In March 2001 I brought my daughter who had congenital heart defect to the USA to seek medical help. Originally a foundation was supposed to help us, but the funding was cancelled because of the 911 terrorist attack. We arrived at the New York Airport with no one to meet us. A Christian brother whom we did not know offered to help. With the help of the brothers and sisters of a church in New York, I came to know God through studying the Bible and I learned how to pray. I searched everywhere for medical help and also prayed that God would provide the funds. Every day God let us experience Him and He moved many people from different ethnic backgrounds to help us sacrificially. Through the prayers of many brothers and sisters God led me from nothing to abundance.

我在2001年三月带着身患先天性心脏病的女儿来美国求医，以前联系好的慈善机构也因为911恐怖事件停止了。我带着女儿在机场没有人接机是一个基督徒的弟兄帮助了我，从此以后我就在教会第兄姐妹的带领下认识了主，学会了读经祷告。在给女儿四处求医，祈求主为我们预备医疗费的同时，神让我们天天都在经历他，神感动不同肤色不同种族的人为我们奉献，第兄姐妹不住为我们祷告，

Our heart surgeon was confident he could help my daughter. During that time I was confident that after surgery my daughter would become a healthy child. Yet, two months after the second surgery she left us. I was full of sorrow and pain to the point of doubting God’s love. I did not understand why God would let me see a ray of hope and then closed the door. Why would God not hear the loving prayers of so many brothers and sisters? Amidst the struggle in my mind and the comfort of brothers and sisters I had a feeling that the story of Kexin, my daughter and me had not ended. 

在两个月的时间里神让我经历了从无到有，医生对我女儿的手术也非常的有信心，在这段时间里我满怀希望盼望着女儿经过医治一定会成为一个健康的孩子。但是在女儿经过第二次手术两个月以后还是离开了我们，当时我悲痛欲绝甚至开始怀疑神，我不明白神让我看到了希望为什么又忽然把这扇门关上了，在女儿求医的这段时间里第兄姐妹的爱心关怀和不住的祷告难道主都不纪念吗？在内心的挣扎和第兄姐妹不住用神的话来安慰我的同时，我的心里有一种感觉就是我和女儿周珂歆的故事并没有结束，

Surrounding my home in China there are many families with children who also suffer from heart diseases. Through the newspapers and other news media people heard our story and contacted us. When I saw these helpless children, it reminded me of my own journey searching for medical help. I put them in touch with Christian Herald Organization and I shared the gospel with them at the same time. As six months flew by, I discovered that five of the families had accepted the Lord. Many of them now go to a local church. A child of one of the families died after surgery. I was able to encourage them by sharing my own experience and read to them the word of God. I can see that my sharing and God’s word can help them come out of their pain and sorrow. “Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation” and “Christian Herald Organization” are now trying to help all these sick children in Gansu. They want to give the children hope and normal lives. Through all these I learned about God’s will. “If a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it produces many seeds.” Through this journey I have learned my lesson on faith.

因为在我的身边有很多心脏病的家庭，他们有的是通过看报纸从千里之外找到我的，还有的是通过新闻知道我们的情况以后联系到我的，看到这些无助的孩子让我想到了自己当年寻求帮助时的情景，就这样我一边给他们传福音一边帮他们和 “角声爱心汇点”联系。时间很快过去了半年我发现有五个家庭信主了，他们一直在当地的教会聚会，有一个家庭的孩子也是和我的女儿一样经过医治以后还是去世了，我用我的经历来安慰他们，把神的话念给他们听，我看到我的经历和神的话最能让他们从悲痛中走出来。就这样“角声爱心汇点”的第兄姐妹们还有“赵修平夫妇基金会”看到在甘肃有这么多的病童需要帮助，他门竭尽全力的帮助这些孩子，看到这些小孩子重新点燃了生命的希望可以和正常孩子一样学习生活，我越来越明白了神的美意“一粒种子死了却生出很多籽粒来”，在这个过程里我学到的是信心的功课。

Posted on 8/6/2009 by Cao Rui, Translated by Sharon and Wilson Liu 8/22/09