Love’s Calling: How It Began

This post is dedicated to a dear partner and mentor, Mr. Wang Pei. A retired commissioner of the National People’s Congress Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee, Mr. Wang has been an invaluable advisor in every aspect of Christian Action’s work in Qinghai.

In the early 1980s, Mr. Wang, was the director of the Chinese Embassy in London and my husband Marlon, was the Chairman of the Liverpool Pagoda Chinese Community Centre. Both had a heart for the overseas Chinese community and frequently collaborated on projects to help them. A friendship began and we stayed in contact even after I returned to Hong Kong in 1986.

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Paralyzed and Bedridden

Earlier this year Bobo’s 36 year old husband suffered a stroke. He had been the family’s breadwinner, with a stable job as a kitchen worker, while his wife cared for their two very young daughters. The stroke left him paralyzed, bedridden and completely dependent on his wife and in-laws for around the clock care.  With only the part-time income from Bobo’s 70 year old mother, the family struggles to put food on the table and survive.

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God is an Artist

This Winter, we will once again launch our annual Season of Love campaign, knowing that it will give joy to hundreds of children. Since 2012, many thousands of dollars have been raised to help children from disadvantaged homes in Hong Kong, as well as orphans and children living with disabilities in Qinghai.

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Legacy of our Father’s Love

I recently went to support the art exhibition of my dear friend, Angela Anita Wong. It is called, “Legacy of Father’s Love”. It not only honours her late father but also encourages people to enjoy a good relationship with our Heavenly and earthly fathers. Angela raises funds to support Hong Kong’s deprived communities. She donates some of the proceeds from the sales of her artwork to various charities.  Christian Action is one of the beneficiaries.

At the exhibition, Angela shared her moving story of estrangement and reunion with her earthly father, and her conversion to Christianity which connects her to our heavenly Father. Angela’s story is a journey in emotional healing. At the age of seven, Angela’s parents were divorced and she lost contact with her father. When Angela became a Christian, she struggled to find her way to God. She says, “I was deprived of paternal love so it hindered me from getting close to my heavenly Father.”

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Knowledge Brings Opportunities

When I started my career in 1987, I pioneered a programme that encouraged young Vietnamese refugees to work in white-collar jobs rather than working in factories or become delivery boys. In 1994, Christian Action was gazetted as one of Employees Retraining Board (ERB)’s official partners to help people in Hong Kong re-enter the workforce.

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