FROM A TAIWANESE POINT OF VIEW

In many occasions I have written so many articles about our experience in Taiwan, being our latest Mission as Consolata Missionaries. I have done this from our subjective point of view, giving our own personal experience regarding the encounter with the new world, culture, people, mission. Lately I have been curious to listen more from the local people themselves; after knowing us for about three years now, what do they think about us? What do they think about our Congregation? Have we made any impact in them? Has it been positive or negative?

Here is a lovely article written by a Taiwanese Lady who is not only a well educated person, but also a friend and a collaborator in the quest for improving the lives of others in need. Her name is HUI-PING HO. She runs an After-class school for tuition to the need students. God bless her. Here below is her account on what she thinks we are to the local society of Taiwan. God bless her!!

昨天接到歐瑪竇神父的訊息,說是有一封信要給我,原來是孫達神父親筆寫的信。上午排了時間去拿信,也順便與聖心堂新任的主任司鐸歐瑪竇神父見一面。沒想到一談話,竟是快二個小時,前幾天到教堂去不經意看見二位新神父的資歷,才了解二個人都是不簡單的人。而他們二個是天主教「聖母神慰會」《Consolata》第一批到台灣傳教的神父。上午歐神父講了這二年來,到台灣的小故事,他說他回歐洲的時候,都會跟其它人聊到台灣人的好,特別是熱情(據說,一開始要到台灣,很多人都告訴他要小心注意台灣人。但他接觸後現在覺得台灣人很好。),他說了有一次到花蓮去為了找住宿點,三個來自國外的神父拿著手機找路那時剛到台灣不太會說中文,邊走邊看手機,結果有個人出現問他,「May I help you?」,經過他們溝通過後,那人竟然陪他們走了一段好長好長的路,等他們到住宿點check in之後,又告訴他們如何走到附近的海邊去,後來那個人直接跟神父們說再見,神父們才知道原來那個人跟他們不同路,是專程為他們帶路,在他之前的世界裡,他覺得非常不可思議。因為這個路人,讓他感受到台灣人的熱情,他說在國外這是不太可能會發生的。
我聽了之後,笑著跟他說,「神父,這在台灣很正常呀!台灣人都會這樣,有人還會直接載你去你想去的地方。」。我又說,「在台灣,大部份的人都是好人,至少十個有八個人以上,你可以放心,當然也有一點點壞人。」。
還有另一個故事就是剛到台灣,他發現自己的執事祭服忘了帶,結果到屏東的萬金教堂才知道有修女可以做衣服,而那修女為他量身定做了件服裝,還寄來給他。等他收到問修女要多少錢? 修女竟說,「不用錢」。這件事,也讓他很不好意思,覺得這真的很不好。怎麼可以不用錢。我又說,「這在台灣很正常啊!台灣人覺得不用付就是不用付,她可是為天主而做。」。而且修女應該會很開心為你服務,神父講得時候感受到他對台灣人很感動。

約二個小時的談話,我分享我因為公益活動認識的天主教朋友們的厲害,也告訴神父有機會可以認識他們,聽見這個新任神父對台灣土地的信任、對於新教區的盼望、對於我們服務課輔班孩子的工作的認同,真的很感動。最後,另一位歐尤金神父出現,也頑皮地表示他們所住的地方,都可以看見我們的課輔班,所以我們在做什麼,他們都看得到。真心覺得我們很幸運能夠認識這二位來自肯亞、西班牙的新神父,也祝福他們在台灣的日子裡,能夠遇見更多的好人、好事、好風景。忍不住,因為自己又再次可以跟外國人聊事情,還是拍照記錄一下。也謝謝在此之間為我們串連的昀珊。

對了,除了我們拍得照片,另外二張神父的簡歷,資料取自「新竹耶穌會聖心堂八月堂訊」,想說讓大家一起認識在台灣發生的小故事。
據說,天主教聖母神慰會《Consolata》在韓國二十幾年了,所以有張韓國風的圖像,也與大家分享!


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