After being evangelized by her own daughter, an 85-year-old woman was baptized on Monday at a health care center.
Elder Chen Kaosi, chairman of the Beihai Three-Self Patriotic Christian Movement Committee in Guangxi, led his fellow workers to visit Hepu Changhe Elderly Health Care Center, where Lao Yuxiu lives, and there he baptized the elderly sister in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Her conversion to Christianity began with two strokes. After suffering from the first stroke in 2006, she recovered for a long time. However, the second stroke came ten years later, from which she again recovered after treatment. Since 2016, she had been taken care of by her daughter Chen Cailan, who later worked in the church and had to send her mother to a nursing home.
For years, Lao has been in a state of illness in which she cannot clearly remember anything.
“By March of this year, the Holy Spirit reminded me; right now the Holy Spirit is working on me; suddenly, it was as if the Holy Spirit was urging me to preach the gospel to her, and told me that if I don't preach the gospel to my mother now, I will regret it in future. So I passed on the gospel to her and led her to pray”, Chen said.
Elder Chen Kaosi consecrated the water and then sprinkled her forehead. After the baptism, her daughter and church workers surrounded her with congratulations. Snapshots were also taken to remember the moment.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Joy Zhang
四月二十六日，85岁的劳裕秀在康养中心受洗。广西北海市基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席、合浦堂的陈考思长老带领同工来到劳姊妹所居住的合浦昌和长者康养中心住处探访，奉圣父、圣子、圣灵的名为老姊妹施洗。
.劳裕秀姊妹受洗的起因是这样的：她先后已经中风两次了，第一次中风是在2006年，
治愈后，康复十年。二次中风是2016年，经治疗也康复了。从2016开始，一直由她的女儿陈才兰姊妹护理、照顾。后因她女儿在教堂服侍比较辛苦，才把母亲送去养老院。
由于这么多年劳裕秀姊妹一直处于什么都记不清楚的病态，所以陈姊妹也没有传福音给她。陈姊妹说："到今年3月份，圣灵提醒了我，就在此刻圣灵在我身动工了，突然仿佛圣灵在催我传福音给她，告诉我如果现在不传福音给我妈，将来就会后悔。所以就这样把福音传给她了，于是就带领她决志祷告。"
陈考思长老把水祝圣，然后点在劳裕秀姊妹的额头上，老姊妹心甘情愿的接受洗礼，蒙神拣选，成为了信徒。施洗后，她的女儿和同工围绕在她的身边，祝贺老人家归向主耶稣，拍照留念。
广西北海合浦堂单独为一位老姊妹举办洗礼
After being evangelized by her own daughter, an 85-year-old woman was baptized on Monday at a health care center.
Elder Chen Kaosi, chairman of the Beihai Three-Self Patriotic Christian Movement Committee in Guangxi, led his fellow workers to visit Hepu Changhe Elderly Health Care Center, where Lao Yuxiu lives, and there he baptized the elderly sister in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Her conversion to Christianity began with two strokes. After suffering from the first stroke in 2006, she recovered for a long time. However, the second stroke came ten years later, from which she again recovered after treatment. Since 2016, she had been taken care of by her daughter Chen Cailan, who later worked in the church and had to send her mother to a nursing home.
For years, Lao has been in a state of illness in which she cannot clearly remember anything.
“By March of this year, the Holy Spirit reminded me; right now the Holy Spirit is working on me; suddenly, it was as if the Holy Spirit was urging me to preach the gospel to her, and told me that if I don't preach the gospel to my mother now, I will regret it in future. So I passed on the gospel to her and led her to pray”, Chen said.
Elder Chen Kaosi consecrated the water and then sprinkled her forehead. After the baptism, her daughter and church workers surrounded her with congratulations. Snapshots were also taken to remember the moment.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Joy Zhang
85-Y-O Woman Baptized in Guangxi
