On February 2, Beihai Church's staff in Guangxi Province went to a leprosy rehabilitation village to paste Chinese New Year couplets for the elderly believers.
Before the Spring Festival which falls on February 11, the church organized calligraphers to write couplets for the old believers of the leprosy village in Jiaolongtang, Hepu County, Beihai City. The senior pastor Zhang Zhongye wrote the couplets himself. The words and sentences of the couplets were made up by the pastors themselves, such as "God loves us", "God blesses us", "heart is worried less, hands are diligent, happiness is more", "grace is shining", "Emmanuel is shining". The particular words of peace and happiness have always been popular with the convalescent villagers.
After writing the new couplets, the old couplets will remove and the new year's couplets will paste. It's a small job, but it's laborious work: it's an excellent job for every family to climb up and down a chair or a ladder. Looking at the new Red New Year couplets, the old Believers showed a pleased smile on their faces.
In the afternoon, Pastor Zhang and his gathering helped the older adults clean up inside and outside. They went back to Beihai City at the evening around six o'clock.
Most of the existing leprosy survivors in the village have reconditioned for many years. Most of them are 70 or 80 years old and are Christians. Due to various reasons, they failed to return to society, so they had to settle down and spend their old age here. The Church also provides voluntary assistance, material, financial and human resources.
Pastor Zhang leads his pastoral co-workers to visit the leprosy village every year before Christmas and Spring Festival.
Jiaolongtang in Hepu is identified as the last leprosy village in Beihai, the home of Christians suffering from a disease. In 1891, Simon Chapel used to be the earliest chapel in Beihai, which was especially concerned about leprosy patients. In 1993, it relocated to Jiaolongtang due to urban development. In October 2014, Simon chapel hall was rebuilt with the donation of Shanghai Community Church.
- Translated by Abigail WU
2月2日上午，康复村为老张牧师带领教会的十多位弟兄姊妹来到麻风人们贴春联。教会为老人们每人买了一箱牛奶、一箱蛋黄派。
2021年春节前夕，广西北海教会组织善于书法的同工给广西北海市合浦县蛟龙塘麻风村的老信徒们写春联儿，主任牧师张忠业亲自挥毫书写，春联的词句基本都是牧师自编的，比如“上帝关爱我们”“上帝祝福”“心正忧虑少、手勤幸福多”“恩光普照”“以马内利”等平安喜乐的主内特色话语，一直很受康复村养员的欢迎。
春联写好了，然后，把去年的老春联撤下来，把新春联贴上。这个活儿看着不起眼，可是一个力气活：要登椅子、爬梯子上上下下的，一家一户的都给贴好。看着新帖的大红新春联儿，老信徒们脸上露出非常开心喜乐的笑容。
下午，张牧师一行又一起帮助老人们里里外外的打扫卫生。回到北海市内已是夜幕初上的晚上六点多钟了。
麻风康复村现有养员都已经康复多年，大多数都已经七、八十岁了，基本都是基督徒。由于种种原因没能重新回到社会上，只好在这里安家、安度晚年了。北海基督教会也常年义务帮助，给予物质、资金和人力诸。
据在这里服务了近三十年的同工介绍：北海堂张牧师每年圣诞节、春节前都会率教牧同工来麻风村慰问并和大家一起欢度节日。
合浦蛟龙塘被称为北海最后一个“麻风村”, 患有麻风病的基督徒的家。1891年始建于北海普仁麻风医院，西门堂于曾经是北海最早的礼拜堂，专门关心麻风病人。1993年因城区开发搬迁至蛟龙塘。2014年10月，西门堂由上海国际礼拜堂捐资重建。
（本文作者为福音时报特约撰稿人。感谢北海堂提供的照片。）
http://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/55208
广西北海堂同工到麻风村送慰问贴春联
On February 2, Beihai Church's staff in Guangxi Province went to a leprosy rehabilitation village to paste Chinese New Year couplets for the elderly believers.
Before the Spring Festival which falls on February 11, the church organized calligraphers to write couplets for the old believers of the leprosy village in Jiaolongtang, Hepu County, Beihai City. The senior pastor Zhang Zhongye wrote the couplets himself. The words and sentences of the couplets were made up by the pastors themselves, such as "God loves us", "God blesses us", "heart is worried less, hands are diligent, happiness is more", "grace is shining", "Emmanuel is shining". The particular words of peace and happiness have always been popular with the convalescent villagers.
After writing the new couplets, the old couplets will remove and the new year's couplets will paste. It's a small job, but it's laborious work: it's an excellent job for every family to climb up and down a chair or a ladder. Looking at the new Red New Year couplets, the old Believers showed a pleased smile on their faces.
In the afternoon, Pastor Zhang and his gathering helped the older adults clean up inside and outside. They went back to Beihai City at the evening around six o'clock.
Most of the existing leprosy survivors in the village have reconditioned for many years. Most of them are 70 or 80 years old and are Christians. Due to various reasons, they failed to return to society, so they had to settle down and spend their old age here. The Church also provides voluntary assistance, material, financial and human resources.
Pastor Zhang leads his pastoral co-workers to visit the leprosy village every year before Christmas and Spring Festival.
Jiaolongtang in Hepu is identified as the last leprosy village in Beihai, the home of Christians suffering from a disease. In 1891, Simon Chapel used to be the earliest chapel in Beihai, which was especially concerned about leprosy patients. In 1993, it relocated to Jiaolongtang due to urban development. In October 2014, Simon chapel hall was rebuilt with the donation of Shanghai Community Church.
- Translated by Abigail WU
Guangxi Church Shows Concerns to Leprosy Village With Written Spring Festival Couplets
