恩慧之路

在這裡，大家都拼命地學英文。移民局、很多的教會都開設了各樣的英文班和英文課程。本來我們的人手就不足，既然別的教會已經在做的事情，我們就不打算重覆做，可是後來發現，最基礎的英文發音課，沒有人照顧這一塊。

很多的媽媽太太都抱怨，移民局的第一級，對他們來說還是太難，而且很多人的發音基礎不好，發音規則沒有概念，甚至二十六個字母也認不全，在這個情況之下，為期一週的密集課，發音基礎班就應運而生了。

因為語言不通的關係，丹先生常常要出門幫忙翻譯。而看醫生，就是相當熱門的翻譯需求，其中，包含了產檢。

春天來了，雪開始融化了。屋外的雪人，先是不見了頭，再來是肚子也空了，最後，就消失地無影無蹤了，氣溫漸漸地保持在零上五度左右，每天都陽光普照的，感覺得舒服尤其是出門的時侯，不用經過一大堆泥濘、髒污的雪，更是令人覺得輕爽。

正當我們都準備好輕便的衣服時，突然有一天下雪了，幾個小時內，氣溫一下子就降到零下十度，來我們家的高中生們措手不及，進門的時侯直打哆嗦，喊著冷，他們的厚羽毛外套都換下來了改穿輕外套出了上學了呢。原來氣象預報說，第二天會降溫，到零下二十度呢。

來加拿大四個月，奇蹟不斷地在發生中。

    Thankfully, it’s getting warmer and Sharon and I have “survived” through the first winter in Canada. We are planning a series of outreaching activities and trying to invite other Alliance Churches to work together with us. In addition, we will start a Bible study for 4 Chinese people considering about being baptized from the coming Friday evening. Hopefully, we will have more members in Christ’s body in the coming summer. Last Sunday, there were 4 people attending our Sunday service.  

It’s amazing that we’ve been here for almost 5 months and our presence has been significant for local Chinese people. During the past two weeks, Maple Leaf stared hiring new workers and I had been busy in interpreting for Chinese interviewees and contacted over 10 families. Last Sunday, Rev. Francis Tam, the executive secretary of CCACA, came to visit us and shared gospel with 29 Chinese, 22 adults and 7 children in our potluck event. We also found that there are four potential families attending our gatherings continually and tried to follow up them. Please see the photos of the event as below:

Thankfully, our Chinese Festival event went on very well last Sunday. There were 57 people attending and we all had a wonderful lunch and a good time. We also met another family coming from Taiwan and chatted with them very happily. Please see the photos of the event as below:

我們在台灣的一對夫妻朋友，最近和我們連絡上。先生Bruce最近正在考慮要去唸神學院。他們兩位都是台大英文系的高材生，也在教會恃奉多年，先生現在在教會的附屬社區發展協會服務，太太Sami則是有一個可愛的小寶寶，目前全職在家帶小孩。因為教會的人事及行政體系有異動，所以他們打算另請傳道人來替代Bruce的工作。時間很急迫，開學九月在即，起碼在五個月以前就要申請定案，而且，神學院課業很重，那不是說丟下了家人和家計，或是半工半讀可以解決的事情。Sami的擔心，溢於言表。

我吃蛋糕，只愛吃戚風蛋糕。不愛奶油，不喜歡任何的奶油。在加拿大的甜品通常過甜，而且那奶油和糖霜，厚得讓人受不了。