Today Pastor Alex, Sindra, Rebecca and I (Thomas) had opportunities to
visit some Chinese store owners in Belize City while our other teammates were
holding VBS in the park. We had a busy schedule of going to 4 different stores.
Each one of them had a unique story behind the journey from China to
Belize.
In the morning, Alex, Thomas and Rebecca went to visit 2 store
owners. The first one we visited was Mei Yan who looks after her store by
herself. Those store owners usually work long hours every day. They work behind
bars and they usually live there too. Mei Yan is not an exception. She works
almost 12 hours a day, wanting to give the best education and everything for
her four children. She has been with the Belize Chinese Church for more than 5
years (come and go). She has been approached by Jehovah Witness for a number of
times but thanks God that she finally settle at this Chinese Church. We spent a
good time (1.5 hours) with her and she shared about her life, her children and
her baggage with us. We shared the Gospel with her. She said she understood
the message and reaffirmed her faith before the Lord. She did pray with us finally,
committing herself to Jesus Christ as her Lord of her life. Please pray for her
as her husband still has a traditional Chinese idol at home, which hinders her
to consider getting baptized.
The next visitation is a young girl, called Chun Ling, recently
relocated from China to Belize. She is very smart, with a master degree at a
famous university in Beijing. She was baptized a few months ago by our LGCC’s
pastor. However, she was busy working at her store even on Sundays, so she
seldom came back church recently. She shared her struggles with us. It is not
easy for her as a young girl looking after a store by herself. We encouraged
her to stay strong in faith and pray for God’s wisdom in better time
management. Please pray for Chun Ling as
she could be a rising star (smart, well-educated, young and easy-going person)
for the Chinese Church.
In the afternoon, we split into 2 teams. Sindra and I went to visit
Suk Jan, another store owner. She recently retired and sold her business to her
relatives but she is there to help out. She recently had struggles with her
only son (who has his own family in Belize), so she felt a little bit unhappy.
We prayed for her and motivated her to pray God for her ordeals and hope wot
find a way out. Please keep her in your prayer.
Another team, Rebecca and Thomas visited a store owned by Ah Yee
and her husband. Her two sons attended the VBS and they loved it.
We listened to her stories of operating the store till midnight every day
7 days a week while worrying about robberies and other crimes. Her entire
mission here was to provide a good education and future for her children.
We then shared the gospel with her using a gospel booklet. At the
end, Rebecca invited her to pray to accept Jesus Christ as her savior and Ah
Yee agreed. Rebecca prayed with her. PTL. She still had some
challenges as her husband was quite opposed to her faith. Pray that God
will bring blessings to her family through Ah Yee's life transformation and
testimony.
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