My father was a very interesting person; when he made up his mind about something, he would go all out to accomplish what he had set his mind on. When he came home that evening from the rally, he was so overjoyed according to my sister-in-law that he wanted to share the joy with all his friends. And so that week, he and my mom went visiting - not for Chinese New Year (not right time in June) but to tell all their friends about their newfound joy in the Lord!
In fact one of his good friends shared with us later that my father made a comment, "I have wasted 65 years of my life, and now I want to put back what I had lost". He was so fervent in his sharing that a number of his friends actually received Christ and joined him at St James' Church (Cantonese Congregation) at Holland Road. And the great change did not end there. In fact he was so full of the Spirit that he wanted to serve in the church and so the pastor appointed him the leader in charge of prayer meeting and he was a cell-group leader. His bible study sessions were all well attended and the amazing thing about the whole experience was that my mother who had very little primary education in China and could hardly read the scriptures for herself, complemented him but taking charge of the refreshment area - she reckoned that since she cannot do anything by way of leadership and yet be able to support dad in his service, the least she could do was to serve in the area of refreshment and she did whip up many great refreshments for the elderly who came for all the bible study and prayer sessions plus the cell-group meetings.
From cell-group leader, my dad was promoted to become the Vicar's Warden; a position in the Anglican Diocese that is meant to assist the pastor/vicar in whatever pastoral duties that he cannot fulfill because of time limitations. I recalled him telling me how he received his Lay Reader licence from the Bishop of Singapore. At age 70 when he was called up by the Diocese Office to present himself for an examination, he told the pastor that he cannot study as he could not memorize certain subject matter and so when the Bishop heard of his case, he was subsequently called up for an interview by the Bishop instead and based on his confession of faith and the recommendation of the pastor, he was presented his licence there and then - signed, sealed and delivered by the Bishop himself. What a testimony!
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