一人得救，全家得救

“当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。”

（徒16:31）

我出生于马来西亚砂捞越的美里，是家中唯一的女儿，上有三个哥哥，下有两个弟弟。父亲在商海打拼多年，秉承了华人吃苦耐劳的传统，在事业上也经历过一些风浪。母亲则是大家眼中满有智慧的家庭主妇。我们一家原本被传统信仰与各样恶习捆绑，却在神奇妙的带领下，一个一个被翻转。如今回想这一路，处处都是恩典的记号。

一、我的父亲

我父亲是做建筑发展生意的，也修建了许多公路，在美里算得上是一位事业有成的商人。他忠诚顾家，是一位负责任的丈夫和父亲。但因长年承受巨大的工作压力，父亲的性情曾经变得异常暴躁。在信主以前，他骨子里带着强烈的大男子主义，常常发脾气，导致家中气氛常常非常紧张，我们做儿女的在他面前总是小心翼翼，生怕一不小心把他触怒，引来麻烦。

九十年代末，一场经济风暴席卷全球，马来西亚也没能幸免。那是父亲生平第一次经历那样深重的无助：资金链断裂，生意摇摇欲坠，他不得不四处向朋友借贷。就在那段日子，有一位多年来不断找机会向他传福音的江弟兄，不但借钱帮他渡过难关，还持续不断地为他祷告。父亲心里其实早就有寻求神的念头，他在多年的艰苦创业历程中看到了人类的渺小和无力，看到人在困境中无计可施的无奈，也看到有一种超自然的力量不但不受任何人手所控制，反而在掌控一切。但是，因为母亲所信的一贯道讲究吃素，而父亲偏偏极爱猪脚和各种肉食，他不愿意为信仰放下桌上的自由。因为这个缘故，他迟迟没有跟着母亲踏入拜拜的庙门，也一直不肯打开自己的心。

到了2000年，当父亲从江弟兄那里清楚地知道，信耶稣并不需要戒口，而是什么都可以吃的时候，他心中的重担和顾虑一下子烟消云散。他欣然接受了江弟兄所传的福音，并开始在教会参加礼拜。我是家里第一个跟着父亲去教会的孩子，而母亲当时仍然固守一贯道，对选择去教会敬拜的父亲丢下一句冷冰冰的话：“你过你的独木桥，我走我的阳关道。”

二、我的一贯道妈妈

“但从前你们不认识神的时候，是给那些本来不是神的作奴仆。” 

（加4:8上）

我的母亲笃信一贯道，常年持素，家里神龛上的偶像、祖先牌位一年到头香火不断。她不但拜祖先、拜伯公庙，还拜各路地方神灵，每逢节期总要千里迢迢去请愿、还神。在她的观念里，什么“神”都要拜，因为总有一个会灵验；就算大部分“神”帮不了她，总有一个灵的可以保她平安。我作为家中唯一的女儿，也受到母亲的影响，曾经和她一起茹素两年。

可是，母亲那般混杂的敬拜，也使我们一家看到了黑暗势力的攻击。多年以后我才明白那是母亲在灵里沾染了不洁所引致的祸患。那时候，母亲被人“下降头”，有人杀死了一只小黑狗，装在纸盒里，并用狗血写上母亲的名字，言辞恶毒地诅咒她不得好死。这个丢在我家门外的纸盒让母亲的身心健康急转直下。那时我还没有出嫁，亲眼看见母亲从那以后脾性大变，非常暴躁，几乎不可理喻。不久，母亲的身体也出了状况，在一次洗澡时半边身体突然失去知觉，后来诊断是轻度中风。随后虽经调理恢复了基本自理能力，但她的半边身体一直麻木，感觉像套了一层厚厚的外壳。

父亲信主以后，母亲依然固执地拜一贯道。夫妻二人因信仰的分歧频繁争吵，家里三天一小吵、五天一大吵，几乎片刻不得安宁。母亲在麻木与不安中生活，也继续在各种偶像面前继续寻找那不知藏在何处的平安。

三、恶习缠身的兄弟们

我的五个哥哥和弟弟自小在父亲的暴戾脾气下长大，耳濡目染，性情也像父亲一样刚烈。他们不但有顽固烟瘾，还沾染了一些恶习，在家里一开口便是三字经，偶尔还去赌博挥霍。家里的气氛常常降到冰点，各人的婚姻也在赌桌边摇摇欲坠，因为他们沉缅于罪中之乐，疏于陪伴我的嫂子和弟媳们，各家家庭关系恶劣，争吵和冷战如影随形。

那时候，我们这热热闹闹的一大家子，仿佛被一片浓重的阴霾笼罩着：父亲在暴怒中度日，母亲在恐惧里寻求虚假的平安，兄弟们则在烟雾和赌局中消耗生命。我看在眼里，心如刀割，却没有力量改变什么。谁也没有想到，一场不可思议的医治，即将把这一切黑暗撕开一道口子。

四．不可思议的医治

“你们得救是本乎恩，也因着信；这并不是出于自己，乃是神所赐的。”

（弗2:8）

2000年底，我和先生熹炽通过技术移民来到澳洲。2001年，我怀了大女儿，预产期在六月中旬。母亲在五月一日便从美里赶来珀斯陪产。那时她依然什么都拜，认为总有一位神可以靠一靠，什么“神”都愿意去试试看，反正多拜一个没有亏损。因此，在澳洲期间，母亲也乐意参加蒙恩堂的聚会和妇女团契。

就在那年五月，从砂捞越来的一位卢牧师到蒙恩堂做医治释放的服事。那天母亲正好在场，被人鼓励上台接受医治赶鬼的祷告。我坐在会众席上，看着母亲跪在台上，在卢牧师的祷告中，母亲的身体大幅度地摇来摇去，那剧烈摇动的程度，按她的年纪和身体状况来说，简直不可思议。我生怕这样高强度的摇晃会让她跌倒受伤，一颗心一直悬着，却因为要照顾女儿，又不方便走上去扶住她，只能紧紧盯着她。就在我心里七上八下的时候，我就眼睁睁地看着她在牧师和会众的祷告中，在台上倒了下去。我脑子里轰然一震，却见周围的人要么高声唱赞美诗，要么流泪哭泣，并没有表现出任何担心。后来妈妈自己慢慢站起来，身体安然无恙。在回家的路上她告诉我，当时在台上的时候，她真实地感受到了耶稣的爱，那种温暖将她一直寻求神的一颗心紧紧包裹，让她有无法形容的感动和喜乐。

就在那天晚上，母亲躺在床上，忽然感觉有一股强烈的电流般的能力流过全身，她原本麻木的半边身体一下子恢复了知觉。她并不知道发生了什么事，只是下意识地伸出右手去触摸自己的左手，就惊喜地发现她的左手和左脚竟然重新获得了知觉和力量，能够听她使唤了。而且很快她就发现，这个医治非常彻底，仿佛她从未中过风一样。奇迹就在那一夜悄然临到，让我那多年拜惯了“各路神仙”的母亲再也无法否认这位又真又活的主。她在兴奋与感恩中彻夜难眠，立志放下所有怀疑，接受耶稣作她的救主。

五、一人得救，全家得救

“他和全家，因为信了神，都很喜乐。”

（徒16:34下）

母亲得了医治，就立刻打越洋电话给留在美里的父亲，激动地讲述了在她身上发生的神迹奇事，一再叮嘱他把家中的偶像神堂全部拆掉，并请当地牧师来帮助清理。因此，我们在美里和珀斯两边的家，都经历了神的洁净和翻转。在我们珀斯这边，蒙恩堂的几位姊妹连同周牧师和师母一起，积极向我们传福音，一点点把真道种进我们心里。在周牧师和师母过来为我上洗礼课的时候，当时还没有接受救恩的熹炽坐在旁边陪我一起听。神就在他的心里动工，让他在课程结束后愿意接受洗礼，把我的人生伴侣升级为天路伴侣。

母亲的改变就像一粒落在好土里的种子，结出三十倍、六十倍、一百倍的果实。她回到马来西亚后，带着医治的见证，逐一向家人述说主耶稣的大能。神动了善工，家中设了几十年的偶像被清除净尽，从父亲、兄嫂，到侄儿侄女、孙辈，以及所有孩子们的配偶和后辈，全家三十几口人，竟一个也没有落下，全都归信了主耶稣。

哥哥和弟弟们一个接一个戒烟、戒赌，再也不飙三字经。父亲更是脱胎换骨，心中常被爱充满，常常感动落泪，不再是那个拍桌怒骂的大男人主义者。如今，二哥、三哥和弟弟都在都九福音堂会担任执事，家人在音乐事奉中各尽其职，有司琴的，有打鼓的。弟弟的一对双胞胎儿子在台湾学习面点制作期间常去社区事奉，带领当地人信主。他们毕业后开设了自己的生意，也非常蒙福，经常组织员工一起到偏远地区，捐献物品给原住民部落，把福音带给他们。即使是未能完全戒除烟瘾的大哥，生命也已大幅翻转。嫂嫂和弟媳们都在诗班事奉，各家夫妻感情甜甜蜜蜜历久弥新，整个大家庭几代同堂同心敬拜主，和乐融融。

六、未曾识主，祂已拣选-- 附记一件往事

“祂救了我们脱离黑暗的权势，把我们迁到祂爱子的国里；我们在爱子里得蒙救赎，罪过得以赦免。”

（西1：13-14）

有了这些年的共同事奉，我们一大家子对主的恩典的行事方式有越来越深的理解和领受，在我们重新回顾这些年来的人生经历时，我们常常恍然大悟：原来，那就是神的作为。比如，我们常常讲起一件往事，当时身在其中不知就里，后来回头去看，我们才明白：在我们还不认识主的时候，祂早已拣选了我们。

那是1993年，我刚从台湾学完美发美容回到美里。父亲在古晋买了度假屋，我们一家人开着一辆四轮驱动，从北边的美里往南边的古晋开去。当时的路况很差，要行驶十多个小时。那时是清晨五点多，天蒙蒙亮，二哥在副驾驶座上开玩笑说：“给你一万块，叫你这时候去十九里瀑布，你敢不敢？”十九里瀑布是附近的一个景区，风景优美，但水深而险，每年都有些人在那里溺亡。在当地民众的传说里，那一带布满了心怀幽恨的冤魂。因此二哥话一出口，车内顿时渗出一阵寒意。

那时三哥正开着车，时速大约一百公里。因为连日下雨，路面覆盖着一层从山上带下来的厚厚黄泥。忽然，我们看到一辆白车翻在路边，三哥刚警觉想减速，车子已在黄泥上失控打滑。踩下刹车的那一瞬，方向盘和手刹完全失效，整辆车在路面上疯狂漂移旋转，泥土啪啪地打在车底，声音似乎有振聋发聩的力量。三哥哭着喊：“来不及了！”

失控的车子高速朝右边的悬崖滑去。母亲失声大喊：“天公保佑我们！”就在那一瞬间，一股无形的力量猛然按在车后，像一只巨大的手掌摁住车的尾部，车子竟不可思议地急速停了下来。定睛一看，车灯正照着山壁，右面就是悬崖。全车人中只有二哥手臂瘀青，其他人除了遇险受惊，都安然无恙。

神还给我们一个恩典的记号。在惊魂稍定之后我们继续前行。到石山吃早餐的时候，我们发现车子尾巴夹着一根从遇险处带出来的长长的芦苇。那根芦苇就这样跟了我们一路。知道我们当初距离坠崖只有一步之遥，每个人心里充满了劫后余生的感恩。车到诗巫时，母亲忽然大叫我的名字，眼睛死死盯着天空，整张脸僵住，手指着云端啊啊地说不出话。缓过来之后她说，她在白云上看到一张笑脸，她以为是当时所信的“弥勒佛”，小侄女也说看到了。而我看到的，是那片云飘在卫理教会的上方。多年后全家蒙恩，我们才明白，那不是“弥勒佛”，而是天使的守护。

回程时再次经过那处险地，我们往左边悬崖下望去，发现竟是一个深深的大水潭。若当时车子掉落，绝无生还的可能。全家人后怕得几乎要哭出来，心中却装满了敬畏与说不出的感恩。

尾声：天路上的恩爱夫妻

“如果你们听过祂的道，领了祂的教，学了祂的真理， 就要脱去你们从前行为上的旧人，这旧人是因私欲的迷惑渐渐变坏的；又要将你们的心志改换一新， 并且穿上新人；这新人是照着神的形象造的，有真理的仁义和圣洁。”

（弗4:21-24）

全家信主之后，父亲母亲又携手走过了许多年。如今他们八十多岁高龄，在主里蒙恩蒙福，愈发相亲相爱。生命中有了主耶稣之后，他们的生命被彻底更新，真正行出了哥林多前书中第十三章中的爱的真谛，变得温柔、忍耐、满有恩慈与包容。

父亲在职业生涯后期深受祝福，各项事业继续深化拓展，在神的引导中无往不利。他退休以后，把生意交给了我哥哥和弟弟们，神也赐下丰富的恩典，继续祝福我们各家的事业，使我们没有后顾之忧，全家同心敬拜主。父亲自己则常常陪着母亲四处旅行，形影不离，走到哪里都手牵手，像一对刚刚坠入爱河的少年人。

他们夫妇还每个晚上一起查经，学习主的话语。母亲一直十分感恩能够认识主，全然舍弃了过去神最不喜悦的拜拜，而且一有机会就向人作见证。她深知走出黑暗进入光明的不易，知道自己的生命很重要，自己与神的关系更重要。所以他们每天都一起灵修读经，彼此鼓励，在灵里一同成长。前年他们读完了新约，就转回读旧约，最近从创世记开始逐卷修读，如今已读完耶利米书，计划在旧约读完之后重新读新约。他们按自己的进度，每天读四章经文，读完之后彼此分享。

神让我们不仅在家庭中有幸福美好的关系，也赐福于我们一家，让我们有机会在不同的工场为祂作见证，荣耀神的名。

由于父亲对当地的贡献，他被选为“美里二十位杰出传奇人物”之一，也曾担任华人社区领袖、客家工会主席、理事工会领袖和建筑商工会顾问。他对基督的爱和信心，在我们的社区当中具备一定的正面影响力。从前那个只顾赚钱、脾气刚烈的男人，如今在众人面前满有喜乐与谦和。他们夫妻彼此相爱、彼此顺服的样式，给我们后辈活出了最美好的婚姻榜样。

如今，我们兄弟姐妹之间的感情极深，常常相聚，一起事奉神。看到父母在晚年如此恩爱，全家在教会中同心事奉，我心中只有满满的感恩。这一路走来，每一步都有神的预备与保守，诚然是：一人得救，全家蒙福；尚未认识，祂已拣选。

一切荣耀归给我们在天上的阿爸父，哈利路亚，阿门！

The Salvation of One,

The Salvation of All

v  Siew Lee

“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved — you and your household.”                                    （Acts 16:31, NIV）

I was born in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, the only daughter in a family with three older brothers and two younger brothers. My father had spent most of his life in business, embodying the traditional Chinese work ethic of perseverance through hardship, and had weathered his share of storms in his career. My mother was widely regarded as a wise housewife. Our family was once bound by traditional beliefs and all kinds of harmful habits, yet under God's wondrous guidance, each of us was transformed one by one. Looking back now, I see marks of grace at every turn.

I. My Father

My father was a property developer who also built many roads, and he was considered a successful businessman in Miri. He was loyal, family-oriented, a responsible husband and father. But under the crushing weight of years of work-related stress, his temperament became exceedingly volatile. Before coming to faith, he carried a deeply ingrained chauvinism and frequently erupted in anger, making the atmosphere at home perpetually tense. As children, we always tiptoed around him, terrified of triggering his fury.

In the late 1990s, an economic crisis swept the globe, and Malaysia was not spared. It was the first time my father had ever experienced such profound helplessness: his capital chain collapsed, his business teetered on the brink, and he had to borrow money from friends everywhere he turned. During those dark days, a brother in Christ named Brother Jiang — who had been looking for opportunities to share the gospel with my father for years — not only lent him money to get through the crisis but also prayed for him without ceasing. Deep down, my father had long harboured a desire to seek God. Through years of impotence, seen how helpless people are in times of trouble, and recognised that there existed a supernatural power beyond human control that instead governed all things.

However, because my mother's I-Kuan Tao faith required vegetarianism, and my father absolutely adored pork trotters and all kinds of meat, he was unwilling to give up his dietary freedom for any religion. For that reason, he had never followed my mother into the temples, nor had he ever opened his heart.

Then in 2000, when my father clearly learned from Brother Jiang that believing in Jesus did not require giving up meat — that he could eat anything — the burden and hesitation in his heart instantly vanished. He gladly received the gospel Brother Jiang shared and began attending church services. I was the first child to follow my father to church. My mother, however, still clung to I-Kuan Tao and coldly threw these words at my father: "You walk your own plank, and I'll walk my own path."

II. My I-Kuan Tao Mother

“Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods。”                                        （Galatians 4:8a NIV）

My mother was a devoted follower of I-Kuan Tao, a lifelong vegetarian, and the idols and ancestral tablets on the family altar burned with incense all year round. She worshiped not only ancestors and the local earth god but also various regional deities, making long pilgrimages to make vows and repay them during festivals. In her view, one must worship every "god" because surely one of them would answer; even if most failed to help, at least one would prove powerful enough to keep her safe. As the only daughter, I was influenced by my mother and even joined her in vegetarianism for two years.

Yet that syncretistic worship also exposed our family to dark spiritual attacks. Only years later did I understand that it was the defilement my mother had incurred spiritually that brought calamity upon us. Someone put a curse on her — they killed a small black dog, placed it in a cardboard box, and wrote my mother's name in dog blood along with a vicious curse wishing her a terrible death. That box, dumped outside our gate, caused my mother's physical and mental health to deteriorate rapidly. I was still unmarried at the time and witnessed firsthand how her temperament changed drastically — she became irrationally volatile and almost impossible to reason with. Soon after, her body began to fail her: during a bath, one side of her body suddenly went numb, and she was later diagnosed with a mild stroke. Though she eventually regained basic function after treatment, that half of her body remained perpetually numb, as if encased in a thick shell.

After my father converted, my mother stubbornly clung to I-Kuan Tao. The couple's religious differences sparked frequent arguments — fights every two or three days, major blowouts nearly every five — and our home was rarely at peace. My mother lived in numbness and unease, continuing to search among all kinds of idols for the peace she could not seem to find.

III. Brothers Ensnared in Harmful Habits

My five brothers grew up under my father's violent temper and absorbed his intensity, developing similarly fiery dispositions. They were not only addicted to cigarettes but also entangled in other harmful habits, spewing profanities at every turn and occasionally squandering money on gambling. The atmosphere at home often plummeted to freezing point, and their marriages teetered on the edge because they neglected their wives for gambling. Family relationships were strained, with arguments and silent treatments ever-present.

Back then, our boisterous, extended family seemed shrouded in a thick, ominous gloom: my father living in rage, my mother seeking false peace in fear, and my brothers wasting their lives in smoke and gambling dens. I watched it all, my heart breaking, yet powerless to change anything. No one could have imagined that an unbelievable healing was about to tear a crack through all that darkness.

IV.The Unbelievable Healing

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.”             （Ephesians 2:8, NIV）

At the end of 2000, my husband, Shi and I immigrated to Australia through the skilled migration program. In 2001, I became pregnant with our first daughter, due in mid-June.

My mother arrived in Perth from Miri on May 1st to be with me for the delivery. She still worshiped everything at that time, believing that surely one god would come through, willing to try anything — after all, what was the harm in adding one more? So during her time in Australia, she gladly attended services and women's fellowship meetings at Kingsway Methodist Church (KMC).

That May, a Pastor from Sarawak, Rev Lu came to KMC to conduct healing and deliverance ministry. My mother happened to be present that day and was encouraged to go up on stage to receive prayer for healing and deliverance. I sat in the congregation, watching as my mother knelt on stage. Under Rev Lu's prayer, her body began to sway violently back and forth — given her age and physical condition, the intensity was almost unimaginable. I feared such vigorous shaking would cause her to fall and injure herself; my heart was in my throat, but since I was caring for my daughter, I couldn't go up to steady her. I could only watch intently. As my anxieties swirled, I saw her collapse on stage amid the prayers of the pastor and the congregation. My mind reeled - yet everyone around me was either singing hymns loudly or weeping, showing no sign of concern.

Later, my mother slowly got up on her own, entirely unharmed. On the way home, she told me that while on stage, she had genuinely felt the love of Jesus — a warmth that wrapped around her searching heart and filled her with indescribable emotion and joy.

That very night, as my mother lay in bed, she suddenly felt a powerful current-like energy surge through her entire body, and the numb half of her body instantly regained sensation. She didn't know what was happening, but she instinctively reached out her right hand to touch her left, and was overjoyed to find that all her limbs had regained feeling and strength, responding to her commands. She soon realised that the healing was complete—as if she had never suffered a stroke at all. The miracle arrived quietly that night, leaving my mother, who had spent years worshipping all manner of "gods," unable to deny the reality of this living Lord. Overwhelmed with excitement and gratitude, she could not sleep all night and resolved to set aside all doubt and accept Jesus as her Saviour.

V.The Salvation of One, The Salvation of All

“...he and his whole household were filled with joy because they had come to believe in God.”                                        （Acts 16:34b, NIV）

After receiving her healing, my mother immediately made an overseas call to my father in Miri, excitedly recounting the miraculous work that had happened to her, and urged him repeatedly to tear down all the idols and shrines in the house and invite the local pastor to help with the cleansing. Thus, both our homes in Miri and Perth experienced God's purifying and transforming power. On our side in Perth, several sisters from KMC, together with Rev Chiew and Mrs Chiew, actively shared the gospel with us, planting the truth into our hearts little by little. When Rev Chiew and Mrs Chiew came to conduct my baptism lessons, my husband Shi — who had not yet received salvation — sat beside me and listened in. God moved in his heart, and by the end of the course, he was willing to be baptised, upgrading my life partner into a heavenly companion.

My mother's transformation was like seed sown on good soil, yielding thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold. After she returned to Malaysia, she went to each family member, testifying of the Lord Jesus' power. God had begun a good work. The idols that had stood in our home for decades were completely removed — and from my father, brothers, and sisters-in-law, to nephews, nieces, grandchildren, and all their spouses and descendants — our entire family of over thirty people, not one missing, all came to believe in the Lord Jesus.

One by one, my brothers quit smoking, stopped gambling, and stopped cursing. My father was completely transformed, his heart filled with love, often moved to tears — no longer the man who slammed tables and roared. Today, my second and third brothers and my younger brother all serve as deacons at Miri Gospel Chapel Tukau, and family members take part in music ministry in various roles—pianists, drummers and so on. My younger brother's twin sons, while studying bakery in Taiwan, often served in the local community and led people to the Lord. After graduation, they started their own business and have been greatly blessed, regularly organising their staff to travel to remote areas to donate supplies to indigenous tribes and bring the gospel to them. Even my eldest brother, who has not fully kicked his smoking habit, has experienced a radical transformation. My sisters-in-law all serve in the church choir, and the couples enjoy sweet, enduring relationships. Our extended family, spanning generations, now worships the Lord together in harmony and joy.

VI.He Chose Us Before We Knew Him – A Postscript

“For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”       （Colossians 1:13-14, NIV）

Through these years of worshiping the true God, our family has grown increasingly in our understanding and reception of the ways of God's grace. As we look back over our life experiences, we often have those "aha" moments: So that was God at work! For instance, we frequently recall an incident that, at the time, we didn't understand. Only in hindsight did we realise that even before we knew the Lord, He had already chosen us.

It was 1993, and I had just returned to Miri after completing my hairdressing and beauty training in Taiwan. My father bought a vacation home in Kuching, and our family set out in a four-wheel-drive from Miri in the north to Kuching in the south. The roads were terrible back then, and the journey took over ten hours. It was just past 5am in the morning, the sky barely light, when my second brother joked from the passenger seat: "If I gave you ten thousand ringgit, would you dare to go to the 19-Mile Waterfall at this hour?"

The 19-Mile Waterfall was a local scenic spot—beautiful, but deep and treacherous, with multiple drownings every year. Local legend held that the area was haunted by restless spirits. The moment those words left his mouth, a chill seemed to seep into the car.

My third brother was driving at about 100 km/h. Because it had rained for days, the road was covered with thick yellow mud that had washed down from the mountains. Suddenly we spotted a white car overturned by the roadside. My third brother tensed and tried to slow down, but the car had already lost traction on the muddy surface. The moment he hit the brakes, the steering wheel and handbrake became completely useless. The vehicle spun wildly across the road in a terrifying skid, mud slamming against the undercarriage with a deafening roar. My third brother cried out in tears: "It's too late!"

The out-of-control car hurtled toward the cliff on the right. My mother screamed, "Heavenly God, protect us!" At that instant, an invisible force slammed down on the back of the vehicle like a giant hand pressing on its rear, and the car came to an impossibly abrupt halt. We looked closely and saw our headlights shining directly onto the rock face—the cliff was right beside us. Apart from my second brother's bruised arm, everyone else was unharmed, though shaken.

God gave us another sign of His grace. After we had calmed down and continued our journey, when we stopped for breakfast at a place called Batu Niah , we discovered a long reed wedged into the back of our car, carried all the way from the site of our close call.

Knowing we had been only a hair's breadth from plunging off that cliff, our hearts overflowed with gratitude for our deliverance. When we reached Sibu, my mother suddenly called out my name, her eyes fixed on the sky, her face frozen, pointing at the clouds but unable to speak. After she recovered, she said she had seen a smiling face in the white clouds. She thought it was "Maitreya Buddha," the deity she believed in at the time, and my young niece said she saw it too. What I saw was that cloud hovering above a Methodist church. Only years later, after our whole family had received grace, did we understand: that was not "Maitreya Buddha" — it was the protection of angels.

On our return journey, when we passed that dangerous spot again, we looked down at the cliff on the left and saw that below lay a deep, vast pool of water. If the car had gone over, there would have been no chance of survival. Our whole family was gripped by fear so intense we nearly wept — yet our hearts were filled with awe and unspeakable gratitude.

Finale: A Loving Couple on the Heavenly Road

“When you heard about Christ and were taught in Him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”(Ephesians 4:21-24,NIV)

After the entire family came to faith, my father and mother walked together through many more years. Now in their eighties, they are blessed with grace, growing even more devoted to each other. With the Lord Jesus in their lives, they have been completely renewed, truly embodying the love described in 1 Corinthians 13 — becoming gentle, patient, kind, and forgiving.

My father was deeply blessed in his later career, with various business endeavors continuing to expand and thrive under God's guidance. After he retired, he handed the business over to my brothers, and God continued to pour out abundant grace, blessing each of our families' work so that we have no worldly worries and can wholeheartedly worship the Lord together. My father now frequently accompanies my mother on travels. They are inseparable, holding hands wherever they go, like a pair of young lovers.

Every evening they study the Bible together, learning the Lord's Word. My mother has always been deeply grateful for coming to know the Lord, having completely abandoned the idol worship that God detests, and she testifies to others at every opportunity. She knows well the difficulty of emerging from darkness into light, and understands that her life matters — and more importantly, her relationship with God matters. So they read Scripture and have devotions together daily, encouraging one another and growing together spiritually. Two years ago they finished the New Testament and turned back to the Old; recently they began again from Genesis, reading book by book, and have now reached Jeremiah. They plan to restart the New Testament once they finish the Old. At their own pace, they read four chapters each day and share with each other afterward.

God has granted our family not only joyful, harmonious relationships but also opportunities to testify for Him in various fields, bringing glory to His name.

Because of his contributions to the local community, my father was selected as one of "Miri's 20 Outstanding Legendary Figures" and has served as a Chinese community leader, chairman of the Hakka Association, leader of the Chamber of Commerce, and adviser to the Builders' Association. His love for Christ and his faith exert a positive influence in our community. The man who once lived only for profit and rage now radiates joy and humility before everyone. The way my parents love and submit to one another sets the most beautiful example of marriage for the younger generation.

Today, the bond between us siblings is deep; we gather often and serve God together. Seeing my parents so loving in their later years, and our whole family united in serving the church, my heart overflows with gratitude. Every step of this journey has been prepared and protected by God. Truly: The salvation of one brings blessing to the entire household; He chose us before we ever knew Him.

All glory to our Father in heaven. Hallelujah, Amen!