On September 18th, about 20 believers led by a pastor repaired walkways to the entrance of the Wangtai Church in Haicheng City, in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province.
According to Pastor Sun Shuo, who has served in four township churches of Haicheng for 15 years, the walkway leading to the Wangtai Church on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Taizi River was paved with bricks. It was damaged and had not been rebuilt for more than 20 years. It was difficult for believers to walk on when it was rainy or snowy.
The believers in the church came together to rebuild the walkways to the church. Some arrived at 6 o'clock in the morning. Some were local and others drove from Haicheng City. In this harvest season, some put their farm work on hold and others handed their vegetable businesses to their family members. An 85-year-old brother also came and insisted on doing whatever he could to help.
Under the hot sunlight, the volunteers leveled the ground, put sand down as a base, and carefully laid the red bricks. In just half a day, about three-quarters of the construction was completed. As planned, the work took a day to complete.
Although these volunteers were tired and hot, they were very happy and some sang hymns softly while working. A 69-year-old man, who was working with a shovel, said: "The church has limited funds, but it would be nice to build a concrete road once and for all."
- Translated by Abigail Wu
九月十八日，约有二十余位弟兄姊妹在一牧师带领下为辽宁省海城市一教堂重新修理地面。 据扎根海城乡镇教会15年、曾经先后在四个乡镇教堂牧会的孙硕牧师介绍：太子河下游左岸的望台教会原来的路已经有二十余年没有维修了。这些仅仅是用砖铺的路面已经破损，雨天、雪天信徒行走不便。 教堂的弟兄姊妹，自发的来到教堂为圣殿修路。这些弟兄姊妹上午六点多钟就来到教堂，有的是本地的、有的是开车从海城市里来的；在这农村收获的季节，他们有的是暂时放下家里的农活来的；有的是把家里的蔬菜等生意交给家人打理过来的。一位已经85岁的老弟兄也来到修路的现场，执意要为圣殿的修路做点力所能及的事工。 在炽热阳光的照射下，修路的弟兄姊妹有的在平整路面、有的在铺沙子，有的在仔细地为路面铺设红砖。仅仅半天，整个路就已经完工了约四分之三，按照计划，一天可以完工。 虽是累、热，但是做义工的弟兄姊妹却是很喜乐，甚至是边干活边轻声唱着赞美诗歌。一位手持铁锹、69岁在干活的弟兄说：“教会资金有限，要是能修一条水泥路就好了，一劳永逸。” http://www.gospeltimes.cn/portal/article/index/id/53663
辽宁海城望台教会信徒火热修理圣殿路
On September 18th, about 20 believers led by a pastor repaired walkways to the entrance of the Wangtai Church in Haicheng City, in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province.
According to Pastor Sun Shuo, who has served in four township churches of Haicheng for 15 years, the walkway leading to the Wangtai Church on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Taizi River was paved with bricks. It was damaged and had not been rebuilt for more than 20 years. It was difficult for believers to walk on when it was rainy or snowy.
The believers in the church came together to rebuild the walkways to the church. Some arrived at 6 o'clock in the morning. Some were local and others drove from Haicheng City. In this harvest season, some put their farm work on hold and others handed their vegetable businesses to their family members. An 85-year-old brother also came and insisted on doing whatever he could to help.
Under the hot sunlight, the volunteers leveled the ground, put sand down as a base, and carefully laid the red bricks. In just half a day, about three-quarters of the construction was completed. As planned, the work took a day to complete.
Although these volunteers were tired and hot, they were very happy and some sang hymns softly while working. A 69-year-old man, who was working with a shovel, said: "The church has limited funds, but it would be nice to build a concrete road once and for all."
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Believers Repair Road Leading to Church in Liaoning
