神奇的巴士
在东帝汶，有一个42岁的叫泽林多的商铺老板向上帝祷告，他希望在这个印度洋海岛上能有一辆无烟巴士。
“主啊，我戒烟，戒酒，戒不洁的食物，”他说。“我也不卖香烟，酒精，咖啡或茶。但人们仍在吸烟和饮酒。请帮帮我。我想买一辆无烟巴士，这样人们就可以无烟出行。”
泽林多联系了他在印度尼西亚泗水市的姐姐，询问一辆巴士的价格。她短信回复说，巴士通常售价为3.5万美元，但她发现一辆巴士优惠价为3.15万美元。
泽林多兴奋地向他的弟兄费尔南多介绍了这辆巴士的情况，费尔南多提出捐款1万美元。
泽林多需要支付1.5万美元的押金，然后他就从自己的存款中转出。三个月后，他又付了6500美元。
他计划在巴士乘船抵达东帝汶首都帝力时，用他哥哥的1万美元付剩下的钱。
在一个星期天的早上，泽林多接到电话，说巴士已经到达港口，他可以在第二天取车。他需要带上10000美元。他并不担心，因为他哥哥已经答应赞助他钱。
那天晚上，泽林多和妻子清点他们商店前一周的收入。通常，金额为10000至13000美元，但这一次他们点数了2.8万美元。
泽林多和她的妻子互相看着。“这是怎么一回事？”他问道。
第二天早上，泽林多去他哥哥那里领取承诺的钱。但费尔南多说：“我本想打电话给你，但我忘了。我想说我不能帮你拿10000美元。”
泽林多笑了。他很高兴，因为他意识到上帝已经帮助了他。他的商店里有足够的钱买巴士。
这辆名为“拯救”的巴士在岛上广为人知，特别受孕妇和有孩子的母亲们的欢迎。不仅禁止吸烟，而且巴士在城镇之间行驶时还会播放崇拜音乐。大巴旁边有一个大牌子，上面写着启示录关于三位天使的信息：耶稣快来了。
“人们喜欢这辆大巴车”泽林多说。“他们喜爱它，因为任何人都不允许吸烟。”
E就连警方也表示支持。一天，一名来自东帝汶第二大城市包考的教友给泽林多打电话，说警察来到公交总站，并告诉司机们，
“你们必须像这辆救赎巴士一样。他们不允许任何人在车上吸烟。你们必须以他们为榜样。”
人们要求泽林多将他的大巴服务扩展到其他地区。泽林多回答说，他正在向上帝祷告，请求上帝帮助他购买第二辆公共汽车。
在泽林多的影响下，有5个人准备接受洗礼。
“上帝看顾我的生意，”他说。“我赞美上帝，因为我可以通过巴士和我的商店找到祂。”
来源：本文译自《圣工消息》（社会青年季刊）2022年第一季
Miracle Bus
Zelindo, a 42-year-old shop owner in Timor-Leste, prayed to God for a no-smoking bus on the Indian Ocean island.
“Lord, I quit smoking, drinking, and eating unclean foods,” he said. “I don’t sell cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, or tea. But people are still smoking and drinking. Please help me. I want to buy a no-smoking bus so people can travel without smoke.”
Zelindo contacted his sister in the Indonesian city of Surabaya to ask about the price of a bus. She texted back that buses usually cost U.S.$35,000 but she had found a bus on sale for $31,500.
Zelindo excitedly told his brother, Fernando, about the bus, and Fernando offered to contribute $10,000.
Zelindo needed to pay a deposit of $15,000, so he transferred that amount from his savings. Three months later, he sent another $6,500.
He planned to use his brother’s $10,000 to pay off the rest when the bus arrived by ship in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste.
On a Sunday morning, Zelindo received the phone call that the bus had arrived at the port and he could collect it the next day. He needed to bring the $10,000 with him. He wasn’t worried because his brother had promised the money.
That evening, Zelindo and his wife counted their shop’s income from the previous week. Usually, the amount was $10,000 to $13,000, but this time they counted $28,000.
Zelindo and his wife looked at each other. “What is going on?” he asked.
In the morning, Zelindo went to his brother to collect the promised money. But Fernando said, “I meant to call you, but I forgot. I wanted to say I can’t help you with the $10,000.”
Zelindo smiled. He was happy because he realized that God had already helped him. He had enough money from his shop to pay for the bus.
The bus, which is named Salvation, has become well known across the island and is especially popular with pregnant women and mothers with children. Not only is smoking banned, but worship music is played as the bus travels between towns. A large sign on the side of the bus proclaims the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14 that Jesus is coming soon.
“People love the bus,” Zelindo said. “They love it because no one is allowed to smoke.”
Even the police have endorsed it. One day, a church member called Zelindo from Timor-Leste’s second-largest city, Baucau, to say that the police had come to the main bus terminal and told the drivers,
“You have to be like this Salvation bus. They don’t allow anyone to smoke on the bus. You must follow their example.”
People have asked Zelindo to expand his bus service to other districts. Zelindo replies that he is praying to the Lord for help to buy a second bus.
Through Zelindo’s influence, five people were preparing to be baptized.
“God is blessing my business,” he said. “I praise God that I can lead people to Him through the bus and my shops.”
Please find the original article at: https://am.adventistmission.org/mqa22q1-18
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