在,神直到他/她正在面对的困境……多好。

好几年前在吉隆坡,我和教堂的朋友有一段时间会常在星期三夜晚聚集在一块儿,出外寻宝。当时我们被泼了好多冷水,但也感动了很多陌生人。他们会觉得很神奇——怎么可能不认识的人会知道他们的名字,能凭空说出他们的需求?

但是,你要知道,在耶稣基督里,没有什么是不可能的啊。

-淑芬

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

完美时间点


搭2点40分的巴士从东京到仙台。我们习惯使用谷歌地图看路线算时间,所以1点离开住处,信心满满以为2点前会抵达车站,怎么知道……

根据谷歌的指示,我们必须转三趟地铁,在最后一趟地铁转换时,两个人六只眼睛,竟然阴差阳错地搭错车!等到发现错误,为时已晚,车厢的门在我转头准备冲出去的时候“哔哔哔”地关上,留下我和贺先生相视苦笑。

于是我们回到第二个车站,重新开始剩下一半的路程。贺先生用谷歌检查地铁的班次和时间,发现情况不妙,因为我们抵达地铁站后,还要再走7分钟的路才会到车站。照这样的算法,我们最后只剩一分钟的缓冲时间。但是到了车站,我们还要找到工作人员,展示网上订票的号码,才能上车……

时间一紧迫,心情当然就不好,这时肩上的行李显得更重,要大步走,甚至小跑,真的很难开心起来。面对这样的情况,一定要叫老天爷帮忙啊!其实错过巴士也没怎样,但是票价不便宜,我们对钱这么计较,怎么可能让这样的事发生 :( 

地铁到站后,一路飞奔到终点,谷歌地图说我们已经抵达Willer Express车站,可那明明是一座商业大厦啊~虽然前面有几辆巴士,但是柜台在哪里?工作人员在哪里?当时我们根本不敢停下查看时间,只管冲冲冲,好不容易找到了柜台,工作人员站在门口用日语抛了一堆问题,我只听懂“仙台”两个字,他还在叽里呱啦,当下我们知道赶上巴士了,所以征询工作人员同意后,放下背包冲去上厕所,再冲回工作人员身边,他却只是满脸笑容用手势示意再等等。

什么嘛~当下就觉得超级奇怪,我们明明是在2点41/42分抵达(柜台有个大大的时钟),日本公共交通又是出了名的守时,怎么可能会为了我们两个人延迟出发呢?

转过头,看见墙上贴着一张告示,原来考虑到车站附近进行公路建设工程,所以不知从什么时候开始,巴士真正出发的时间会比票卷上列明的出发时间延迟20分钟。也就是说,我们购买的是2点40分的票,但3点钟才启程,所以我们的时间是绰绰有余!!!

我当下只差没有跪下来感谢上帝的帮助啦!谁会想到祂会有这一招呢?


后来大概在2点50分,工作人员就开始召集,领着一行人走到巴士旁,上车前司机再次核对票卷,帮我们放行李,最后准时在3点钟关上车门,开车!我们躺在舒服的座位上,无比开心啊!

-淑芬

Monday, February 1, 2016

Beautiful Experience in Myanmar


A new milestone achieved! Hello to new adventures February.

This is my husband playing drums on stage. This morning he was playing guitar and worshipping God at a park nearby our guesthouse, people stopped and listened and miraculously he got to befriend 2 pastors & 1 worship leader!

We were then invited to a prayer meeting where the local church leaders gathered to pray for the very first Christian crusade ever held in Myanmar. Franklin Graham (Billy Graham's son) will be preaching here in Yangon in November/December, and they are expecting one hundred thousand people to turn up and hear the gospel!

David and I felt honoured to be part of this prayer meeting although we couldn't understand Burmese at all. David's new friend was very kind, he sat beside us and translated for us in simple English. The most interesting part of the whole prayer meeting was David was asked to play guitar and drums while our new Burmese friend was leading worship!

This was my very first time seeing my husband playing drums and I'm very proud of him! Well, David has only played the drums once before in his life so it was an exciting experience to him too!

- Jetaime Tan

Friday, January 29, 2016

福杯满溢


昨天晚上,我问贺先生:“什么是见证?” 他说,是神所行的事。
有一段时间,我觉得自己没有什么见证可以分享,因为自己把一切当作理所当然。我以为是要有奇妙的医治,或是不可思议的奇迹,才值得禀报天下。可是经贺先生的提点,加上最近充足的思考,让我意识到,神迹,无所不在。
在新加坡待了八天,其中两天搭帐篷露营,另外两天住背包客栈,其他日子都是在朋友家当厅长。然而,我的内心满是感恩。当一连三位沙发冲浪网站主人都拒绝我们发出的留宿请求时,我很纳闷,很苦恼,很摸不着头脑——上帝怎么不让我们体验啊?祂怎么会不喜欢我们认识陌生人呢?到底哪里出了差错?
后来我慢慢察觉,祂的安排比我的计划还好。被恩准寄宿大牌621的日子,是偶然的,也是幸运的,它让我和昔日学记好友的道路又连结在一起。短短的几天,贺先生与我获得很多很多盛情的款待。无论是失联的高中同学,久违的主内姊妹,缺席婚礼的小学记,聚了又聚的学记伙伴,还是表姐和表姐夫,甚至更多想见但是没办法再挤出更多时间的……
丰盛的每一餐,宝贵的每一分钟,难得的每一张合照,都是神的祝福满溢。

-淑芬

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Celebrating with Students


A few weeks ago we had a wedding celebration with Jetaime’s students. Jetaime and her friends had been planning this for months and it really showed. The whole event was so fun and the biggest thing was that we really wanted each student to have an encounter with God.  In the morning I got to lead worship with an awesome team from her church. Everybody was laughing and into it.
Then later in the day after lunch, we had a time where students could receive prayer, prophecy, prophetic drawings and just talk to any of the caring people from her church. I got to pray for some boys and I’m pretty sure one of the boy’s legs grew out although not the whole way. But overall it was just fun talking with them and praying for them.
Later, after Jetaime shared with all the students, her friends prayed for the students and I got to sing worship songs in the background. It was so powerful for me to watch these kids, some of them for the very first time, experiencing God’s presence and realizing that He loves them. I could feel God in a really powerful way in the room and knew that he was honoured by all these hearts hungry for him gathering in one place.
I’m so proud of Jetaime. I saw that God has made her a beautiful and mighty evangelist, and God reminded me that he made me with gifts too that I can use for his kingdom. It was a really powerful day and I was so glad to meet so many of her students and share this day with them.
- David Hepting

Friday, January 15, 2016

Making Friends in The HDB


Today was really fun! Jetaime and I had some big disagreements, but through that we got to know each other a little bit better and hopefully in the future we can understand each other more. The main thing that stood out though was the opportunity to make a few people's days just a little bit brighter.

I had wanted to finally use my guitar a bit more and sing worship songs on the grass with Jetaime. On the way to a cafe we found a nice spot and so I pulled my guitar out and we asked an older Chinese man if it was okay if we played a few songs and he smiled and said and nodded that it would be fine. So we sang together and it was really fun. It soon started pouring rain so we got some shelter in this area that was still pretty wide open.

This time there was another older Chinese man and he smiled too and said it would be ok if we played. As the rain tickled the streets we sang of the goodness of God. Later we started talking to the man and found out his name was Ahket (or something similar to that). He was really kind and exuded a gentle peace. He had gone for a walk and decided to simply sit down for awhile. We were the fourth person or group of people to spend some time talking to him. He told us about his four kids who were all still in Singapore and how proud he was of them. After talking for a bit we blessed him, thanked him for his time and asked if we could grab a quick picture and he said "yes".

A couple minutes later we are heading to the cafe and we see a beautiful lady named Grace who had quite a few disabilities, but she didn't let anything get her down. We were able to help her up the steps, show her where the bus stop is and wait awhile with her and talk. She was such an overcomer and had such a positive spirit, it was really encouraging. It's good getting to know people from different walks in life, and also society has become so fiercely independent that it is almost rare to be able to help someone In a tangible way like being a shoulder someone can rely on.

Within moments of saying goodbye to Grace we meet an older blind lady named Ismah trying to cross the street. It was such an honour to be able to be her eyes for a few moments as we crossed with her. She thanked us and headed off to her apartment.

One of our goals on this honeymoon has been to live on $10 a day combined total for both of us for food each day and as little as possible on transportation and lodging. We could never do it on our own and just as we were able to help and encourage a few people today, there have been so many people who have helped and encouraged us. I love interdependence and how it builds community and friendship.

Anyways, that is one of the best parts of this trip so far. Can't wait for what comes next!

- David Hepting