親愛的弟兄姊妹平安：
「往遭喪的家去，強如往宴樂的家去；因為死是眾人的結局，活人也必將這事放在心上。」（傳七2）
二月第一週與吉森團契的弟兄姊妹出席一姊妹的婚禮後，第二週很多人（包括成人與小孩）都生病了，因為婚禮那天很冷。第二天週日，我到外城服事後，在等坐火車回家的時候接到噩耗，就是姊妹團契一位姊妹的年輕兒子在之前一晚自殺了。我們聽到這消息都覺得很震驚，沒想到剛成年的孩子就承受不了壓力，想不開便自尋短見。不幸的是，事發當天，年輕人的媽媽腳傷骨折，行動不方便，一切喪事只好由丈夫來處理。喪禮那天，媽媽也是坐著輪椅，很無助！因為不想張揚，參加喪禮的人不多，我和另外一位姊妹主要是去扶持年輕人的外婆，她的情緒比較難控制。到如今她還是接受不了這情況，幾乎天天去墓地問外孫為甚麼這樣做。由於當地城市不大，幾所中學的高年生都被通知這消息，因為他們很多都彼此認識。年輕人的妹妹在同一所學校就讀，有心理輔導人員來幫助她。負責團契的姊妹也很有愛心，頭一週幾乎天天都去陪伴年輕人的媽媽和外婆但這團契姊妹也覺得乏力。感恩她在靈修時得到神話語的安慰與支持。
有一位從家鄉來探訪女兒的媽媽，一來德國便要求女兒帶她去教會，想了解基督教信仰。女兒剛好收到朋友發的教會聖誕活動單張，便帶她媽媽去教會了。後來得知她們住在吉森，便把慕道的媽媽介紹給團契姊妹認識，以便關顧。她參加了三次團契的查經，都很有感動，最後一次還做了決志禱告才離開德國。
華人教會最元老的姊妹剛過八十歲，不能自理日常生活，最近更經常出入醫院。教會雖然建立了一個關懷團隊去關心她，但也無法全時間照顧，現在要等候入住老人護理院。另一位弟兄也是剛滿了八十歲，前幾個月在路上摔倒幾次，現在需要進行很多檢查。今早陪他去看眼科醫生，醫生要他做白內障手術。他們都是獨居老人，無論是行動不方便或是語言障礙，都需要有人去幫助他們。
感恩與代禱事項：
- 一位單親媽媽剛結婚，其兒子現在有後父愛他。求主施恩予這家庭，讓他們有一個幸福美滿的家庭，有基督作他們家的主！
- 自殺年輕人的媽媽已經做了腳的手術，但是還未完全能走路。求主醫治她的腳傷，更安慰她的心靈！求主安慰不能接受事實的外婆，讓她早日脫離悲哀的日子！求主保守這家的父親與妹妹，讓他們也都得到鼓勵與安慰！求主也保守年輕人的前女友，讓她與家人都得到輔導與安慰！
- 求主保守那來探親的媽媽，使她的信心堅固，雖然在她家附近沒有教會，但求主保守她自己能堅持讀經來認識神！
- 求主帶領教會的關懷事工，使更多的弟兄姊妹能付出時間來陪伴老人看病，以及送飯的愛心行動！求主憐憫老姊妹，讓她早日能輪候到護理院病床，得到更好的護理！求主幫助老弟兄，最近有比較多的覆診，需要有人做翻譯，使他安心看醫生，得到適當的醫治！
- 感謝主賜給吉森團契一名新成員，就是一位姊妹剛滿一週歲的嬰兒！求主加力給她好好養育兩個寶寶！求主保守兩位懷孕的姊妹，讓她們的寶寶在胎裡健康成長，在適當的時間被產下來！
感謝主的憐憫與弟兄姐妹的代禱，使我們的恩典夠用！
謝謝主基督復活的大能！
主的使女
鄧秀珍
二零二五年三月二十五日
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Dear brothers and sisters,
“It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for death is the end of all men, and the living will take it to heart.” [Ecclesiastes 7:2]
After attending a sister’s wedding with some brothers and sisters from the Giessen Fellowship in the first week of February, many people, including adults and children, fell ill in the second week because it was very cold on the wedding day. The next day, Sunday, I went to serve in another city. After the service, while waiting for the train to go home, I received the sad news that the son of a sister in the sisters’ fellowship had committed suicide the previous night. Everyone who heard the news was shocked. They didn’t expect that a child who had just become an adult could not bear the pressure and committed suicide. Unfortunately, on the day of the incident, the young man’s mother injured and fractured her foot, making it difficult for her to move, so her husband had to handle all the funeral arrangements. On the day of the funeral, she was also sitting in a wheelchair, feeling so helpless! Because they didn’t want to make it public, not many people attended. Another sister and I mainly went to support the young man’s grandmother, whose emotions were difficult to control. To this day she still cannot accept this situation and goes to the cemetery almost every day to ask her grandson why he did this. Since the local city is not large, senior students from several high schools were notified of the news because many of them knew each other. The younger sister of the suicidal young man was in the same school and had counselling to help her. The sister in charge of the fellowship was also very loving. In the first week, she accompanied the sister and her mother almost every day. Unfortunately, she was also very tired. I am grateful that she received comfort and support from God’s words during her spiritual devotion.
A mother came from China to visit her daughter. As soon as she arrived in Germany, she asked her daughter to take her to church because she wanted to learn about the Christian faith. The daughter happened to receive a flyer about a church Christmas event from a friend, so she took her mother to church. Later, I learned that they lived in Giessen, so I introduced the seeker to a sister in the fellowship so that she could take care of her. She attended three Bible studies in the fellowship and was deeply moved each time. She even prayed the decision-making prayer on the last occasion before leaving Germany.
The oldest sister in the Chinese church has been unable to take care of herself since she turned 80 and has been in and out of the hospital frequently recently. Although the church has set up a care team to look after her, they are unable to care for her full-time and she now has to wait to be admitted to a nursing home. Another brother just turned 80. He fell several times on the road in the past few months and now also needs a lot of medical examinations. I took him to see the ophthalmologist this morning and he needed cataract surgery. They are all elderly people living alone, and whether they have mobility problems or language barriers, they need someone to help them.
Thanksgiving and Prayer Items:
- The newly married sister has a son who was born without a father and now has a stepfather who loves him. May the Lord bless this family and their marriage, with Christ as the Lord of their home!
- The mother of the young man who committed suicide had surgery on her foot, but she is not yet able to walk completely. Pray that the Lord will heal her leg injury and comfort her soul! May the Lord comfort the grandmother who cannot accept the fact, and let her escape from her sad days as soon as possible! May the Lord protect the father and sister of this family, and may they also receive encouragement and comfort! May the Lord also protect the deceased’s ex-girlfriend, so that she and her family can receive counseling and comfort!
- Pray that the Lord will protect the mother who is visiting from China, and strengthen her faith. Even though there is no church near her home, she will persist in reading the Bible to know God!
- Pray that the Lord will lead the church’s caring ministry so that more brothers and sisters can take the time to accompany the elderly to see doctors and perform some loving actions such as delivering meals! May the Lord have mercy on this old sister, so that she can get a nursing home bed as soon as possible and receive better care! May the Lord help this elderly brother. He has many doctor appointments recently and needs someone to translate so that he can feel at ease when seeing the doctor and receive proper treatment!
- Thank God for giving the Giesen Fellowship a new member, a sister’s baby who just turned one-year-old! May the Lord give this sister strength to raise her two kids well! May the Lord protect the two pregnant sisters, allowing their babies to grow healthily in the womb and be born at the appropriate time!
Thank God for His mercy and the prayers of brothers and sisters, which make our grace sufficient!
Thank you Lord for the power of Christ’s resurrection!
Serving Him,
Karen Tang