"Dear fellow Christians, please help the poor parents whose three children died and whose properties were destroyed in a fire out of the grief and rebuild their home."
After the notice issued on May 15 by a female believer with the surname Jin in the WeChat group of a Jiangsu church, donations were made by believers in and around Danyang City.
Due to a fire on May 6 which engulfed the furniture shop and home of a family of six in Danbei Town, three children (a ten-year-old son with cerebral palsy and two daughters aged four and five) passed away. Fortunately, the 80-year-old mother on the first floor narrowly escaped, and the couple Mr. Lin and his wife were out delivering goods when the fire broke out.
Lin's brother and sister-in-law who are Christians posted a prayer message in the church's WeChat group, asking the congregation to pray for the non-Christian couple. Unfortunately, the three children died after all ineffectual rescue measures.
At the scene of the funeral home on May 15, some Christians donated 2,100 yuan in cash during the funeral service. After returning home, the staff member surnamed Jin wrote the first sentence of this article that day, receiving a total of 20,900 yuan as of 10:00 am on May 16th, which she set as the deadline for donations.
Jin announced each donation in the WeChat group as soon as they received the money.
Some Christians did not receive this notice in the first round of contributions because of the short time to collect donations, but they wanted to donate continuously. Currently, there are still some believers helping the family in relays.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
“亲爱的弟兄姊妹们平安！后巷林弟兄家，因火灾一切的家业毁于一旦，同时三个孩子荣归乐园。有感动的弟兄姊妹们伸出爱心援手，来帮助这对可怜的父母，使他们重建家园，走出悲痛。”
5月15日，江苏丹阳市一教会微信群里的一则通知，道出了一个普通家庭遭遇的惨剧，同时也引出了许多基督徒的一系列暖心举动。
5月6日，一场大火吞噬了丹阳市丹北镇后巷林先生一家六口工作和生活的家具店铺。三个孩子（患有脑瘫的十岁儿子以及年仅四岁和五岁的两个女儿）不幸离世，在一楼的八旬老母亲侥幸逃生，林先生和妻子火灾时在外送货。
林先生的哥哥和嫂子是基督徒。火灾发生后，嫂子在教会的微信群里发了代祷信息，请求弟兄姐妹代祷。无奈的是，三个孩子送到医院抢救无效，离开了这个世界。
5月15日，三个孩子的丧事礼在殡仪馆举行。在殡仪馆的现场，就有弟兄姐妹累计奉献了2100元现金。回家后，金姊妹就在微信群里发出了文章开头的通知。此后，一笔笔的爱心捐献不断地进来。有当地基督徒的，还有外地基督徒的。
金姊妹设置了一个收奉献款的截止日期，就是发通知后的第二天（16日）上午十点，凡在十点以后的她都没有收。截至16日上午10点，共收到捐款20900元。
对于收奉献款这件事金姊妹很谨慎地处理，每收到一笔就在群里公布一下。
因为筹集捐款的时间短，一些基督徒在第一轮奉献中没有收到这则通知，他们得知后也想帮助这个家庭。目前，还有一些基督徒在接力帮助这个困境中的家庭。
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三个孩子葬身火海，基督徒为这个困境家庭接力奉献
"Dear fellow Christians, please help the poor parents whose three children died and whose properties were destroyed in a fire out of the grief and rebuild their home."
After the notice issued on May 15 by a female believer with the surname Jin in the WeChat group of a Jiangsu church, donations were made by believers in and around Danyang City.
Due to a fire on May 6 which engulfed the furniture shop and home of a family of six in Danbei Town, three children (a ten-year-old son with cerebral palsy and two daughters aged four and five) passed away. Fortunately, the 80-year-old mother on the first floor narrowly escaped, and the couple Mr. Lin and his wife were out delivering goods when the fire broke out.
Lin's brother and sister-in-law who are Christians posted a prayer message in the church's WeChat group, asking the congregation to pray for the non-Christian couple. Unfortunately, the three children died after all ineffectual rescue measures.
At the scene of the funeral home on May 15, some Christians donated 2,100 yuan in cash during the funeral service. After returning home, the staff member surnamed Jin wrote the first sentence of this article that day, receiving a total of 20,900 yuan as of 10:00 am on May 16th, which she set as the deadline for donations.
Jin announced each donation in the WeChat group as soon as they received the money.
Some Christians did not receive this notice in the first round of contributions because of the short time to collect donations, but they wanted to donate continuously. Currently, there are still some believers helping the family in relays.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Christians Donate to Family Whose Three Children Died in Fire
