Judy's Testimony
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I was born in the middle 50's in Southern
China, province of Guangdong. My father was a civil servant.
The first time I heard about God was out of a very bad situation:
In 1981 my mother was diagnosed with cancer. That was terrible
news for all my family and myself. My mother told me: "If
God wants me to go I will be happy to go?". I said:
"what do you mean God wants you to go? What God are
you talking about?" I had been taught in school that
there was no God and man was the answer to everything. I
found out then that my mother was a secret believer and,
as a child, she had been raised in a Christian home. To
protect my father, she had never told us about her belief.
From that moment on, I found myself talking to God and reasoning
with Him. I would say: " God, if You want my mother
to go to heaven I have nothing to say but, my family needs
her, don't let her go?". I did not know anything about
prayer but after I said those words I felt peace (just like
something coming down upon me). Somehow I knew my mother
would find healing. She had a very serious type of cancer.
It turned out that four fifths of her stomach had to be
removed plus part of her bladder. Today, after almost 20
years she is still alive and eats normal food. A real miracle.
Even the doctor that operated her could not believe it when
he saw her five years later: he looked so surprised to see
her as if she was not supposed to be alive.
So my life went on and I got married.
My search for God and the Truth continued. My husband had
to leave to pursue his studies in the USA. When he left
he promised that he would make arrangements for me to join
him as soon as possible. It turned out to be much harder
than he thought. I approached the Consulate for a visa eight
times without success. My husband did what he could, sending
letters of recommendation from teachers and calling for
the intercession of some Senators friends of his cousin.
Still I was refused. Again I was facing a very desperate
situation. I was separated from my husband for three and
a half years and tried everything that was humanly possible.
By this time I was reading the Bible and attending Bible
studies with one of the few Christian churches allowed to
be open in China at that time. The pastor was a woman. I
had learned from a testimony written by a Chinese Christian
in the Philippines how to hear from the Lord, how to use
the Bible to find specific solutions and answers. I knew
that God would answer my prayer just like He did for the
healing of my mother. But I did not know how He would do
it now. So I kept praying while I tried everything. One
day after praying I was led to open my Bible and it open
right on Mark 16:17 "And these signs shall follow them
that believe..". Actually, the Chinese version is worded
a little bit different from English and literally says that
"if you believe in miracles, miracles will follow you".
So I said: "Oh God, I believe. I want to see this miracle
happen to me". Every time I read the Bible I would
ask God what He was trying to show me, just like I had learned.
In the beginning I had doubts of how could the Bible show
people what to do. That day, after prayer, when I opened
up my Bible it felt on Genesis chapter 12 and I read on
verse 1: "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get out
of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will show you". Somehow I
knew that He was talking right to me and I felt confident
that I would end up being reunited with my husband.
Meanwhile, I had applied for a Visa to
the Bahamas trying to find a shortcut to my situation. I
actually paid half the price in advance and ended up losing
the money which was so hard to get in China of those days.
My husband kept saying to just go to the Consulate and apply
again, that he would send me some more letters of recommendation.
By this time I was convinced that God would have to do a
miracle and in that case He would not need any help. One
morning I read from Luke 12:11-12: "And when they bring
you [before] magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought
how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say,
for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what
ye ought to say". So, I jumped out of bed and, as I
start to get ready to go to the Consulate, somehow I knew
this was the day the Lord would do the miracle. I rushed
to the Consulate to find out that the place was so crowded
they were only accepting new applications. Since I did not
bring any new elements to add to my file, the man at the
entrance would not even let me in at the front door, but
I was determined: After half-hour, seing my insistance,
he finally conceded. I set down in the Consulate waiting
to be called for an interview. During lunch break I went
out to a park to pray. That day I prayed myself up to date!
I must have looked pretty strange praying as I sat there
on that bench - a person passing by, thinking that I was
in trouble, came to convince me not to commit suicide. After
I assured him I was not about to do such a thing, I went
back to the Consulate and waited to be called for my interview.
The hours went by and the office was about to close. I was
still sitting there waiting for my interview. Someone came
to ask me what I was still doing there and informed me that,
from over one hundred processes held that day, only one
had been granted a visa. Besides, they could not find my
file anywhere. The Consul came to talk me while someone
was looking around for my papers. A few minutes later they
showed up with my file and there was a lot of excitement
because they had found my papers and found out that I had
been granted a visa!! They were puzzled because visas would
never be granted without an interview: Either someone was
interviewed in my place or a miracle had happened? Either
way, I was so happy I could hardly speak and I knew in my
heart that God had done the miracle. The interpreter was
all puzzled as I praised and thanked God out loud. From
then on, I could not deny His power and I decided to be
baptized and receive Jesus as my savior. Praise the Lord.
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