As the wife of a pastor, Zhenzhu (pseudonym) was born in a rural area in northeast China and has ten siblings. Though her father passed away early, her older brothers and sisters helped their mother much. By the time she went to college, most of her older siblings were already married.
Over 30 years ago, Zhenzhu was a first-year student majoring in accounting. One day, her fourth eldest sister told her, "It seems like our third sister follows a Buddhist monk who doesn't shave his head and wants you to come home."
When Zhenzhu returned home, she realized that her third-eldest sister hadn't become a Buddhist monk but had found faith in Jesus. Since her third eldest sister was someone she trusted, Zhenzhu didn't feel any resistance and immediately made a commitment to faith.
Afterward, Zhenzhu was passionate about seeking God, going to church when he was not in class. Later, at the church, she met a young girl who introduced her teacher to Zhenzhu. So, she was fortunate to receive some proper guidance.
Within a few months' walk with Christ, Zhenzhu felt a calling to serve and even considered dropping out of school because she believed she couldn't avoid cooking the books after she entered companies.
She decided to fast and pray to discern God's will. After fasting, she sought advice from others multiple times and even discussed her thoughts of dropping out with the girl. But she couldn't continue her studies and ended up spending time at a spiritual retreat camp.
After the retreat, Zhenzhu returned to her hometown to visit her family. Unexpectedly, she gathered relatives and neighbors together, resulting in more than ten people coming together to believe in Jesus.
She explained that she couldn't preach sermons but could clearly explain salvation. As more people believed, she involuntarily became a standby speaker, and she never returned to school.
After returning home, Zhenzhu unexpectedly established a gathering point. Since she and the others couldn't preach, they read the Bible to share their thoughts, taught each other songs, and took turns in prayer. Later, all those believers became preachers, including four of her relatives.
"As more people believed, some were healed from illnesses, and others were delivered from demonic possession. Slowly, many people simply shared their testimonies while preaching, especially among the elderly who couldn't preach salvation. But at the time, we believed that sharing testimonies was also a form of salvation."
As miracles became more frequent, the number of believers increased, and each person was willing to spread the gospel. The pace of evangelism was incredibly fast, and Zhenzhu had no time to consider going back to school or serving the Lord. As whenever someone believed, the believers called her to come and share the gospel. She began traveling to diverse villages and towns, working almost non-stop throughout the year.
Zhenzhu shared a story, saying, "There was a senior female believer who, after believing in the Lord, was healed of 18 different diseases and delivered from demonic oppression. She became a witness, and many people believed in her. She couldn't pray or preach but would invite me to speak to others."
"She was responsible for gathering people, and I would go to preach salvation. Whatever we prayed for at the time would happen. One person had their hand clenched tightly, and the aged female believer just held her hand, invoking 'open, open, open' in the name of the Lord, and her hand opened."
"On Sundays, many believers gathered in this senior believer's home, which had three rooms. When it got too crowded, they moved to a hill behind her house. They discovered that even that hill was too small, so they decided to separate into over ten locations."
Zhenzhu became even busier, and she began training staff workers. Though they had no materials except the Bible at the time, she had to prepare to conduct training. Soon, a group of young people grew to become competent preachers.
A church worker who came from Wenzhou to serve saw this situation and called people to serve in northeast China. He said, "One female Christian has led 500 people to the Lord; this is the cry of Macedonia. We need to go help her."
After Zhenzhu took the lead, more than ten young people joined her as staff workers. They often engaged in fasting and prayer, praying all night or in the mountains. They baptized twice a year, and the church grew dozens of times in a few years.
However, her second-eldest sister, who ran a shoe factory in the area, wanted to pull her out of the field of ministry. She tearfully begged Zhenzhu to help with the financial aspects because she didn't trust anyone else. Zhenzhu agreed to go to work the next day.
Unexpectedly, Zhenzhu fell seriously ill that night, so her sister didn't ask her to come to work. Zhenzhu remembered her promise to another aged female believer in a nearby village who had been healed through faith in Jesus, and nearly 30 people around her were waiting for Zhenzhu to share the gospel. The Holy Spirit told her, "When you go, you will be well." Zhenzhu got up and continued on her path of service.
Zhenzhu began her ministry at a young age, and for about ten years, even almost twenty, she received no salary for her service.
When she and his husband got married, the money for their bed sheets and covers came from a female Christian who quietly donated it while visiting them.
Initially, the pastor and his wife had no children for many years, and doctors said Zhenzhu had primary infertility. When she was 29 years old, she became pregnant. At that time, all their family members had accepted the Lord, and her sisters encouraged her to have the child, saying, "We will all raise the child together."
Previously, when preaching the gospel, she always left home for twenty days or a month, serving in a different place each day. She preached during the day and communicated and prayed at night. Because of the high demand, they often worked until two or three in the morning.
The wife of the pastor said she didn’t always rest herself, so her body was often severely strained. Once, when returning home from an external trip, she didn't eat or drink for seven days and just lay there. "During these seven days, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even read the Bible, only pray. I think God forced me to rest for seven days and nights." What comforted the pastor's wife was that the church had now nurtured a group of outstanding young workers.
In recent years, she fell seriously ill and saw many doctors, but there were no signs of healing. While enduring the torment of the disease, she advised her husband to share sermons on Thanksgiving.
At that time, it was October, and Thanksgiving was still a month away. When the pastor began to share, he unexpectedly discovered that there were so many appreciation messages to share. From that Sunday on, the pastor continued to proclaim messages of thanksgiving every Sunday throughout November. During this process, believers received healing because of gratitude.
What's more, in the process of constantly listening to the message of gratitude, Zhenzhu was actually healed.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
珍珠出生在东北农村，兄弟姐妹有十个。珍珠的父亲去世早，好在年长一些的哥哥姐姐们帮助母亲不少。当她上大学的时候，哥哥姐姐们几乎都成家了。
30多年前的珍珠，是一名学财会专业一年级的学生。有一天，四姐跟她说，“三姐好像信了一个不剃头的和尚，让你回家。”
回家后珍珠明白了，三姐不是信了和尚，而是信了耶稣。因为三姐是自己信任的人，所以姐姐说完，珍珠没有一点排斥感，当下就做了决志祷告。
珍珠姐妹回到学校也很追求神，不上课的时候，她就去教堂。后来，在教堂里遇到一个年轻的女孩儿，她把自己的老师介绍给珍珠姐妹。所以她就幸运地得到了一些正确的教导。
珍珠姐妹信主没几个月的时候，就有服事的冲动，心里还产生了辍学的想法。因为她一想到进入社会很多公司都避免不了两本账的问题，她认定自己干不了这行。
珍珠姐妹决定禁食祷告，想要知道上帝的旨意是什么。自从禁食之后，珍珠姐妹也多次咨询别人。也把想要辍学的想法跟带她学习圣书的女孩儿说。但是后来实在学不下去了，就去女孩儿的灵修班待了一段时间.
在灵修班待了一段时间，珍珠姐妹回到老家探亲。结果回去之后，意外地把家里亲戚邻居聚集在一起，然后就有了十几个人聚集在一起信耶稣。
珍珠姐妹表示自己不会讲道，但是是能够把救恩讲清楚的。信的人越来越多，她就不由自主地成为了随时待命的讲师，学校再也就没回去了。
珍珠姐妹回家之后，意外地组成了一个聚会点。因为她和其他人都不会讲道，他们就一起读经，然后一起分享。诗歌也是大家互相教，祷告也是一个一个轮流代祷。而最初这十几位信徒后来都成为了传道人！其中4个是自己的亲戚。
“后来信的多了，开始有人病得医治，也有被鬼附的得释放的。慢慢地，很多人传道就只做见证了，尤其是一些老年人，他们不会讲救恩。但当时大家觉得见证也是救恩。”
神迹多起来，信的人更多了，所有信的人都愿意传。福音传播的速度特别快，珍珠没有时间考虑是上学还是选择服事了。因为只要一有人信，信徒就叫她过去讲讲。就这样，她开始各个村、各个乡走起来。慢慢地，就基本上全年无休了。
珍珠师母讲了一个故事，她说，“当时有一个老姊妹，信主之后18种疾病都得到医治，并且之前邪灵捆绑也得释放了。她就给别人做见证，很多人跟她信。她也不会祷告，也不会讲道，就让我去给别人讲。”
“她就负责招聚人，我就去了，基本就是讲救恩，大家听完就信。那时候祷告什么，就成就什么。有一个人手是攥在一起的，伸不开。老姊妹只是握住她的手，奉主的名宣告‘伸开，伸开，伸开……’然后她的手就伸开了。”
“礼拜天的时候，大家老姊妹家三间房里聚会。后来坐不下，就转移到她家后山上，后来，发现这个后山还是有点小，然后大家就决定分开聚，就分出10几个点。”
珍珠就更忙了，然后她开始培训同工。当时除了圣经以外的资料都没有，她只能硬着头皮去预备，做培训。很快有一批年轻人成长起来了。
一位从温州过来服事的同工看到这个场景，回去呼召人们到东北服事。他说，“一个姊妹带着500个人信主，这是马其顿的呼声，我们快过去帮助她。”
珍珠姐妹一个人摆上之后，有十几个年轻人一起站立起来成为同工。大家常常禁食祷告，通宵祷告或登山祷告。每年两次施洗，教会几年有几十倍的增长。
可是，她的二姐在当地开鞋厂，想把她从传道的禾场拉回出来。她哭着央求她让她帮忙财务这一块儿，因为对其他人都不放心。”珍珠就答应了二姐第二天去上班。
没想到，当天夜里，珍珠生了重病。二姐就没有让她来上班。她想起原先答应另外一个乡的因信耶稣病得医治的老姐妹，给跟着她信的近30个人讲福音。圣灵和她说。“你去了，就好了。”珍珠姐妹起床，继续服侍的道路。
珍珠姐妹20出头就服事，在她服事开始有十多年甚至快二十年的时间里是没有任何工资的。
牧师和师母结婚的时候，买床单被罩的钱，还是一位姊妹来家里找牧师和师母交通的时候悄悄奉献的。
本来牧师和师母结婚多年都没有孩子，医生说师母是原发性不孕症。在师母29岁那年，她怀孕了。此时家里的亲人，都已经接受主，家里的姐姐们也都让她安心把孩子生下来，说，“我们大家一起养。”
从前传福音，从家里往出走，一走就是二十天、一个月。而且常常是一天一个地方，早上出发到了立刻开始工作（白天讲道，晚上交通、祷告），因为需求太多，常常是工作到后半夜两三点钟。
师母说自己不会休息，身体常常严重透支。有一次从外面回到家，直接不吃不喝躺了七天。“这七天，我什么都干不了，圣书也读不了，只能祷告，我想是上帝强迫我休息了七天七夜。”让师母感到欣慰的是，教会现在培养了一批优秀的年轻同工。
师母前几年生了重病，看了很多医生，但是没有医治的迹象。师母一边忍受着疾病的折磨，一边劝牧师分享感恩的信息。
当时是10月份，离感恩节还有一个月。当牧师开始分享的时候，他意外地发现，竟然有那么多感恩的信息可以分享。牧师从那个主日开始一直到整个11月份，每个主日都在宣布感恩的信息。在这个过程中，教会有信徒因为感恩而得到医治。
更感恩的是，在不断聆听感恩信息的过程中，师母的身体竟然也得到了医治。
故事：复兴从一个被主吸引的人开始
As the wife of a pastor, Zhenzhu (pseudonym) was born in a rural area in northeast China and has ten siblings. Though her father passed away early, her older brothers and sisters helped their mother much. By the time she went to college, most of her older siblings were already married.
Over 30 years ago, Zhenzhu was a first-year student majoring in accounting. One day, her fourth eldest sister told her, "It seems like our third sister follows a Buddhist monk who doesn't shave his head and wants you to come home."
When Zhenzhu returned home, she realized that her third-eldest sister hadn't become a Buddhist monk but had found faith in Jesus. Since her third eldest sister was someone she trusted, Zhenzhu didn't feel any resistance and immediately made a commitment to faith.
Afterward, Zhenzhu was passionate about seeking God, going to church when he was not in class. Later, at the church, she met a young girl who introduced her teacher to Zhenzhu. So, she was fortunate to receive some proper guidance.
Within a few months' walk with Christ, Zhenzhu felt a calling to serve and even considered dropping out of school because she believed she couldn't avoid cooking the books after she entered companies.
She decided to fast and pray to discern God's will. After fasting, she sought advice from others multiple times and even discussed her thoughts of dropping out with the girl. But she couldn't continue her studies and ended up spending time at a spiritual retreat camp.
After the retreat, Zhenzhu returned to her hometown to visit her family. Unexpectedly, she gathered relatives and neighbors together, resulting in more than ten people coming together to believe in Jesus.
She explained that she couldn't preach sermons but could clearly explain salvation. As more people believed, she involuntarily became a standby speaker, and she never returned to school.
After returning home, Zhenzhu unexpectedly established a gathering point. Since she and the others couldn't preach, they read the Bible to share their thoughts, taught each other songs, and took turns in prayer. Later, all those believers became preachers, including four of her relatives.
"As more people believed, some were healed from illnesses, and others were delivered from demonic possession. Slowly, many people simply shared their testimonies while preaching, especially among the elderly who couldn't preach salvation. But at the time, we believed that sharing testimonies was also a form of salvation."
As miracles became more frequent, the number of believers increased, and each person was willing to spread the gospel. The pace of evangelism was incredibly fast, and Zhenzhu had no time to consider going back to school or serving the Lord. As whenever someone believed, the believers called her to come and share the gospel. She began traveling to diverse villages and towns, working almost non-stop throughout the year.
Zhenzhu shared a story, saying, "There was a senior female believer who, after believing in the Lord, was healed of 18 different diseases and delivered from demonic oppression. She became a witness, and many people believed in her. She couldn't pray or preach but would invite me to speak to others."
"She was responsible for gathering people, and I would go to preach salvation. Whatever we prayed for at the time would happen. One person had their hand clenched tightly, and the aged female believer just held her hand, invoking 'open, open, open' in the name of the Lord, and her hand opened."
"On Sundays, many believers gathered in this senior believer's home, which had three rooms. When it got too crowded, they moved to a hill behind her house. They discovered that even that hill was too small, so they decided to separate into over ten locations."
Zhenzhu became even busier, and she began training staff workers. Though they had no materials except the Bible at the time, she had to prepare to conduct training. Soon, a group of young people grew to become competent preachers.
A church worker who came from Wenzhou to serve saw this situation and called people to serve in northeast China. He said, "One female Christian has led 500 people to the Lord; this is the cry of Macedonia. We need to go help her."
After Zhenzhu took the lead, more than ten young people joined her as staff workers. They often engaged in fasting and prayer, praying all night or in the mountains. They baptized twice a year, and the church grew dozens of times in a few years.
However, her second-eldest sister, who ran a shoe factory in the area, wanted to pull her out of the field of ministry. She tearfully begged Zhenzhu to help with the financial aspects because she didn't trust anyone else. Zhenzhu agreed to go to work the next day.
Unexpectedly, Zhenzhu fell seriously ill that night, so her sister didn't ask her to come to work. Zhenzhu remembered her promise to another aged female believer in a nearby village who had been healed through faith in Jesus, and nearly 30 people around her were waiting for Zhenzhu to share the gospel. The Holy Spirit told her, "When you go, you will be well." Zhenzhu got up and continued on her path of service.
Zhenzhu began her ministry at a young age, and for about ten years, even almost twenty, she received no salary for her service.
When she and his husband got married, the money for their bed sheets and covers came from a female Christian who quietly donated it while visiting them.
Initially, the pastor and his wife had no children for many years, and doctors said Zhenzhu had primary infertility. When she was 29 years old, she became pregnant. At that time, all their family members had accepted the Lord, and her sisters encouraged her to have the child, saying, "We will all raise the child together."
Previously, when preaching the gospel, she always left home for twenty days or a month, serving in a different place each day. She preached during the day and communicated and prayed at night. Because of the high demand, they often worked until two or three in the morning.
The wife of the pastor said she didn’t always rest herself, so her body was often severely strained. Once, when returning home from an external trip, she didn't eat or drink for seven days and just lay there. "During these seven days, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even read the Bible, only pray. I think God forced me to rest for seven days and nights." What comforted the pastor's wife was that the church had now nurtured a group of outstanding young workers.
In recent years, she fell seriously ill and saw many doctors, but there were no signs of healing. While enduring the torment of the disease, she advised her husband to share sermons on Thanksgiving.
At that time, it was October, and Thanksgiving was still a month away. When the pastor began to share, he unexpectedly discovered that there were so many appreciation messages to share. From that Sunday on, the pastor continued to proclaim messages of thanksgiving every Sunday throughout November. During this process, believers received healing because of gratitude.
What's more, in the process of constantly listening to the message of gratitude, Zhenzhu was actually healed.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Story: Revival Starts with One Dedicated to Lord Wholeheartedly
