I was born and raised in an idol-worshipping family in Taiwan. I came to Christ through one of my elementary school teachers at age of twelve. As I was growing up, I never thought that I would become a Christian worker. I was like my non-Christian friends who competed with one another to go to the best colleges and who dreamed someday would win fame and money through our degrees.

I came to USA to go to graduate school in 1986. I met an American Christian lady who introduced me to know many other American Christians. Some of them were retired missionaries or preparing to go overseas as missionaries. As an international student I was surprised that while many foreigners had tried very hard to immigrate to USA, why did these Americans want to go overseas?

I later learned that they wanted to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations. I admired and respected their zeal. Yet, I did not expect that I would be like them until December 1987. I attended the Urbana 87 Missions Conference held by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The Lord called me to be a missionary. That Chinese people need the Lord was highlighted in that conference.

“What can I do for Chinese people? I think you have chosen the wrong person,” I kept asking God after I received His calling. I had lots of concerns. I worried that my family would not accept me going for Christian service. I worried that I was not gifted in anything to serve the Lord. I worried about many other things, such as: no money to live on, friends' teasing, wasting my education. Yet, the thoughts and the ways of the LORD are higher than mine.

With the help of an American brother, we established an evangelistic Bible study group to reach out to mainland Chinese students and scholars on the campus where I was a student. Many who came were atheists in the beginning. Through this Bible study, many of them received Jesus Christ as their Savior. Some of these intelligent students and scholars asked tough questions that I could not answer. The Lord told me, “Go to Bible school to get some training.”

The Lord had blessed me to get a degree and a job. Yet, I still wrestled with Him. I did not want to leave my comfortable zone. In 1991 I heard a speaker who said to a group of Chinese students that if eternity is the most important thing in our life, why should we worry about our future. The Lord gently reminded me that my life, intelligence and future are held in His hands. I finally surrendered before the Lord and told Him, “Lord, my life is yours, do whatever you want to do.”

I went to a seminary to study the Bible and prepared to be a missionary. The Lord led me to come back to Asia after eight years of studying and working in USA.

I have been involved in Asian church leadership training and church planting for nearly a decade. It has not been all sunny days in ministry since I returned to Asia. Yet, the Lord has held my hands to walk each difficult path. I have grown a lot in my spiritual life. I have brought spiritual blessings to many people in Asia. When I saw their life being changed by the power of the Holy Spirit, I know my labor in the Lord has not in vain. My heart has been full of joy.

If someone asked me, ”Do you feel regret to leave your profession and comfortable life in USA?” I can be confident to say, “No!” After many years of wrestling with the Lord, I have come to a better understanding of what Jeremiah has said in the Biblical book of Jeremiah, chapter 29, verse 11: ”I have plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Obedience to the Lord is the best choice in our life!