感恩的季节 送交者: 楊愛程 2003年10月22日12:24:04 于 [彩虹之约]http://www.bbsland.com 感恩的季节杨 光(真理报加西版2003年10月号)我在真理报的"双语园地"写作和翻译收获很大，我的写作和翻译技能也进步很多，但是更重要的是，我和主耶稣的距离更进了。我翻译的每一个文章，在我看来，都有很深的意义，反映著人们对上帝的理解。我很感谢神给我的这个机会来服侍他，并通过写作同读者分享他的话语，这是我非常喜欢做的。我是在列治文Cambie中学就读的十一年级学生。三年前，当"双语园地"一开始，我就参与写作翻译了。在这之前，我没有想到要给真理报写稿，直到有一次我的两个教会朋友想投稿，我就决定跟她们一起写。刚开始只是为了和朋友一齐玩，可后来就成了我生命中很重要的一部分。每个月，我会将一篇我觉得有意义的或感人的文章翻译成中文或英文，这些文章或是从电子邮件网路上找来的，或是人们投稿进来的。神赐福於这项事工，有许多人都愿意投稿。我的好几个朋友都想把他们的见证翻译出来后刊登在报纸上，让更多的人知道他们的故事。我的其他一些朋友也常常用电子邮件发给我一些他们觉得有意义、能帮助他们更亲近神的文章。如果你有一些觉得能帮助人亲近神的文章，愿意登在报纸上，不妨寄到报社来(地址在第一页上)让我们看看。这一路并不是时刻都那么好走。有时候，我偷懒或是太忙，赶不上交搞截止日期，有时候我写不出来。但是，感谢神，我有两位好朋友和我一起翻译(她们的中文比我的好多了)。我也要感谢神，赐给我一个好父亲，读我的草稿，帮我修改错误。我还想要感谢那些写信和邮件鼓励我们的人，你们的支持叫我更加努力，也让我知道有人在读这个栏目，并且能找到安慰和希望。如果你有任何建议或意见，请跟我联络。当然，最高的荣耀和赞美要归给耶稣基督，天地之主。是他，在差不多2000年前被钉死在十字架上，洗去了我的罪。是他拯救了我，赐给我可以写作和翻译的恩赐，更是他开辟了这个事工的路。感谢赞美神！在真理报十周年纪念这天，我想特别抓住机会回想一下所做的一切，并将赞美和感谢，还有困难，都交给神。我想让人们知道，没有全能主的恩惠怜悯，就不会有这个报纸。请为这个事工和所有的工作人员祷告，求神让在大温哥华和全世界的人都能读到真理报的文章，也求神能通过这些文章与他的民建立关系。

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.