During the Spring Festival of this year, the staff of "Charity Home" delivered meals every night to homeless people, who could feel the warmth in this family reunion festival. On Chinese New Year's Eve, they rushed to send meals to vagrants in many places until the early hours of the morning.
"On Spring Festival Eve, there were no pedestrians on the road, but these vagabonds," said a Christian woman surnamed Wang, the founder of "Charity Home" which provides food and accommodation for homeless people.
One day in the first lunar month, Wang cooked fried green vegetables with fungus, scrambled eggs with lettuce, and braised fish pieces. The rice was cooked in a 13-liter rice cooker (enough for 15-20 people). "Last time someone said that he hadn't eaten vegetable rice soup for more than ten years." So she put the rice, water, salt, and greens into the porridge pot, making vegetable porridge.
When the porridge was ready, putting the porridge pot into her handbag, Wang took three of us to the underground passage of the railway station at 7 o'clock in the evening.
Through the crowd, she headed for the taxi lane. As on both sides of the passage, there were more than a dozen homeless people.
While we served them food, Wang exhorted them to believe in God and also invited them to the "Charity Home", telling them the address and how to take the bus or the subway.
"Maybe someone has found a job, as there are fewer people today, which is a good thing. Let's go to the next place." Later, she took us by subway to the city’s most prosperous commercial street. She said that these people were scattered in different places during the day, and gathered there to sleep at night, as it was a warm place.
More than ten years ago, Wang and other church staff began to care for the homeless. At that time, she had become a Christian for just one or two years. One day, she was shocked to hear that some tramps starved to death in the urban area, so she began to bring porridge, steamed buns, bedding, and clothing for them.
Apart from providing supplies, they also invited vagrants to their "Charity Home" to have meals, bathe, and share their life experiences.
Due to economic pressure, they had to replace the rented house of 160 square meters (0.040 acres) near the prosperous area where tramps gathered with a house of 60 or 70 square meters (0.0148 or 0.017 acres) one or two kilometers away. The ministry was once suspended because of disagreements between the core staff.
Although it is difficult, the ministry is fruitful. She said that with their help, some people found jobs, some were admitted to nursing homes in their hometowns, some believed in Jesus with better physical and mental health...
On the way home after delivering the meal, we met another young vagrant. From his story, we could feel the pain of this group.
"Hello, do you know me?" said Wang. "I remember you," The boy stopped and said softly.
"Have you eaten supper? Do you still want to eat?", she asked. "Yes, no more," he replied.
"Eat other people's leftovers and drink the water they have thrown away," The young man said naturally. "I'd rather pick up the leftovers than ask others for help, as some may think why a young man with hands and feet receives giving from others."
The man said he was suffering from epilepsy and could not work properly. Once, he was duped into doing manual labor for a few days, resulting in an epileptic seizure, and was released without payment.
He continued, "I have decided to pick up scraps when the warm spring comes, as this work is freedom and has no pressure."
"I couldn't help crying when I saw what had happened to these poor people. I have seen some waiting at KFC and then grabbing the leftovers as soon as others left," one male Christian who participated in the service said helplessly.
Wang also hopes to have a nursing home founded by Christians, because she has found in her service that some elderly people have pensions but no homes of their own. If this problem cannot be solved, some of them will also become vagabonds, which has already happened.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
春节期间，“爱心小家”坚持每晚给流浪的人送餐，让他们在这团圆的节日里感受到温暖。。除夕夜，“爱心小家”的同工们奔波着给多个地方送饭，一直忙到凌晨。“除夕夜，路上没有行人，只有他们这些流浪的人。”王姊妹说道。
正月一天，王姊妹烧好木耳炒青菜，莴笋炒蛋，红烧鱼块，13升的电饭锅（可供15-20人食用）已经煮好了米饭，然后将米饭盛进粥锅，加入水、盐、青菜煮了起来。“上次有个人说，他十多年没有吃过‘菜饭’了。”
待粥煮好后，王姊妹将粥锅放入手提袋。晚上7点多，我们一行4人来到了火车站地下通道
穿过人群，王姊妹直奔出租车通道。在通道的两边，有十多个流浪的人。
我们盛饭的时候，王姊妹在跟流浪的人交流，劝勉他们要信靠神，还邀请他们有时间到“爱心小家”，并且告诉他们地址以及交通路线。
“今天的人少，这是好事儿，可能有人找到工作了。我们到下一个地方吧。”说着，王姊妹带我们又乘坐地铁，来到该城市中最繁华的商业街。 王姊妹说，这些人白天分散在不同的地方，晚上聚到这里，他们在这里睡觉，因为这里暖和
十多年前，王姊妹就和同工们开始关怀流浪的人。那时，王姊妹才信耶稣一两年。有一天，她听说自己所在的市区有流浪的人饿死了，这让她很震惊。于是，她开始到流浪的人聚集的地方，给他们送粥和馒头，也给他们送被褥和衣物。
在送上物质帮助的同时，同工们还邀请流浪的人来到“爱心小家”用餐、洗澡、分享自己的生活经历。
因经济的压力，“爱心小家”只好将租用的靠近流浪人聚集的繁华地段的160平方米的房子，换成一两公里外的六七十平方米的房子；也曾因为核心同工的观点不一致，导致服侍中断过。虽然有不易，服侍也有果效。她说道，在他们的帮助下，有人走上了工作岗位，有人回到老家、住进了养老院，有人信了耶稣，身体和精神状态都好了很多……
我们在送餐结束回家的途中，又遇到一个流浪青年，从他的故事中能够感受到这一群体受到的伤痛。
“你好，你还认识我吗？”“我记得你。”小伙停下脚步，轻声说道。“吃晚饭了吗？还要吃饭不？”“吃过了，不吃了。”“怎么吃的啊？”
“捡别人吃剩的啊。喝水也是捡别人丢掉的。”小伙子很自然地说道。“我宁愿捡别人吃剩的，也不向别人要，别人会觉得一个有手有脚的小伙子，为啥跟人要呢？”
小伙子说，他患有癫痫病，无法正常工作。有一次被人骗了，干了几天体力活，结果癫痫病发作，对方才给他放了出来，也没给工钱。
小伙子说道，“等过了冬天，天气暖和了，我都想好了，我只能做捡废品的工作，捡多少是多少，这个自由、没有压力。”
“看到这些流浪的人的遭遇，我忍不住落泪。我亲眼看到，有人就在肯德基等着，别人吃完走后，就立即抢上去吃别人吃剩的。”一位一起参与服侍的弟兄无奈地说道。
王姊妹还期望能够有一个基督徒创办的养老院，因为她在服侍中发现，有些老人有退休金，却没有自己的住房。如果不能妥善解决这个问题，他们中有人也会沦入流浪的人群，实际上，目前已经有这样的事情发生了。
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【特稿】春节期间，流浪汉们吃上了热乎饭
During the Spring Festival of this year, the staff of "Charity Home" delivered meals every night to homeless people, who could feel the warmth in this family reunion festival. On Chinese New Year's Eve, they rushed to send meals to vagrants in many places until the early hours of the morning.
"On Spring Festival Eve, there were no pedestrians on the road, but these vagabonds," said a Christian woman surnamed Wang, the founder of "Charity Home" which provides food and accommodation for homeless people.
One day in the first lunar month, Wang cooked fried green vegetables with fungus, scrambled eggs with lettuce, and braised fish pieces. The rice was cooked in a 13-liter rice cooker (enough for 15-20 people). "Last time someone said that he hadn't eaten vegetable rice soup for more than ten years." So she put the rice, water, salt, and greens into the porridge pot, making vegetable porridge.
When the porridge was ready, putting the porridge pot into her handbag, Wang took three of us to the underground passage of the railway station at 7 o'clock in the evening.
Through the crowd, she headed for the taxi lane. As on both sides of the passage, there were more than a dozen homeless people.
While we served them food, Wang exhorted them to believe in God and also invited them to the "Charity Home", telling them the address and how to take the bus or the subway.
"Maybe someone has found a job, as there are fewer people today, which is a good thing. Let's go to the next place." Later, she took us by subway to the city’s most prosperous commercial street. She said that these people were scattered in different places during the day, and gathered there to sleep at night, as it was a warm place.
More than ten years ago, Wang and other church staff began to care for the homeless. At that time, she had become a Christian for just one or two years. One day, she was shocked to hear that some tramps starved to death in the urban area, so she began to bring porridge, steamed buns, bedding, and clothing for them.
Apart from providing supplies, they also invited vagrants to their "Charity Home" to have meals, bathe, and share their life experiences.
Due to economic pressure, they had to replace the rented house of 160 square meters (0.040 acres) near the prosperous area where tramps gathered with a house of 60 or 70 square meters (0.0148 or 0.017 acres) one or two kilometers away. The ministry was once suspended because of disagreements between the core staff.
Although it is difficult, the ministry is fruitful. She said that with their help, some people found jobs, some were admitted to nursing homes in their hometowns, some believed in Jesus with better physical and mental health...
On the way home after delivering the meal, we met another young vagrant. From his story, we could feel the pain of this group.
"Hello, do you know me?" said Wang. "I remember you," The boy stopped and said softly.
"Have you eaten supper? Do you still want to eat?", she asked. "Yes, no more," he replied.
"Eat other people's leftovers and drink the water they have thrown away," The young man said naturally. "I'd rather pick up the leftovers than ask others for help, as some may think why a young man with hands and feet receives giving from others."
The man said he was suffering from epilepsy and could not work properly. Once, he was duped into doing manual labor for a few days, resulting in an epileptic seizure, and was released without payment.
He continued, "I have decided to pick up scraps when the warm spring comes, as this work is freedom and has no pressure."
"I couldn't help crying when I saw what had happened to these poor people. I have seen some waiting at KFC and then grabbing the leftovers as soon as others left," one male Christian who participated in the service said helplessly.
Wang also hopes to have a nursing home founded by Christians, because she has found in her service that some elderly people have pensions but no homes of their own. If this problem cannot be solved, some of them will also become vagabonds, which has already happened.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
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