嚐過探訪的百般滋味嗎？經歷過刻骨銘心的探訪遭遇嗎？以下是我們教會 Barry弟兄分享探訪的滋味和經歷：

耶穌臨升天之前給門徒的大使命，要我們去傳福音給萬民聽。探訪的事奉，不單是愛心的關顧，更是實踐大使命，廣傳福音的機會，去拯救失喪的靈魂，這絕對不是單憑人意可以做甚麼，必要依靠神的工作和依照祂的時間進行。

神給我們的恩典，實在數算不盡，神將寶貝放入我們這無用的瓦器內，要我們成為一條流通的管子傳送福音。我們夫婦二人均在探訪與傳福音的事工上有負擔，所以大約在1999年開始參與香港宣道會華基堂的探訪事奉，讓神使用我們。

在這八年多的探訪事奉裏面，經歷了各種不同的滋味，可以用四個字來形容我們的感受，就是酸、甜、苦、辣。

『酸』：我們興致勃勃，滿有信心的預約探訪而遭對方以各樣藉口推辭時，心裏並不好受，有時在探訪當中傳福音叫人信主，卻被對方拒絕，我們不免有『酸』溜溜的感覺。

『甜』：當然是指探訪很順利，由認識、關心、彼此建立關係，然後傳福音將人帶到神面前决志信主，最後受洗加入教會。當中一步步看到神的工作，自然十分喜悅，『甜』在心頭。

『苦』：探訪當中接觸到不同的人，他們有不同的遭遇和經歴，有些人是在病患中，有些人是在生活困難中，更有些人面對各種家庭問題，甚至精神問題，令我們不期然代入他們的處境中，很能感受到他們心裏的『苦』况。

『辣』：在傳福音時，常被未信主的人以辛『辣』的態度挑戰在信仰上不同程度的問題，讓我們感覺到屬靈裏的爭戰並不容易，只有倚靠上帝的話語和聖靈的智慧才能面對。

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我叫 Donnie, 在中國深圳長大。從小所受的教育就是無神論，從來沒有機會認識基督教。一直認為人定勝天，所有一切都是靠人的努力才能得到。從來沒有東西白白賜給你的。所以當時所有的事情只會靠自己。自己能順利做到的，就會覺得是自己的能力完成。如果做不成，就會一直怨天尤人。有時，即使很小的一件事，都會影響心情低落，覺得沒有出路。整個人很悲觀。

其中有三件事對我影響很深，是遠遠超出我能力範圍所能應付。

第一件事，是十多年的寄宿生活。除了小學那幾年，我一直都是寄宿的。這個決定我完全不能反對。其實應該說，我沒有機會反對。父母並沒有問過我的意見，只是有一天，當我一回家就見到媽媽正為我收拾行李時，才知道我要離家去到另一個城市讀書。當時對父母的決定，並不明白，常問為什麼其他人可以每日回家，吃父母煮的飯，可以回家被爸爸媽媽疼愛，而我就要每天吃學校飯堂很難入口的飯菜呢？幾個月才可以回家一次。我要和六、七個人同住一個房間。冬天甚至沒有熱水洗澡。生活上所有大大小小的問題，都是當時只是十三、四歲的我來解決。這一切事情令我產生一種很深的被遺棄的感覺。常問自己是否做錯些什麼？為什麼沒有人喜歡我，要在這裏受苦？

第二件事，就是準備出國讀書要選擇到哪裏。因為留學美國一直是我的理想，所以美國是我理所當然的首選。但正要準備申請學校的時候，911發生，即時到美國的簽證申請變得非常困難，甚至可說是沒有可能。當時的心情可想而知，覺得自己從小到大的夢想徹底地粉碎。這件事完全超出我能力所及的範圍。我能做的只是一直問為什麼911遲不遲，早不早，偏偏要在這個時間發生呢？

第三件事，當我在布里斯本讀完書時，找工作，找了大半年，好不容易有一間公司肯給我機會，但卻在返工前一兩天，那間公司突然給我電話說，他們找到更適合的人，不需要我了。頓時覺得晴天霹靂。我只記得我當時對著天不斷地問﹕「是不是一定要我這樣，你才開心呢？」自此，我真的消沉了很久。

這些事情已經成為歷史，到現在回顧時，我不得不要佩服神所做的精心安排。神在我還未認識祂的時候，已經揀選了我。通過剛剛所說的三件不愉快的事，讓我一步一步走向神，認識祂，信靠祂。

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我叫 Susan Liu, 是一位退休註冊護士。做了40多年護士的我，很幸福嫁了個基督徒，他是個二十四孝丈夫。我有一子一女，都已長大成人，現在各自工作，但還未婚。本來我也很幸福，但因年紀關係，現在身體並大好。原本想做多幾年的，但沒辦子，加上醫院的工作壓力大。今年年初，我迫不得已要退休。

以前我在英國讀書期間，有時也去教會。因為我在醫院裏認識一對英國夫婦，他們都是基督徒，常常邀請我返教會。不過，因為工作問題，我有時去，有時不去。自己也半信半疑，沒有真真正正去認識神，更不知道神賜我許多恩典。原來那時，神已安排這對英國夫婦照顧我。他們待我如女兒一樣。那時候，我沒想到這是神的恩典，派人照顧我。現在我才明白。感謝神。

其實，我以前不知道人死後有永生。我以為「人死如燈滅」。在醫院裏差不多天天都見到病人死亡。心臟停了，沒有呼吸，就沒有生命。軀體就被火化了。什麼都沒有了。我那時真無知。

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牧師，師母，各位弟兄姊妹很感激您們來參加我們的洗禮。

我叫Clara. 出生於香港，隻身來到澳洲已有六年，現於幼兒園工作。其他家人仍在香港。

我是在單親家庭長大。當我四歲的時候，媽媽離棄我們一家，包括我爸爸和七個弟兄姊妹。我排行第六。我媽媽要跟另一個男人建立另一個家庭。我永遠不會忘記那天媽媽執拾行李離開我們那一刻。我淘哭著叫她不要走。由屋村五樓一邊哭，一邊追著媽媽。追到樓下的士站，我捉住媽媽隻腳，但她用力踢開我跌倒在馬路邊，就上了的士走了。

我祖母從馬路邊拖起我回家。祖母很生氣，叫我不要再哭，她不斷跟我說﹕「你媽媽不要你了。」我爸爸當然很傷心。從那時起，我恨我媽媽。從小就被同學，街坊譏笑說﹕「嘿，你媽媽不要你啦。」更說了很多難以入耳的話。

我很尊重爸爸。由他獨力撫養我們七弟兄姊妹和照顧祖母。我感到爸爸的愛是最偉大的。另方面，令我養成妒忌心，妒忌人家比自己幸福，也妒忌其他弟兄姊妹得到爸爸的寵愛比我多。但心裏感到不開心，又不敢向爸爸說，怕他也不開心。

很相信自己被童年陰影所捆綁著。一件童年不愉快的事也影響我一生，令我很渴望愛，害怕被遺棄，也害怕孤獨。
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耶穌基督在世上時，從未寫過一篇詩章，作過一首歌曲。但時至今日，卻有千千萬萬的詩歌，是為祂而寫、因祂而作，其中聖誕詩歌更是流行寰宇：每到十二月，世界各地便聖誕歌聲處處聞。這些振動心弦，帶來和平、歡樂、愛的詩歌，背後都有一個動人的故事。以下試介紹三首聲名顯著、歷久不衰的聖誕詩：

平安夜 (Silent Night! Holy Night!)

「平安夜」聲韻柔和，如夜空中飄來的天上綸音，撫慰著萬眾心靈。這首詩歌的歌詞，是十九世紀初年，由約瑟•慕雅(Fr. Joseph Mohr)所著。他是澳大利亞（Austria）人，早年獻身事主，在奧賓度弗(Oberndorf,Austria)小鎮聖尼可教會(St. Nicholas Church)，擔任助理牧師。他是位虔誠愛主的人。一八一七年的聖誕前夕，萬籟俱寂，天上星光燦爛，他讀自在教會花園，遙望星空，思念耶穌降世拯救罪人之恩。在與主深入的靈交中，「平安夜」這首詩歌浮出腦際，於是他回到房間，把這首詩歌寫下來。

當時這首詩歌並未立刻發表。第二年，聖誕節的前一天，他在預備子夜崇拜時，發現教會的風琴，被老鼠咬壞了。這位助理牧師，因急著要找一首不用風琴伴奏的詩歌，讓詩班在子夜崇拜中獻唱，才想起了「平安夜」這首詩。據說在一八一八年十二月廿四日，慕雅急急拿著「平安夜」，到鄰鎮找他的音樂師朋友法斯沙維•顧巴 (Franz Xaver Gruber)配樂，以便詩班能在吉他伴奏下獻唱。當天晚上，這兩位年輕人回到教堂，在子夜崇拜中，第一次與詩班一起唱出「平安夜」。

從此這首詩歌便長了翅膀，衝破時空的隔閡，飛進每個人的心田。現在，「平安夜」成了聖誕節前夕的代稱，其影響深遠由此可知。當然，關於「平安夜」這首詩歌，還有不少傳聞，其中之一，是慕雅因聽到老鼠咬風琴的聲音，觸動了以吉他伴奏聖詩的靈感，而寫出「平安夜」。但兩個原來名不見經傳的人，因這「平安夜」 而聞名世界，也可算是個奇蹟吧！

以下是「平安夜」前兩節歌詞，當您聽到「平安夜」時，就可以跟著唱啦！

平安夜，聖善夜，萬暗中，光華射。
照著聖母也照著聖嬰，多少慈祥也多少天真，
靜享天賜安眠，靜享天賜安眠。

平安夜，聖善夜，牧羊人，在曠野。
忽然看見了天上光華，聽見天軍唱哈利路亞，
救主今夜降生，救主今夜降生。

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Hello everybody. My name is Truman. I’m 14, turning 15 in November, and am currently in grade 10. I am from Hong Kong. I currently live with my mom and dad, my brother James and my grandma. I’ve been going to church for about 5 to 6 years. In these 5 to 6 years, my whole family started to accept God. Now my whole family are Christians and have been baptized. My brother and I are the only ones who haven’t.

The first time I met God was when I attended Sunday School. That is also the first time I read the Bible. Sunday School is probably one of the things that drove me to accept Christ. Sunday School also increased my knowledge of the Bible immensely. This is mostly because the teachers would get us to memorize passages from the Bible and if we can remember it, we’ll get a lolly. If we can’t, we just try again. Most people memorize it the first time because if you do it a second time, there usually aren’t any lollies left.

Before I accepted God, I often wondered about things like ‘How was the universe created’ and ‘Who created us’. When my family accepted Christ, they attempted to convince me that God created everything. I was sort of convinced, but not quite. Then one day, my dad borrowed a book from our pastor called ‘The Answer Book’. This book answered all my questions and even proved them. I think this book is another thing that drove me to believe in Christ.

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Hi, my name is Sammie Yip. I am 10 years old and I was born in Hong Kong. I had studied in Australia International School Hong Kong for 5 years before the whole family moved to Brisbane in December 2004. I live with my Mum, Dad and Grandma on Dad’s side, and I love to live in Australia very much. Now I am studying in Year 5 in Calvary Christian College which provides a learning environment based on Christian principles and beliefs. I have lot of devotions and get to learn more about Jesus.

My parents are Christians. When we were in Hong Kong, we went to Church every Sunday and I went to Sunday school. My Mum and Dad served for God in Church, such as choir, fellowships, visitations, evangelism, etc… My parents told me that my Great Grandparents on both Mum and Dad’s sides were Christians and therefore I am the fourth generations of our family trees to believe in Jesus.

After settling down in Brisbane, we went to Great Commission Church and I enjoyed the Sunday school very much. My Sunday school teachers, Vivian, Juanna and Kitty teach me about Jesus, mostly about peer pressure and how Satan tempts us to do stuff.

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Hi, my name is James. I am from Hong Kong and currently live with my mum, my dad, my brother, and my elderly grandmother here in Australia. I am 12 years old and attending my last year of primary school.

I got my first taste of God and the gospel when my family first came to Great Commission Church five or six years ago. Back then, I was in Grade 1 and loved being told stories. In Sunday school, adults would tell us about the gospel with stories and pictures while all the children had to do was sit and listen. It was the dream deal for the little kid I was back then. Seeing as I enjoyed the Sunday School sessions and listening to stories about the Bible, I drank in the information and gradually my knowledge increased and I know God more and more.

However, despite all this, I think that what really triggered my acceptance of Jesus Christ is the miracle which I myself experienced just earlier this year, the full scholarship for Brisbane Grammar School. While I was signing up for the test, I went to my dad for help. He gave me help, but not before telling me that I didn’t stand a chance against all the other grade sevens in the test. After that, Truman, my brother, told me I wouldn’t make it every time we mentioned the subject. Even though they didn’t think I would make it, during the period between sign-up and the test, my family, aunties and uncles in our church all prayed that I could have wisdom and do my best in the exam. Just before the test, even I doubted myself. While I was doing the test, I was extremely nervous and after I had finished, I felt completely drained.

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Hi everyone I’m Ryan. Today I am blessed with the chance to share with you my testimony. In my generation, I’d think that being raised in a Christian family is not at all uncommon. Both my parents and my grandparents are faithful Christians and I have been growing up in the house of God ever since I was a child.

So why now? Why have I decided to confirm my belief now at the age of 22? I had always believed the existence of God and Jesus Christ, mostly logically though rather than faithfully. The benefits simply outweigh the cost for not believing. But believing is only the first half step. It wasn’t until University did I started really seeking him and having faith in him.

Two incidences brought me closer to God: the first one was 4 years ago when my grandma went into hospital due to a bacterial infection that has infected one of her heart valves causing it to be severely if not completely destroyed. The second incident happened 4 years after when I came half way around the world to study here in Australia. When my grandma was in hospital, I made a promise to God. I promised to testify his miracles and his powers to everyone if he would save my grandmother. My grandmother is up and healthy now but I still had not carried out my promise.

The fact that I had not kept my promise with God might be why the following 4 years of life in University was missing something. I was having fun, a lot of fun, maybe even too much fun but there was always something missing. And I don’t know why, but my relationship with God seemed to become more distant. Sometimes it even feels like I’ve completely forgotten about him, and that He has completely forsaken me for my half hearted prayers at random times did not reach him. I’ve lost my goal in life. Those were the darkest 4 years of my life. A life that felt rather meaningless and pointless.

During the last year, I knew I could not live a life like that any more. I prayed and asked for guidance everyday, asked God to set me on the path he has placed for me and help me rebuild a stronger relationship with him. He had definitely listened to all my prayers,

“You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you.”

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Arthur弟兄經歷了神再次聽他為媽媽於病危中的禱告，深心感恩，分享見證神的恩典﹕

不知道大家是否還記得我於九九年四月四日洗禮的見證，當時因母親病危，在醫院昏迷不醒十多天。初信的我只懂跑去問牧師，作爲基督徒的該如何面對中國傳統的喪禮儀式。但當看到面臨死亡的母親，我真捨不得從此分離，我懇切禱告，求神讓她得醫治，結果神真的讓她康復過來。一回到澳洲後，我立刻決定洗禮成爲基督徒，因我知道祂是掌管萬有，以慈愛待我們的神。

七年後，我在今年九月二十八日收到姐姐來電告急，說母親病危。本來我也安排好在十月會回港一行的，但姐姐說如按行程，恐怕我見不到母親最後一面了。於是我在次日懷著惶恐的心情踏上歸途。

當我到達香港後，立刻趕赴醫院，但護士不許我進入病房，當時母親感染肺炎和乙流感，正住在深切治療部(ICU)內，我只能隔著玻璃看到一個面容枯槁，瘦弱得有如骷髏的媽媽。我所能做的只是默默地向神禱告，求讓她多活一天，好讓我明天能再來看望她。

次日，我來到母親的床前，她那混濁矇矓的眼睛看了我一眼，問了我三個簡單的問題。她問: 你回來了嗎？會停留多少日子？住在那裏？又昏昏地睡著了。我站在母親的病床旁爲她禱告，我的心情很混亂，看著九十一歲、耳目不靈、連一根指頭也不能動的母親，我連禱告也失卻了方向，一時想求讓母親有機會得著福音；一時又想她能得醫治好讓我可與她再相處一段日子；也有想過求神讓她能不用太痛苦地離世。最後，我還是求神讓她能得醫治。祈禱後，我帶著比較平靜的心情離開醫院。

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