医院探访事工再思

静静坐在医院的某个角落，等待一群大专生在医院探访病人。
这是全人第一次安排大专生来医院探访。

这个宁静的时刻，
让我能再次思考医院探访的前景。

医院病人需要探访吗？
圣经的教导显然告诉我们这是需要的。
我也认为需要。
可是，
看见需要的人多，因着需要而行动的人少。
探访队少，
介绍病人给探访队的医生也少。
愿意付出时间，探访病人的人更少。

以色列人在旷野四十年，
摩西因着以色列人的猜疑，
无法进入迦南地。
四十年过去，
约书亚因着对上帝的信心，
带领以色列人入迦南。

医院事工需要新一代的约书亚，
看见上帝的异象，
借着对上帝的信心，
勇敢突破过去的障碍，
踏入医院关怀有需要的人。

为这群大专生祷告，
求上帝开他们的心，让他们看到病人之后，
心里有怜悯、有感动。
求上帝开他们祷告的心，愿意在祷告中纪念这些探访过的病人。
求上帝引领他们的脚，愿意走这条服侍人的道路。
求上帝赐他们一颗学习的心，在医院探访中学习如何关心生病的人。
用他们大学的理性思维、青年的热情、未来教会的领导机会，来推动这个事工。

13.7.2015

分享的时候，有人哭了。
探病带来的震撼、病人的分享带来震撼。
这一群少年，突破他们生命的障碍，
第一次踏入医院、探望病人，
本着要关心别人的使命，
没有想到，自己的生命却被震撼，哭了。

天父啊！感谢你感动了一群少年人，
求你保守他们感动的心，
直到有一天，他们也能够担起这个使命，
关心身旁的人，踏入医院关心病人。

14.7.2015

祷告文化评估表

凡事祷告是你的教会文化吗？
我们可以做一个研究。在教会里，抽样或全部会友回答以下评估，然后取平均数。 

个人周期评估 
1. 在过去一个月的聚会里，有没有为个人、教会、国家、世界祷告？
2. 在过去的一个月里，有没有人问你，你有什么事情需要我为你祷告吗？
3. 在过去的一个月里，你的主日学、神学课程、崇拜、 whatsapp 或 Facebook group 里，有没有人提醒你要多祷告？
4. 在过去的一个月里，你有没有参加祷告会？
分数：没有（零分），偶尔－rarely（1分），时常－often（2分），经常－always（3分） 
满分为 12分，6分以上暂定为健康教会祷告文化。
谨记：6分的分界只是一个参考，不能只满足于 6分，要努力达到 12分。

有人回应说，他的评估是满分 12 分。这似乎对他来说是理所当然的。

My first dinner

9.1.2012 First day in Cambodia

The buffet dinner is only USD4 per person. However, I am not trying the raw food which form majority of the menu. Nonetheless, the briefing with Rev Jessica Ting is beneficial.

Cambodia is under-developed with an average monthly income of USD 30-40. Medical cares are very costly that most people will die of illness because of poverty. Is this what mission trip if for? Is it to help those in need financial and medically, so that they may have better living and free medical consultation and medications? How do we feel as a mission tripper, in impressing them with the services? What do they need?

10.1.2012 Trip to Takeo

Wake up 6.30am in the morning, memorizing 1 Timothy 2:1-4. I should have memorizing bible verses more often.

Taking beef noodle for the breakfast and taste great.

We have visited a Methodist School, built by Singapore Methodist. This is a private school for which each students have to pay a monthly fee, range from 10-45 USD. These students are going to be the young leaders in Phnom Penh and thus this ministry is going to have a great impact in Cambodia.

We then spent 2 hours buying the medications, a challenging task as to keep everything in budget. What are selected is going to have a great impact in Takeo.

Arrived at 4pm, we started the ministry straight away, knowing that there was a group of villagers waiting for us since 1pm. 57 patients were seen within 3 hours. 90 people accepted Jesus as their savior. It’s a fulfilling day.

A few of the patients were seriously ill including a 4-year old boy looks like a 6-month old baby, with splenomegaly. Unfortunately, the family has no money to seek further treatment. A 12-day old premature baby weighted 1.1kg was seen.

Dear Father God, these are shocking and yet you are the one sending us here. You must have your plan. Help us to experience the spiritual healing in a country like this with unaffordable medical services and incurable disease. Amen

Visions异象

I drive almost one hour each morning to arrive at my workplace. It is the best time for me to pray, to reflect, and to plan my day. I always had these moments in which ideas pop out from nowhere. I tended to ignore them, but then some of the ideas would repeat and became clearer each time they pop out.

I decided to write down some of these clearer ones, so that others may view and comment, and hopefully share the same visions.

My strength in research is doing survey, and recently exploring on online survey. This means that I can survey many samples at one time by sending out emails and invitation letters. The vision I saw today is about a lack of church database. We are not sure how many christians there are in Malaysia, how old they are, how many churches without full-time worker, etc. The mission is to setup a survey team assisting the churches, the seminaries and the christian organizations in surveys.

When we came back from Cameron yesterday, there were two sisters in my car and one of them is a missionary. During conversation, a vision pop out, about how someone will be able to find out which missionary organization or which mission field that they should and can join, and what training and requirement are required. In education, we have academic and career counselors, and even education fair. However, there is no mission consultant or counselor in Malaysia, who can help someone figure out which path of mission they can take.

Though there is a strong need to send out missionary and train pastor, the need to collect and provide information is as great.

中文翻译会补上。

坦然面对死亡还是生无可念？

认识一个面对癌症而又能坦然的人，心里很佩服又好奇。
到底他的生命力量从那里来？

是不是对死亡没有恐惧？
信耶稣让我们有永生的盼望。
轮回的信仰则是个无奈，因为不知道来世（六道轮回）会去哪一道、
也不知道今生的修为能不能让他再一次成为人。
可是，这位朋友即不是基督徒，也对自己的修为没有把握，
只能相信前生修了很多福。

这个对前生的信念是没有根据的，
所以，我想……
是不是对今生没有挂念？
倘若活着时，别人需要我、依靠我、爱我，
那我肯定不想要死，
因为我活着有意义。
可是，倘若一个人活着没有贡献，虚度光阴，
那生和死又有什么分别呢？

一个人在生离死别时，没有人对他有留念，
那他的人生是很悲剧的。
上帝的爱可以充满他，
肯定他做人的价值，
让他在剩下的日子，因着爱的缘故，贡献自己的生命，
找回自己的尊严。

家庭探访不是天生就会的

家庭探访不是天生就会的，但是如何探访呢？网上资料虽然不容易找，但是却不缺少。

基本探访的技巧可以在 http://www.cclw.net/book/jiaomuxue/jiaomuxue1/ 第二十八到三十课找到。
另一个网站是 http://www.gospeltimes.cn/news/2008_01_15/1638.htm
Facebook 也有一篇分享很务实，http://www.facebook.com/notes/tan-tian-shuo-dao-fu-yin-zhuan-ji/zou-jin-ren-qun-shen-dong-wu-yan-xia-ben-hui-yu5510-ming-bao-kan-deng/392875316134