Being Absolute and Practical
On March 5th, in the early morning, I got the news on Brother Wu's departure. And I was so surprised. And immediately I called brother Daniel Tao, a Taiwan coworker. He told me the story about his departure. Then I started praying for his family and the saints in Taipei. After that I recalled my memory about him. Thank the Lord that He gave us such a brother who served the Lord faithfully, diligently and desperately. He was so absolute for the Lord's recovery and yet full of the humanity of Jesus and cared for me. I had the privilege to have an intimate fellowship with him in 1986 when I was in FTTT. Even after graduation from FTTT and returning to Japan in 1988, I had many opportunities to fellowship with him either in Japan or in Taipei. Every time I met him, he always enlightened me with much encouragement. He stayed in my house in Kobe, Japan several times and he told me the story of his service in Taiwan Gospel Book Room and the churches in Taiwan. My impression about him was that he was so absolute for the Lord, and at the same time so human and so practical to solve the issues. One time, I was weeping due to the hardship, he encouraged me and his word really touched me and convinced me to go forward in the Lord.
He also came to Japan many times for the trainings or conferences in Japan and many times I did translation for him. Last December when I went to Taiwan, I had an opportunity to fellowship with Brother Wu. He suffered from his sickness but he was still very strong in his spirit and encouraged me very much as usual. This became my last contact with him.
Now I have confidence that the Lord will continuously go forward in Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan and many other countries in Asia though I lost the words when I heard the news. I strongly believe that his testimony has strengthened and will strengthen me and the churches all over the world.