跨族群传播爱,当我们年少时
初少团契 彭亨原住民访宣体验之旅
美佳之窗 His Window 88 (Oct - Dec 2019)
文:陈秋霞
日期:2019年5月19日地点:Kampung Jubau
导师:陈新煜、陈秋霞、George 和 Stephen(协助)。
初少成员:林唯恒、杜佳芯、杨力言、张田田、李颖盈和陈恩欣
美佳堂初少团契是以10至12岁的孩子为主的团体,以建立一群敬畏神的孩子为使命的团契。
初少原住民访宣最初是由刘家盛传道开启的,加上凤幼执事与原住民牧者们的配搭,访宣成为初少团契孩子开拓视野的一环。
在原住民访宣体验中,孩子们经历了很多第一次。例如:初次离开舒适的生活, 到没有电子设备的环境,洗菜、洗肉、切葱、煮饭、炸香肠、包装食物、分派给原住民吃,用马来文与原住民沟通与玩游戏,亲眼看到原住民决志信主,十一个人供用一个水源有限的厕所,十一个人用睡袋睡在大厅硬硬梆梆的地上,在大厅煮食,断水后用有限的矿泉水刷牙洗澡,与狗猫一起玩,与老师一同坐在越野车上吹风,在黑暗中玩点蜡烛,观赏满天的星星,看到好多昆虫,听大自然的声音(特别是在深夜时刻),钱包掉落在路边次日找回,深夜去河边洗澡等等。他们觉得原住民孩子的生活很休闲,一天到晚都在跑来跑去与朋友一起玩,也觉得原住民大人喜欢抽烟,不珍惜健康,期待他们可以受教育,生活方式可以改变和提升。起初以为访宣会很无聊而不愿意去的孩子,去了之后改变了态度,期待以后可以再去。这种生活体验是城市生活中无法获得的。
初少孩子与 Kampung Jubau 原住民孩子玩游戏。
5月18日星期六晚上,孩子们与原住民孩童一起点上蜡烛,给他们讲十字架的故事, 之后有12位原住民小孩决志信主。
5月19日星期日早上,共有54位原住民参加主日聚会(21位大人和33位小孩)。当天,总共有3位大人和19位小孩(共22位)决志信主。
原住民很喜欢我们陪他们玩游戏,也喜欢我们为他们预备的节目:游戏、唱歌、讲故事、做手工等。当然,为了吸引更多人来参加我们的福音活动,我们事先准备好派对包、奖品、玩具、食物、饮料等。谢谢美佳堂弟兄姐妹热烈参与这事工,让我们可以带着满满两车的旧衣服、旧玩具、旧鞋等送给原住民,希望这些物品可以成为他们的祝福。
与 Kampung Jubau 原住民聚会。
活泼可爱的初少团队。
原住民访宣之旅让我们深深“耶和华以勒”。原住民事工执事倪凤幼姐妹特别感谢初少家长们的信任与支持,让初少的老师可在孩子年少时就鼓励他们参与跨文化的宣教事工。虽然孩子们尚年幼,表现却深得原住民牧者的称赞。她深信这与神同工的经历会成为孩子们一生的祝福。愿一切荣耀归予神!
孩子们的感言
李颖盈(Priscilla Lee Ying Ying)
感谢神给我们这么好的生活环境,有好的房子住, 有足够的食物吃,有漂亮的衣服穿。经过这次访宣,我 非常珍惜神所给的一切。
张田田(Isabelle Chong)
我学会了如何清洗鸡肉。我也和朋友们增进友情。起初,我以为这次的访宣会很无聊。可是我去了之后感 到很开心,因为很好玩,也是个很好体验。
林唯恒(Lim Wooi Henn)
When I was at Kampung Jubau, I realised that many people still do not know Christ yet. They smoke and don’t appreciate what they have. The “Orang Asli” have a very interesting lifestyle. They just run around and do what they want and talk all day without any worries. There are groups of teenagers that hang around the “kampung” as usual. Overall, visiting them was a great experience.
杜佳芯
Well, I learnt a lot. I learnt about the “Orang Asli” lifestyle and how they don’t bathe a lot. Bathing isn’t a common activity for them. I felt happy there because they are fun to play with, even though they are quiet and shy.
陈恩欣(Xandria Tan)
I learned that the “Orang Asli” need God’s love in their lives. They still need food, water, money and many other things, but most importantly, they need God. I noticed that they are happier when someone shows love towards them. I also noticed that they neither have fans nor air-conditioning and they have to sleep on a very hard floor. There were also many animals, like dogs, cats and birds in the village. Isabelle, Priscilla, Jia Xin and I saw how they took care of the animals. The things that they have are very limited. If anything is spoiled, they can’t just buy a new one or repair it easily. The “Orang Asli” people are very talented. I went for 2 visitations to other villages before this, which are Kampung Bukit Biru and Kampung Air Hitam. Although they are not the kindest people, they still have good characters like sharing, loving and caring for each other. They also cooked delicious food for us with the ingredients that we provided. I feel that the people of these 3 villages really show their appreciation towards the programs we prepared. We had to prepare ourselves, because they don’t have any water.
杨力言(Jeremy Yeoh)
This was an eye-opening trip as it was the first time I went to an “Orang Asli Kampung”. I had the chance to experience new things such as cooking for the “orang asli” and helping to organize simple games. I also got out of my comfort zone of being without my electronic devices for a few days. I am grateful because I have such a good life. This trip was worth it as a total of 22 adults and kids accepted Christ during the Sunday service.