Issued: April 15, 2012
Guest’s Comment 嘉賓留言
眼淚，是因為感動
很高興Gina邀請我參加淡水之旅，距離上次到淡水，已經是一年前的時候了。
記得當時，淡水老街還很窄，此次前去，這裡已經被規劃開發得
在真理大學內，有一處名為「牛津學堂」（Oxford College）的古蹟，是當時馬偕博士為培養台灣本地傳教人才而設立，二年後在學堂東側又建立第一個供女子讀書的女學堂，而且不但學費全免，還補助交通費、提供吃住與衣著。在學堂內，陳設擺列著許多有關馬偕博士的照片、書信手稿、使用過的聖經、服裝…等，我認真仔細地看著文字導覽，一字一句細細咀嚼，配合牆上泛黃的照片，彷若進入時光隧道，跟著馬偕博士從年輕到年老，一同體驗遠赴重洋到台灣，那段艱辛卻又喜樂的傳教歲月。很有秩序，就連公共廁所都好乾淨；因為河邊的人行道路拓寬，使得淡水景色更加壯闊美麗。最讓我感動及難忘的是馬偕博士的故事，他一生都奉獻給台灣，除了傳揚基督宗教，在醫療及教育方面亦不遺餘力。
馬偕博士在自述記錄《From Far Formosa》中說:「這好像有一條無形的線，牽引我到這美麗之島去的。」他對上帝說：「我這一生就此在台灣，不往其他地方去了。」一位遠從加拿大到台灣來傳教的年輕人，如果不是因為信仰的緣故，怎能說出如此堅定且有信心的話？此刻，我的眼眶濕了，眼淚，是因為感動，試問自己，我能否像馬偕博士一樣，願意順從旨意，被上帝差遣，為了傳揚福音，甚至遠渡重洋，一生奉獻？
「寧願燒盡，不願鏽壞」，我深深地被馬偕博士對這片土地的愛與精神而感動，我從來沒有看展覽看到留下眼淚，當時，我真的很想大哭！一位外國人，比我們更愛台灣，更愛這片土地！在馬偕博士要來台灣之前，他的朋友對他說：「馬偕，上帝祝福你！」我想，馬偕博士已經得到上帝很大的祝福，而我們，也得到馬偕博士給我們很多的祝福，甚至是一生無悔的愛與奉獻。
『How dear is Formosa to my heart!
On that island the best of my years have been spent.
How dear is Formosa to my heart!
A lifetime of joy is centered here.
I love to look up to its lofty peaks, down into its yawning chasms,
and away out on its surging seas.
How willing I am to gaze upon these forever!
My heart's ties to Taiwan cannot be severed!
To that island I devote my life.
My heart's ties to Taiwan cannot be severed!
There I find my joy.
I should like to find a final resting place within sound of its
surf, and under the shade of its waving bamboo.』
─〝My final resting place〞George Leslie Mackay
By吳珮芬（Tiffany）
Click to view photo of Outing in Tamshui
Words from Member 會員小語
Spring is coming. Do you feel confused about the easy-changed weather? The old Chinese slang says: “Spring is just like the face of stepmother”, so that we should take care of the unstable mood of our mother. Beside of the weather, we should congratulate Erin and Piao-Piao get the ticket into the graduated school, hope they have great year to go.
Recently, I watched the movie “Iron Lady”, the movie depicts the first lady’s political life and the life attitude. The word I remembered the most she said was “Every single day in my life is fighting”. Meryl Steep portrayed the lady delicate. Even I am not the one in that political atmosphere, I could feel the determination she had.There are many movies talking about great women recently, just like “A simple life” and “The Lady”, are you ready to take a look?
By Brian Wu
News & Event(s) 大事小事
l We are going to have a birthday celebration in
l Club outing was held on March 31. Members enjoyed the warm sunshine, soft breeze, historical buildings and beautiful scenery along the riverside and old street of Tamshui. Click to view photo of Outing in Tamshui.
l Erin Ke had past the entrance examination of graduate institute of National Chengchi University. Congratulations!!!
Club Officer Announcement 會務通告
l We are going to collect the second semi-annual membership due.
If you pay only semi-annual due, please bring you membership due to the meeting and give it to our treasurer Erin Ke. If you are not going to come in the next meeting, please contact Erin and remit the due to her.
Meeting Minutes (03/21):
The meeting of March 18 was very different from our regular meeting.
We held the area H1 speech contest which allowed more members to experience speeches from other clubs. Our area governor, Erin invited judges from other clubs. We were touched by a guest from Canadian toastmasters club, Janice, stretched her hands to be one of the judges. The last minute's support helped us run the contest smoothly. All members have witnessed the speech delivery ways of four speakers from MOFA. Helen, Yvan, May and Yolanda were the contestants for Grand. The more contests the members are involved, the more the contestants may learn. All the contestants are winners.
Meeting photos: Click to view March 21 photos
By Gina Cheng, ACB
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