Editor’s note: Pastor Sun, who ministers in Shaanxi Province, has led over 70 members of his family to salvation after his own conversion. During his legendary faith journey, he has cured many patients with the gift of healing and received guests with love.
Pastor Sun, 60, combines the insight of a pastor with the smarts of a Southerner. He is sociable, cheerful, and has a mild temper. He was formerly a preacher before being called to the healing ministry, and his home serves the sick all year. Mr. Sun is responsible for the healing, while his wife, Mrs. Tan, manages the cooking, reception, cleaning, and other services.
A reception family requires not only physical strength, effort, time, and money but also tolerance, which is the most challenging. Pastor Sun shared that in the beginning, there was an elderly Christian man who was not very cautious about hygiene and was not very polite. His treatment took a year, but he came to dine for three years!
Sun remarked with a tolerant smile, "Welcoming people who no one else can accept is true reception!" He said that he was helpless at first, but he would think about Jesus, who received all kinds of people.
This family's decade-long reception experience has brought them more joy than worry. Patients who got healed responded with love, and some even took faith in the Lord as a result of their recovery; these exemplify the joy of reception.
After they recovered, patients wrote several pieces of calligraphy that hung on the wall of Pastor Sun's house. One of them reads, "We love because he first loved us." Sun noted, "Some have wondered how we stay motivated to be hosts all year round. Because we have a good example in front of us: Jesus."
It is not easy to be a receptionist for a long time, but Mr. Sun often said, "Thank God for matching me with a good wife!"
Sun's house is always clean and bright, even though people come and go every day. In her fifties, Mrs. Tan is warm and kind while doing housework in an orderly and quick manner. People seeking medical treatment can enjoy a warm environment and great meals from her service. Mrs. Tan said, "It is a blessing to receive people! Look at me at such an old age, and I have not been sick for years. It is the greatest blessing that I can serve in good health."
Regarding God’s blessings, Mrs. Tan testified that, for example, they bought this house for a good deal, and when they didn’t have the money to decorate it, a Christian woman took the initiative to donate. There was no income during the pandemic, but there was still reception at home. Another Christian woman whom they hadn't spoken with in ten years offered to buy a year's supply of meat and greens for their family. Another person regularly donates 4,000 yuan to them for their reception ministry.
Of course, God’s blessings come with lessons. In the early years, after two rich bosses were healed, they would like to dedicate a house in gratitude. Pastor Sun, unmoved and rejected, admitted that he did need a house, but he must petition God for it!
(To be continued...)
(The article was originally published by the Gospel Times and the author is a Christian in Shaanxi.)
- Translated by Poppy Chan
序言：在陕西服侍的孙传道一人信主，使全族七十多人得救；他用医治恩赐治好许多病患，用爱心接待客旅，有着传奇经历。
60岁的孙老师，有牧者的睿智和南方人的精干，健谈爱笑，脾气温和。他曾是传道人，后来做医治服侍，家里常年接待病患家庭。孙老师负责医治，谈师母则承担做饭招待、打扫等其他服侍。
作为接待家庭，付出的不止是体力、精力、时间、金钱，还有最难的包容。 孙老师说，早期，有 一个老弟兄不太讲究卫生，也不礼貌……治病一年多，却来吃了三年饭！
孙老师带着宽容，笑说：“接待别人都不能接待的人，才是真接待！” 他说，一开始他也很无奈。但是想想耶稣，都接待些什么人呢。
十几年的接待经历，除了烦恼，更多的是喜乐。病人得医治后，爱心的回馈，甚至因此信主，这都是接待里的喜乐。
孙老师家，挂了几幅书法，是病人痊愈后为他写的。其中一幅——我们爱，因为神先爱我们。“有人问我们，你们怎么有动力常年做接待？因为咱前面有个好榜样啊，就是耶稣。”
长期的接待，并不容易，但孙老师常说：“感谢神给自己搭配了个好师母！”
孙老师家里，每天人来人往，家里却总是整洁明亮。谈师母今年五十多，温厚可亲，做家务利落清爽。因为她的服侍，让求医的人，还能享受温馨的环境和美食。 谈师母见证说：“接待人，特别有福！你看我这么大年龄，多少年都没生病，让我健康地服侍，这就是最大的福！”
提起神的祝福，师母就见证，比如，他们花了很小的代价买了这套住房，装修没钱有女信徒主动奉献。 疫情时没有收入，但家里还有接待。一个十年没联系的姐妹主动给他们家买了一年的肉菜。还有一个人，坚持给他们奉献四千块钱，作接待用……
当然，在祝福中也有神给的功课。早年，有两个大老板得医治后，要奉献一套房子做谢礼，孙老师并不心动，说我们确实需要房子，但是要跟神要！
未完待续……
（本文作者为陕西一基督徒。）
孙传道的传奇见证（1）接待客旅
Editor’s note: Pastor Sun, who ministers in Shaanxi Province, has led over 70 members of his family to salvation after his own conversion. During his legendary faith journey, he has cured many patients with the gift of healing and received guests with love.
Pastor Sun, 60, combines the insight of a pastor with the smarts of a Southerner. He is sociable, cheerful, and has a mild temper. He was formerly a preacher before being called to the healing ministry, and his home serves the sick all year. Mr. Sun is responsible for the healing, while his wife, Mrs. Tan, manages the cooking, reception, cleaning, and other services.
A reception family requires not only physical strength, effort, time, and money but also tolerance, which is the most challenging. Pastor Sun shared that in the beginning, there was an elderly Christian man who was not very cautious about hygiene and was not very polite. His treatment took a year, but he came to dine for three years!
Sun remarked with a tolerant smile, "Welcoming people who no one else can accept is true reception!" He said that he was helpless at first, but he would think about Jesus, who received all kinds of people.
This family's decade-long reception experience has brought them more joy than worry. Patients who got healed responded with love, and some even took faith in the Lord as a result of their recovery; these exemplify the joy of reception.
After they recovered, patients wrote several pieces of calligraphy that hung on the wall of Pastor Sun's house. One of them reads, "We love because he first loved us." Sun noted, "Some have wondered how we stay motivated to be hosts all year round. Because we have a good example in front of us: Jesus."
It is not easy to be a receptionist for a long time, but Mr. Sun often said, "Thank God for matching me with a good wife!"
Sun's house is always clean and bright, even though people come and go every day. In her fifties, Mrs. Tan is warm and kind while doing housework in an orderly and quick manner. People seeking medical treatment can enjoy a warm environment and great meals from her service. Mrs. Tan said, "It is a blessing to receive people! Look at me at such an old age, and I have not been sick for years. It is the greatest blessing that I can serve in good health."
Regarding God’s blessings, Mrs. Tan testified that, for example, they bought this house for a good deal, and when they didn’t have the money to decorate it, a Christian woman took the initiative to donate. There was no income during the pandemic, but there was still reception at home. Another Christian woman whom they hadn't spoken with in ten years offered to buy a year's supply of meat and greens for their family. Another person regularly donates 4,000 yuan to them for their reception ministry.
Of course, God’s blessings come with lessons. In the early years, after two rich bosses were healed, they would like to dedicate a house in gratitude. Pastor Sun, unmoved and rejected, admitted that he did need a house, but he must petition God for it!
(To be continued...)
(The article was originally published by the Gospel Times and the author is a Christian in Shaanxi.)
- Translated by Poppy Chan
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