The staff of a Guangxi church went to pay a visit to a local leprosy rehabilitation village before the Spring Festival which falls on February 1.
On January 26, together with Beihai Church’s staff, Rev. Zhang Zhongye, president of Beihai Christian Council (CC) in Guangxi Province, posted Chinese New Year couplets designed and written by the pastor himself for every family, after they removed the old ones.
Instead of giving food supplies, they prepared red envelopes containing “lucky money" for each of them, letting them buy something according to their needs. A female villager told the staff that she had to stay there even during the Spring Festival when most family members in China got together. Having many children and grandchildren, she said she was not understood or accepted by her family as a leper.
More than ten kilometers far away from Hepu Town, the village is located at Jiaolongtang in Hepu identified as the last leprosy village in Beihai, the home of Christians suffering from the disease. Originating from Beihai Puren Hospital (for lepers) in 1891, Simon Church used to be the earliest chapel in Beihai, which was especially concerned about leprosy patients. In 1993, it relocated to Jiaolongtang due to urban development. In October 2014, the church was rebuilt with a donation from Shanghai International Church.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2022年1月26日上午，在北海市基督教协会会长张业忠牧师带领下，北海教会的同工来到了麻风村养老院，他们挨家挨户为他们贴张牧师亲自酿词、亲笔书写的春联,先是撕下旧的，然后黏上新的。
今年北海堂没有为老人们购买慰问品，而是为他们每个人准备了一个红包儿，让他们自己根据需要买点东西。同工们跟一个老姊妹聊天儿：她有儿子、有孙子，可以说是儿孙满堂。但是因为是麻风病患者，有的家里人不理解他们，也不愿接纳他们，最多也就是来看看而已，过年了，也是只好在这里。
上海市弟兄姊妹捐助建成的西门基督教堂，也被称之为西门堂，位于广西北海合浦县城十余公里的蛟龙塘，被称为北海“最后一个麻风村”， 1891年始建于北海普仁麻风医院，西门堂于曾经是北海最早的礼拜堂，专门关心麻风病人。1993年因城区开发搬迁至蛟龙塘。2014年10月，西门堂由上海国际礼拜堂捐资重建。
（福音时报特约撰稿人报道）
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广西北海教会为“麻风村”老人贴春联、送爱心
The staff of a Guangxi church went to pay a visit to a local leprosy rehabilitation village before the Spring Festival which falls on February 1.
On January 26, together with Beihai Church’s staff, Rev. Zhang Zhongye, president of Beihai Christian Council (CC) in Guangxi Province, posted Chinese New Year couplets designed and written by the pastor himself for every family, after they removed the old ones.
Instead of giving food supplies, they prepared red envelopes containing “lucky money" for each of them, letting them buy something according to their needs. A female villager told the staff that she had to stay there even during the Spring Festival when most family members in China got together. Having many children and grandchildren, she said she was not understood or accepted by her family as a leper.
More than ten kilometers far away from Hepu Town, the village is located at Jiaolongtang in Hepu identified as the last leprosy village in Beihai, the home of Christians suffering from the disease. Originating from Beihai Puren Hospital (for lepers) in 1891, Simon Church used to be the earliest chapel in Beihai, which was especially concerned about leprosy patients. In 1993, it relocated to Jiaolongtang due to urban development. In October 2014, the church was rebuilt with a donation from Shanghai International Church.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Guangxi Church Cares for Leprosy Village With Written Spring Festival Couplets
