Author: Kevin Hu

Hello everyone, my name is Kevin. From a very young age, I have been curious about what a soul is, and whether it is the operation of my brain or the perception of my mind. Later, as I grew up, I felt more and more of my own insignificance, of the limits of my ability to see and rationalize as a human being. Therefore, at many critical points in my life, I chose to trust my gut rather than pure reason. And these intuitions often save me from the worst. The first time I had the concept of God was probably influenced by my parents. Although they never knew who this God was, they taught me to be a person with a sense of awe since I was a child, to which I have always been very grateful. When it comes to my fate with the Lord, I must mention another person to whom I am very grateful, Chang Hao. I met some friends with Christian beliefs shortly after I came to Canada. Unfortunately, many of their inappropriate behaviors caused me to distance myself from the church. Until one day when I learned that Chang Hao was also a Christian, I saw what a faithful Christian person looked like and what I wanted to be. It took me four years to finally walk into the church, but I am extremely grateful to God for constantly guiding me to examine my own heart, guiding me not to lose faith, and teaching me to be patient.

Speaking of the opportunity for this baptism, it came from a recent conversation I had with Pastor Xiaoling, and my brothers Chang Hao and Peter, which made me realize my selfishness and weakness all along. The Lord has given me a lot of abilities, but because of my own desires, I have been unwilling to accept the Lord’s will and refuse to let the Lord use me to realize His great cause. Thinking of that, I am determined to repent, and I beseech the Lord to continue giving me the determination and courage. Speaking of the experience after believing in God, I have some recent insights that I want to share with you. Last weekend, I came to Jasper with many of our brothers and sisters. The weather was not satisfying. It has been raining since we arrived, and the forecast showed that the rain would not stop for the next two days. On the next morning, before departure, Chang Hao presided over a prayer at the door, and he prayed to the Lord to bless us on our journey today. But even then, the rain showed no sign of stopping. But as we drove into the mountains, the sky gradually cleared, and when we arrived at the park, the sun was shining, and it didn’t rain until we finished our entire trip for the day. This seems like a normal thing, but it means a lot to me. I often see myself as a person without luck. In my experience, I have not been able to achieve anything that requires pure luck. At the beginning of the trip, I instinctively thought my bad luck came back to me again. But at the second day, I saw the power of faith in Chang Hao and my brothers and sisters, and the love of the Lord for those who rely on him. This kind of reliance is not a selfish request, but the holding of a belief. This insight had an extremely important revelation for me. It also gave me the direction of my future life, which is to trust the Lord and realize the Father’s will for me. In fact, looking back, the Lord has been enlightening me since I was young, and taking care of me as I grew up. And the accurate intuition was the Lord’s compassionate love for me. After going abroad, the Lord spoke to me again through those who believed in Him. I would like to express my special thanks to Pastor Xiaoling for her guidance and trust in me, my brothers and sisters Xiaoyu, Wenhan and Peter for their companionship, and a special thank you to Sister Shumeng for her help from the alpha course to the present. The sentence you said, “The purpose of our life is to restore the relationship with the Lord” is still inspiring even when I think of it now. The Lord has never given up on me, and I hope that in the days to come, I can do my best to respond to the Father’s will. Finally, I would like to conclude today’s testimony with a passage from the Bible, and I hope that I can use this passage as a lifelong encouragement. Isaiah 26:3, ” You, LORD, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.” Thank you all.

Life is like a horse passing by in a blink of an eye. Each of us is pursuing what we consider to be worthwhile personally, and we long for inner satisfaction and affirmation from others on the path we are pursuing. Like other people, I am also busy on this road. Sometimes I doubt whether everything I am pursuing is worthwhile. Sometimes my answer is yes, and sometimes my answer is no. My consciousness often wanders between these two ends. Until I made up my mind to believe in the Lord, such doubts disappeared. What a great relief! Jesus answered: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:6-7) Now I understand that my life is meaningful only if I believe in the Lord Jesus. Only by believing in him will my sins be forgiven and my life be redeemed. Looking back on my past, I feel I am a big sinner. The sins I commit include my thoughts, my words, and my actions. Nevertheless, God is so forgiving that all I need to do is to repent. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14) From my early childhood to present, I have been so close to death twice. When I was in the elementary school, I liked to swim in a reservoir in my village every summer. One day when I was swimming, I somehow almost drowned. At the moment when my body sank into the water, a hand suddenly caught me and dragged me out of the water. The strange thing was that I can’t remember who saved me. When I was in the junior high school, I got a hemorrhagic fever. At the beginning, I thought it was just a cold, so I did not pay attention to it. Later, I felt a splitting headache. Fortunately, my father noticed the seriousness of the disease and asked our neighbors for help. They sent me to the hospital in the county in the middle of the night. There was no emergency medical service at that time. After examination, the doctor told my father that it was almost the late stage of hemorrhagic fever. Thanks to that experienced doctor, I was fully recovered finally. Before I believed in the Lord, I always thought that I was lucky every time. Now I changed my mind. It was God who saved me. He saved me through the hands of my childhood playmates, my father, my neighbors, and my doctor. Amen!

In fact, over the years, there were quite a few moments when I wanted to be baptized, but it somehow never happened. It was my wife who encouraged me. She decided to believe in the Lord right after her first time to go to the Sunday school, which inspired me greatly. I also want to follow in her footsteps and embark on the right path of believing in the Lord. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family, good friend Ted Fyckes who started to teach me the Bible in Regina 13 years ago, Pastor Dong Xiaoling, and all other friends in the ERBC. Because of you, I have more joy and peace in following the path of Jesus Christ. Lord, I would like to sing loudly for you: The most beautiful blessing in this life is to know the Lord Jesus The most beautiful blessing in this life is to trust in the Lord Jesus He will walk with me in the mountains and the valleys I know that this is the most beautiful blessing

Good morning, everyone, I am Weixiu. My wife has said that we believe in the Lord because our son and daughter-in-law believe in the Lord. We will follow them as long as they think it is right. Every time when we come to the Sunday school, we are always deeply moved, and what’s more, our determination to believe in the Lord is stronger and stronger. We are farmers and have lived in the village, working in the farmland and earning money to make a living. Our life has been very difficult during past years, and we cannot see a silver lining. Later, we came to Canada to visit my son and finally got settled in Canada, and our life became better and better. I never expected that, as farmers, we would have a chance to go abroad. We are very contented and grateful for our current life.

My wife was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2017, and we all felt hopeless when we heard the bad news. During my wife’s hospitalization, we heard the death of patients in my wife’s ward every day. We were always worried that the bad thing would happen at any time. The doctors suggested the chemotherapy, but because of the unbearable pain, my wife gave up the chemotherapy later and chose to recuperate at home. To our surprise, she was fully recovered gradually. It was really a miracle. There is no other reason than the power of God and the blessing of the Lord. People are born with sins. All what we should not do, what we should not think, and what we should not say are sins. During the past years, I often made my wife angry. I usually did not understand my son and quarreled with him. I was stubborn in thinking and did not listen to advice. Today, however, I have received God’s grace, forgiveness, and new life through faith in the Lord. Praise the Lord Jesus! Thank you all.