{"id":3501,"date":"2016-09-02T11:23:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T19:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2016-09-02T11:23:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T19:23:31","slug":"he-sets-the-time-and-opportunity-to-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/p\/3501","title":{"rendered":"HE SETS THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

HE SETS THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE <\/strong><\/p>\n

By:\u00a0 Paul Lai <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Translator: Agnes K Y Tai <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs. Lai and I took a flight to France over ten years ago.\u00a0 The outbound trip was very smooth, but due to a hurricane on the return leg, we had to stop at a place near Portland, USA to wait out the storm before getting a connection to Vancouver. The flight we\u2019d arrived on was a small US airline and they provided us with accommodation and a simple meal.\u00a0 We waited for quite a long time without any certainty of when the next flight connection would be able to be scheduled and so we ended up having to stay at Portland for one to two days, awaiting a smaller airplane to take us back to Vancouver.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

As we were waiting the first evening, we thought of a young brother from Portland by the last name of Leung that we were previously acquainted with and so we attempted to look him up in the local Yellow Pages.\u00a0 Since this stopover was not in our plans, we didn\u2019t carry too much hope.\u00a0 But amazingly we found brother Leung\u2019s phone number!\u00a0 When we called him, he himself picked the phone up!\u00a0 I thought it would simply be a greeting between friends within the Body of Christ but to my surprise brother Leung told me that he was also trying to contact me through various means, including seeking out Truth Monthly to no avail.\u00a0 Since the Pastor of brother Leung\u2019s church had to go to China for a short mission that would span several months, he hoped that I could stand in for three months.\u00a0 I was convinced this was no coincidence but the loving arrangement of Father God.\u00a0\u00a0 Father God let our trip be hindered, but by so doing He led me to have the opportunity to work and serve Him.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

(Due to the condition of Mrs. Lai\u2019s health, we could not be away for a continuous three month period, so I went for a month first and then went back to Vancouver to bring my wife to Portland again.\u00a0 Compared to others, we needed several more hours to drive from Vancouver to Portland, because my wife required stopping on the way for some rest.) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Brother Leung was working for an organization that served overseas Chinese at Portland and helped a good number of people.\u00a0 By God\u2019s plan, during my three months\u2019 service at Portland, I had a chance to preach the Gospel to a cancer patient by the last name Choy (Choi).\u00a0 When he heard the Good News he believed right away and accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

After leaving Portland, I learned that brother Choy requested his wife to read the Bible to him, and this brother Choy passed away around half a year later.\u00a0 I learned that his son is now preparing to be a Pastor and studying theology, thanks to the Lord!\u00a0 Mrs. Choy is ministering at the church zealously as well.\u00a0 While my wife and I were in Portland, brother Choy allowed us to stay at his deceased mother\u2019s home.\u00a0 At that time I was visiting patients frequently and preaching the Gospel to them. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This interruption of our plans turned out to be a Divine arrangement by Our Lord:\u00a0 He ordered the circumstances into place by His timing, allowing me the opportunity to serve!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HE SETS THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE By:\u00a0 Paul Lai \u00a0Translator: Agnes K Y Tai Mrs. Lai and I took a flight to France over ten years ago.\u00a0 The outbound trip was very smooth, but due to a hurricane on the return leg, we had to stop at a place near Portland, USA to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3504,"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501\/revisions\/3504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}