Canny Tay Seyong Han: There is no question that colporteur work is one of the important ways to proclaim the Three Angels’ Messages. Last summer four Hartland College students and I went to Maryland to work with the Capitol Chinese Church of Seventh-day Adventists. Because the church was planning to have an evangelistic crusade at the end of summer, the pastor invited us to do the groundwork and colporteur to help with our tuition.
After we had prayed much and spent many hours going from door-to-door, sixty people agreed to have Bible studies in their homes. More than 250 contacts promised to come to the meetings, one of whom was Wu Bin. We were pleasantly surprised. All we can say is, “Praise the Lord!”
Wu Bin explains: Many years ago when I was studying English, I first heard about the Bible when reading some material about it. After I came to the USA, I joined a travelling group in a church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I spent several days with the people from the church, living in their houses and going to church with them. This was the first time that I heard people talking about the Bible and Christ. After I got back, a pastor in the church started to write postcards reminding me about the Bible study on Friday nights. He sent me postcards for half a year, but I did not go there once. You can see how stubborn I was! I think our Father in heaven is very patient because He waited for me while I was in darkness.
Several years later, after I graduated from George Washington University (GWU) with a master’s degree, I joined a Bible study group with GWU students. The leader, a student who was getting his master’s in business administration, talked about the Bible, giving an example from biology. Because I majored in biology, I “knew” that what he was saying was full of error and nonsense. I was angry that a person could talk about the Bible and biology when he did not know anything about biology. I left, but I knew God was seeking me and I was seeking God. I was struggling in my life and my work asking, “Where is God?” I knew He was there somewhere waiting for me. I needed to find out.
Last summer (2004), I went to a church in Silver Spring, Maryland, where I met a group of young students from Hartland College. Canny Tay, a smart young student from Malaysia, told me a lot of things about the Bible. For the first time I found the Bible so amazing and interesting. I started to learn that without God, we cannot do things right. Although I have little knowledge of the Bible, I have started to build a belief in God, and I am willing to follow His way. Amen!
