{"id":4300,"date":"2019-06-25T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2019\/06\/25\/parents-exemplar-in-faith-in-hong-kong-church\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:17:52","slug":"parents-exemplar-in-faith-in-hong-kong-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/parents-exemplar-in-faith-in-hong-kong-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Exemplar of Faith in Hong Kong Church\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-748c784a.jpg?resize=1920%2C1281&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-748c784a.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-748c784a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-748c784a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-748c784a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-748c784a-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> We are excited to share that a 15 year-old teen Michelle was baptized on 28th April, 2019. Michelle&rsquo;s parents, King and Cyan&rsquo;s exemplar of faith is very inspiring and we are super proud of our youth team in NT Youth sector. Our salute to their unfailing love and perseverance in serving the teens. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1247\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed28129.jpg?resize=1664%2C1247&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed28129.jpg 1664w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed28129-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed28129-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed28129-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed28129-1536x1151.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1664px) 100vw, 1664px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> Michelle is a kingdom kid since birth, the only daughter of Cyan and King. The year Michelle was born is also the year her father was diagnosed with blood cancer. She has always been a very independent and rational girl. Due to her strong character and gifted abilities, she was accepted to one of the best secondary schools. She was also the youngest team captain of the Chinese debate team in her school. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image3.jpeg?resize=1600%2C1066&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image3.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image3-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> We have studied with her twice. The first time, she was not fully committed and convicted in surrendering her old ways and following God&rsquo;s. She didn&rsquo;t see the urgency in changing or giving up her old self as she thought her ways were still able to help her get through life. <\/p>\n<p> After the study ceased for a few months, God humbled her through the breakdown of her emotions and stress from debate teams, friendships and academics. She realized her hardness of heart stemmed from being self-centered and prideful; wanting to put her emotions on the shelf and not deal with hurts in relationships. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image5.jpeg?resize=1024%2C827&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image5.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image5-300x242.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image5-768x620.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> In her second study, she became very humble and quick in responding to God&rsquo;s words. Her repentance and faith is easy to see. She opened up to her father after 15 years about her fear of losing him, apologized to her mom for her ungratefulness in taking her love for granted and apologized to her teachers for not respecting them in class because of her pride. The joy and freedom from her repentance further strengthened her faith in God and encouraged her to love the people around her. She was excited about building new friendships with non-xian kingdom kids and inviting her own school friends to church. In debate team, she also glorified God by standing up for her teammate who was being bullied in the group. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image6.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image6.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image6-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>God has replaced her heart of stone with a heart of flesh. Michelle is now an emotionally expressive, giving and passionate teen girl who is ready to shine for God. We are grateful to be able to witness this inspiring miracle, and her parents who have waited for 15 years to finally see their daughter coming home. <\/p>\n<p>\n  <i> &#8220;I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.&#8221; <\/i> &#8211; 1 Corinthians 3:6\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to share that a 15 year-old teen Michelle was baptized on 28th April, 2019. Michelle\u2019s parents King&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[53],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-4300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-families","tag-asia"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unnamed-748c784a.jpg?fit=1600%2C1068&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-17m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":186,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/youth-family-service-team-report-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":0},"title":"Youth &#038; Family Service Team Report 2011","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"December 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Youth and Family Service Team has served to advance healthy teen and family based ministries in our churches since 2006. At it's inception, the committee planned the first Youth and Family Conference in Boston in 2007 under the leadership of chairman John Porter, evangelist in the South Florida Church\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Families&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Families","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/families\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29861,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/twenty-teens-baptized-in-one-day-in-tshikapa-drc\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":1},"title":"Twenty Teens Baptized in One Day in Tshikapa, DRC","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"February 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"January 31 will remain a memorable date for church in Tshikapa, in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Families&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Families","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/families\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twenty-teens-baptised.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twenty-teens-baptised.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twenty-teens-baptised.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twenty-teens-baptised.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twenty-teens-baptised.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22911,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/youth-and-family-service-team-report-april-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":2},"title":"Youth and Family Service Team Report April 2017","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"April 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"History The Youth and Family Service Team has served to advance healthy teen and family-based ministries in our churches since 2006. At its inception, the committee planned the first Youth and Family Conference in Boston in 2007. The members then coordinated the 2009 ICYFM (International Conference of Youth and Family\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Service Team Reports\"","block_context":{"text":"Service Team Reports","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/tag\/service-team-reports\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11002661_1069729336387381_116254813780973301_n.png?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11002661_1069729336387381_116254813780973301_n.png?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11002661_1069729336387381_116254813780973301_n.png?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11002661_1069729336387381_116254813780973301_n.png?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":217,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/youth-family-service-team-report-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":3},"title":"Youth &#038; Family Service Team Report 2012","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"December 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"History The Youth and Family Service Team has served to advance healthy teen and family-based ministries in our churches since 2006. 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The twelve members coordinated the Boston conference in 2007, the 2009 ICYFM (International\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Leadership&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Leadership","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/leadership\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2522,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/icoc-youth-and-family-service-team-report-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":4},"title":"ICOC Youth and Family Service Team Report 2020","author":"dtadmin","date":"February 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The ICOC Youth and Family Service Team offers an update highlighting the fact and ways that God worked not \u201cin spite of\u201d a dark year, but \u201cthrough it\u201d.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Families&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Families","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/families\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Youth26FamilySerivceTeampic3.png?fit=800%2C426&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Youth26FamilySerivceTeampic3.png?fit=800%2C426&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Youth26FamilySerivceTeampic3.png?fit=800%2C426&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Youth26FamilySerivceTeampic3.png?fit=800%2C426&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4353,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/teens-on-a-mission-in-montego-bay\/","url_meta":{"origin":4300,"position":5},"title":"Teens on a Mission in Montego Bay","author":"dtadmin","date":"June 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The theme for our family of churches in Jamaica for 2019 is \u2018Gen 2 Gen\u2019, which means generation to generation and we have placed extra emphasis on reaching out to our youths and meeting their needs. 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