Peter, Bosco and Gloria sang with the family in Nanning as they visited them.

Big problem - Big provision
By Peter Wong - Cofounder of Rainbow Missions

In late April and early May, four of us went to China for an exploratory trip. We did not know we were in for a surprise.

We met a boy in Chongqing whose eye sight could probably be improved given an operation, but the family lacked money.

We met a blind boy in Chongqing who stopped pursuing his dream to become a coach because people told him that it was impossible. We met a blind girl in Chongqing who did not dare to dream of anything beyond working in a blind school, a little child in Chengdu who hung onto my leg begging me to buy flowers from him.

We met a little blind girl in Chengdu who was an orphan being temporarily taken care of by an old couple. We heard of a smart CP (cerebral palsy) boy who was rejected in a regular class because he could not write Chinese characters well.

We met a minority family near Nanning whose father's leg and arm had been severed by a train; they had to borrow money for medical expenses and for the four girls to go to school.

We met a 16-year-old minority child near Nanning who has CP and who looked like a 6-year-old and never had rehabilitation or schooling.

We heard that 300,000 disabled people in Guangxi province don't have enough to eat and wear. We met a Christian woman in Tianjin who was paralyzed and could not speak. We heard about four lepers' villages in Sichuan and Yunnan which very few people care about.

I don't know how you feel when you read these - so much suffering and pain. Honestly, I was and have been overwhelmed. The first feeling that overcame me was sadness and even helplessness. How can you help with so many problems in such a big country like China?

And yet, there is grace and hope. We witnessed it, we touched it and we experienced it...

Peter and Hae-Lih visited a paralysed lady in Nanjing who only has little mobility in her fingers.

Throughout the trip, we knew that the problem was big but we also believed that the one we depended on was way bigger. We ran into an eye doctor who was able to examine a boy with cataract and wanted to help.

All these were beyond our imagination:

We were able to encourage the blind children who felt stuck. A technically competent teacher in the school for the blind successfully test-ran a life video communication which would greatly enrich our follow-up work.

We had the opportunity to talk with a graduate special education student on the way to Chengdu. Through her, we were led to a local couple (Meng and Xu) in Chengdu whose love for the special needs children had been recognized by the central government. They also cared for the lepers in remote areas and had a vision and planned to reach out to all the 55 minority groups in China by loving their special needs children. While in Chengdu, we also ran into three different groups of workers from overseas who were dedicated to love the under-privileged and disabled.

And then we were blessed that a group of friends that shared our passion to set up RM in Hong Kong.

We, as children of God, can certainly be a blessing to these as we join hands to serve!