他們在被創傷中、被塗黑中、在受迫害中，他們憐憫人 (他們關心華人社團的共融、教會的合一、教友的需要，原諒他人而不存忌恨，慷慨付出自己而不考慮回報)。他們心裏潔淨、飢渴慕義 (他們向聖神祈求指引，讓上主介入、領導他們)。他們締造和平　(平靜地考慮別人不同的觀點)。他們神貧、哀慟、溫良 (從軟弱中靠主挺立)，他們在恩典為義而受迫害，他們正氣長存！加油！孟子說：天將降大任於斯人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，所以動心忍性，增益其所不能。

Just want to share this past Sunday’s gospel reading which was from Luke 21, in particular verse 12-13:
“But before all this happens, you will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name and that will be your opportunity to bear witness.”

One year, I finally managed to attend the Gala. It was the first time I saw Paul Yeung, the face of FLL. He showed himself an genuine and enthusiastic gentleman. His speech was powerful and persuasive. He urged all lay Catholic to help in spreading the God’s message, in order to help more people to know God and return to God.

The following year, 2010, when I spotted the ad in the same church bulletin of a TV production workshop by FLL, I jumped to it right away, dragging my reluctant husband along.
I don’t know why I insisted on joining, albeit our full-time workload and busy schedule with other activities and commitment. I would say it’s God’s calling.

After the Workshop, we stayed on in the TV production team. Apart from on-going technical training, FLL organized retreats and faith formations for its volunteers, to clarify and harden our faith.

I got to know Paul better, and saw that he is humble, full of wisdom, yet extremely kind-hearted. I also witnessed how hard Paul and his small team of staff/volunteers had worked to produce the weekly episodes for viewers to enjoy and ponder. I was grateful that God had chosen me to be His tool. I will soldiered on with Paul Yeung and the Fountain of Love and Life team to spread His words.

我還清晰地記得在十月十五日（星期二）早上十時多，我和 Paul 及 Bonny 正在 Ryerson 大學參加一個有關慈善機構法例的研討會，妳請妳的大兒子打電話給我，邀請「生命恩泉」在妳的殯喪彌撒中扶靈，我和 Paul 即時答允。20 分鐘後，妳的大兒子再打電話來說，妳在聽到我們的答允後，不久便安然返回天父的懷裡。我們聽到妳的消息後，心情沉重但非常感恩，知道妳一定會在天堂繼續祝福「生命恩泉」。

在此特別感謝何婆婆的家人，他們在何婆婆出殯的前一天仍親身以行動支持「生命恩泉」，一起參加「主與我同行」。「生命恩泉」整個團體都被何婆婆和她家人的支持感動！

My husband joined as a volunteer at once and I haven’t until a year later. I heard two words in my prayers: “”Say YES!”" These two words kept coming back until I signed up and became one of them.

Under the spiritual and patient guidance from Paul Yeung and other supportive FLL volunteers, I helped to organize one Gala and two evangelization events (EV) for FLL in Vancouver. Seeds were sowed to the non-believers and home comers. We were chased to produce the next EV once it was finished. God blessed the volunteers and the attendants. His mercy warmed our hearts!

The whole time, everyone appreciated my endless giving, but when I looked back, God surprised me. I received more than I contributed. I learnt to stop; I learnt to listen quietly; I learnt to speak slower; I learnt to respect; I learnt to wait; I learnt to accept differences in opinion. This is a good test for me to aware, accept, truly understand and practise on these daily life virtues to love.

I would not make these shifts without participating in volunteering in FLL. From the bottom of my heart, I thank Paul Yeung and his team.

May FLL flourish by bringing changes in people’s lives. May God grant abundant graces and blessing to our honest, humble and genuine leader, Paul Yeung, so he can continue to lead FLL team as a good shepherd. May the Holy Spirit strengthen all FLL volunteers with courage, faith, hope, wisdom and love to face and receive every trial joyfully because truth triumph evils at the end! Alleluia!

Lastly I like to share with you the scripture from The Letter of James Chapter 1, verses 2 to 4.

Perseverance in Trial: Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Denise Lui, Vancouver Team – Event Organizer & Volunteer Coordinator

員工義工們，Just Pray & Stay Calm, Because God won’t let you down. He created FLL because He wanted FLL to exist in the Catholic communities.

So I won the contest (!!) and was invited to sit at what I think was the first Gala, where I got a certificate.

But after that, I left. Well, not like the prodigal son, but more of a slow separation. Like hot soup going cold. My family went to mass and left, and I never really had the urge to go back to FLL.

Fast-forward to the year 2011, and I was going to regular mass with my mom at Blessed Trinity, where I met a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is advanced in age, and wanted to see if I was interested in joining him, to pass on his insurance clients and presumably his position in the council in the future. I wasn’t sure, as I was in my 3rd year studying Design, which has no relation to insurance or buying tickets for a car raffle. I joined the Knights anyway, because he is a nice old man and what they did was charitable and important and I might be able to help (with…uh, anybody need design?…). It was in one of the monthly meetings where I met Brother Tony, also known outside as Uncle Antonio Tang: “Hey, you are in Graphic Design? Did you know there’s a Chinese organization called 《生命恩泉》? I think you have a chance to use your skills there!”

I told him about the FLL logo, and by then he HAD to introduce me back.

I remember meeting Paul Yeung for the first time; we were at the top of the staircase on the said I was like the lost sheep, and they finally found me. That statement was eerily accurate; I have to admit my faith wasn’t exactly burning at that point. I met Vince, and they showed me how they combined the graphic of my logo, and the stylized Chinese characters of his.

It’s funny the way God works; FLL was and now is again a big part of my life. I strongly believe God is using FLL as a way for me to live in Him; this place is like a shelter to nourish my weak faith. FLL is a way for me to walk with Christ.

Vince gave me my first task back in 2011, the inaugural Scotiabank Walkathon. I still remember giving him more trouble (so many questions) rather than helping him. He was patient with this newfound “little brother” and kept me an opportunity to keep producing art with FLL.

I am now a year away from graduating, and I am starting to get more involved with FLL work. FLL was always open to me, and the best thing I could do is to give back to the people who have received me so warmly. I want to do my best for this wonderful community, and I want to spend more time with the people who have made this such a wonderful place. 《生命恩泉》 is a safe haven for this Me of Little Faith to grow in the love of Christ.

Hence I feel quite discouraged by the current events surrounding FLL and it makes me wonder: Is our church a hypocritical church? At the end of every mass, the priest tells us “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” and yet in reality it seems some ministers hoard that power or freedom. Do lay people really have no freedom or right to evangelize? In a church where the pope encourages unity and compassion and inclusiveness, it seems some of its ministers are doing the opposite. How can the lay catholics’ voices be heard if they are repeatedly silenced?

Frankly I can tell you I am not someone with strong faith. However I do believe actions are stronger than words. I do believe that He is watching us. May He bless all who strive against the current, to do what is right, in His name, and help us to spread His love, even when it’s entirely against the odds.

這九年，不單令我靈性上有所增長，亦令我在待人接物上，成熟了很多。面對放在我們一個又一個的挑戰，我深信我們必能跨過。《生命恩泉》就是一個大家庭，每個人都會彼此照顧，彼此關愛，我們深信天主的軛是柔和的，擔子是輕鬆的，只要信賴天主，我們將可見到天主美麗和圓滿的安排。

I think I helped FLL to record my first radio clip back in 2009 August and have been recording one clip every summer that I come back. Throughout these years, I can see how FLL have grown both professionally and spiritually. That year in particular, I still have the vivid memory that the heavy rain ceased for a few hours just for the FLL golf tournament. FLL is truly blessed with God’s abundance grace.

Whenever the opportunity arises in Hong Kong, I voluntarily act as an advocate for the richness of resources that FLL has produced to proclaim the Good News and to foster Catholic values to my friends and my church group.

May God continue to bestow His blessings and grace to FLL, the fellow ministry workers and volunteers. You are not just serving the immediate Chinese Catholic community in Toronto or North America, but around the world. “

I wholeheartedly support your way to spread the message of God. Please know that FLL belongs to the voice of Chinese Catholic in Canada. I believe that God is with us.

I will continue being your supporter, donor, volunteer. Please keep up the good work and hanging there!

Samantha

By the grace of God, I have been welcomed into the FLL family with open arms in a warm, prayerful and loving work environment that I could not have even imagined before stepping in the door. The fruits of this ministry is out there for all to see, and I trust that God will not abandon us (Romans 8:35, 37-39) as long as we walk with Him.

我時常見證到身邊不去聖堂、未信主的親友，透過FLL的製作接觸到基督的褔音和道理，這令我很感動，也更珍惜這團體。也許FLL的成功，導致魔鬼想扼殺它的生存空間，但我相信既然FLL是天主的事工，天主自會給它一個出路。願主繼續祝福這個福傳的平台，及帶領我們繼續散播福音的種子，亞孟！