By Bong I wanted to be rich. I was born into a peasant family in the Philippines. I had a big family and we led a poor life when I was young. I remembered when I was in high school, once I was not allowed to take the exam because my family had no money […]
Testimony
This Is How My Family’s Conflicts Were Solved (I)
By Zhuiqiu I’m a cosmetologist and my husband is a farmer. We got to know each other during a Chinese Valentine’s Day activity found in Malaysia: throwing mandarin oranges. One year later, we had a church wedding in the presence of a priest as our witness. When I heard the priest praying for our marriage, […]
By Being an Honest Person, I Gained Spiritual Release
By Keqiu Recently, I found a job, doing the cleaning in a hostel. For me who is elderly, it’s no problem to do the work of labor. I wouldn’t cause troubles in work, so I would not be afraid of being scolded by my boss. As you see, I’m a person who cares much […]
I Never Lose Anything by Being an Honest Person
By Duo Ji I worked designing patterns in a printworks. In a modest office worked only my boss, my colleague Xiaozhang, and I. In the boss’s eyes, Xiaozhang, who had been a designer there for more than a year, was a hardy, humorous, and capable person, and so the boss liked him and valued him […]
No Longer a Slave to Money, I Find a Meaningful Life
By Jingxin When I was young, I was very envious of people who were very successful in their careers. I also resolved that when I grew I would certainly be a strong and successful woman and rise high in society. After high school, I got a job to make money instead of going on to […]
God Resolved the Hatred in My Heart
By Li Fan People often say, “Things turn into their opposites when they reach the extreme.” Deep love can turn into hatred. The more you love, the more you hate. Only those who have experienced the pain can truly have such feelings. And Xiao Yun is the one who has suffered such extreme pain. When […]
After Bidding Farewell to My Life of Following Celebrities, I Live a Meaningful Life
By Xiaolu The 21st century is an era where people follow celebrities. I, born in the 00’s, was not interested in it in the beginning, and whenever I saw my classmates crazily doing that in various ways, I felt it was so boring. However, later on by chance I actually also indulged in following celebrities […]
God Saved My Whole Family From the Claws of Witch Doctors, and We Regained Light
By Xu Hong When I was a child, my mother often took me to witch doctors in the nearby villages to burn incense, asking them to bless our family with peace. After I got married, I learned that my husband’s family had worshiped witch doctors for more than twenty years. They worshiped the statues of […]
How I Resolved the Conflicts with My Sisters-in-law and Achieved a Harmonious and Happy Family
By Xiaoyi Before I got married, I always saw the sisters-in-law in my neighborhood argued with each other over trivial family affairs, and even created a widespread uproar. I thought: It is often said, “A tree lives with its bark; a man lives with his face,” and “Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.” When […]
No Longer Being a Slave to Money, I Live a Life of Great Value
By Cheng Shun The Death of My Neighbor Evokes My Memories At past 8:00 p.m. on a midsummer evening, my neighbor Wang Ke’s wife rushed to my house with a phone in her hand, and said, “It’s high time that Wang Ke should be home, but he still hasn’t arrived yet. I’ve phoned him so […]