藍信諾 Joshua Emmanuel Lan
2015年8月，Helen和我在巴拿馬一所聖經學校參加了為期兩週的課程。在那段時間裡，一位主內姊妹與Helen談論我們是否想要孩子，並為我們祈求上帝會給我們一個孩子。誰也沒想到，Helen當時原來已懷有身孕，我們的孩子不知不覺成為了聖經課程裡的學生呢！
當Helen一直以來祈禱自己的孩子能成為神的僕人時，我們的主已經將這份寶貴的禮物賜給我們。雖然我不能確定孩子在巴拿馬這兩個星期裡學到了多少，但是我們希望當孩子成長時，他願意尋求我們的主，並留在祂的真道上，成為神的僕人。
我們給他的英文名是約書亞·以馬內利。約書亞，就是舊約中信靠上帝的那位，並最終領導以色列人過約旦河，承受所應許之地；以馬內利，是代表我們希望耶和華永遠與他同在，正如祂與舊約中的約書亞同在一樣。孩子的中文名字，也表達了我們希望他學會相信並信靠主耶穌的應許和諾言。
In August 2015, Helen and I attended a two-week program at a bible school in Panama. During that time, a sister in Christ happened to be talking with Helen about whether we wanted a child, and went on to pray for us that God would grant us a child. None of us knew that in fact Helen was already pregnant at that time, and our Joshua was an extra attendant at that bible school for those two weeks.
Our Lord had already granted us our gift when Helen prayed to have a child to be of his servant. I’m not sure how much Joshua learned during those two weeks in Panama, but it is our hope that as Joshua grows he will seek our Lord, stay on His path and serve His purpose.
We named him, in English, Joshua Emmanuel. Joshua like the faithful servant in the Old Testament who trusted in the Lord and eventually led the Israelites to claim the promised land, and Emmanuel in the hope that the Lord will always be with him, as He was with Joshua in the Old Testament. In Chinese, it is our hope that our son will learn to believe and trust in the promise of our Lord Jesus.
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