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"My father abandoned us when I was about two. Consequently my uncle and auntie adopted me..."
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I was born in Hong Kong to a Japanese father and Chinese mother. My father abandoned us when I was about two. Consequently my uncle and auntie adopted me, and raised me in their Christian beliefs. I was taught about the bible from an early age and my adopted parents loved me. Materially I had everything, I also had lots of friends, but somehow I just wasn’t happy. I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t with my own mum and dad. I grew up being very confused and unhappy. By the time my parents sent me to boarding school in England, I couldn’t wait to get away, thinking that I would be happier away from home. I tried to forget about my home while I was away in school and university. Making many new friends, experiencing a new culture, everything seemed so exciting. I didn’t want to think about home, my family and their beliefs. I made sure my boyfriend (Steve) was not a Christian. I thought I was happy but I was drifting further and further away from my family and from God.
Steve started going to Church so we could have a Church wedding, I thought it was just a temporary thing, but within weeks he was going to Church 3 times a week. After we had been married for about a year, he told me he had become a Christian. He would try to tell me about it, but I’d just say that I knew but I didn’t want it.
As time passed by we moved around a lot and eventually ended up in Bantry. By the time we had been in Ireland three years, I had two ovarian cyst operations and a miscarriage and Steve had four major accidents, but he seemed to be lucky enough to get away with minor injuries every time.
We have made lots of Christian friends since we had been in Ireland; they have given us tremendous support during this period, even though I didn’t want to know their beliefs. One night we were having dinner with a Christian couple, we were just talking about us taking it in turns being in the hospital. And she said to me “How could you still not believe in Jesus? It wasn’t just luck that brought you through the last few years, it was Jesus, and He had been with you every step of the way”. It was as if someone had turned on the light inside my head, and things began to make sense.
Since then God has shown me how much He loves me. How He died for my sin and was willing to forgive and change my life. Through His love, my relationship with my family has improved a great deal. The love between Steve and I means so much more because God is in our lives. The best thing happened, when even though the doctor told us that I could never get pregnant, God being greater than them all, created a lovely baby boy for us. Through him God is showing us a new kind of love. We still have to go through life’s ups and downs, but we know that God is with us always.
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