Editor's note: This story chronicles the life testimony of Li Ming, the founder of the Faith, Hope & Love Family. It tells of how God successfully led him out of drugs, called him to establish a drug rehabilitation center ,and to help many drug addicts who are in pain convert to Christianity. When we see the changes and restoration of these people, what we can do is to give our thanks and praise to God.
Below is the second part of his testimony:
The third miracle: founding "Faith, Hope & Love Family"
With only 120 yuan and faith, his family founded "Faith Hope Love Family," a non-profit free Christian Drug Rehab Center where they have everything in common.
The story began with his one of his junkie friends. One day, his friend who was also a junkie called to buy drugs from him. Li refused outright and told him that buying and using drugs was a sin. Li spoke to his friend by the Spirit, "Come to my home and have lunch with me." To his surprise, his friend really went to his home. After their 3-hour talk, his friend gave Li 100 yuan that he got from his wife to testify to Li (to buy drugs). Li asked him to take it back and to apologize to his wife for his lie. Li shared the story of the woman caught in adultery (John Chapter 8).
After that, Li visited his friend and often invited him to his home to have meals together. Until the fifteenth day, finally, his friend got rid of his drugs. His friend told Li about another friend who was tortured by drugs with a broken family. Li visited the new friend and saw him that he was in a really bad condition. Li took the friend into his home by the Spirit and he became the first brother who underwent drug treatment.
In the early days of "Faith Hope Love Family" ministry, some people persecuted Li due to the fact that he received no support from churches nor had any funds. They laughed at Li, saying Li and his staff were dirt and smeared against the ministry. They waited to see when the staff would give up and fall. Li would often burst into tears but he still decided to persist.
Li intended to seek support from a church where his mother went to but was rejected coldly. The church hindered the ministry and even said to Li, "If you insist on receiving junkies in your home, you will never belong to our church." However, this hurdle surprised Li to believe that God lead the ministry to be an independent Christian drug rehab center.
In the first half of the year, God taught Li to depend on Him when there was no way. God moved his wife to give out all her salary and his mother, her social insurance fund, to support the ministry.
There was an old loudspeaker box there and they did not have enough Bibles or chairs. Li refused to get conditional offerings. They lived through a hard but warm and unforgettable time.
Since the first brother stayed in Faith Hope Love Family, more drug addicts came to his home. The number even reached more than ten people at a time. Currently, the first brother whohas successfully quit drugs is a manager in a seafood restaurant. The second brother has opened a fast food restaurant. The third stays in the ministry and is the director of the gospel drug rehabilitation ministry. Some work for others and some serve in Faith Hope Love Family.
The rules of the ministry are like this: newcomers will receive service by trained volunteers, co-workers or brothers who have mature spiritual lives in turns(24 hours a turn) within the first ten days. The service includes cooking food, providing massage if necessary, washing clothes for them and chatting. Whoever is on duty should be available at any time.
After the fifteenth day, newcomers will learn about the Bible, worship and praise God, pray and copy the Bible every day. Also the staff will arrange him to buy vegetables and cook meals with trained co-workers to teach him responsibility and the life attitude normal people have. There are some other activities which helps the men get rid of drugs in their lives, mend their family relationships and eventually, return to society.
The ministry has helped 52 junkies who are from Hong Kong, Gansu, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shanxi and Hubei for almost two years. It is planning to rent a field to build a field rehabilitation home to work with the current family rehabilitation home.
The fourth miracle: a house church is done
Li with his staff started building a house church for the drug addicts in Jan. 2, 2015. During the construction, no man was injured. They experienced a united and hard period and grew in faith.
In the early days, God moved a sister to donate 10,000 yuan to them when Li had less than 1000 yuan. They decided to buy materials they could afford and build the church building all by themselves. They did as much as what God gave until the completion.
They also set up a study hall and purchased living equipments. Through the process, unknown Christians donated to them to push the building progress to its final stages. The workers who fought in the forefront were the brothers who got well from taking drugs, who were considered scum as junkies in the eyes of the world. Their actions demonstrated that they were no longer addicted to drugs but had their own talents.
"It matters little that junkies quit drugs for normal people who never take drugs. However, it matters that one lives out the life of Christ and influences his or her family so that they may be saved after the rehabilitation," says Li.
- Translated by Karen Luo
凭信心120元,创立信望爱之家,神在荒漠开江河
下面是神带领着我们一家人在一无所有的情况下,只拿着一百二十元钱,在没有教会、没有任何团体帮助的情况下,凭着信心依靠着神的带领,仰望神的供应,建立一个非盈利的,不收任何费用,生活学习全免,凡物公用,严格按照真理教导的福音戒毒机构。
当我去了十八天戒毒,回家第3天的时候,有一位几年前吸毒的朋友,打电话过来。他第一句话就问我,去了多久?我说十多天。回来多久?我说几天。然后第三句话,他就说,去拿东西,意思是说去拿毒品。按照以前的我在这样的诱惑下是控制不了自己的,或者不用别人诱惑我自己都会去找毒品,因为毒品带来的心瘾是无法抑制的是身不由已。现在这么大的诱惑摆在我面前试探我,我都感觉到好像毒品与我毫无关系的感觉了。当时我第一反应就是对他说……这样是犯罪的,然后他说我请你吧……我说你请我都是犯罪的。后面他又说,“我给钱你,你帮我去拿不就行了吗?”然后我说这样都是犯罪的。
当时圣灵感动我说:“你来我家吃中午饭吧,我家煲了汤,我在家里等你,十二点钟到吧。”然后他真的十二点钟来到我家。那时候,我妻子和母亲也在一起吃完饭……大概一点多钟,妻子去上班,母亲也出去了,剩下我跟他两个人在家里沟通,我之前经过祷告了,求神带领我,那时候我跟他两个人面对面,聊了大概三个小时,最后他从口袋拿出一百块,他说我现在相信你不是装模作样的了,我相信你是真的不吸毒了。
我就对他说,你现在就把这一百块钱拿回去,还给你妻子,诚实的告诉她,对她说,我骗了你拿这个钱去吸毒的,但是从此我不再去吸了,然后认罪悔改。那时候,我就告诉他一段经文约翰福音第八章,“耶稣就直起腰来,对她说:’妇人,那些人在哪里呢?没有人定你的罪吗?”她说:“主啊,没有。”耶稣说:“我也不定你的罪。去吧,从此不要再犯罪了!(约 8:10-11 )”
从那天开始,我就去探望他,他也来我家吃饭,然后我就服侍他,服侍他到十五天左右用这种方法戒掉,到第十六天的时候他对我说有位朋友,因为吸毒到了妻离子散的地步,现在什么都没有了,听了以后我有感动去探访他。到了那间出租房看到的情景真是很凄凉,只有一张床,一个电热壶,一袋饼干。我看到他神智不清,因经常吸毒的原因产生各种幻听幻觉让他控制不了自己,整天在大街漫无目的游走,和我以前那种状况一样,很可怜,很凄凉。我想起自己曾经的经历,眼泪止不住流下来,我当时拉住他的手为他祷告。
圣灵给我平安,感动我接他到家里住,这就是第一位戒毒的弟兄,当时信望爱之家很荒芜,没电灯、没床、没台、没椅子。当时知道首要的是做通家人思想工作,所以我很真诚的对妻子说:“你相信我这次是有神在做工,神感动我接他到家里住,帮助他戒毒。你要对他好像自己的亲人那样爱他。”我自己解释不了为什么会有一种不能抗拒的感觉,没法推迟要接他到我们家。我对妻子说:“我答应你,只要我以后都不再吸毒,你能否把你每个月工资全部拿回来,支持家庭生活开支?”那时我妻子没有信主,但她还是被我的真诚感动了。母亲那时也愿意拿出她自己每月一千多块的养老金支持我,妻子也答应了。后来妻子也因我生命改变而感动很快就决志信主了,现在母亲和妻子都与我一起同工,感谢主!
恩典之路 痛而不苦
在建立信望爱之家的服侍过程中,有很多刻骨铭心的经历,有一次我女儿的手受伤了,不停地流了好多血。当时我很心疼她,心里极其难过,我自己心里在流泪。虽然她的手很痛,但是她也没有责怪我为什么把家里所有的钱奉献出来给戒毒的弟兄做伙食费而没有钱留给她去医院医手。因为那时候信望爱之家经常处于吃了这顿,不知道下一顿该怎么办的状况。我们的宗旨是无论到什么地步坚决不问别人要钱或借钱,后来神感动一位肢体奉献几百块给我女儿医好了手,感谢主,荣耀归于天父。
让我刻骨铭心的是,刚宣告建立信望爱之家福音戒毒的时候,有一些人因为我们没有教会支持,没有资源实力,耻笑藐视我们,说我们是一群污合之众,抹黑攻击我们,偶尔也议论说看他们什么时候放弃、跌倒。当时我听着这些人的冷言冷语,眼睛湿润了,但忍着泪水咽下肚子,那种屈辱的感受难以用词语表达。当时我深深感受到神的呼召,所以我对自己说一定不能放弃要坚持走下去,而且我要努力持守,因为我深深相信我有神的同在,神会带领着我作奇妙的事。
圣灵对我说…… 存着无亏的良心,叫你们在何事上被毁谤,就在何事上可以叫那诬赖你们在基督里有好品行的人自觉羞愧 (彼前 3:16 )。
神籍着有异象使命感的人,兴起信望爱之家成为一个自主的福音戒毒机构,这是我意想不到的。因为刚开始宣告建立信望爱之家时,我自己本想在母亲所在的一个家庭教会作为一个依靠的港湾,但被他们很冷漠的拒绝,当时我说我没有别的意思,我只想弟兄们有一个主日崇拜的地方参加聚会,当时他们几个同工到我家找我俩母子谈话,内容表达是不同意我在自己家建立信望爱之家福音戒毒事工,意思是怕我做得不好会影响他们声誉,所以百般拦阻打压,最后说:“如果你还是坚持要在家里接待吸毒者,你从此就不属于我们教会。”
当时我说了一段经文…… 义人就回答说:“主啊,我们什么时候见你饿了,给你吃,渴了,给你喝?什么时候见你作客旅,留你住,或是赤身露体,给你穿?又什么时候见你病了,或是在监里,来看你呢?”王要回答说:“我实在告诉你们,这些事你们既做在我这弟兄中一个最小的身上,就是做在我身上了。(太25:37-40 )”
然后我说这样的服侍完全符合真理,是神所喜悦的,他们没话说就走了。然而在建立信望爱初期仇敌籍着这此人不断攻击,我当时对我妈妈说:“……妈怎么我们突然好像成了亚细亚孤儿,被人看为大麻风。”因为当时打压我们的时候,过分得连平常跟我们经常有来往的弟兄姊妹想来探望我们都不允许,当时的环境让我倍感凄凉,不知道我们能去哪里,也没有人愿意来关心,我形容那时候的处境是连苍蝇也不敢叮我们。邻居也对我们产生抗拒恐惧,
“天怎样高过地,照样,我的道路高过你们的道路;我的意念高过你们的意念(赛 55:9 )。 ”
就是在这些人看来没路可走的环境,神让我们学会更加依靠神,神感动妻子把所有工资奉献出来,也感动我妈一千多块的社保全部奉献出来,一起艰难支持着度过了一段既让我感到温暖又难忘的时光。
这是信望爱之家建立早期上半年,广州的社区主任,送一个弟兄来信望爱戒毒,她坦诚的说,这里一无所有,连枱発也没有,圣经也不够,空空如也,怎么学习,用一个烂音箱做讲台,简陋的程度无法形容,我当时不知怎么样回答。因为,神给我的领受是凭信心自主的建立信望爱之家福音戒毒,宗旨第一,不接受有条件的奉献,所以生活环境异常艰苦,天天都处于经历信心的试炼。这些刻骨铭心的成长经历,让我学会珍惜、感恩、知足、刚强、奋进、坚持,最重要是学会依靠神,因为人是有限,神是无限的。后来神感动着一个又一个有同样看见的爱心家人支持奉献信望爱之家。神就是这样子引导我们走出一条自主的路。到了今天我妈妈以前所属的家庭教会的同工,也被神的爱所吸引投身于信望爱之家做同工一起服侍,邻居和村民也接纳我们并且有好往来。
当初尝过的酸甜苦辣,换来今天最美的祝福
怜恤人的人有福了,因为他们必蒙怜恤……为义受逼迫的人有福了,因为天国是他们的……应当欢喜快乐,因为你们在天上的赏赐是大的。在你们以前的先知,人也是这样逼迫他们。 (太5:7,10,12 )”
自从第一位弟兄入住后,家里真正开始接待戒毒的弟兄一个接着一个,最多时有十多个。现在第一位入住信望爱之家生活学习的弟兄,已经成功戒毒返回社会从低做起,现在已经是一家高档海鲜刺生酒楼经理了,第二位亦开始创业开快餐店,而第三位现在留在信望爱之家服侍,是福音戒毒事工主任。还有一些打工,也有已经戒毒继续留在信望爱之家服侍的,感谢主,哈利路亚!
建立信望爱之家的时候生活非常困难,因为我们没有收任何生活费、押金,是凭信心去做的,信望爱之家宗旨按圣经的教导,因为主说,爱那些不可爱的人,我渴的时候你给我喝,我饿的时候你给我吃,我赤身祼体的时候你给我穿,我病了你看顾我,在监里你来看我,主说我实在告诉你们:这些事你们既然作在我这弟兄中一个最小的身上,就是作在我的身上。因为按我的领受—最小的意思是最不可爱的,所以我们就按照这样的教导,单纯的凭着信心去做,我看到神的奇妙,主恩的滋味是何等的甘甜。我从前风闻有你,现在亲眼看见你。(约42:5 和合本)
信望爱之家的弟兄,每一个进来的都很快就被圣灵感动信主了,通过结合我的经历分享,他们很快就能被感动信主,还有很多好的见证都能够活出来。因为我们以基督的心为心,尽心尽力的摆上服侍主,例如……
信望爱之家的服侍规定,凡是有新弟兄来,在脱瘾期10天内,都安排比较成熟的弟兄,受训义工,或者同工,轮流24小时值班服侍新弟兄,服侍的内容有,( 新弟兄饿的时候熟吃的给他吃,身体不适帮他按摩,帮他洗衣服,陪他聊天沟通,不论任何时候随时候命)。目的是让他感受到弟兄的爱和温暖,在他孤单无助的时候,鼓励他重新振作起来,让刚硬的心软化。也同时让他被人服侍的时候,不知不觉,也学会了服侍,更重要的是让弟兄们舍已,谦卑下来,生命影响生命,薪火相传。待15天后身体恢复才开始投入集体生活,每天灵修学习、敬拜赞美神、祷告、抄圣经。安排弟兄家务组和受训同工一起买菜做饭互相搭配,使他学会责任感和尽可能让他学会一个正常人应该有的生活态度。把一天的买菜生活开支交给弟兄合理运用,引导他精打细算和学会了珍惜别人的信任,学会诚实家务组是轮流替换,每组2个人,每组2天时间,然后下一组替换。帮助每一个求助者从戒除毒瘾到成功修复家庭关系返回社会,可谓呕心沥血。因为要让弟兄正确领受福音大能的医治,是要把真理结合到生活灵活运用,而不是空谈知识理论,才能造就生命,也因为每个人的经历与背景文化差异不同,所以帮助每一位弟兄戒毒都是需要尽心尽力,爱人如己的态度才有果效。
我赐给你们一条新命令,乃是叫你们彼此相爱;我怎样爱你们,你们也要怎样相爱。你们若有彼此相爱的心,众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了。 (约 13:34-35 )”
五饼二鱼般的神迹 建立信望爱之家教会
信望爱之家里面建立了福音戒毒机构,还更加建立了家庭教会,信望爱之家建立家庭教会也是一个出人意料之外的奇妙恩典,因为刚开始建立信望爱之家初期,我们在番禺本地没有教会接纳,也因为自身条件限制,没有正常的聚会,去过几个聚会点,但去一段时间,感觉没有真正的理解接纳和信任,而导致有些弟兄的心灵受伤害,后来没有去了。因为残酷的现实环境,逼使我们决心要自己建立聚会点,避免这些事情再次发生。信望爱之家建立教会,可以说是神籍着环境逼出来的建立的信望爱之家。信望爱之家,从一个荒漠之地,就是这样奇妙的被弟兄们同心合力,没有请一个外人,建设成现在的这个样子。
不可思议,从2015年1月2号建设到现在,边建设边学习,边服侍,感谢神,在建设当中神保守看顾,没有一位弟兄受伤。哈利路亚! 当中让我深有领受,就是同心合一、坚持、忍耐、等候、同甘共苦。这几样我们都尝过经历过。也是因为有这样的经历,使弟兄们更加成长。在信望爱之家宣告建殿初期,我手上只有几百元的资金,当时神感动一位姊妹奉献了第一笔1万元的建殿专用款,我们决定凭信心,有多少资金就买多少材料,自己动手建设不请工人。因为没有确定的资金量,所以整个建设也没有图纸,也没有预算建设费用,全凭信心,仰望神供应多少就做多少,直至建设完成为止。现在信望爱之家的聚会礼堂已经全部完工了,哈利路亚。赞美主!而且信望爱之家的装修精致、庄严、温馨、舒适,其次还建设了一个学习大厅和弟兄们住宿的生活设施等。整个过程中神不断感动素不相识的弟兄姊妹一次又一次的爱心奉献推动完成了整个建设。参与第一线建设及装修的全是信望爱之家的戒毒康复弟兄,他们被世人视为社会渣滓垃圾的吸毒者,但神的大能改变他们,使他们心发感恩,尽心尽力的建设神的家,这也是他们自己的家。他们正在努力奋进,证明给所有人看,他们不但戒了毒,而且是有才华的人才,在有些地方甚至都比正常人做的更好。戒了毒,没有什么了不起,因为正常人本来就不吸毒。最重要是戒了毒还要活出基督的生命,让家人也被生命的见证影响,一同得救蒙福。
回报社会,造福社会,才是一个荣神益人的好见证
我们服侍的异象是“当信主耶稣,你和你一家都必得救。(徒16:31 )”通过服侍这些被社会认为最不可爱的人,甚至比大麻风都更可怕的人。
通过福音的大能,使他知罪、认罪悔改、活出丰盛的生命。因为生命影响生命,这些浪子回头,同时家庭美满幸福,一家信主,回报社会,造福社会。看到这样子的结果,是我们服侍的最大满足和回报,同时也是一种最有影响力的传福音的方式。
在这将近二年的时间,信望爱之家帮助服侍的弟兄到目前为止统计共五十二位,其中有来自香港、甘肃、海南、武汉、广西、广州、浙江、山西等地。由于信望爱之家事工人员架构不断走向成熟,现在正筹备租一块地,建设多一个田园式的福音戒毒之家,结合现有的家庭式戒毒之家,使得整个福音戒毒事工更加完善。
信望爱之家同工服侍感言
我们向着主所给的同一个异象使命,不屈不饶,同甘共苦。
分享信望爱之家同工们走凭信心之路蒙神祝福感动人的见证!
信望爱之家是一个凭信心仰望神供应的福音戒毒机构,在资源供应方面一都是由圣灵感动有同样看见的弟兄姊妹奉献,信望爱之家在神的带领下,正在以常人难以想像的速度兴起,因此同工,工作量大,因为我们没有能力像其它机构设立固定薪酬,但我们到现在为止也没打算实行固定薪酬服侍,在同工生活方面,我们团队都有了共识。 就是神有充足供应就有生活体恤金,神没有充足供应没有生活体恤金,但每一位同工也甘心乐意服侍。因为我们的领受,服侍是尊贵崇高的。不能用金钱衡量。
事工主任明仔全部摆上在信望爱之家很多时取消休假,因为每逢有新弟兄入住学习便是新的战斗开始,团队便进入精神紧绷的状态。事工主任明仔自己家里很多需要维修保养的地方需要修补却没有时间,也放弃了很多和家人共享的欢乐时光,在信望爱之家建殿和弟兄学习住宿设施上任劳任怨,从来没有怨言。本人也因事工,工作量比较大,所以从建立信望爱之家到现在为止没有试过休假。同工锋弟兄有三个子女,但也因为热爱这份服侍岗位,也疏忽了家庭,放弃了许多与家人相棸的温馨家庭生活。
我女儿也开始长大懂事了,十多岁,但还是和我妈同住一间房,这也是影响她成长,幸好我女儿和弟兄们相处非常融合。曾经很想留一间房给我女儿自己用,但感受到求助者家属的水深火热处境,为了多安置几个弟兄入住信望爱之家所以取消了。每个人都会自私,希望把最好的留给自己的亲人或儿女,但我们真的没有办法做到善待自己的亲人。我们尽力给弟兄们提供一个舒适干净整洁的环境。而我妈妈女儿的房间是这样破旧凌乱,地方小没一有样新的家具添置给她们。人非草木孰能无情,自己总觉得有亏欠,但因工作岗位环境特殊,这是在所难免的。感谢神,哈利路亚。
因为信望爱之家的事工是由神而来,有神的同在,所以圣灵一直在当中作工,我们的家庭关系不但没有变差,反而得到家人的支持配合和理解。我很感恩的是妻子与我同工服侍,生命有了翻转的改变,这让我欣慰。我家初信主时有一块牌写着下面这段经文,当时我因为没有真正经历圣灵的洗,所以我很抗拒,认为很傻,是傻瓜做的事。
“至于我和我家,我们必定侍奉耶和华。”——约书亚记24:15
现在这段经文应验在我家,我才明白我家是何等的蒙福。感谢主的恩典如春雨降下,求神感动更多热心的弟兄姊妹为信望爱之家的福音戒毒事工及所需一切的供应代祷,因为我们战斗在第一线,非常需要后方的关心支持、祷告、奉献!
广州信望爱之家福音戒毒所创办者黎明弟兄:从戒毒到服侍吸毒者的生命见证
Editor's note: This story chronicles the life testimony of Li Ming, the founder of the Faith, Hope & Love Family. It tells of how God successfully led him out of drugs, called him to establish a drug rehabilitation center ,and to help many drug addicts who are in pain convert to Christianity. When we see the changes and restoration of these people, what we can do is to give our thanks and praise to God.
Below is the second part of his testimony:
The third miracle: founding "Faith, Hope & Love Family"
With only 120 yuan and faith, his family founded "Faith Hope Love Family," a non-profit free Christian Drug Rehab Center where they have everything in common.
The story began with his one of his junkie friends. One day, his friend who was also a junkie called to buy drugs from him. Li refused outright and told him that buying and using drugs was a sin. Li spoke to his friend by the Spirit, "Come to my home and have lunch with me." To his surprise, his friend really went to his home. After their 3-hour talk, his friend gave Li 100 yuan that he got from his wife to testify to Li (to buy drugs). Li asked him to take it back and to apologize to his wife for his lie. Li shared the story of the woman caught in adultery (John Chapter 8).
After that, Li visited his friend and often invited him to his home to have meals together. Until the fifteenth day, finally, his friend got rid of his drugs. His friend told Li about another friend who was tortured by drugs with a broken family. Li visited the new friend and saw him that he was in a really bad condition. Li took the friend into his home by the Spirit and he became the first brother who underwent drug treatment.
In the early days of "Faith Hope Love Family" ministry, some people persecuted Li due to the fact that he received no support from churches nor had any funds. They laughed at Li, saying Li and his staff were dirt and smeared against the ministry. They waited to see when the staff would give up and fall. Li would often burst into tears but he still decided to persist.
Li intended to seek support from a church where his mother went to but was rejected coldly. The church hindered the ministry and even said to Li, "If you insist on receiving junkies in your home, you will never belong to our church." However, this hurdle surprised Li to believe that God lead the ministry to be an independent Christian drug rehab center.
In the first half of the year, God taught Li to depend on Him when there was no way. God moved his wife to give out all her salary and his mother, her social insurance fund, to support the ministry.
There was an old loudspeaker box there and they did not have enough Bibles or chairs. Li refused to get conditional offerings. They lived through a hard but warm and unforgettable time.
Since the first brother stayed in Faith Hope Love Family, more drug addicts came to his home. The number even reached more than ten people at a time. Currently, the first brother whohas successfully quit drugs is a manager in a seafood restaurant. The second brother has opened a fast food restaurant. The third stays in the ministry and is the director of the gospel drug rehabilitation ministry. Some work for others and some serve in Faith Hope Love Family.
The rules of the ministry are like this: newcomers will receive service by trained volunteers, co-workers or brothers who have mature spiritual lives in turns(24 hours a turn) within the first ten days. The service includes cooking food, providing massage if necessary, washing clothes for them and chatting. Whoever is on duty should be available at any time.
After the fifteenth day, newcomers will learn about the Bible, worship and praise God, pray and copy the Bible every day. Also the staff will arrange him to buy vegetables and cook meals with trained co-workers to teach him responsibility and the life attitude normal people have. There are some other activities which helps the men get rid of drugs in their lives, mend their family relationships and eventually, return to society.
The ministry has helped 52 junkies who are from Hong Kong, Gansu, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shanxi and Hubei for almost two years. It is planning to rent a field to build a field rehabilitation home to work with the current family rehabilitation home.
The fourth miracle: a house church is done
Li with his staff started building a house church for the drug addicts in Jan. 2, 2015. During the construction, no man was injured. They experienced a united and hard period and grew in faith.
In the early days, God moved a sister to donate 10,000 yuan to them when Li had less than 1000 yuan. They decided to buy materials they could afford and build the church building all by themselves. They did as much as what God gave until the completion.
They also set up a study hall and purchased living equipments. Through the process, unknown Christians donated to them to push the building progress to its final stages. The workers who fought in the forefront were the brothers who got well from taking drugs, who were considered scum as junkies in the eyes of the world. Their actions demonstrated that they were no longer addicted to drugs but had their own talents.
"It matters little that junkies quit drugs for normal people who never take drugs. However, it matters that one lives out the life of Christ and influences his or her family so that they may be saved after the rehabilitation," says Li.
- Translated by Karen Luo
Life Testimony: Founding Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, Drug Addict Converts to Christianity and Serve Junkies(Part 2)