As I mentioned in my
2015 Easter letter, I initiated a Lenten Campaign by inviting the parishioners to put
their Lent sacrifice money in a plastic folder, returned it on Holy Friday
and it will be used for our charity works.
I also prepare a suggestion form if the parishioners know someone who
needs our help.
One of the parishioners suggested giving donation to Mr.
Zhang in Rao Ping – Shan Tou Diocese. His
wife Mrs. Liu and I went to their village Dong Shang on April 20 by bus around
6 hours from Shenzhen. One of his
nephews picked us up to his mother’s house around 15 minutes by car. His mother, 84 yo and living alone, prepared
the dinner for us. It’s raining heavily
so there was no electricity for a while only for this village because they have
their own generator. There are around
300-400 parishioners in their village, all of the residences has family name
“Liu.” The next morning, two elderly
parishioners visited us and then we went to the Church. The Church is usually locked and there is no
regular Sunday Masses. I asked them to
pray morning prayer in their dialect.
Mrs. Liu showed me around the village and then she asked her brother
in-law to send us to Mr. Zhang’s village Qi Xing Lou by his motorcycle. Several
parishioners, Mrs. Liu and I visited the Church, a 90 yo women who lives alone,
and then Mr. Zhang. He is feeling better after getting Chinese medicine
treatment. They don’t have enough income
to pay the medicine and their living cost.
I gave the donation and reminded them to use it for the treatment. He and his family are so grateful for the donation and my visit. I invited them to pray together before we left. After that, Mrs. Liu and I had lunch at one
of their relatives’ house. I prayed with
the couples and their daughter in-law. We went to buy the train ticket and
visited a ceramic factory belonged to Mr. Liu’s brother. There are several ceramic factories in that
area. Mr. Liu’s mother several times was so eager to
talk with me and then she realized that I can’t understand her dialect and she
can’t speak Putonghua. She spent most of
her time watching the DVD of the Masses in Shenzhen so she invited me to watch
it too. She didn’t watch television at
all. Here is the link of the trip: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0EbuWrFm4ZM2QL
We also donated part of our
Lenten Campaign to the sisters in Daming –
Several of our parishioners
are also in financial difficulties. A priest
in Hebei
Sr. Anastasia B. Lindawati, M.M.
Let’s do simple things with simple love
to make God’s love visible
