This week was packed—full of tasks, trials, and a good amount of grace.
呢個禮拜真係忙到爆，加上唔少煩惱，但係都充滿咗恩典同感恩。
🪪 HKID Renewal Hassles 頭痕搞香港身份證續期
One big headache this week was renewing our Hong Kong ID cards from overseas. Our old ones had expired, and the kids need valid IDs to collect their HKSAR passports from China Embassy in London. My wife checked with the Immigration Department and confirmed we could apply from the UK, which is a blessing. But the process was frustrating—the form was tricky, and we had to take fingerprint impressions. Tuesday was spent working through the paperwork, and Wednesday we realized we needed to buy proper fingerprint pads. Without that, the prints weren’t clear, and we risked having the whole application returned. Still, it’s a huge relief we can do this overseas—at least we don’t need to buy plane tickets back to Hong Kong.
今個星期最頭痕就係搞香港身份證續期。我哋幾個身份證已經過咗期，而阿仔阿女又要有有效身份證先可以申請特區護照。太太問咗入境處，原來可以喺海外申請，呢個真係好大恩典。但係個申請form又難填，又要整紙模印指模，星期二搞咗成日，星期三先發現要買指模印台，如果唔係會印得唔清楚，入境處可能唔受理，到時又要再寄一次。雖然麻煩，但感恩唔使專登返香港搞。
🚗 Car Selling Drama 賣車的經歷
On Sunday, I visited We Buy Any Car at a temporary office in Sheerwater. The online quote looked fair, but once I arrived, they tried to lower the price, so I didn’t go through with the sale. Instead, I used the Motorway app on the spot to take photos and list the car for auction—fingers crossed for a better offer.
星期日我去咗Sheerwater嗰邊嘅 We Buy Any Car，係一個停車場入面嘅臨時office。網上估價都OK，但一到場就被人壓價，所以最後冇賣到。之後我即場用Motorway個app影相，放上去auction，希望有機會賣到好啲價。
🙏 God’s Grace Through the Car Issue 從架車嘅問題經歷天父嘅恩典
Talking about my car made me reflect on how much grace we’ve received. When I had no car, three different familiesoffered to lend me theirs, even though no one knew when mine would be fixed. The service adviser also went the extra mile to help fix the dented door. In the middle of uncertainty, God’s provision was so real and timely.
講返架車，我真係好感恩，因為冇車用嗰段時間，有三個家庭主動話可以借架車俾我，大家都唔知我架車幾時整得好。仲有嗰位service adviser真係好幫得手，肯幫我搞掂架車撞凹咗嘅位置。喺唔穩定當中，我見到上帝真係一步一步咁供應。
📖 Bible Study & Gratitude 查考聖經 及 感恩
Saturday’s Bible study with our church group focused on Genesis—Abraham arranging a wife for Isaac from his homeland. It sparked deep discussion. Thanks to Kitling for leading; I sensed she might be carrying something heavy—less joy in her sharing than usual. I didn’t probe, but I hope all is well with her family.
星期六小組查經查到創世記，講亞伯拉罕安排以撒返老家搵老婆，討論得好深入。多謝Kitling帶領，不過我感覺佢好似有啲心事，少咗啲喜樂，冇特別問，但希望佢同佢屋企人都平安順利。
🎤 Church Service Support Challenges 教會服侍嘅挑戰
I helped prepare the PowerPoint for this week’s worship, led by Edmond. I thought I was early—by Wednesday I had a ready version, but Edmond only sent it out on Friday. Then on Saturday night, Jess told me there were issues with the lyrics. I didn’t even see the messages until around midnight, so I had to rush to fix them. The AV team had to re-download the updated file. This experience taught me that if no one follows up or pushes for a final version early, problems snowball—and the person doing the work pays the price. I realise in church culture, everyone wants to be polite and avoid pressuring others, but maybe we need to shift this culture a bit for the sake of serving well.
我幫手整咗今個禮拜嘅崇拜PowerPoint，由Edmond領會。本來以為自己好早已經整好，星期三就有個ready version，但Edmond等到星期五先send出去俾人review。結果星期六晚Jess先同我講啲歌詞有問題，我夜晚十二點先至見到message，要急急腳改PowerPoint，AV Team又要重新download新版。今次經歷令我體會到，如果冇人主動催或者追進度，出事就會係做嘢果個人最麻煩。教會弟兄姊妹唔想俾壓力其他人，但其實要做好事奉，文化上真係要諗吓點樣改善。
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