{"id":4795,"date":"2018-12-21T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2018\/12\/21\/restoration-story-from-the-hong-kong-church\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:47:44","slug":"restoration-story-from-the-hong-kong-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/restoration-story-from-the-hong-kong-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration Story from the Hong Kong Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1589\" height=\"918\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/connieairestorationhongkongchurchofchrist.jpeg?resize=1589%2C918&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/connieairestorationhongkongchurchofchrist.jpeg 1589w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/connieairestorationhongkongchurchofchrist-300x173.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/connieairestorationhongkongchurchofchrist-1024x592.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/connieairestorationhongkongchurchofchrist-768x444.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/connieairestorationhongkongchurchofchrist-1536x887.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1589px) 100vw, 1589px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> Connie Ai was baptized in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongkongcoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong Church of Christ<\/a> in 1989 and then left the church, along with her husband, in 2003. In 2016, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. One of the sisters from church, Dior, accompanied Connie through all of her difficulties. After tasting life and death, Connie was determined to put God as her first priority. She brought back her husband and son to the church. She was humble and sought God first with all her heart. After two weeks of serious Bible study, she was restored during last Sunday&#8217;s church service. All of the older disciples were amazed at God&rsquo;s love to her and celebrated with her too.<\/p>\n<p> We are really grateful for Dior, Sumi and Eunice, who showed God&rsquo;s unconditional love to Connie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connie Ai was baptized in the Hong Kong Church of Christ in 1989 and then left the church, along with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4796,"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":[71],"tags":[53,61],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-4795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asia","tag-missions"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/connieairestorationhongkongchurchofchrist.jpeg?fit=1589%2C918&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-1fl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10311,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/21-baptims-in-3-years-in-hong-kong-church-of-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong Church Celebrates Youth &amp; Family Baptisms through Pandemic","author":"dtadmin","date":"December 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Youth & Family sector of the Hong Kong Church is grateful for seeing 21 baptisms, including 12 kingdom kids, during the pandemic.","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\/2022\/12\/HCOC_Baptisms.jpg?fit=650%2C481&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HCOC_Baptisms.jpg?fit=650%2C481&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HCOC_Baptisms.jpg?fit=650%2C481&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2850,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/it-takes-a-village-teen-baptism-from-hong-kong-church-of-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":1},"title":"It Takes a Village: Teen Baptism from Hong Kong Church of Christ","author":"dtadmin","date":"August 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Charmaine was baptized on August 9 in the Hong Kong Church of Christ.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/charmaine_teens.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/charmaine_teens.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/charmaine_teens.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/charmaine_teens.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4698,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/baptism-in-hong-kong-mandy-s-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":2},"title":"Baptism in Hong Kong: Mandy&#039;s Story","author":"dtadmin","date":"February 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Mandy is a married woman who was baptized in the Hong Kong Church of Christ on December 23, 2018. 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