你最近怎么样？How are you Doing Lately?

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你最近怎么样？
急难故事 · 文/慧欣

虽然一样都是单亲妈妈，但由于张姐在夜场的工作，这些年来，受了不少街坊的指指点点。

正当疫情严峻之时，不但张姐的夜场，连儿子也面临留职停薪。这个家庭顿时失去所有收入。社区安全网原本就薄弱的张姐压力日渐增加，随时面临停水断电，银行寄来红色警告信是车贷的催款。张姐压力倍增，辗转难眠，却无人可申诉，直到有个基督徒邻舍的一句问候“张姐，你和儿子最近怎么样？”，张姐的愁烦有了倾诉的对象。
 
可张姐没料到，不久后的某个早上，张姐接到一通来自居銮恩福基督浸信会7979全人关怀站章厚诗牧师的慰问电话，表示教会希望可以陪伴她们母子这段低潮期，并以两期RM 600急难救助金让张姐应急。当通话结束，张姐不再强忍着泪水，因为在她走投无路的时候，教会伸出温暖和援手。

很快地，随着第一期急难救助金的发放，章牧师和志工也带上一些干粮给张姐。在疫情当下，章牧师、志工、张姐和儿子也各人手持一本《福气临门》系列单张，张姐再次感受教会服务方式与民间团体的不同；教会不但关心身体吃喝所需，也关注内心灵魂的需要。在教会的鼓励下，张姐决定离开夜场的工作，她要以行动为孩子做出改变。
 
但，技能不多的张姐能从事什么行业呢？不但是张姐本身，章牧师和志工也常常为张姐留意空缺。不过，神丰盛的恩典来得出乎预料，午餐间，章牧师如常问候常关顾的面档老板身体好不好，竟然钓出老板因年纪大了，有意隐退之意，正愁接棒人。这真是个好机会。在章牧师的穿针引线下，面档老板和张姐达成生意共识。张姐就这样开始经营起了饮食业，自己当起了老板。

目前，张姐面档的营业额稳定成长中，她正在盘算两件事，一，再开个档口让儿子经营。二，能力范围帮助有需要的人。张姐没有忘记，这一切都是神的恩典。

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How are you Doing Lately?
A Story of Crisis Intervention · Written by Tang

Sister Teo is a single mother, because she worked in a night club, over the years, she received a lot of harsh and negative comments from her neighbours.

The recent pandemic, not only affected her work, her son was also suspended from his job. So out of sudden, this family lost their income. She being someone who had very little social support, the pressure she was taking increased tremendously by days, when her house’s electricity and water supply would be cut off anytime and a consistent red reminder letters from bank for unpaid monthly car loan. The pressure became so burdensome until she suffered from insomnia, and she still had no one to talk to. Then, one day, a Christian neighbour greeted her with, “Sister, how are you and your son doing lately?” Finally, sister Teo found a pair of willing ears to share her problems with.

What she didn’t expected was not long after that, she received a phone call from Rev. Chang of Kluang Baptist Community Centre’s 7979 Holistic Care Station. He told her that their church was hoping that they can help her and accompany her during this difficult time, they will issue two times crisis intervention aid of RM600 each for her. When she hung off the phone, her can no longer hold her tears, at her most difficult time, the church had extended their helping hands.
 
Very soon, together with the first crisis intervention aid, Rev. Chang and a few volunteers made a house call and brought some non-perishable food for her. Due to pandemic, Rev. Chang together with the volunteers, sister Teo and her son each held a booklet of 《Blessing at your Doorsteps》in their hands. She could sense and felt the differences in the way the church served people compared to other religious groups, not only that the church care for their aid recipient’s physical needs, but also their emotional and spiritual needs. With encouragement from the church, sister Teo decided to leave her nightclub’s job, and by action make a change for her son.

But she doesn’t have much skills, what can she do? Not only she begun to look out for job, Rev. Chang and the volunteers also helped her to look out for job vacancies. God’s abundant grace comes beyond expectation when one day, while taking his lunch, Rev. Chang greeted the noodle store’s boss as usual showing concern by asking how was his health lately. He found out that the boss planned to retire and was looking for someone to take over his business. That was a great opportunity, so Rev. Chang introduced sister Teo to this boss, and they agreed that sister Teo would take over the business. So, sister Teo became the boss and started her own business.
 
Now, sister Teo’s business is growing steadily and she has another two plans in mind. Firstly, open up another branch for her son to run. Secondly, within her capability, helps others who are in need. She never forgets, that all these are possible because of God’s grace.

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