牧者心聲
屆滿20週年的回顧與前瞻
王良碧牧師
2025 年 3 月 29 日 /30 日
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因著人事調整，我今年再有機會參與重慶探訪行程，很興奮，也很期待，因為行程中除了會與13位弟兄姊妹見60位高中生外，還分別會在三個晚上與32位畢業生重聚。這些畢業生之中，有半數在初認識時分別是就讀小學、初中不同年級。我最後一次帶隊探訪是2013年10月，感謝神預備了弟兄姊妹、幹事，繼續承接此事工至今。
翻看資料，2005年夏我和C姊妹首次到F縣，那是惟一一次經湖北宜昌搭船去，之後都是經由重慶市前往。那次，飛機因氣流緣故無法降落，需飛往湖南長沙，接待我們的單位當晚在機場苦候我們數小時。那年，我們走訪的其中一所小學，有個孩子的父親過世後，母親帶著他改嫁，之後母親過世，繼父再婚。當時陪孩子來見我們的，是繼父的續弦，因為繼父也離世了。對這孩子，我就只有那次的印象。另外一個村莊小，全校只有一棟幾間課室的建築，我們資助了幾個孩子，金額不多，但學生們卻很賣力地敲鑼、舞獅歡迎我們。當時升小六的君兒由爺爺陪著，這麼多年來，君兒一直與我們保持連繫，這次已有了三個月寶寶的她也會來。
2007年復活節，我們為其中兩所中學舉辦首次的營會。那次的往返路況都有問題。去時，遇到舊路進行整修，臨時替代的泥土路上，綿延著看不到盡頭的車輛，車子蝸速般前進；回程時，有段山路半邊被傾瀉的山泥佔了，另半邊則讓給推土機緩慢的搬開這些泥土。那次因為還要進入F縣的山區，即便不計意外路況所要耽延的時間，僅是內地車程單趟就超過七個小時。那天的行程就是披星戴月，一大清早上車、換船、趕車、搭機，由深圳回到香港已是子夜。饒是如此，大半的成員仍繼續參加探訪隊，繼續經歷行程中多變的車況、路況，以及免不了心急如焚的禱告。
現在有了高鐵，原來長途車加船隻六個小時的行程，如今只需要兩個多小時。但是，人心由無神、走向有神、走向獨一真神的路程，還是那麼不容易，甚至更加龜速。此次，原預計與每個高中生都能有週末上下午的活動，其後得知畢業班只有一個下午，臨出發前十天左右獲知，只得週五晚一個半小時。盼望聖靈幫助我們有良好的交流，好讓他們畢業後仍能保持與我們的聯繫，我們也深盼能通過當地一所慈善機構，繼續跟進關懷他們。
Due to personnel adjustments, I have the opportunity to participate once again in the visitation trip to Chongqing this year. I am excited and eagerly looking forward to it because, in addition to meeting 60 high school students along with 13 brothers and sisters, we will also reunite with 32 graduates over three evenings. Among these graduates, half of them were primary or junior high school students when we first met. The last time I led such a visit was in October 2013. Thank God for preparing brothers, sisters, and coworkers who have continued this ministry until now.
As I look back through our records, the first time Sister C and I visited County F was in the summer of 2005. That was the only time we traveled by ferry via Yichang, Hubei. Subsequent trips have always been via Chongqing City. On that trip, our plane could not land due to air turbulence and had to be diverted to Changsha, Hunan. Our hosts had to wait several hours for us at the airport that night. During that visit, we went to a primary school where there was a child whose father had passed away, after which his mother remarried and later also passed away. The child's stepfather remarried again. By the time we visited, the child was accompanied by his stepfather's subsequent wife because the stepfather had also passed away. That was my only impression of that child. In another very small village, the school consisted of just a single building with a few classrooms. We sponsored a few children with only a modest amount of contribution. Yet, the students warmly welcomed us with energetic gong playing and lion dances. Among them was Jun Er, who was accompanied by her grandfather. Over these many years, Jun Er has maintained contact with us, and she will join us this time, now as a mother with a three-month-old baby.
At Easter in 2007, we organized our first camp for two local secondary schools. The road conditions were challenging both ways of the journey. On our way there, the old road was undergoing repairs, and the temporary dirt road was congested with seemingly endless lines of cars crawling forward at a snail's pace. On the return journey, a portion of half of the mountain road was blocked by a landslide, with bulldozers on the other half of the road slowly clearing the debris. Because we had to travel further into the mountainous areas of County F, the inland road trip alone, not counting delays due to unexpected road conditions, took more than seven hours one way. The itinerary that day required us to set off early in the morning and involved multiple transfers by car, ferry, car again, and flight. By the time we returned to Hong Kong from Shenzhen, it was already midnight. Despite these challenges, most team members continued to join the visitation trips and experienced unpredictable traffic and road conditions, accompanied inevitably by urgent prayers.
Nowadays, with high-speed trains available, the journey that used to require over six hours by car and ferry now takes just over two hours. However, the journey of the human heart from having no knowledge of God, to knowing there is a God, and eventually to knowing the one true God is still not easy, or even slower than before. This time, we initially expected to be able to have weekend activities for both the mornings and afternoons with each high school student. Later, we learned that the graduating classes would only have one afternoon. Just about ten days before our departure, we were informed that we would only have an hour and a half on Friday evening. We earnestly hope that the Holy Spirit will guide us in meaningful exchanges so that these students will stay connected with us even after graduation. We also deeply hope to continue caring for them through collaboration with a local charity organization.
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