感恩的季節 送交者: 楊愛程 2003年10月22日12:24:04 於 [彩虹之約]http://www.bbsland.com 感恩的季節楊 光(真理報加西版2003年10月號)我在真理報的"雙語園地"寫作和翻譯收穫很大，我的寫作和翻譯技能也進步很多，但是更重要的是，我和主耶穌的距離更進了。我翻譯的每一個文章，在我看來，都有很深的意義，反映著人們對上帝的理解。我很感謝神給我的這個機會來服侍他，並通過寫作同讀者分享他的話語，這是我非常喜歡做的。我是在列治文Cambie中學就讀的十一年級學生。三年前，當"雙語園地"一開始，我就參與寫作翻譯了。在這之前，我沒有想到要給真理報寫稿，直到有一次我的兩個教會朋友想投稿，我就決定跟她們一起寫。剛開始只是為了和朋友一齊玩，可後來就成了我生命中很重要的一部分。每個月，我會將一篇我覺得有意義的或感人的文章翻譯成中文或英文，這些文章或是從電子郵件網路上找來的，或是人們投稿進來的。神賜福於這項事工，有許多人都願意投稿。我的好幾個朋友都想把他們的見證翻譯出來後刊登在報紙上，讓更多的人知道他們的故事。我的其他一些朋友也常常用電子郵件發給我一些他們覺得有意義、能幫助他們更親近神的文章。如果你有一些覺得能幫助人親近神的文章，願意登在報紙上，不妨寄到報社來(地址在第一頁上)讓我們看看。這一路並不是時刻都那麼好走。有時候，我偷懶或是太忙，趕不上交搞截止日期，有時候我寫不出來。但是，感謝神，我有兩位好朋友和我一起翻譯(她們的中文比我的好多了)。我也要感謝神，賜給我一個好父親，讀我的草稿，幫我修改錯誤。我還想要感謝那些寫信和郵件鼓勵我們的人，你們的支持叫我更加努力，也讓我知道有人在讀這個欄目，並且能找到安慰和希望。如果你有任何建議或意見，請跟我聯絡。當然，最高的榮耀和讚美要歸給耶穌基督，天地之主。是他，在差不多2000年前被釘死在十字架上，洗去了我的罪。是他拯救了我，賜給我可以寫作和翻譯的恩賜，更是他開闢了這個事工的路。感謝讚美神！在真理報十周年紀念這天，我想特別抓住機會回想一下所做的一切，並將讚美和感謝，還有困難，都交給神。我想讓人們知道，沒有全能主的恩惠憐憫，就不會有這個報紙。請為這個事工和所有的工作人員禱告，求神讓在大溫哥華和全世界的人都能讀到真理報的文章，也求神能通過這些文章與他的民建立關係。
A Season of ThanksgivingLinda YangWriting and translating for the bilingual column in the Truth Monthly has been a rewarding and fruitful experience for me. It has taught me a lot about writing and translating skills, but more importantly, I was able to grow closer to my Lord Jesus. Each article I translate has, in my point of view, great insight into the Christian faith or people’s perception of what God is like. I am grateful for the chance God has given me to serve Him and share His Word with those who read the newspaper through something I love doing─writing. I am a grade 11 student attending Cambie Secondary School in Richmond and I have been translating articles for this column ever since it had begun, which is about three years ago. It had never occurred to me to start volunteer writing for the Truth Monthly until two of my church friends had the idea of contributing their own articles and I decided to join them. What had been a desire to be with friends is now a major part of my life. What I do basically each month is to translate into English or Chinese a piece of Christian writing that I find insightful or touching either through email circuits or by contribution. The Lord has blessed this ministry and I have had many writers contributing their work. Many of my friends wanted their testimonies to be translated and published so that more people could know their stories. My email pals forwarded me pieces of writing they found helpful in their walks with Christ. If you have anything you would like to be published that you feel would help bring people closer to God, please feel free to send it to the newspaper office (the address is on the front page) and we’ll be glad to consider it for publication.It hasn’t been a smooth ride by far. There were times when I procrastinated or was too busy throughout the month and couldn’t meet the deadlines. There were times when I couldn’t find the right words to write. But praise the Lord, I have two great friends who I can rely on to do quite a bit of translating (they’re better at Chinese than I am, really). I really need to thank the Lord for blessing me with my father for reading all of my drafts and correcting all my errors. I also would like to thank people who have sent us letters and emails giving us encouragement and affirmation. Your words have inspired me to put in even more effort and assured us that people out there are able to read the articles and find comfort and hope. If you have any suggestions and/or comments, please feel free to drop me a note. Of course, the highest honour and glory and praise goes up to Jesus Christ, the Lord of heaven and earth. It was Him, who died on the Cross almost 2000 years ago, washed my sins away. It was Him who saved me, who gave me the ability to write and translate and it was Him who opened the path for this ministry. Praise the Lord!On the tenth anniversary of the founding of this newspaper, I wanted to take this chance to reflect the work that I have been doing and lift up to the Lord any praises and thanks as well as any difficulties. I want people to know that this newspaper would not have been possible without the grace and mercy of the Almighty. Please pray for this ministry and the people involved that all of the articles we publish will reach out to people all over the Greater Vancouver area as well as the world and that God can work through these articles to connect with His people.
