This charity organisation is started by a pastor who has left my church. It combined an elderly's home with an orphanage in mainland China (villages in Shantong). His vision is like that the young can cheer the old people up and the old can take care of the young.
『老人院如附設小小的孤兒院，是最理想的。為甚麼呢？只辦老人，老人思想就過於消極，等食，等睡，等離世。如有孤兒，生氣就大了，老人可以關懷小的，那孤小的活潑又可帶給老人快樂，互相協調，彼此得益』。
He tried to spread the Gospel with this service for elderly/young people with no one to depend on, he shared his vision with us in our fellowship today. He said the people in the villages were already saying "how come there are these people coming here NOT trying to get money out of us, but to help us?"
This is an excerpt from the organisation's website.
"在最近約廿年的佈道法裏，題及其中一項有效的方法是關係佈道法。約卅戶散居在十多條鄉村，這個關係禾場是我可到之處。一般人設立工作據點是在大都市。農村的人口比都市多，誰去作？我相信，神既讓我的祖家是在山東的農村，這應是我去之地，也是方便之門。
在農村開辦一所照顧無倚靠的老者的敬老院，這是一個確實的需要，讓那些長者在其人生一去不返之先能得聞福音，盼望他們在人生苦境的最後階段得著福氣。退一步說，他們縱不信，也可讓他們在最後的時日裏，讓那殘弱多病軀體活在有人照顧他們的地方，他們不需再為食，為最後的生活痛痛苦苦地活著，讓他們得著尊嚴地離去（不致擔心死了都無人知）。"
During this start up period, this service needs quite a lot of money. Please consider donating (it's tax deductable in Hong Kong) or you can give them help. Please see their website for more details.
(There're some problems for me to view the index page of the website, but the other pages are fine, so just click on the other icons to read the website. Maybe it's just my browser... hmm...)
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