On June 13, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, the Bible study fellowship of Kunming Jida Church in Yunnan Province took the lead in launching the activities collectively titled "Welcome the Dragon Boat Festival, Wrap Zongzi and Send Blessings".
All getting up early, the fellowship members went to the vegetable market to buy ingredients. Among them were glutinous rice, rice dumpling leaves, dates, red beans, green beans, peanuts, and bacon. When they returned to the church, they went to their own work. Some sisters went to soak the glutinous rice, some brothers went to wash the rice dumpling leaves, and those who could not get involved were busy with other preparations.
Then the participants joined hands to wrap the dumplings. Under the guidance and assistance of skilled sisters, they were all eager to stretch the leaves, make a funnel shape, fill in the glutinous rice, and firmly press the ingredients. Then their hands flew around, sealing, tying, and forming.
From morning to evening, more than four hundred dumplings in various shapes, such as triangle, ox horn, and long strip, were freshly cooked.
During the process of making dumplings, the brothers talked to and poured out their hearts to each other. Some were discussing God's grace to them, others were talking about their family lives, and yet some were exchanging rice dumpling techniques and skills...
The most touching thing was that one aunt told the group that when she heard about the news of the dumpling wrapping activity for the church pastors and saw the active participation of brothers and sisters in this ministry, she was so excited that she did not sleep well all night and came early to the church to participate.
Afterward, they delivered the prepared dumplings to Trinity International Church, North Star Christian Church, and Century City Church in batches.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Wylie Sun
6月13日，端午节前的一天，昆明市集大教会的查经团契率先发起“迎端午 包粽子 送安康”活动。
弟兄姊妹们都起了个大早。他们相约出发来到菜集市场，采购各样食材。其中有糯米、粽叶、大枣、红豆、绿豆、花生，还有腊肉等材料一样都不能少。采购回到教会后，大家各司其职。有的姊妹连忙去泡糯米，也有弟兄去承担洗粽叶任务，插不上手的姊妹弟兄在做其它准备工作。 然后大家齐动手包粽子。在手艺娴熟的姊妹们的指导和协助下，大家你一堆，他一圈。迫不及待的捋粽叶、做漏斗状，再填进糯米、使劲压实压紧食材。然后巧手翻飞，封口、扎捆、成型。 从早晨到晚上，四百多个三角形、牛角形、长条形等各式各样的漂亮粽子新鲜出炉。 在包粽子的过程中，大家彼此交谈，互相倾心吐意。有的在述说着上帝对自己的恩典，有的在谈论自己的家庭生活，也有的在相互交流包粽子的技术、技巧……最让人感动的是，有一位阿姨对大家说：当她听到要给教会教牧同工包粽子的消息，同时看到弟兄姐妹们对这一事工的乐于奉献场面。激动得她一夜都没睡好觉，在今天她就赶早来到教会，参加这一有意义的爱心活动。 随后，弟兄姊妹将制作好的粽子，不辞辛苦的一批批，分头送到三一国际礼拜堂、北辰基督教堂和世纪城教会。（本文作者为福音时报西北地区特约撰稿人。）
云南昆明市集大教会开展“迎端午，包粽子，送安康”活动
On June 13, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, the Bible study fellowship of Kunming Jida Church in Yunnan Province took the lead in launching the activities collectively titled "Welcome the Dragon Boat Festival, Wrap Zongzi and Send Blessings".
All getting up early, the fellowship members went to the vegetable market to buy ingredients. Among them were glutinous rice, rice dumpling leaves, dates, red beans, green beans, peanuts, and bacon. When they returned to the church, they went to their own work. Some sisters went to soak the glutinous rice, some brothers went to wash the rice dumpling leaves, and those who could not get involved were busy with other preparations.
Then the participants joined hands to wrap the dumplings. Under the guidance and assistance of skilled sisters, they were all eager to stretch the leaves, make a funnel shape, fill in the glutinous rice, and firmly press the ingredients. Then their hands flew around, sealing, tying, and forming.
From morning to evening, more than four hundred dumplings in various shapes, such as triangle, ox horn, and long strip, were freshly cooked.
During the process of making dumplings, the brothers talked to and poured out their hearts to each other. Some were discussing God's grace to them, others were talking about their family lives, and yet some were exchanging rice dumpling techniques and skills...
The most touching thing was that one aunt told the group that when she heard about the news of the dumpling wrapping activity for the church pastors and saw the active participation of brothers and sisters in this ministry, she was so excited that she did not sleep well all night and came early to the church to participate.
Afterward, they delivered the prepared dumplings to Trinity International Church, North Star Christian Church, and Century City Church in batches.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Wylie Sun
Believers in Yunnan Wrap Zongzi to Mark Dragon Boat Festival
