A disinfection team has been actively involved in disinfecting residential buildings three days each week in Yanji, in China's northeastern Jilin Province.
After the Covid-19 outbreak in late January, the Chinese department of Nanxin Church suspended all public meetings and instructed the congregation to be quarantined at home, according to the Jilin Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
With the spread of the virus, all residential quarters were locked down and disinfected.
Staff members of one of the church committees learned that a residential area called Tianxin Community had never been disinfected due to a lack of personnel. The committee volunteered to find persons who could assist and permission was given by the Tianxin community.
Beginning on February 19, the team has acted as the community's disinfection team. In addition, they discovered that some elderly residents and sanitation workers did not own enough masks. Through different approaches, the team purchased 600 masks and distributed them free of charge.
On March 1, the church committee appealed for more members to enlarge the team so the work could be carried out more thoroughly. They are willing to do this with joy, praying for a quick end to the pandemic.
爱国协力抗疫 保家爱心永存——延吉市南新教堂汉语部防疫消毒队义务为小区消毒
新冠肺炎疫情防控期间，在吉林省延吉市建工街天信小区活跃着一支防疫消毒队，每周一、三、五的三天，都准时对天信小区12栋居民楼和龙明小区两栋居民楼进行全面消毒，获得社区和小区居民的赞誉。
疫情发生后，延吉市南新教堂汉语部根据疫情防控要求，及时暂停聚会，并安排信徒居家隔离等候，同时，为疫情防控和防疫工作人员祷告，并祈祷早日研发出治疗药物。随着疫情发展，延吉市各生活小区开始封闭，并进行全面的消毒工作。汉语部同工发现，天信小区一直没有进行防疫消毒，经过到社区询问，才知道是社区人手不够，由于疫情的缘故，也雇不到人。得知情况后，大家表示，基督徒在国家和社会需要的时候，就应该奉献微薄的力量，在所居的地方发光，荣神益人。于是向社区请缨成立防疫消毒队，承担天信小区的消毒防疫任务，当即得到社区领导的欢迎。于2月19日正式开始“保家爱国，协力抗疫；小区消毒，爱心永驻”活动。
在小区消毒过程中，大家发现有些居家老人没有口罩，甚至出来工作的环卫工人也缺乏口罩。于是，通过各种途径，购买到600个口罩，免费发放给环卫工人。
3月1日，汉语部再次发出倡议，要把疫情防控消毒活动进行到底，更多的弟兄姊妹参加消毒队，不求地上的赞赏，只求天国的回报；大家都甘心受苦受累，满心平安喜乐，祈盼疫情早日结束。
A disinfection team has been actively involved in disinfecting residential buildings three days each week in Yanji, in China's northeastern Jilin Province.
After the Covid-19 outbreak in late January, the Chinese department of Nanxin Church suspended all public meetings and instructed the congregation to be quarantined at home, according to the Jilin Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
With the spread of the virus, all residential quarters were locked down and disinfected.
Staff members of one of the church committees learned that a residential area called Tianxin Community had never been disinfected due to a lack of personnel. The committee volunteered to find persons who could assist and permission was given by the Tianxin community.
Beginning on February 19, the team has acted as the community's disinfection team. In addition, they discovered that some elderly residents and sanitation workers did not own enough masks. Through different approaches, the team purchased 600 masks and distributed them free of charge.
On March 1, the church committee appealed for more members to enlarge the team so the work could be carried out more thoroughly. They are willing to do this with joy, praying for a quick end to the pandemic.
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