Here is my first attempt to translate the memoir of my father. (This appears to be a new version modified while being transcribed by my mother 15:11 7/6/2018 The original recording started with "A little village") Please help correcting and polishing. The original recording of my father's monologue is re-normalized and kept here. I.信仰的根源 The root of faith 1. Góa ê A-kong kiò chò Kang Thok si tòa tī kó͘-chá ê miâ kiò chò Môe-á-khe Téng-siang-khe, iáu-ū chi̍t-ê Ē-siang-khe, chiū-sī hiān-chāi ê Ka-gī hoān Môe-san hion. Góa ê lāu-pē sī tī hia chhut-sì ê. Góa ê A-kong sī teh chò kim-chóa, gîn-chóa ê sū-gia̍p. 我的祖父名叫江托是住在以前名叫梅仔溪的頂雙溪。我的父親就是在那裡出生的。我的祖父做金紙、銀紙的事業。 My grandfather's name is Kang thok, Jiang-tuo in Mandarin, who lived in the village of Moâi-á-khe (literally means the streat of plums, formerly named Téng-siang-khe (Shuangsi in Mandarin, literally means the upper side of a duo-stream.). My father was born there. My grandfather had a business dealing with go...
This first draft is for sharing with Pastor Aline. It's been almost half a year that we, the whole world, simmer in the muddle something we hardly know. Our lives, activities, habits, and many things are affected more and more seriously. Today, as we prepare for the special Sunday that we don't have regular online worship service and are encouraged to participate in the online worship services of other churches, I cannot help but think about what we are expected to get out of this in terms our growth, especially the spiritual growth. Another challenge to me is about capturing, documenting, and telling what we can witness regarding this greatest revelation from the above ever since the creation of this world. One of the key things I receive is about the new ways, including the new forms, of worshiping our creator Father, actually the Trinity God. There must be some message attached to whatever we are going through. The first thing, among all the acts of knowledge development, is...
I started thinking about career-related issues very early. I wanted to be a musician shortly after I got into grade school. I think it was because the music was easy and fun for me. I generally learned music quicker than my peers. It was a good feeling being ahead of others. I was naturally fascinated by the shape and the sounds of all kinds of musical instruments. I wanted to be an orchestra conductor after I saw a movie about Tanglewood, in my third grade. I literally started learning to conduct privately without telling anybody. After I had a chance to visit a print shop owned by one of my aunts and managed by her brothers I started to think about picking up some experiences working in that shop during summer vacation. I did not dare to bring it up simply because it was too much to commute from my home to the shop even though we were in the same city. When I was in junior high of Chang-jung Christian School I had frequent encounters with one of my cousin, who became Rev. ...
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