(For English please scroll down) 雪中送碳的温暖文/7979同工 来自异国他乡的月儿(化名),曾经也像月亮那般透彻皎洁,是个对生活充满憧憬的女孩。远嫁马来西亚,原本可以建立幸福的家庭,却因种种问题陷入家庭困境。 月儿和丈夫育有3个女儿,但丈夫却借着各种理由离开了家,家婆更是无法接受月儿这位外籍新娘和3位孙女。无奈之下,月儿带着孩子搬出去住,开始了单亲妈妈的生活,坚强独立撑起这个家。由于月儿是外籍人士,人生地不熟,也无法承担外面的租金。幸而加基武吉是个人情味浓厚的地方,透过当地居民的帮助,她申请到了政府的资源,找到了落脚之处安顿下来。 纵使有了栖身之所,水电费和每日三餐仍旧是她们最大的挑战。月儿善用自己的一技之长,开始制作炸猪皮售卖。靠着这微博的收入,日子总算是能撑过去。然而大人可以省吃俭用,小孩却不然。正在成长的三个孩子,尤其是老幺还不到两岁,所需要的开销实在不小。加基武吉赞美中心7979全人关怀站当时介入了她们的需要,带着吗哪包,一点一滴地为她们挪开眼前的乌云。“我孩子的奶粉刚好喝完了,第二天你们就打来了。”有一次月儿对志工说到。 “如果没有吗哪包的介入,她们当然还能生活,只是会过得很辛苦。”志工感叹。即使吗哪包已经援助了一年,教会却仍然坚持关怀及继续派发吗哪包,只因期盼守得云开见月明的那天。如今月儿也走入教会参与聚会,她非常鼓励孩子到教会的“葡萄园地”,接受教会的教导与栽培。 Timely help TRANSLATED BY DAWN LIMMoon (pseudonym) was a bright girl from a foreign country who used to look forward to a wonderful life. She married a Malaysian and migrated to Malaysia with the hope of building a happy family. But due to various family problems, her hope was dashed.
Moon and her husband have three daughters, but her husband tried to find all sorts of reason to leave the house, abandoning her and their children. Her mother-in-law could not accept Moon and her three daughters. Consequently, Moon had no choice but to move out and began her life as a single mother and tried to provide and support herself and her children independently. As a foreigner living in a foreign country, Moon had no one to turn to for help and she also could not afford the rent of any houses. Luckily Kaki Bukit was a warm and welcoming place and the local residents helped her to look for government’s welfare aids and a place to stay. After having a place to stay and settling down, the biggest challenge for Moon and her three daughters were the utility bills and food expenses. Moon was very good in frying pork skin, thus she started selling fried pork skin to make a living. She barely managed to make ends meet with her meagre income. As an adult, Moon could live frugally, but her children need nutrients to grow up healthily and strong. It is a huge burden for Moon as the living expenses for her three daughters are very high, especially the youngest one who is not even two years old yet. Kaki Bukit Praise Centre 7979 Care Station came to know about her predicament and extended their help. The volunteers delivered Manna Food Bag to them regularly to reduce her burden in times of difficulties. Once Moon shared with the volunteers, “The milk formula for my daughter has just run out and the next day, you guys phoned me.” “Of course they could continue to survive without the aid of Manna Food Bag, but life will be very difficult for them,” one volunteer said. Although the church has been providing the Manna Food Bag to Moon and her children for a year, it still continues to care for them and delivers the Manna Food Bag to them consistently. The church hopes this could help them during their difficult times and that they will be self-sufficient one day. Nowadays, Moon attends the Sunday service in church and encourages her children to join the church’s Sunday school “Vineyard”, where her children can learn and live the gospel of Jesus Christ. (For English please scroll down) 爱能带来改变 文/7979同工 阿芯从小肾脏功能欠佳,近年来也发现子宫有肿瘤。病痛的折磨伴随她过了五十余载。然而,身体上的痛苦,还不及她生命中的心酸。 无意间看到新闻报导,全备福音堂(神召会)7979全人关怀站发现了阿芯的存在。经过上门探访后,志工Candy了解到阿芯是一名独居的肾病患者。基于长期洗肾,阿芯很难找到稳定的工作。阿芯常常腹泻,但病因不详。志工唯有透过吗哪食物包帮助她,其中成人纸尿片是她最大的需要。 纵使阿芯疾病缠身,却始终坚强生活。阿沁曾经去过教会,后来因为不好的经历,与教会产生嫌隙。Candy了解情况后,尝试在心理上帮助阿芯,尽管阿芯不排斥谈及信仰,但对重返教会的意愿却不大。 “阿芯经常出入医院,每次都会要求我们为她祷告。” 志工分享。去年六月,阿芯需要动手术。手术前一天,护士阴差阳错地把一名确诊冠病的患者推进她的病房,结果隔天她非但不能动手术,还需要戴手环隔离两个星期。当时,教会志工团总动员为她祷告。也因着她不能出门,Candy帮她买了一些食材。隔离结束,阿沁没有被传染,后来也顺利完成手术。 除了每两个月派发的吗哪包,Candy偶尔也拿一些自家种的新鲜蔬菜给她,并在阿芯不方便出门购物时,帮她购买一些食材。一段日子后,Candy发现阿芯对教会与信仰的态度转变了,并也在身体状况许可时,跟Candy去教会聚会。 教会原本期待透过持续的关怀,能让阿芯重新感受到主里的爱,并重返主的大家庭。不料生命无常,阿芯在一场意外中去世了。慕然回首,在阿芯最后的时日中,志工以智慧与阿芯建立关系,不仅了解阿芯身体上的需要为她祷告,也认识到她心灵中的需要并加以扶持。感恩,阿沁在生命中的最后阶段,感受到了上帝伟大的爱。 LOVE BRINGS CHANGE TRANSLATED BY DAWN LIM Ah Xin’s kidney had not been functioning well since she was young. In addition to that, the doctor discovered that there was a tumour in her uterus. It was a painful journey for her over the past fifty years, but her physical pain was incomparable to her hard live.
Full Gospel Church (AOG) came to know about Ah Xin from a news report. One day, they paid her a visit. A volunteer named Candy found out that Ah Xin was a kidney patient who was staying alone. As she had to undergo a few hours of dialysis regularly, Ah Xin could neither find a stable job nor earn a stable income. She had diarrhea constantly but the reason was unknown. Volunteers could only help her through the provision of Manna Food Bag which included an item that she needed most i.e adult diapers. Although Ah Xin was afflicted with kidney disease, she stayed strong and kept her faith. She attended church before but due to some misunderstandings and bad experiences, she stopped going. Candy tried to untie the knot in her, but although Ah Xin did not avoid talking about her faith, she was still unwilling to return to the church. “Ah Xin had to visit the hospital regularly for check-ups and she asked for our prayers every time she was going,” the volunteer said. In June last year, Ah Xin had to go through an operation. The nurse made a mistake and moved a COVID patient into her room a day before the operation, thus, she could not be operated the next day. To make matter worse, she had to be quarantined for two weeks due to close contact with that COVID patient. When the church volunteers knew about that incident, they gathered together and prayed for her. During the quarantine period, Candy helped her on the purchase of food too. After the quarantine, Ah Xin was healthy and was not infected by COVID and her operation was successfully carried out. Other than the Manna Food Bag which was delivered once every two months, Candy sometimes brought some self-grown vegetables to Ah Xin. Candy also helped her to buy daily necessities when she felt unwell or unable to go out. After some time, Candy realised that Ah Xin’s perceptions of church and religion had changed, and she would even go to church with Candy to worship whenever her physical condition allowed. The Church was planning to provide continuous care for Ah Xin and hoped she could feel the love of God again and return to the big family of Christ. Unfortunately, Ah Xin passed away in an accident. Looking back, the volunteers managed to build a good relationship with Ah Xin with wisdom in the last days of Ah Xin’s life. They not only understood Ah Xin’s physical needs and prayed for her, but also recognised and supported her spiritual needs. The volunteers were thankful to God that Ah Xin could feel the great love of God once again in the final days of her life. (For English please scroll down) 付诸行动的爱 文/7979同工 一对七旬老夫妇,康叔和康嫂(化名)居住在关丹这座城市。他们居住在环境简陋的廉价屋,由一间教会承担租金,除此之外仅靠政府的福利金生活。关丹基督教会7979全人关怀站初次接触到这个家庭,便心生怜悯。看见这对老人家生活上缺乏,于是教会藉着吗哪食物包介入他们的需要。 几个月前康叔和康婶的精神状况非常良好,只是志工们在探访时已经发现康婶的皮肤有很严重的红斑和发痒问题。两老由于缺乏金钱,常常打包印度煎饼来果腹。吗哪食物包里的米、美禄、饼干和麦片便成了他们珍贵的粮食。 不料,短短几个月的时间,康婶的精神状况大幅度恶化。她疑似患上老人痴呆症,意识迷糊持续多日,逐渐不能下床,并且需要成人纸尿片来解决如厕问题。康叔无奈之下只好把康婶的状况告知志工,并要求提供成人纸尿片。平时坚强的康叔不会无故提出如此要求,志工因此更加心生垂怜。 最近,志工接到噩耗,康婶骤逝了。但最令志工感到震惊的不是康婶逝世的消息,而是康婶真正的死因乃是血癌末期。一直以来康叔都认为康婶只是老人痴呆症,身体上的疼痛看似一般的老人病,以为睡一觉就没事了。原来之前的种种病症都是血癌的征兆,无奈康叔并无察觉不对劲,也没有想过带康婶入院问诊。 对于只能相互依靠的康叔及康婶,生病却没有求医的意识;饮食缺乏营养却无人照料,志工感到相当垂怜及惋惜。“看见老人家如此生活,我们真的是于心不忍。没有人照顾他们的健康,以致自己患上什么病都不知道。我们应当更加关注他们的身体状况,或为他们提供基本的医疗服务,避免到最后一分钟才察觉但已经回天乏术。也只有透过基督的爱,我们才能真切付出实际的行动帮助他们。“志工叹道。 Love in Action |
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