每一件暖心的事，都值得感恩 Every heart-warming deed is worthy of gratitude

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每一件暖心的事，都值得感恩
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摩托车，是这个家庭唯一的交通工具。莱恩（化名）每天用摩托车载送大女儿上班，接着再到自己工作的地方，而其余的孩子们都是乘坐学生巴士上学。莱恩本是一名烧焊工人，但在疫情期间，工作量变得非常少，一星期只有两三天的工。关丹基督教赞美教会7979全人关怀站透过吗哪包，每两个月提供他们一家粮食上的辅助。

来自砂拉越的莱恩多年前与印尼籍妻子未正式注册便结为夫妻，生下四名孩子，分别是20、17、16及12岁，如今在关丹生活。四名孩子们因没有报生纸，故求学方面不能享有公民一般的福利。大女儿学业特出，得以考上中六，却因没有身份证的缘故而无法继续升上大学，唯有出外打工做销售员。莱恩的妻子在三年前回国想取得合法证件，以便回来能帮助孩子申请身份证，但无奈回去才发现于事无补。曾经为了帮助妻子回国，教会给予了大部分经济援助。如今加上疫情，回来大马的费用更是比从前庞大，故此妻子只能留在印尼，与家人分隔两地。教会为此求助议员，也找过政府部门，都无法为这家庭取得法律援助。

虽然这家庭有此悲歌，但暖心的事也不间断发生。家里已经拖欠好几个月的租金，屋主却意外的没有赶他们走，而是默许他们继续住下。四个孩子上学的巴士费用已经累计高达几千元无法偿还，而巴士司机不仅没有强逼他们还钱，还继续让孩子们搭便车，乘到住家以外的大路再走回家。最小的孩子没机会搭便车，因为他比起哥哥姐姐们更加幸福一些，放学后可以到荣恩堂上陪读班，再由教会志工接送回家。

虽然对于无法改善的现况充斥着无奈，但志工们这几年来默默的陪伴和关怀，已经给予了这个家庭希望和温暖。在政府和社会资源都介入不了的时候，志工依然带着吗哪包陪伴他们。

Every heart-warming deed is
​worthy of gratitude
TRANSLATED BY DAWN LIM

Motorcycle is the only means of transportation to Ryan’s (pseudonym) family. Every day, Ryan sends his eldest daughter to work on his motorcycle before he heads to work while the rest of his children go to school in a school bus. Ryan is a welder; but during the pandemic, his workload reduced tremendously, thus he only worked for two or three days a week. Christian Praise Centre 7979 Holistic Care Station provides the family with food aid through the Manna Food Bag program every two months.

Ryan, a Sarawakian, married his Indonesian wife many years ago without a formal registration of their marriage. They have four children aged 20, 17, 16 and 12, and the family now lives in Kuantan. Without a birth certificate, the four children could not enjoy the benefits offered to Malaysian students in school. The eldest daughter had an outstanding academic performance and was able to study up to Form 6, but she could not apply to any of the local universities since she doesn’t have an Identity Card. As a result, she has to go out to work as a salesperson. Three years ago, the Church paid most of the expenses for Ryan’s wife to make a trip back to Indonesia in the hope of obtaining a legal document so that she could help her children apply for an Identity Card, but her effort was futile. Now in the midst of the pandemic, the cost of returning to Malaysia is even higher than before. Therefore, his wife can only stay in Indonesia and be separated from her family. The Church sought help from politicians and government agencies, but they were not successful in securing legal aid for the family.

Although this family is constantly going through hard times, it is also continuously experiencing heart-warming deeds perform by some good Samaritans. The family was in arrears of rent for several months, but surprisingly not only the landlord didn’t evict them, he has agreed to allow them to continue to stay in the property. Ryan was unable to pay the children’s bus fare which had accumulated to several thousand Ringgits but the bus driver did not demand for payment and continued to give a lift to the children. His youngest child is more fortunate than his brothers and sisters though. After school, he attends the Companionship Class for the underprivileged children at Kuantan Glorious Grace Presbyterian Church and the church volunteers will send him home thereafter.

Although their helpless situation has yet to improve, the silent companionship of the volunteers and their care over the past few years have given hope and warmth to the family. When the government agencies and social welfare organisations were unable to intervene, the volunteers would still continue to deliver the Manna Food Bag and keep them company.

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