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Hong Kong Devos

Hong Kong Staff in 1984In 1981 World Vision International made the decision to change its focus in Hong Kong from project delivery to fundraising. I was invited to go and do it. I inherited two great staff from the old office, Barbara Tse and Elizabeth Li, and we set about finding and building a new team. One part of the culture development was Daily Devotions that I prepared with a mind to try to create a daily event in which we were all assembled together. The language barrier was higher for me than most of the staff, so our times together were bilingual and rather formal. Each meeting comprised a Bible Reading in English and Chinese, a prayer, and a commentary usually written by me, but later other staff contributed. Sometimes we would translate parts of the commentary into Chinese if the colleagues suggested it. Often we would sing a hymn or a chorus - almost always Chinese. We would share any relevant news and go about our day. Most of the devotions have not survived, but here are the ones which have.

From this distance some of the commentary looks borrowed. Apologies for the lack of credit referencing. Happy to remedy if corrected. Also it's clear that I was yet to learn about gender balanced language!

 

 

List of articles in category Hong Kong Devos
Title
12 Jul 83 - Thomas and India
5 Aug 83 - The Final Judgment
12 Aug 83 - Losing to Win
15 Aug 83 - God Answers Prayer
16 Aug 83 - Give Your Best
1 Sep 83 - When God Drops A Stone
7 Sep 83 - What World Vision Is Doing
20 Sep 83 - No Small Task
21 Sep 83 - The Fruits of the Spirit
23 Sep 83 - God is Love
26 Sep 83 - Living Up To The Name
27 Sep 83 - The Look Of Compassion
29 Sep 83 - Anxiety
30 Sep 83 - Day of Prayer
10 Oct 83 - Hope Is In The Lord
28 Nov 83 - New Beginnings
29 Nov 83: Looking at Life from inside a well
30 Nov 83: The Job Is Too Big For Us
1 Dec 83: Humble Beginnings
5 Dec 83: Listen to the Architect
6 Dec 83: Prayer Is Essential
7 Dec 83: The Light Of The World
8 Dec 83: Keeping Company With Christ
9 Dec 83: When Someone "Snaps" At You
12 Dec 83: Guidance and the Bible
13 Dec 83: God Still Works Miracles
14 Dec 83: Guidance and Good Judgment
19 Dec 83: Mary is Chosen
20 Dec 83: Mary's Song of Praise
21 Dec 83: Joseph
22 Dec 83: Baby Jesus Is Born
13 Jan 84: God's Compassion for the Poor
07 Feb 84: Love Yourself, And Others The Same
08 Feb 84: Who Is My Neighbour?
10 Feb 84: Jesus Changes Our Values
13 Feb 84: Jesus Changes Our Values
16 Feb 84: Rules Before Reality
17 Feb 84: Good Rules And Bad Rules
20 Feb 84: Can We Fast To Raise Money?
21 Feb 84: Mercy Not Rule-keeping
22 Feb 84: How Rich Are We?
24 Feb 84: Born Again!
27 Feb 84: A Good Minister of Christ
29 Feb 84: Faith In Unexpected Places
01 Mar 84: Jesus Brings A Widow's Son Back To Life
15 Mar 84: World VIsion's Key Objective - Part 1
16 Mar 84: World Vision's Key Objective - Part 2
19 Mar 84: A New Beginning
20 Mar 84: Each One Of Us Is Special
21 Mar 84: Temptations
22 Mar 84: The Commission
23 Mar 84: Did You See God This Week?
03 Apr 84: Are We Ready?
06 Apr 84: Accepting Hardship for Jesus
14 Jun 85: Farewell

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