玆錄蔡銘偉講道
「和平的國度」(2008年12月7日在波士頓台灣基督教會講:云以此文紀念受苦的人,也紀念四叔在受苦的人中所做的事工)
近結尾的二節如下。http://waytohome.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post_06.html
上個禮拜我前往紐約參加我四叔的告別禮拜。我四叔過去這一年多,幾乎都待在以色列當宣教師。雖然我並不完全同意他的信仰型態,但是他在以色列所做的事工讓我非常感動。在以色列北邊和黎巴嫩的交接處,這幾年來飽受阿拉伯民兵的火箭攻擊。有一個村莊去年被九百多顆火箭攻擊,死了很多人。我四叔就召集了一百多個義工為這個村莊蓋了一個地下防空洞。過去這一年來,他不僅出力為猶太人蓋防空洞,也奉獻了好幾萬元在這項事工上。這一年來他直接、間接參與完工了五個防空洞。當地的猶太人知道他因為心臟病過世,決定刻一個牌子「Donate
by Jason Tsay」吊在其中一個防空洞的外面,讓當地的人知道,一個台灣人愛他們。
我四叔不僅愛猶太人,他也愛阿拉伯人。他常去探望阿拉伯人的小孩,和他們一起打球。他每一次回以色列,一定會去Staples採購大批的文具用品,因為他知道這些文具用品是阿拉伯孩子最需要的物品。在告別禮拜中,透過一張一張照片,我看見四叔在以色列蓋防空洞、關心孩子。我四叔是個謙卑的人,很少跟別人說他在以色列的事工。來參加告別禮拜的五百多個朋友,絕大多數都是在告別禮拜中才知道原來我四叔做了這麼美好的事工。看見他燦爛的笑容,我已經得到莫大的安慰。
Last week, I went to New York attending the
memorial service for my uncle. In the past year or so, my uncle
worked as a missionary in Israel. Although we weren’t
completely agreeable to each other’s religious type, I am very
moved by his service in Israel. Arabic soldiers have been
bombing the border of North Israel and Lebanon for years. One
village was attacked by more than 900 rockets last year. Many
people died. My uncle gathered over 100 volunteers to build an
underground air-raid shelter for this village. In the past
year, not only he built bomb shelters for Jewish but also
donated thousands of money on this mission. Within this year,
both directly and indirectly he participated in the
constructions of 5 bomb shelters. When local Jewish knew that
my uncle passed away because of heart attack, they carved a
board written with “Donated by Jason Tsai” and hanged it on one
of the shelters. So that the local will always remember that
there was a Taiwanese man who loved them.
My uncle cared about Jewish as well as
Arabians. Very often he visited Arabic youngsters, and played
sports with them. Each time he returned to Israel, he would
purchase plenty of stationery from Staples, because he knew that
was needed the most for Arabic children. In the memorial
service, I saw in pictures how my uncle was building bomb
shelters and caring for the children. He was so humble that he
rarely told others about his mission in Israel. There were more
than 500 attendants in the service, and most of them didn’t know
about his mission until then. Seeing his bright smiles in
pictures, I had received the greatest comfort. The prophecy
from Isaiah tells us that only when the Messiah, Jesus Christ,
returns to the universe, it can restore the new order and expect
the coming of Lord’s revival.