Lau Leung

Here is Lau Leung’s story. I'm doing it in two parts because I hope it will not be cut short. It's such a good story.

A young man came to me once and said, "I'm trying to lead my brother to Christ, but he doesn't want to hear."

And I said, "You're very rude," because his brother, Lau Leung, was sleeping in the streets and couldn't read, so he didn't want the Bible that his brother handed to him. I said, "Let's invite him to tea. That's a better idea."

I chose a really nice restaurant to shock the waiters, and took a fat uncle with me who'd formerly been a policeman. We sat in the restaurant, and in came Lau Leung, looking awful. He'd got sores all over his body which were weeping wetness.

But this thin Lau Leung looked at the fat uncle sitting by me. They both pointed at each other and said, "Nei (你)? You?" And it turned out they'd been in prison together for drugs, which my policeman uncle started taking drugs when he took the drugs of the people he'd arrested.

And then thin uncle says to fat uncle, "Why are you so fat? Dim gai nei gum fei (點解你咁肥)?"

And fat uncle says, "Oh, it's Jesus."

And Lau Leung said, "I'll have Him!"

So we said, "Okay, we'll introduce you to Him." He had no idea who Jesus was, but he sat next to me with the teapot in between, and I asked the Holy Spirit to speak to him, and I prayed quietly. Then he began to smile, and I said, "How are you feeling, Lau Leung?"

And he said, "Oh, very comfortable."

And I said, "That's because Jesus is the Son of God. Will you believe that?"

"Yes," he said. He has no idea, but he wants a Jesus that makes people fat, because drug addicts don't get fat; they spend all their money on drugs, and they don't eat.

I prayed quietly for another 30 seconds. Then he was breathing very deeply, and I said, "Well, how are you feeling, Lau Leung?"

He said, "Ngoh ho heng ah (我好輕呀), I feel very light."

And I said, "That's because Jesus was down here 2,000 years ago, and He put all the things that make you feel bad that you've done, and all the bad things that people have done to you—He put them all on Himself. Will you believe that He died for you?"

"Yes," says Lau Leung, having no idea. But I could have said, "Do you believe He's got a white beard and a red cloak?" and he would have said yes, because he wanted the One that had saved his friend.

So after another 30 seconds, I said, "Now, will you believe that Jesus rose again?"

"Yes," he said. "Silly question, I've just met Him."

I said, "Would you like to follow Him?"

"Yes," he said.

I said, "He'll give you a new life, so tell Him all the things you feel bad about. Ask Him to forgive you and make you new, and He'll give you His Holy Spirit and a new language." And he began to speak in tongues as we prayed over the teapot.

The whole thing took about two minutes. There we were having tea, and we'd got a new Lau Leung.

Then I said to him, as we began to drink the tea, "Now Lau Leung, how many previous convictions have you had?"

He said, "78, and..." and then he clapped his shoulder with his hand, "...next time, 79."

It happened to be he was arrested that night. But he did, after two months in prison, come to stay with us, and he truly did begin a new life. He was always the first on his feet to worship. He used to run around the football field every day. He was always first in worship.

That is the beginning of Lau Leung's story.

After a few months of staying with us, I said to Lau Leung, "Lau Leung, why are your toenails so long?" They were two or three inches.

And he said, "I need them to gouge people within the night!"

"Oh," I said. "Of course you do."

You see, he wasn't a very good street sleeper. I mean, some people are very good at their little cardboard nests and they've got all their possessions neatly stacked. But he just had a whole lot of odd plastic bags which people were always stealing. That's why it was so easy for him to be arrested by the police. He said he'd done about half of the crimes he was arrested for. Nobody would believe him if drugs were planted on him, so he was such a target for people who wanted to steal his belongings, and for the police.

Of course he needed long toenails! You see, he trusted me, and he trusted Jesus, but he didn't trust the other men that were living with us—quite right, because they were "in progress," so to speak.

A few months later, his toenails were cut. And I looked at him and thought, Dear Lau Leung, you have come such a long way. I'm sure I've got toenails that other people can see which I've not yet cut.

He got cancer, and he came to me one day, and he said, "The doctors say there's no hope for me. I'm putting all my hope in my Jesus." And he said, "Sometimes at night I can't sleep, and Jesus comes into my room." We were living in tin huts in Hang Fook Camp. And he said, "Jesus comes into my room, and He sits on my bed, and we spend all night talking about you!"

And I thought, Wow, I don't know anyone that's got a private intercessor like me!

And I so miss him. Now he's gone to be with Jesus. But I'll see him again.

這是劉良的故事。

我會分兩部分來講，因為我希望這個動人的故事不會被中途截斷。這真的是一個非常美好的故事。

曾經有個年輕人跑來找我，說：「我一直想帶我哥哥信主，但他根本不想聽。」

我對他說：「你太沒禮貌了。」因為他的哥哥劉良當時正流落街頭，而且根本不識字，當然不會想要接過他硬塞過去的聖經。我說：「不如我們請他喝茶吧，這才是個好主意。」

為了給那些服務員一個「驚喜」，我特地選了一間非常高檔的餐廳。我還帶了一位體型魁梧、曾當過警察的「肥叔叔」同行。我們在酒樓坐下，不一會兒，劉良走了進來，樣子看起來十分可憐，全身長滿了潰爛滲水的瘡口。

然而，這個瘦弱的劉良一看到坐在我旁邊的肥叔叔，兩人同時指著對方喊道：「是你？！」原來他們以前曾因為吸毒一起坐過牢。而我這位警察叔叔，當年正是因為私吞了從被捕者身上搜出的毒品，自己也染上了毒癮。

這時，瘦削的劉良對肥叔叔說：「點解你變到咁肥嘅？」

肥叔叔回答：「噢，係因為耶穌呀。」

劉良立馬說：「咁我要信佢！」

我們便說：「好呀，那我們就把耶穌介紹給你。」他當時對耶穌是誰根本一無所知。他坐在我身旁，中間隔著茶壺。我安靜地祈禱，求聖靈親自對他的心說話。過了不久，他的嘴角開始泛起微笑，我問他：「劉良，你現在感覺怎麼樣？」

他回答：「噢，好舒服。」

我說：「那是因為耶穌是神的兒子。你願意相信嗎？」

「信！」他說。他雖然還不太明白，但他渴望有一位能讓人「變肥」的耶穌，因為吸毒的人從來都不會發胖，他們把所有的錢都花在毒品上，根本不吃東西。

我繼續默默地為他禱告了大約三十秒。這時，他的呼吸變得非常深沉。我再問他：「劉良，現在感覺如何？」

他說：「我好輕呀。」

我對他說：「那是因為耶穌在兩千年前來到這個世界，把你做過的壞事、讓你難受的事，以及別人加諸在你身上的所有傷害，全部都擔當在自己身上了。你願意相信祂為你死了嗎？」

「信！」劉良乾脆地答道。其實他當時依然一頭霧水，就算我問他：「你相信祂留著白鬍子、穿著紅斗篷嗎？」他大概也會點頭說信，因為他只是迫切想要得到那位救了他朋友的救主。

又過了三十秒，我問他：「那麼，你相信耶穌已經復活了嗎？」

「信！」他說，「傻問題，我剛剛才遇到祂呢！」

我問：「那你願意跟隨祂嗎？」

「願意！」

我說：「祂會賜給你一個全新的生命。把所有讓你感到愧疚難過的事都告訴祂吧，求祂赦免你、更新你，祂還會賜給你聖靈和全新的語言。」就在我們隔著茶壺禱告時，他開始說起方言來。

整個過程不過兩分鐘左右。我們只是在那裏喝茶，就見證了一個全新劉良的誕生。

開始喝茶時，我問他：「劉良，你以前入過獄多少次？」

他說：「七十八次，還有……」說完，他用手拍了拍自己的肩膀，「……下一次，就是七十九次了。」

結果當天晚上，他就真的再次被捕了。不過，在服刑兩個月後，他來到幸福營與我們同住，並真正展開了新生活。每次敬拜，他總是第一個站起來讚美神；他每天都會繞著足球場跑步，在敬拜中永遠是最熱情投入的那一位。

這是劉良故事的開端。

劉良與我們同住幾個月後，有一天我忍不住問他：「劉良，你的腳趾甲怎麼長得這麼長啊？」他的腳趾甲竟然足足有兩三吋長。

他理直氣壯地回答：「我要留著它們，半夜用來挖人（防身）㗎嘛！」

「噢，」我說，「原來是這樣，怪不得了。」

你看，他其實不是很擅長露宿街頭。我的意思是，有些露宿者很會用紙皮搭起小窩，把家當堆得井井有條；但他只有一堆零散的塑膠袋，還總是被別人偷走。這也是為什麼他那麼容易被警察拘捕。他說，自己被捕的罪名裏，大約有一半都不是他做的。一旦有人在他身上搜出毒品，根本沒有人會相信他。因此，他成了偷竊者和警方最容易盯上的目標。

所以，他當然需要留長腳趾甲來保護自己！你看，他信任我，也信任耶穌，但他還不敢信任身邊其他同住的人——這也是情有可原的，因為大家的生命都還在「轉變的過程中」。

又過了幾個月，他終於把腳趾甲剪掉了。我看著他，心裏想：親愛的劉良，你真的走了很遠的一段路。我相信在我的生命裏，肯定也有些別人看得見、而我自己卻尚未剪掉的「長趾甲」吧。

後來，他不幸患上了癌症。有一天他跑來對我說：「醫生說我沒希望了，但我把所有的希望都放在我的耶穌身上。」他還說：「有時候半夜我痛得睡不著，耶穌就會走進我的房間。」（那時我們住在幸福營的鐵皮屋裏。）他說：「耶穌走進我的房間，坐在我的床上，我們整晚都在聊關於『你』的事呢！」

我聽了震驚地想：哇，我居然有一個專屬的代禱者，整夜和耶穌聊著我！

我真的很想念他。如今他已經安息在耶穌的懷抱裏。但我知道，將來我一定會再見到他。