Let me tell the story about my mother, a respectable woman in my family.
My mother, a countryside person, dropped out of school to work after finishing the third or fourth grade in an elementary school. As an ambitious person, my mother was not afraid of being looked down upon but refused to give up. It was also because God gave her such a character that my Dad could persevere when he went to study theology.
After my father went to a seminary school, my mother raised two children while farming in the fields in the 1990s, during which time my family was very poor and there were not many people studying theology. Besides paying grain tax at that time, my mother had to financially support my father’s study. Admiring others who had good living conditions, she also knew she could not give up halfway. Suffering more grievances and hardships than anyone else, she still insisted, though it was not her who was studying theology.
Thinking the hard times were over after my father graduated from the seminary, my mother still had to bear a burden too heavy for her to carry, as my father’s meager salary couldn't support the family’s daily expenses and she had to do all the housework due to father’s involvement in church affairs. She had no choice but to continue to face difficulties while relying on the Lord.
Gradually, as we grew up, we hoped to live in better conditions. Unexpectedly, I was also chosen by God to serve Him full-time. Although the service in the church is toilsome and difficult, the person caring for the family behind the scenes faces the toughest challenge. My dad doesn't have much time at home, and neither do I due to the complicated church affairs, but my mom always has no regrets.
Sometimes those who work for the Lord are blessed, but the persons serving them without recognition are also commendable. Without much knowledge of the Bible, my mother knows she should support my father and me in the service to God no matter how difficult it is.
As an ordinary person, my mother has worked hard to support two seminary students.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
妇女节到了，也来想谈谈我家的尊贵女性，她便是我的母亲。
我的母亲是个农村人，大概读了三四年级，然后就下来干活了。她很要强，不是那种只爱面子那个，而是不服输。也因为上帝给她这样的性格，才能使得以后我爸去读神学的时候能够坚持下来。
九十年代，读神学的不多，那时候家庭也很拮据，我爸走进了神学院，而我妈继续在家里带着我们两个孩子，同时务农。因为当时还要交粮食税，外加我爸读神学，不仅不挣钱，还要用钱，我妈虽然心里也羡慕别人的物质生活，但她更知道，侍奉上帝是一件不能退缩的事，即使不是她自己读神学，但是支持丈夫读神学也同样不能疑惑，即使自己要受比别人更多的委屈和辛苦，但她依然坚持。
我爸神学毕业后，本以为熬出了头，但那微薄的工资实在是不能给家庭带来过多的帮助.不仅如此，我爸一心在教会，家里的事务就又都落在了我妈身上。一个妇女，其实承受了太多超过她能力的压力，但没办法，只能继续靠着主赐给的力量继续面对生活。
慢慢地，我们长大了，本该可以有条件享受一下生活了。但没想到，我又被上帝拣选和呼召，继续走向了全职侍奉的道路。虽说侍奉也有侍奉的辛苦和艰难，但侍奉人背后的家人才是最辛苦的！我爸没有太多时间在家庭，我也没有太多的时间，因为有时教会的事情真是太繁琐，我妈一直是无怨无悔。
虽然说有时候在外为主作工的会得上帝赐的福分，但因为使作工的能安心侍奉而在背后默默付出的人，也是难能可贵的。我的妈妈很普通，虽然有时候也不懂得太多的圣经知识，但她知道，既然是为主作工的就不能退缩；既然是为主作工的，再苦、再难她也要支持。
她是一个普通人，却供养了两个神学生。
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一位普通的农村妇女供养了两个神学生
Let me tell the story about my mother, a respectable woman in my family.
My mother, a countryside person, dropped out of school to work after finishing the third or fourth grade in an elementary school. As an ambitious person, my mother was not afraid of being looked down upon but refused to give up. It was also because God gave her such a character that my Dad could persevere when he went to study theology.
After my father went to a seminary school, my mother raised two children while farming in the fields in the 1990s, during which time my family was very poor and there were not many people studying theology. Besides paying grain tax at that time, my mother had to financially support my father’s study. Admiring others who had good living conditions, she also knew she could not give up halfway. Suffering more grievances and hardships than anyone else, she still insisted, though it was not her who was studying theology.
Thinking the hard times were over after my father graduated from the seminary, my mother still had to bear a burden too heavy for her to carry, as my father’s meager salary couldn't support the family’s daily expenses and she had to do all the housework due to father’s involvement in church affairs. She had no choice but to continue to face difficulties while relying on the Lord.
Gradually, as we grew up, we hoped to live in better conditions. Unexpectedly, I was also chosen by God to serve Him full-time. Although the service in the church is toilsome and difficult, the person caring for the family behind the scenes faces the toughest challenge. My dad doesn't have much time at home, and neither do I due to the complicated church affairs, but my mom always has no regrets.
Sometimes those who work for the Lord are blessed, but the persons serving them without recognition are also commendable. Without much knowledge of the Bible, my mother knows she should support my father and me in the service to God no matter how difficult it is.
As an ordinary person, my mother has worked hard to support two seminary students.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Rural Mother Supports Two Family Members to Study Theology
