tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73131492455432164432024-03-13T21:13:41.996-07:00We Love KenyaWe Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-71228914775395674512012-01-05T07:17:00.000-08:002012-01-05T07:17:24.371-08:00非洲肯亞恩慈兒童學校2011年募款感恩報導<span style="font-size: large;">非洲肯亞恩慈兒童學校2011年募款感恩報導</span><br />
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從2007年到去年我連續參與肯亞醫療短宣隊的服事,這幾年醫療短宣隊<br />
持續去到全肯亞第二大近二十萬人的貧民區最貧困的百姓中服事,因著<br />
教會支持在那地的同工夫婦對貧民區兒童能持續受學校教育並兼俱好品<br />
格有深切的負擔,因為當他們受好的教育勢必能帶給家人有脫貧的希望。<br />
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從2007到今年,宣教植堂處的執事之一,謝禮興醫生每年自費帶醫療短<br />
宣隊前往肯亞,他有行動的,付代價的熱忱感動激勵一些歷年的短宣隊<br />
員組成肯亞後援會,用禱告〈每個月一次為肯亞的禱告會〉、用製做桌<br />
曆義賣來籌措學生的教育費、以及經由募款來供應恩慈兒童學校硬體方<br />
面的改建。<br />
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我在這五年中親眼看見因著教會領袖用行動關心恩慈兒童學校的需要,<br />
及我們同工夫婦在當地的殷勤服事,學校從三十多位的學生到現在近四<br />
百位的學童,十多位的教職員,三十位的高中生及兩名大學生,校舍從<br />
破舊漏水的鐵皮屋到去年剛改建完成的水泥磚教室。<br />
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上帝在恩慈兒童學校要做成大事,鼓勵兄姊與我們聯絡,繼續關心她的<br />
成長動態。<br />
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臺北靈糧堂宣教植堂處:胡蘊玉牧師<br />
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以下是謝禮興醫生的感恩報告:<br />
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懷抱滿滿的感恩, 在此與關心肯亞恩慈兒童學校的兄姊們分享 神豐富的<br />
供應!<br />
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在2010年舉辦桌曆義賣,共賣5700本,扣除印刷費,共得的新台幣?拾陸<br />
萬元支持高中生的教育費14人次。 另外在校舍改建的部份,因兄姊熱心<br />
的捐款我們也以接近新台幣肆佰萬完成了6間可容50人上課的水泥磚教室<br />
,及環繞校園四面8英呎高的水泥磚圍牆,一間嶄新的圖書?(由和平長老教<br />
會奉獻),加上廁所還有廚房等硬體設施。<br />
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在2011年暑期肯亞醫療短宣隊在當地義診期間,我們存著感恩的心使用<br />
新的課室,但同時卻發現仍有未完成的硬體建築,學校的供電設備待完<br />
成,及高中、大學學生學費等需要;目前已有隊員父母全額認獻大型發<br />
電機壹台(肆拾?萬元)暫時解決教室供電。 去年的桌曆共售出8000本,得<br />
款約肆拾伍萬元,做為2012年高中生學費。也有愛心人士為兩位大學生<br />
今年度學雜費奉獻。<br />
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因著從 上帝來的信心,我們計劃要參與完成下列工程:因學生人數又增<br />
多,為長遠打算須加蓋九間教室、修建多功能的禮堂一座、校園地鋪上<br />
水泥、校區水電工程、電腦教室設備、教職員辦公室、及職能訓練教室<br />
等。 因肯亞物價指數和原物料年年高漲,總工程款約壹仟萬,目前經教會<br />
系統募得約肆佰伍拾萬。 謝謝兄姊們無國界的愛心奉獻,我相信 上帝必<br />
紀念我們已捐獻的金錢,您感受到我們奉獻的金錢已化為基督的愛在那<br />
些孩子的當中嗎?! 我及醫療福音隊的隊員已感受到!!因在去年暑假<br />
醫療短宣隊期間,我們親眼看到孩子們及貧民區的百姓臉上洋溢著燦爛<br />
的笑容迎向我們!We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-70157935512041087492010-08-18T10:05:00.000-07:002010-08-18T10:07:01.784-07:00Heart-touching Experience<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8ZSxHZ1N4gqGVNm-vN15Nbvc5wMJmRBT4LSpjeSFaBzN4_462Jp5_HBOYl_FCLGZjGNEGIkubkOQPJ85VL_aI6wUPMQ_kdagMyoan0SZVlVBcryBeD_r2zU8mfJcb4jIghkATdJ9OXvT/s1600/DSC_8688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8ZSxHZ1N4gqGVNm-vN15Nbvc5wMJmRBT4LSpjeSFaBzN4_462Jp5_HBOYl_FCLGZjGNEGIkubkOQPJ85VL_aI6wUPMQ_kdagMyoan0SZVlVBcryBeD_r2zU8mfJcb4jIghkATdJ9OXvT/s320/DSC_8688.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was an amazing experience being able to serve with the team, and I will miss everyone very much! Pastor talked about God's love in a lot of the morning services, which reminded me that we have the most amazing father in heaven, as well as the best gift of God's grace. His love is so powerful and should overwhelm us to spread the good news with others. I thought this was a very touching reminder of our mission as Christians. Interacting with the people of Kenya was a life changing experience. I learned so much from them, seeing them so thankful for even the littlest things. I can see how God is working through the church as well as I-link with all the work that is being done with the mission teams and Comido school. I will continue to pray for the leaders and the pastors who return every year, and i hope to return next year! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-45766567341411339132010-08-18T09:51:00.000-07:002010-08-18T09:51:47.897-07:00放下自己, 才能體會更多<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">非洲,一直是我心中的夢想。記得小時候有一次跟媽媽說我想去非洲玩,媽媽不懂為什麼我會有這種想法。大學時曾想過當完兵之後要去非洲當義工;研究所要決定研究方向跟主題時,上帝也很奇妙的把非洲放在我的心中。就在一次跟朋友的閒聊中,知道了肯亞短宣隊的消息。在上帝的安排下,我終於如願踏上非洲的土地。 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">出發前我一直以為自己可以做什麼。直到看完短宣隊發的一片介紹非洲宣教士工作的DVD之後,才意識到要在短短四天的福音隊裡做什麼,實在是太天真的想法,因為貧民窟中的需要真是太大太多了。到飛機降落在肯亞機場的那一刻,還是不知道要做什麼的我,就這樣開始了四天的貧民窟服事。到了服事的最後一天,上帝才讓我明白對這些孩童、青少年而言,遊戲、節目都不是最重要的事情。對他們來說,有人願意接納、傾聽和愛才是最真實的需要。有了這三樣寶貝,這些孩子可以跨越環境的限制,往上帝賜予他們的夢想和命定邁進。</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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還記得福音隊的最後一天早上,我被臨時告知要說一個故事。十五分鐘內,我便將英文的故事稿寫好。突然一個念頭進來,想說如果我能用肯亞當地的語言──Swahili語來說故事的話,不僅大孩子可以吸收,連幼稚園孩童也可以明白我們要表達的信息。於是,在幾個熱情肯亞孩子幫助下,他們將我的英文稿翻譯成Swahili語,還幫我寫在紙上、教我怎麼發音。原本只是簡單的一個想法,卻帶來很大的改變。原本亂哄哄的教室突然安靜下來,變得非常專注。孩子們也在我說故事的過程中,不斷用Swahili語回應我。台上台下好像突然找到一個共同點,彼此的關係更加凝聚。<strong>在那一瞬間,我知道我做了一件對的事情。</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">下午自由時間,和幾個孩子坐在學校後面的大草原上面聊天。看著藍天白雲,我不禁把鞋子脫了。有幾個小孩開始笑,也有人擔心我踩到東西受傷。但是我完全不在意。那時只有一個想法,就是用各種方式融入他們,<strong>聽他們說話,讓他們感覺舒服、感覺自在。</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">有天我問一個13歲的男生他未來想做什麼,他毫不猶豫地回答:「銀行家!」我很驚訝,因為這樣的願望在他所在的環境,達成的可能性幾乎是零。但是他那顆單純直接的心深深感動了我。我願意用實際的行動來支持這些願意上進求學的學生,就是每月奉獻一點錢,讓他們可以在更好的環境中學習,有機會可以改變他們所在的世界。<strong>感謝神,讓我有這個機會來服事</strong>,<strong>就像DVD影片中宣教士說的,福音隊改變的往往不是當地人,而是福音隊隊員。感謝神,我就是那個被改變的人。求神可以更多來使用我們,成為有感也有動,願意跨出去的那個人!</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;">-- 昌恩</div>We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-78424565156233856362010-08-13T10:07:00.000-07:002010-08-13T10:10:48.100-07:00信心的突破這是我第三次參加海外短宣義診,但卻是我第一次踏上非洲肯亞這塊遙遠陌生的土地。而這次義診中我仍然是在牙科組當牙科助理幫忙,其實我們在看診過程中並沒有辦法和每位病人有較深的接觸和聊天。<br />
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在通往Mukura貧民區的小路上,路面上到處都是散亂的垃圾和汙水坑,但團長說跟幾年前比起來,路似乎有變平坦一些,或許以後還是有機會能變成平坦的大路!…沒錯!雖然在短短的十天義診短宣中,我們所能付出的實際上真的非常有限,但我深信,只要有那願意服事的謙卑和對神的信心,不論什麼年齡或角色,我們每個人一點一滴的付出,都是能被神使用的,就像那條通往貧民窟的顛簸小路和Comido school,有大家一點一點的愛和付出,總有一天它們也能成為大道和有幾十間水泥教室的學校!<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">--- 陳昕</div>We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-39814067539205954702010-08-12T22:23:00.000-07:002010-08-12T22:47:48.281-07:00改變 轉化 心希望<span style="font-family:arial;"><div align="justify"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">肯亞行第四天。<br />親眼看見貧民窟的第四天。<br />親身走在貧民窟裡面的第一天。 </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br></div></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504763351142241906" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cqW5V9nlq6U/TGTZGjVsFnI/AAAAAAAACu4/1OSGpjnrWCo/s320/DSC_0071.JPG" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br />這是肯亞首都奈若比裡面第二大的貧民窟,總人口數三十萬人,最大的有一百萬人。貧民窟的路是由垃圾和各樣的泥灰緩慢堆積而成的,極度凹凸不平,車輛行駛在上面會有很大的晃動,空氣中瀰漫著一股臭味。路旁有點像菜市場,充斥著住家、攤商、各式食品的店面…間或有一兩隻羊和許許多多的人走來走去,沿街所有鍋子裡的液體(不管是油還是水)看起來都趨近於黑色的,而那些油是正港的萬年回鍋油。<br /><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504763358859227922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cqW5V9nlq6U/TGTZHAFj8xI/AAAAAAAACvA/rnuqE7WgPWk/s320/DSC_1091.JPG" /><br /></span></span><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">到處都是煙霧砂塵和蒼蠅,在那邊的戶外沒有戴口罩,鼻孔裡全部都是黑色的,空氣比台北還要髒很多很多,這裡的小孩流出來的鼻涕大都是濃稠的黃色,有的可以在鼻子下面看到兩條黃黃的鼻涕痕。 </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></p></span><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">這裡海拔平均2000公尺,造成白天的紫外線非常的強,在沒有太陽眼鏡的情形下,很多30~40歲的婦女都已經得了白內障,小孩長期在大太陽下打球,眼睛都有病變。此外,也有許多小孩眼白都是黃色的,看起來就像是身體有問題,這問題的來源可能是糟糕的飲食或是源自於沒有乾淨的水。 </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504763367940967410" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cqW5V9nlq6U/TGTZHh60S_I/AAAAAAAACvI/twd8auSEATY/s320/DSC_1395.JPG" /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">這裡小孩最常提出的問題就是 ------ ”Could you give me some water?” 水仍然是肯亞很大的一個問題。 </span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504763335476911074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cqW5V9nlq6U/TGTZFo-yG-I/AAAAAAAACuw/4VHOOxPzneg/s320/DSC_0081.JPG" /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>他們沒有乾淨的水。</strong><br /></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">在沒有水利設施的情況下只有使用有很多細菌的井水,在加入大量的漂白和消毒水。雖然超抽地下水會造成地層下陷,但這不是首要考慮的問題,最重要的是要有水,有水喝就行了,至於乾不乾淨,健不健康,地層會不會下陷,這些考慮對當地目前來講還過於奢侈。</span><span style="font-size:100%;">在人生命基本的要求上,水、空氣、食物、陽光都無法在有品質的滿足情況下,貧民窟裡面的平均壽命是40~50歲。</span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><p align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">在從Comido School回來的路上,我和學校的老師聊天,學校裡的小孩很用功,有許多人都可以考上高中,如果高中成績好的話,老師們會籌錢幫他們付學費,目前Comido和其國中畢業的學生都有持續的聯繫,這也是第一次有Comido畢業的學生準備要考大學,如果順利有人考上的話,愛鄰協會也會視他們的成績還支付學費…這就是Comido School的計畫,<span style="color:#000000;"><strong>有越多的人在未來因為有高學歷和教育而有大的影響力,就越有能力回來改變貧民窟的現況</strong>,<strong>目前他們最希望的是可以擴建教室,招收更多的學生來增加轉化貧民窟的機會,這真是一個實質而有力量的轉化,在絕望而惡劣的環境裡為著一個幾乎看不見盡頭的目標</strong></span>(扭轉整個肯亞最糟最惡劣的環境),學生和老師共同努力奮鬥著,他們期待,期待著有一天,不論是今世或永生,可以像我們離去時,一位肯亞女孩唱的一般。<br /></span></p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">”No more crying days, we are going to see the king…, no more crying days, we are going to see the king…<br /></span></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;">--- 倚恩</span></p><p align="right"></span><br /></p></div>enshyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17733070384674844263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-7507683325632243552010-08-12T05:14:00.000-07:002010-08-12T05:14:51.684-07:00我們愛 因為神先愛我們<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 新細明體, serif;">這次會加入肯亞短宣隊,主要是因為親愛的瑋萍姊。</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "新細明體","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>女孩停頓了一下,突然哭著說:「等我長大以後,我也要成為醫護人員,我要去很多很多地方幫助有需要的人,就像你們對我們做的一樣;我要去愛那些我不認識的人,就像你們對我們做的一樣</b></span><b>! </b><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "新細明體","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>」</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 新細明體, serif;"><b>--- 倚諾</b></span></div>We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-15119064322134782662010-07-09T23:08:00.000-07:002010-07-10T09:21:03.747-07:00你看見了什麼?--關於「肯亞.攝影展」<a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPVPLbMsMTOMA6FhqzCGl4iKRLrAmYC8yBbKkkWFpRLYzMZd6Pt13k5WyJvUAs3Iwt4OebiCT4MDM0dqOE6WKW2YSeuW07vnZMr6ULx6OJgxLVSXwKVOiPrM_V1EXlK_jhvBX1yBFRog/s1600/%E9%82%80%E8%AB%8B%E5%8D%A11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPVPLbMsMTOMA6FhqzCGl4iKRLrAmYC8yBbKkkWFpRLYzMZd6Pt13k5WyJvUAs3Iwt4OebiCT4MDM0dqOE6WKW2YSeuW07vnZMr6ULx6OJgxLVSXwKVOiPrM_V1EXlK_jhvBX1yBFRog/s320/%E9%82%80%E8%AB%8B%E5%8D%A11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492309684593007810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">(點圖放大,有攝影展時間地點)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">從這雙眼神裡你看見了什麼?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">二零零九年八月,我們踏上了肯亞的土地。古人說「讀萬卷書不如行萬</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">里路」,展開了腳蹤與眼光的疆界,才真正體會到生命的千萬種型態。</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">而也許,你無法親自走在貧民窟那勉強可以稱之為「道路」的街上,也</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">不能到草原親臨自然脈動的不息,但透過這些影像,透過他人的眼目與</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">機械的技術,你仍然可以越度時間與空間,看見於自己日復一日的生活</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">之外,另一個完全不同的世界。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">其實至此我已經有點寫不下去,倒不是無話可說,而是一來怕所言會過</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">於主觀,二來是主題貧乏,大概也不脫貧窮、飢餓、伸出援手這些陳舊</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">意象。因此,我只簡單的說個故事,一個我看到這張邀請卡後所聯想到</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">的:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">其實這個故事不發生在肯亞,而是非洲的另一端,西非的甘比亞。那年</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">我高中,也是義診,到了一城鎮,只見場地已圍滿人群,一圈一圈。我</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">們根本看不完所有的人,大多數只好請他們隔天再來。而大部分人於等</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">待時的眼神,我分辨不出其中的含意,他們就是那樣望著你,或許好奇</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">或許疑惑,或許期盼或許失落,總之無法說出具體的什麼,我只知道,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">他們是來排隊看這可能一輩子只有一次的牙醫。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">而其中,有一個叫大衛的小男孩,我記得他小學三年級,蹺課來的,排</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">隊排了四五個小時。當知道今天輪不到他時,我可以想見他絕望失落的</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">淚水,因為明天學校有考試,不可能明天還來排隊等待。最後,我們答</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">應明天第一個幫他看診,並送了一把牙刷,他這才興高采烈的回去。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">我看到邀請卡,隨即想到了大衛,一樣稀疏的捲髮,類似的五官,看上</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">去相仿的年齡,還有同樣隔著鐵窗望向我們的神情。那種眼神,雖我說</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">不出所以然,但卻忘也忘不了,如某種烙印般深刻。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">故事講完了,剩下的就讓影像去說。所以誠摯的邀請您,來看此小小的</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">攝影展,來看這雙眼神裡面,你所望見的故事。</span>showtherayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798616564930029372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-82727854846447700612010-03-08T22:48:00.000-08:002010-03-09T05:58:17.385-08:00再忙,也要記得肯亞<a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrpnualeT1p5qkLsJThdj3Axh20vC0LmGFHp14ZVBCw1luSWMZghpDCNjQ7Mhg8ap5tPpcb2YGJBRzFbBPtUhiMuWOhXBsAF5v8bj_N7EIorVe1GNqJOsfQg64og2xOQ9oERvsz-rJTk/s1600-h/5292_138862725768_794575768_2337356_214866_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrpnualeT1p5qkLsJThdj3Axh20vC0LmGFHp14ZVBCw1luSWMZghpDCNjQ7Mhg8ap5tPpcb2YGJBRzFbBPtUhiMuWOhXBsAF5v8bj_N7EIorVe1GNqJOsfQg64og2xOQ9oERvsz-rJTk/s320/5292_138862725768_794575768_2337356_214866_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446523811831009410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />離開肯亞,快半年了。一回到台灣,就有忙碌的生活等著我,就算再忙碌,我也沒有忘記在肯亞的那兩個禮拜。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">在義診的那一個禮拜中,我每天都做不一樣的事,即使很累,但是卻很快樂。我還記得幫小朋友量體重體溫時,有的害怕體重計,連站都不敢站上去,有的卻用他那黝黑的眼睛看著你,好像在對你笑一樣。幫我翻譯的小男生是當地的高中生,他很害羞的要求要跟我照相,當我知道他只有14歲時我嚇壞了,怎麼14歲的孩子英文這麼讚!!!!他們從哪裡學的?誰跟他們練習英文?我們真應該好好學英文。<br /><br /></span><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0fee9-7T9EtCKfMWVQfr0pK0IcU_kmT0DAIDs84R8lYEyZs9ACOnZziQTD5lYCFeH38lBNMMU-VwYL4wOZmguxfRa78A9eZPUzZW-fgOHQnNTlssBnV-awbQ0U3XGtNb1KfJi9TxY0U/s1600-h/5292_138862690768_794575768_2337349_1294689_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0fee9-7T9EtCKfMWVQfr0pK0IcU_kmT0DAIDs84R8lYEyZs9ACOnZziQTD5lYCFeH38lBNMMU-VwYL4wOZmguxfRa78A9eZPUzZW-fgOHQnNTlssBnV-awbQ0U3XGtNb1KfJi9TxY0U/s320/5292_138862690768_794575768_2337349_1294689_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446523655013004066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">馬賽馬拉國家公園真的是好漂亮,跟獅子王裡面一模一樣,原來世界上真的有這麼美的地方。我還跟妹妹說好以後有錢要帶爸爸媽媽去那裡一趟,一生中去一次就夠了。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">那兩個禮拜中,從在貧民窟義診,到令人嘆為觀止的非洲大草原;從一天沒有水,到兩天沒有洗澡,所有的一切一切,都很感謝主,感謝祂讓我有這個機會,能夠看到這世界的另一面。就像妹妹說的,很羨慕別人可以去日本玩,但是我們去肯亞,看到的、做的,是比去日本更值得、更有意義。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Melody師母有一天在義診的學校看到我跟我妹妹,就跑來問說我們誰是學物理治療的,還問我說要不要幫當地人〝喬一喬〞,只可惜我還沒畢業,還沒有拿到執照。或許再等幾年,等我畢業了,有機會的話,我想要用自己的專業,去幫助更多的人。</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />---依芩<br /><br /></span>showtherayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798616564930029372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-45688860211201557072009-11-09T23:32:00.000-08:002009-11-09T23:36:34.592-08:00鐵皮屋下的未來不是夢<a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_xK0UL3nA0fQcL3_bXqvLTTm7rKp1antOwC7EOoMLWJm_L9sujY828n5rjzWhyphenhyphen4WqpyHptJ8FzZLab-pwjsxGvQEYXUizH5Z7-SCvpPGB4yy0X0YCvu4rSubvDd_7EXleDcJ4m-I2Ss/s1600-h/15C.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_xK0UL3nA0fQcL3_bXqvLTTm7rKp1antOwC7EOoMLWJm_L9sujY828n5rjzWhyphenhyphen4WqpyHptJ8FzZLab-pwjsxGvQEYXUizH5Z7-SCvpPGB4yy0X0YCvu4rSubvDd_7EXleDcJ4m-I2Ss/s320/15C.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402374876789562050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">搭了12個小時的飛機,總算落地抵達東非肯亞。這是我第2次參加非洲國際義診,此行的目的地是「夸木尼」部落,是肯亞政府沒有規劃的一個地區,也就是大家俗稱的貧民區。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">下了飛機走在骯髒惡臭的街道,一眼望盡,千瘡百孔、鏽跡斑斑,似乎風一吹就會頹倒的鐵皮屋就是他們的窩,十坪不到的空間,代表的就是一整戶的人家。沒水沒電,水溝的水,撈起來就喝,不在乎曾經泡過多少垃圾。當地牧師告訴我們,這裡住了約二十多萬肯亞貧民及從鄰國因內戰逃命出來的難民。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">很難想像的是,臺灣買一個便當的錢,在肯亞是工人一天的工資,得養活一家五、六口人。多數十多歲的孩童不識字,連寫自己的名字都有困難,有一餐沒一餐的家庭比比皆是,更別說讓孩子接受教育。在臺灣,接受幼稚園、小學、中學,直到大學教育,是理所當然,但對肯亞貧民區的孩童而言,卻可能是一場遙不可及的幻想,而教育卻是脫貧的最佳途徑。看著這群小孩天真無邪的臉龐,我的心好痛。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">義診的場地在與Comido school(Comido school是臺灣愛鄰協會援助的當地的一所簡陋鐵皮屋小學)鄰近的一所女子中學,為期五天。在此,我們提供牙科、內科醫療、兒童衛生教育及公共衛生教育等相關醫療服務,總計服務一千二佰多位居民。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">小孩子趁候診的空檔,跟我們談的,都是他們的未來與夢想。他們說「唯有努力讀書才有機會離開貧窮」,多數希望自己未來能成為醫師及老師等,賺很多錢,幫助家人遠離貧窮。言談中,無比自信的眼神,讓人印象深刻。問他們會不會擔心沒錢而失去機會讀書,他們總是以靦腆的笑容回答「只要努力,愛鄰就會幫助他們」。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">看到他們不會因為貧窮而墮落,反而勇敢面對現實,當下我能做的,就是深深的在內心為他們祈禱與祝福。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">---芸禪</span>showtherayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798616564930029372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-60452734106649863772009-11-03T00:57:00.000-08:002009-11-03T01:37:47.273-08:00貧民區裡的生機--COMIDO恩慈兒童學校<div class="note_content text_align_ltr direction_ltr clearfix" style="font-weight: bold;"><div>走進肯亞奈洛比的第二大貧民區<br />
泥濘的道路<br />
滿地的垃圾<br />
骯髒的飲水<br />
你大概一刻也不想停留<br />
因為這裡找不到希望<br />
</div><div class="photo photo_none"><div class="photo_img"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30480&op=1&view=all&subj=248185395724&aid=-1&auser=0&oid=248185395724&id=100000186856397"><img alt="" class="" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7726_101106776572217_100000186856397_30480_2919616_n.jpg" style="height: 220px; width: 293px;" /></a><br />
</div></div><div class="clear_none">但是.....<br />
再多走一里路<br />
在貧民區的最裡深處<br />
隱藏了一片小小的希望<br />
柳暗花明<br />
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一個台灣女子<br />
1998年初<br />
創立了 一班36人的幼稚園<br />
這裡的孩子 十歲還不會寫自己的名子<br />
接著<br />
應家長的要求 增加了一年級<br />
到了第三年 增加到二年級 全校共78人<br />
肯亞有許多的孩童因為貧窮及學校不足<br />
流落街頭<br />
許多家長要求學校收納孩子<br />
在有限的經費<br />
一直收到八年級 共286人<br />
並擴增校舍<br />
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</div></div><div class="clear_none">簡單的圖書館<br />
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</div></div><div class="clear_none">木製的桌椅<br />
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</div></div><div class="clear_none">教堂<br />
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</div></div><div class="clear_none">和一群充滿希望的孩子<br />
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</div></div><div class="photo photo_none"><div class="clear_none"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30495&op=1&view=all&subj=248185395724&aid=-1&auser=0&oid=248185395724&id=100000186856397"><img alt="" class="" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7726_101106936572201_100000186856397_30495_4290115_n.jpg" style="height: 220px; width: 293px;" /></a><br />
認真的教師(David)<br />
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</div></div><div class="clear_none">在這個貧民區的深處<br />
有一座不漂亮 卻在心中美麗的桃花源<br />
因為栽種著 希望的小種子<br />
我們探索這座桃花源<br />
</div><div class="photo photo_none"><div class="clear_none">與孩子們一同歌唱<br />
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</div></div><div class="photo photo_none"><div class="clear_none">這畫面 永遠不會從我心中消失<br />
神的愛 我的愛 你的愛 許多人的愛<br />
像星星之火<br />
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從肯亞帶回一個寶特瓶<br />
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親愛的<br />
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和勇敢的台灣小女子Melody(後左)<br />
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傾到下來 使你們富足 有餘<br />
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願意一起努力的人<br />
請拿起一個寶特瓶<br />
存些銅板<br />
集滿 請送 愛鄰協會<br />
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將財寶積在天上..........<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">然後... 開始了天天睡不到六小時的命運, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">一周後, 黑眼圈跟痘痘全都陸續來報到. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">起先, 只是桌曆的一個念頭跑了出來. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">然後開始要從上百張照片裡面找出合適的桌曆圖檔, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">跟從事平面設計的表妹討論可能的桌曆版型. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">繼續挑選適合版型的照片, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">然後試著拿些照片先套用在表妹設計出來的版型上. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">思考著除了照片以外該放上去的東西, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">於是先寄了封email給遠在肯亞的Melody, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">也就是恩慈學校的創辦人, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">向她邀了稿... 想要放在桌曆的一開始, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">有個簡單的序文 來介紹一點關於我們所去的肯亞貧民區......</span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">加上我總是不停的發送著, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">像是垃圾郵件一樣信件給肯亞的團員們. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">很囉唆的想向他們徵求一些小短文. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">也還好現在有電子聖經, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">我可以看著圖片跟著感動去搜尋適合的經文, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">不然書到用時還真是 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">要是真的要用翻書的.... 我想桌曆可能得做2011年的吧?! </span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">終於, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">我們的桌曆已經送印了. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">人物系列 2250本, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">動物系列 2250本. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">這是我們的第一刷, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">這樣說好像是會有第二刷?? </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">當然.. 一定要這麼有信心的!!! :)</span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">就這樣, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">在所有團員的協助, 支持與鼓勵之下.... </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">我</span></strong><strong>把在肯亞的感動變成了實際的行動!!!</strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>沒有比較,不知道自己幸福;沒有比較,不知道自己擁有多少。</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">真實看見了他們各樣的需要,那種迫切又期待改變的眼神。</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">儘管帶來些許的醫療服務,暫時解除了那些肉體上的疼痛。</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">但能翻轉他們脫離貧困的,是讓這群貧民區的孩子受教育。</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">也唯有透過教育,他們才能有機會改變而擺脫世代的貧窮。</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">因著我們真實的感動,返台一個月內我們完成了肯亞桌曆的製作。</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">期盼藉著我們的鏡頭,讓你們也看見那個幾乎被遺忘的遙遠國度。</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">希望藉著更多的力量,能聚沙成塔地來支持肯亞恩慈學校的辦學。</span></strong><br />
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</div>We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-62697578949694745192009-10-08T00:35:00.000-07:002009-10-08T00:40:24.653-07:00Without Him, everything is nothing!<span style="font-weight:bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QWvRWRASJ02FbqaIWhFMk7eBNJXU6_h1nuXzLXcGozsr5dM3QYbM9tsuyZNjf4RkLJfX0Ma8qjPh1NromqJSnwBalIrpd8-kvYMdf88V6GEg4YnMPiKYxgkiSonvtmCvqRP0uwfEqAg/s1600-h/7834_1124904012348_1519572176_30406574_4754746_n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QWvRWRASJ02FbqaIWhFMk7eBNJXU6_h1nuXzLXcGozsr5dM3QYbM9tsuyZNjf4RkLJfX0Ma8qjPh1NromqJSnwBalIrpd8-kvYMdf88V6GEg4YnMPiKYxgkiSonvtmCvqRP0uwfEqAg/s320/7834_1124904012348_1519572176_30406574_4754746_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390129939585744754" /></a><br /><br />「愉安,要不要去非洲?」 <br />「啊?喔。甚麼時候?多久?」<br />「八月中,十一天。」<br />「喔,那就不用再出國了嗎?」<br />「嗯,對阿。」<br />「那好!」<br /><br /> 想起當初為何會加入這個義診團和大家一起去到肯亞,一起經歷所有美麗的回憶,一同讚嘆神美麗的創造,大概就是因為這樣的一段對話吧。一開始,會決定去肯亞,根本不是因為知道要做甚麼或是有多大的愛心。只不過是因為爸爸說暑假一定得出國,不可以都留在台灣,而經過了比較後發現去肯亞是最短的旅程,就這樣,就開起了這段wonderful journey.<br /><br /> 整趟旅程,我們從貧民區到國家公園,從兩三天不能洗澡到高級的度假享受,都充滿著許多的驚奇與恩典。記得第一次進入貧民區的那天,當車子一開進去,一路上人們看著我們的那種眼光,是多麼的令人印象深刻,那是一種讓人無法壓抑住的衝擊與澎湃,看著他們的生活,雖然只有這麼一下下,卻很想很想替他們做點甚麼,只是在那一霎那間,才發現原來自己的能力是多麼有限,能做的是有多麼稀少,除了為他們禱告和盡量在義診時好好幫忙,真的好像沒有辦法幫甚麼忙。<br /><br />一開始的義診,原本甚麼都不懂的我,就懵懂的跟著于茹姐當起了牙科助理,想想一開始裝針的時候,其實還是有那麼點緊張,只是不斷告訴自己要專業要專業!後來也就越來越上手。看著一個一個排隊進來的黑人,個個都是一臉茫然又帶著一絲絲恐慌,卻又看得出來他們心中那一點點的期待;而看診結束後又可以從他們臉上看出那份感恩與喜悅。每當看到他們滿足的走出去,我就向神感恩,願神與他們同在。這樣短短的五天,雖然短卻深刻,令人難忘。總覺得這次來絕對不是偶然,而是神所特別為我安排的,讓我在對一些事的心態上有了許多的改變。另外一件令人興奮,同時也是這次旅程中很關鍵的一件事就是,雅鈞和芸嬋阿姨的決志,從十天的相處加上行前的聚集,我想他們一定是看見了神的愛與神同在的不一樣,而看著他們的改變心裡其實是開心到不行的呢。<br /><br />最後,所謂的肯亞驚奇就莫過於那幾天在國家公園的高級享受了!看著眼前一望無際的大草原和草原上的一切,讓我對神的創造更加敬畏。藉著大自然的美,不論是成群的斑馬們,還是活像模特兒的長頸鹿,或是溫馨的大象family,都是那麼的amazing!<br /><br /> 我感謝神,因為他創造了一切所有;我感謝祂,因為祂讓我親眼看見了祂創造的美好;我感謝神,因為祂給了我機會,讓我同時看見了世界另一端的美與需要;我感謝祂,因為祂讓我學會如何知足又同時懂得憐憫;我感謝神,因為祂讓我明白他的恩典有多長多闊多高多深!Without Him, everything is nothing!<br /><br />---愉安</span>showtherayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798616564930029372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-26320692608237380732009-09-30T23:36:00.000-07:002009-10-01T16:14:40.319-07:00安排巧妙,神的愛沒有短缺<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oJ_iUJJpEgzo5kWYTniYwGZz6D-R6QrxqRn-n7uTSQUYUFEHYXRLFBgW72GgEv5yVWw192tdIuck7PHJC_7GWUzwpU6zZr-51JQXWKc781aFJZ-JfKpYObHUn5rC5RfrlarnQiq2gBs/s1600-h/9028_1058385120496_1851943821_118718_2963950_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oJ_iUJJpEgzo5kWYTniYwGZz6D-R6QrxqRn-n7uTSQUYUFEHYXRLFBgW72GgEv5yVWw192tdIuck7PHJC_7GWUzwpU6zZr-51JQXWKc781aFJZ-JfKpYObHUn5rC5RfrlarnQiq2gBs/s320/9028_1058385120496_1851943821_118718_2963950_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387521809260231794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">在肯亞COMIDO兒童學校的畢業生中,累積至今年已經有30位學生高分錄取各省立高中。MELODY老師在拮据的經費中仍然全額補助他們所有的學雜費以及住校費等,每人每年均新台幣25000元,而家長也在責任的驅使下每年負擔2500元。<br /><br />這次2009年肯亞EMBAKASI醫療團的26位團員希望有機會和這一批高中生對談,多瞭解與溝通。經與校長協調後,請他們在課餘時到義診場所MISSION SITE有30分鐘的會面。我希望每位團員都能和一位學生談話,但扣除身</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">為團長的我、協調人、錄影和兩位兒童,心中盤算如何以22人配對30人。<br /><br />8月21日星期五下午3點30分,咦!高中生怎麼只有14人?原來有一半住校較遠不能來!人數要重新配對?什麼!有一些團員被MISSION SITE的高中生抓去看非洲舞蹈即席表演,留在會面的教室剩下16人,喔!扣除協調人和錄影剛好14人!一對一,不管我方的人英文好不好,都要上場,沒有例外,原先為他們預備</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">的禮物在早先的節目中已經被送光光,所以便請</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">團員以2把牙刷5條牙膏作見面禮!時間很快,即將結束時,協調人在身上、背包中尋找筆、紙做紀錄,卻發現一大早某團員整理物資時塞給他的一把筆。朋友,上帝真的很愛這群孩子,因為筆的總數是14支!是的,真的是整整14支,不多也不少,若少一支便不能分給他們,因為分配不均不公平會產生後遺症。最後,在互送珍重,並各自交換通訊方式中,每位學生皆心中帶著團圓的祝福禱告,手中握著筆,口袋放著牙膏牙刷,滿臉笑容的離開!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCCo2GrnOtmT9VSW1UUIwUq7mKqlmtaTf_ElTiTBbRX26W1MTTHZnPlEnrUr4J5anRUdwW48tawhSoxBjrM2Cpie3Nz1AhFMe5fIKU7sTWTlUSSD-Fh1M29tIutyQ_W_CeHWWFxuy-yY/s1600-h/6387_1211507576126_1481871613_567302_4537980_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCCo2GrnOtmT9VSW1UUIwUq7mKqlmtaTf_ElTiTBbRX26W1MTTHZnPlEnrUr4J5anRUdwW48tawhSoxBjrM2Cpie3Nz1AhFMe5fIKU7sTWTlUSSD-Fh1M29tIutyQ_W_CeHWWFxuy-yY/s320/6387_1211507576126_1481871613_567302_4537980_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387521157696374242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />這一小段插曲,是滿有慈愛的天父要向協調人說:「在非洲肯亞奈洛比貧民窟中,這一群奮力勇敢</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">生活的少年人,我</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ㄧ個一個又一個的都不會放棄!」<br /><br />--- 禮興</span>showtherayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798616564930029372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-46560953485970440472009-09-24T01:08:00.000-07:002009-09-24T02:49:49.037-07:00I love Kenya<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >夢想可不可以改變什麼?我想是可以,至少,在肯亞的陽光與塵沙<br />中,我看見了人們把絕望變成了希望。</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadc1ndSgGFWITJCpCKoWHHfXZK67_ve4gtCpEfX0UxLGEp01Fjzjm9CWJ8ZtUtEouekJ3Q-stiPLKdxNxhMLFQeRjEtdmHUWDIOgSDzNktjZ1yryI4zOGeF9Cwh3lC9mIDYgtmHCv-Sg/s1600-h/5292_139503555768_794575768_2344237_1440553_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadc1ndSgGFWITJCpCKoWHHfXZK67_ve4gtCpEfX0UxLGEp01Fjzjm9CWJ8ZtUtEouekJ3Q-stiPLKdxNxhMLFQeRjEtdmHUWDIOgSDzNktjZ1yryI4zOGeF9Cwh3lC9mIDYgtmHCv-Sg/s320/5292_139503555768_794575768_2344237_1440553_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384965316152057970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHx5k8dT6uehaJclXa7nL2hincKdgQAszlHt1uSbHA4e71J3FviqMiNeltpObu7Qm1aaT4OM6SupNd_dGpzA07ohfLDSo_cuI2YMZRJqlNY0fpGbLwXCgj6hnaGHOBRmtRPNoD_TNvKM/s1600-h/5932_134249585768_794575768_2275258_4333934_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHx5k8dT6uehaJclXa7nL2hincKdgQAszlHt1uSbHA4e71J3FviqMiNeltpObu7Qm1aaT4OM6SupNd_dGpzA07ohfLDSo_cuI2YMZRJqlNY0fpGbLwXCgj6hnaGHOBRmtRPNoD_TNvKM/s320/5932_134249585768_794575768_2275258_4333934_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384968337968416322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">第一次踏進如此巨大的貧民窟,卻沒有新奇有趣的感覺。看見滿是</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">垃圾的街,喝水溝水的人,我一直問自己,我能做什麼?除了在義</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">診上面,解決他們肉體上的苦,讓他們感覺到跨種族的愛,在這以</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">外我還能做什麼?面對一個二十萬人的貧民窟,面對在此居住生存</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">繁衍的人們,我突然有一種感覺:其實除了讓我自己成長以外,對</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">這裡並不會有什麼幫助,或者說,我所能做的真的太少了。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">但在義診結束之後,特別是跟當地高中生Timothy聊天之後,我知</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">道神在對我說:你錯了!當我問Timothy:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">「你未來想要做什麼?」</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">「我未來想要當牙醫!」</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">「什麼?!你看到我們這幾天的工作你不覺得恐怖嗎?!」</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">「不會啊!我想要當牙醫,幫助更多的難民!像你們一樣!」</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">他眼神堅定充滿希望的這樣說。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">眼神是騙不了人的。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">然後我突然發現到,在我看似小小的義診,其實有著大大的功用,神</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">讓我們不只分享愛,更讓他們看到夢想,甚至堅定他們的夢想。雖然</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">貧窮,但神依然愛他們,在這個二十萬人的貧民窟裡,夢想把絕望變</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">成希望,而有一天,希望會使這群人們、這個地方,變得更美好。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I love Kenya.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ---睿敬</span>showtherayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798616564930029372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-33888779160193619302009-09-21T07:15:00.000-07:002009-09-24T02:50:53.399-07:00再訪肯亞<div style="border-bottom: medium none; 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</div>We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-47094721782691602702009-09-01T20:17:00.000-07:002009-09-24T02:49:57.232-07:00黑暗中的光芒<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>這次肯亞之行令我印象最為深刻的,是能認識即將升大學的那群資優高中生,並聽聽他們對於這個國家、這個貧民窟的想法。</strong></span><br />
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<strong></strong>We Love Kenyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049155960696641749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313149245543216443.post-29409933070969904732009-08-28T23:34:00.001-07:002009-09-24T02:48:44.626-07:00莫名的感動<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fC4a5Zq3ThJGJvcChkSePJtY17JwXEoZYf3EMYK2oDd7SdkFSklcv04GVez08Y7rO6i5oyGqJGSFwt7msmQqFImMig3P2_xAAx1P3u9UQonZ8N7fsmxThbK3CPrEWDr5psnGBk2bg7v6/s1600-h/DSC_7359_nEO_IMG.jpg"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376207970331658450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fC4a5Zq3ThJGJvcChkSePJtY17JwXEoZYf3EMYK2oDd7SdkFSklcv04GVez08Y7rO6i5oyGqJGSFwt7msmQqFImMig3P2_xAAx1P3u9UQonZ8N7fsmxThbK3CPrEWDr5psnGBk2bg7v6/s400/DSC_7359_nEO_IMG.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 268px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></strong></span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">從以前就一直很想去非洲做一次有意義的事情, 但是時間跟年齡都不符合規定。</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>謝謝明玲阿姨願意帶我這個零經驗的小朋友去肯亞, 也謝謝團長給我這個機會, 更是感謝神讓我有這個榮幸來接近祂。<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">第一次看到貧民區裡的生活模式, 讓我頗為訝異, 雖然之前多少耳聞過, 但是親眼看見的那一種震撼, 是無法在我心中抹滅的。</span></span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>看到那裡的小朋友雖然很窮, 但是卻也很平易近人。<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;">在義診的行程當中, 第一次跟那裡的人群有真正的接觸, </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;">心中有莫名的感動, 雖然只是幫小孩子量體溫, 還是很開心。那裡的科技資源很缺乏, 看到還是有人願意來學電腦, 增加資訊上的知識, </span></strong></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>感覺他們其實很聰明, 很有能力, 只是欠缺栽培。<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;">在那裡的12天, 我才親身體會到自己很幸福,</span></strong></span></span><span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">不用為自己的三餐苦惱, 能上學念書對我們來說就像是稀鬆平常的事情。現在藉由每天存一點點錢, 讓自己對這次來肯亞的感動不要隨時間慢慢流失掉, </span></strong><span style="color: black;"><strong>這些錢雖然不能馬上為Melody師母完成那棟校舍, 但是我相信上帝一定會幫助他們完成的。</strong></span></span><br />
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