By Lengjing, Burma Today, it was the time for a church gathering, and Lengjing went listlessly to the meeting place with her handbag. When she arrived there, the brother and sister saw that she was in a bad situation, so they greeted her solicitously. Sister Huixin asked her with concern: “Lengjing, what’s wrong with you? […]
By Chen Zhi, United States I was born into an ordinary rural family in China. I am the eldest of my brothers and sisters. From my childhood, while I went to school, I also helped my parents to do some farm work. Seeing that my parents worked from dawn to night every day but still […]
By Xiaohui, Italy One evening, I set the food on the table and told the children to dig in. After glancing at the dishes, the boy frowned. I could see that he disliked them, but I thought: You are always being particular about food. This time, I must make you eat these dishes somehow. So, […]
By Si’ai It has been more than nine months since Si’ai accepted God’s kingdom gospel. During this period, she had meetings, learned to sing hymns, shared experiences and communicated with brothers and sisters, feeling released and free in her heart. But the only thing that made her feel constrained was to pray audibly in front […]
By Xiaoxia I was born into a poor rural family with several generations living under one roof. My eldest aunt and my mother often bickered endlessly with each other over the trifles of our family. In the end, we really couldn’t bear that anymore, so we moved out. But since my father couldn’t make money […]
By Xiaohui, Italy The little boy said to me, “Auntie, you look so angry. Isn’t your head feeling as if it’s ready to burst? Haha!” This was one of the awkward situations that I encountered when I had just started work as a babysitter. The little girl called me, saying: “Auntie…. My elder brother and […]
By Yang Li It was one day in November 2017. As early winter is the right time to dig herbs to make money, after breakfast, I went to the mountain with tools to dig roots of atractylodes (a kind of herb). I walked searching for it, and around noon I arrived at the top, where […]
By Aimu The next morning, thinking of my commitment to God the night before, I felt a little regretful: Did I really need to apologize to my subordinates? Yes, they usually loved to gossip, but if I really apologized to them, and they told the other departments, then how would I look in their eyes? […]
By Yonggan I strived to be one of the strong ones. Everyone hopes to become one of the strongest in their group, and I was not an exception. Once when I was at school, I was not in the top five in an exam, and I felt so sad. After that, I was more diligent […]
By Jie Bai I was born into a poor family, so I worked tirelessly with all my heart and soul, wanting to get rid of poverty. My father could not work because of his poor health; therefore, my mother had to support the family by herself. She suffered severe headache problems, however, because we were […]