Sunday, January 18, 2015

谁是这些克钦族难民的邻居


我每年的行程至少有20万公里,路走多了,对周围的事也就见怪不怪、渐渐麻木。但是最近一段20米的行程却给我留下了刻骨铭心的记忆。这20米的路让我从此日日夜夜牵挂住了一个群体,他们黝黑的身躯一直在我眼前闪动,我在问自己,我能成为他们的邻居吗?
我从北京出发,坐了两天两夜的火车到达云南省省会昆明。再从昆明坐下午6点的汽车,经过16个小时的颠簸,翻过海拔近4000米的高黎贡山脉,到达盈江县。(当年美国飞虎队很多飞行员在这里为抗日献出生命。)然后稍作短暂休息,又搭汽车,一路山势陡峭,不断盘旋,两个小时后抵达那邦镇。那邦镇有近万人,镇与缅甸接壤,有一个国门,以前中国公民很容易就透过这个国门进入缅甸的拉扎,但是现在不行了,因为缅甸内战的缘故,这个国门已经关闭。我知道,拉扎那边聚集了上万的难民。我这次的使命就是去看望这些难民,但国门已闭,我只能另作打算。
中国的那邦与缅甸的拉扎之间是一条20米宽的小溪,一尺深,脱了鞋就能走过去。在当地基督徒的引领下,我冒险涉水过到了拉扎。按照中国的法律,这是偷渡国境,抓到了是坐牢,至少三个月,长可达两年。拉扎也是个小镇,平常时只有千多人口,但是最近一年人口剧增,增加的部分都是难民,形成了十多个难民营,加上其他地方的四十个难民营,难民总数达十余万人。
这些难民因缅甸政府加在他们头上的战争、逼迫而流离失所,他们住在简易的茅草棚内,下雨天室内室外都是积水,一日三餐食不果腹。这些难民都是清一色的克钦族人,克钦族是缅甸的一个少数民族。缅甸人口中绝大部分属缅族人,而大部分缅族人又都是佛教徒。然而令人感动、敬佩的是,这些克钦族难民大部分都是我们主内的基督徒,他们是百多年前戴德生等西方宣教士结的果子。所以实际上是一群缅甸的佛教徒在逼迫缅甸的基督徒。面对逼迫,克钦族基督徒仍旧有着美好的信心,就是在这么艰苦的条件下,他们仍旧祷告,赞美主耶稣,每日仰望主耶稣给他们的供应。这些难民营内有数万个儿童及青少年,他们没有学可上。
这是我第一次如此近距离接触难民,甚至是接触死亡。因为政府军在村庄里埋了地雷。稍有不慎就会丧命。我看到他们被打得遍体鳞伤,他们在呼喊,谁是那个好撒玛利亚人,能去救他们一把?这些克钦族的基督徒是我们真正的邻居。目前,为数不多的中国基督徒在为他们的需要祷告。每天都有中国基督徒偷偷地背米越过这条20米宽的小溪,将救命粮简单的药物和衣物送到克钦族基督徒手中。
这些克钦族的弟兄姐妹在死亡线上挣扎,我们这些衣食无忧的基督徒能为他们做点什么?克钦族的领袖告诉我,一美元一天就能供应一个儿童的需要。

Pastor John


PS:建议你在google上搜索有关克钦族的情况,只要输入Kachin, war ,克钦族等字,就会有些相关信息。

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Aid to the Kachin refugees




























































October 2013, Trip to the Wa State of Burma





a hut in a village.


many huts like this in deep mountains.


Sometimes their houses have a deck, just like American houses.


The Wa men like smoking.




The girl is dying. She is 10 years old, but weighs only 30 some pounds. No doctors available in mountains.



Two women missionaries, one standing in China while the other standing in Burma.


This is the only toy I had seen during this trip of mine to the Wa trip.


Buddy, buddy.


                                                                                     a village


A village.


Our missionary visits the Wa family one by one. She had just visited one family. 


The only basketball court in the whole region.


The Wa people all can walk on water!


Our missionary has learned how to cook local way. In a lot of regions, there is no electricity, no tap water.


This is one of the schools our missionaries are teaching.


This Wa family has eight children. It is quite common for a family with ten children.


Buffaloes are important to the Wa people.


The mountain people are friendly and will treat our people very well, though they don't have much at all.


Five of our missionaries in a classroom.


Now the children finally have a school to attend. They learn Maths, English and some other courses.


This family is drying their grains, and they don't have enough food.

Two of our missionaries have to teach about thirty students.


This is another school.


Our missionaries visit a family after the school time.


They are in dire poverty, but children seem quite happy.







Parents take their children to sign up for school.





                                                    Roads


                                          That is this building? It is a school. This school is shut down because no teach is willing to come and teach. Now that has changed after our missionaries arrived.


                                         Inside the school building.


They all have hungry eyes for education. Before too long, they will find truth.


Our missionaries are welcoming the village people.