Sister Ma Wenshu is an elevator driver in the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Chaoyang District, contributing her part to bringing peace, according to Beijing Chongwenmen Church.
As the coronavirus outbreak happened during the Spring Festival, the hospital was short of staff. In this case, Sister Ma Wenshu had the courage to take on the responsibility, starting to work from the third day of the new year.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2020, a sudden pneumonia pandemic known as COVID-19 swept China. Beijing Chongwenmen Christian Church is also affected. In addition to suspending meetings and worshipping at home, the church also called on all brothers and sisters to donate 500,000 yuan to the disaster-stricken area in Wuhan.
Ma is a member of the Joyful Candlelight Fellowship of Beijing Chongwenmen Church. Working as an elevator driver was very dangerous during the pandemic, and the people she came in contact with were sometimes difficult. The most dangerous thing was that the elevator space was tight after the elevator doors were closed.
Following the working shift of 10 hours a day, she disinfects the elevator every two hours each day, and also at any time in special circumstances. In particular, women with abnormal body temperature often make her frightened and weak but with the Lord's help she did not flinch.
She prays every day before and after work. When she was weak, she also prayed and recited the Psalms silently until she knew all 91 Psalms. The Lord gave her peace, and she went to work with peace of mind every day. She conscientiously gave the temperature test to everyone who took the elevator, helped the mothers with mobility problems, guided them to different floors, and explained the hospital's regulations to them. Whenever she saw that another new life was born safely and was discharged from the hospital, her heart was full of joy.
Thanks to the Lord's grace, her hospital has now set up isolation wards and has more complete protective clothing.
Sister Ma Wenshu is only one of the thousands of ordinary workers, but it is exactly because of such ordinary dedication to their job that we have been able to maintain some normality during this emergency. The Bible says: "Man is faithful in the smallest things, and he is faithful in the biggest things." (Luke 16:10)
- Translated by Kevin Feng
【疫情下的坚守】爱主敬业——在医院用行动守护一方平安
2020年春节前夕，一场突如其来的新冠肺炎疫情席卷中国大地。北京崇文门教堂也不例外。教会除了暂停聚会改为在家敬拜，也号召广大弟兄姐妹们为武汉灾区捐款达50万元。
疫情期间，崇文门堂教会的弟兄姐妹们也凭着一向爱主爱人的心，在各自不同的岗位上做出自己应有的奉献。崇文门教堂喜乐烛光团契的马文书姊妹就是其中的一员。
马文书姊妹是朝阳区妇幼保健院的一名电梯司机，电梯司机这个工种在疫情期间是很危险的，接触到的人群比较复杂，最危险的是电梯门关闭后，电梯内空间是封闭的。由于疫情赶上春节，医院人手比较紧缺。在这种情况下，马文书姊妹勇于担当，不辞辛苦，从大年初三就开始上班，一上就是一天10个小时的班。
每天她要对电梯进行消毒，每隔两个小时消毒一次，遇到特殊情况要随时消毒。尤其是遇到体温不正常的产妇，也常常让她心有余悸，软弱不安。但她靠着主没有退缩。
每天上班前、下班后她都祷告，软弱的时候，她也祷告，默诵诗篇，直至把诗篇91篇都通篇背熟。主赐给她了平安，每天安心上班，认真的给每个乘电梯的人测量体温，帮助行动不便的产妇，给她们指引不同的楼层，为她们解答医院的规定。每当看到一个又一个新的生命平安诞生并且健康出院的时候，她的心里也充满了喜悦。
感谢主的恩典，她所在医院现在也设立了隔离病房，也有了更加全备的防护服。
马文书姊妹只是千千万万平凡岗位上的一员，但是正是因为她们平凡的坚守，才保障了我们在非常时期紧急生活秩序的正常。圣经上说：“人在最小的事情上忠心，在最大的事情上也忠心。”（路16：10）
Sister Ma Wenshu is an elevator driver in the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Chaoyang District, contributing her part to bringing peace, according to Beijing Chongwenmen Church.
As the coronavirus outbreak happened during the Spring Festival, the hospital was short of staff. In this case, Sister Ma Wenshu had the courage to take on the responsibility, starting to work from the third day of the new year.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2020, a sudden pneumonia pandemic known as COVID-19 swept China. Beijing Chongwenmen Christian Church is also affected. In addition to suspending meetings and worshipping at home, the church also called on all brothers and sisters to donate 500,000 yuan to the disaster-stricken area in Wuhan.
Ma is a member of the Joyful Candlelight Fellowship of Beijing Chongwenmen Church. Working as an elevator driver was very dangerous during the pandemic, and the people she came in contact with were sometimes difficult. The most dangerous thing was that the elevator space was tight after the elevator doors were closed.
Following the working shift of 10 hours a day, she disinfects the elevator every two hours each day, and also at any time in special circumstances. In particular, women with abnormal body temperature often make her frightened and weak but with the Lord's help she did not flinch.
She prays every day before and after work. When she was weak, she also prayed and recited the Psalms silently until she knew all 91 Psalms. The Lord gave her peace, and she went to work with peace of mind every day. She conscientiously gave the temperature test to everyone who took the elevator, helped the mothers with mobility problems, guided them to different floors, and explained the hospital's regulations to them. Whenever she saw that another new life was born safely and was discharged from the hospital, her heart was full of joy.
Thanks to the Lord's grace, her hospital has now set up isolation wards and has more complete protective clothing.
Sister Ma Wenshu is only one of the thousands of ordinary workers, but it is exactly because of such ordinary dedication to their job that we have been able to maintain some normality during this emergency. The Bible says: "Man is faithful in the smallest things, and he is faithful in the biggest things." (Luke 16:10)
- Translated by Kevin Feng
Christian Elevator Driver Devotes Work for Hospital Safety
