孩子面對過去一年不同的挑戰，卻無損他們學習、進步及成長。
一年一度的大總結嘉許禮，在疫情緩和下，在9月25日順利舉行。今年是播道兒童之家65周年，一衆嘉賓光臨欣賞孩子的作品與表演之餘，更見證他們各方面的成長。
大會以《扶持飛躍伴成長》為主題，表揚孩子於生活技能、飛躍進步、與人和睦、認真學習、成績優異、整體表現、屬靈進步與公開繪畫比賽等各類別的努力。
孩子在MYBK 文化藝術教育發展協會舉辦的 「夢想起航兒童創作大賽2021」得奬作品。
同慶65周年，感恩有您的特別愛護，讓他們締造更多開心難忘回憶，成長路上縱有缺失，能摧抱更圓滿的希望。
踏進65周年的新里程，多謝長期支持者攜手培育家舍兒童及青少年，更為他們的「第二人生」齊創未來。暑假期間，我們以嶄新的接力踏健身單車形式，在充滿奧運永不放棄精神下舉辦了8場善舉，目標是每場共踏65公里，誌記65周年，為「第二人生」助跑計劃籌款。32位家舍孩子及青少年，與共8家企業、團體及教會健兒及捐款人超過400人，出錢出力，一同創造了674.3公里的紀錄，活動共籌得HK$251,940善款。
感謝以下隊伍熱心參與並籌募，共創善舉，每一隊都超額完成:
播道兒童之家服務至今65年，照顧超過1,300位孩子，走過不同的年代，持續學效基督無私大愛的精神，將愛一代一代傳承下去。以下分享部份孩子與同工感恩的心。
「我學會依靠神，亦多謝很多家舍家長的幫助。」
「感恩可以入住播道兒童之家，可以和小朋友一齊玩及生活。」
「在家舍認識了許多朋友，成績有進步、又了解自己多了。」
「感恩在ECH生活6年來，有很多同行者陪伴，絕不簡單。」
「親愛的天父，多謝祢給我一個美好的大家庭，在這裡我感到好開心﹗」
「多謝路得家家長支持我、關心我。」
「在家舍，我學懂依靠上帝，凡事謝恩。」
「感恩有一班好的社工陪伴和開解我。」
「感恩服務可幫助我的學業、興趣各方面的發展，更要多謝教會弟兄姊妹和導師」
「大小孩子也得到幫助，多謝家舍家長及社工聆聽我的心聲。」
「多謝贊助人資助活動，令我有很多難忘回憶。」
Eva 姐姐: 「愛可以帶來改變，雖然孩子傷心無奈的到來，可以開心感恩的離開。」
杰哥哥:「感恩可以和孩子一同學習，彼此以生命影響生命。」
Debby 姐姐: 「感謝主! 65年來，安排有愛心的同工教養孩童。並感謝基金支持3R計劃。」
「助跑踏前見主恩 扶持飛躍慰人心」
On the opening monument of Evangel Children’s Home, it reads: Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me.” It is so true….
At about 5 am on February 2nd, Moon, a night duty staff, reported that there was a baby outside the front-gate. I really had no idea. After clarification, I realized that someone had abandoned a newborn baby at the door! Why are the “plots” of the fifties and sixties still happen today? After a while, there was a lady passing by. Her emotion seemed to be out of control. She slammed the gate, shouting that a baby was crying and why was there no one taking care of? Knowing that she is a Christian, I comforted her that as God let her be an angel passing by; I trust the baby would be saved.
I walked towards the “Recycle Hand Bag Object”, where the crying sound was from, in a trembling mood and discovered there was really a newborn baby, wrapped in a cloth only. She cried out loud, stretched her legs, at around 7 pounds. The lady next to me was not calmed down yet. On one side, I said to her, “You see, the baby has such a strong vitality! She will definitely grow up healthily.” On the other side, I asked a colleague to take an umbrella to cover the bag to protect the baby from the wind, and took a towel to wrap around the bag. The temperature was only about 13 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, an ambulance arrived and it was finally safe.
Later, I was informed that the lady who was suspected of abandoning the baby wandered for a long time along the road at the front gate as early as around 3:30 am, and she finally pressed the door-bell. Not until someone answered the door, she left then. I believed when she brought the baby to Evangel Children’s Home, she trusted that this Home should be a place with love and care. Suddenly, our home was on news that day. I hope God ’s name will be exalted. When people have no way out, God will open the door.
The next day, a colleague told me about what a child living in resident care home, awakened by the slammed gate noise talked about the case. When she knew that someone had abandoned her baby at the front-gate, she said, “That mother really loves her baby. It is because she knows she cannot take care of her; she chooses the best home for her and that is why the baby was put in front of the Evangel Children’s Home.” However, I feel bad with this sharing, and very true, it is more or less a portrait of the child.
My Daily Devotion and Bible Verse on That Day:
“But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.”
Jeremiah 10:10 (Union Version).
What I have also received is that God is graceful and merciful. His grace is sufficient and His mercy endures forever. May the work of our hands be sacrifices to God’s delight. We wish the baby a healthy growth!
