{"id":500,"date":"2013-03-05T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/?p=500"},"modified":"2013-03-05T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T08:00:35","slug":"for-we-cannot-but-speak-of-what-we-have-seen-and-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><div id=\"attachment_504\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work1.jpg?resize=510%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"measuring tapes and levellers\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work1.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work1.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">measuring tapes and levellers<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_501\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends.jpg?resize=510%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"they stayed till 2 in the morning for 2 nights.\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">they stayed till 2 in the morning for 2 nights.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_505\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work-3.jpg?resize=510%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"food and beverage\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work-3.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/faithful-friends-hard-at-work-3.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">food and beverage<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_506\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos.jpg?resize=510%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"many said the photos were exquisite!\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">many said the photos were exquisite!<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_507\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-2.jpg?resize=510%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"moving portraits\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-2.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-2.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">moving portraits<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_508\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-3.jpg?resize=340%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"i wish all of them could have been there!\" width=\"340\" height=\"510\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-3.jpg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-3.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/the-very-photos-3.jpg?resize=53%2C80&amp;ssl=1 53w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">i wish all of them could have been there!<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_509\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/my-cousin-James.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-509\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/my-cousin-James.jpg?resize=340%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"i hope James makes it someday to Fugong too\" width=\"340\" height=\"510\" class=\"size-full wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/my-cousin-James.jpg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/my-cousin-James.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/my-cousin-James.jpg?resize=53%2C80&amp;ssl=1 53w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">i hope James makes it someday to Fugong too<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_510\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/For-we-cannot-but-speak-of-what-weve-seen-and-heard.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/For-we-cannot-but-speak-of-what-weve-seen-and-heard.jpg?resize=510%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"But Peter and John answered them, &quot;Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.&quot;\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/For-we-cannot-but-speak-of-what-weve-seen-and-heard.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/For-we-cannot-but-speak-of-what-weve-seen-and-heard.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fugongmentalhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/For-we-cannot-but-speak-of-what-weve-seen-and-heard.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But Peter and John answered them, &#8220;Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.&#8221;<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIt took me a long time to put this up. What to say when you hear others come up to tell you their own powerful stories of loss and hope and grief? What to say when you ask Him to lift Himself up in this and then He does what you&#8217;ve asked and shines so bright and dazzling? What to say when you experience grace upon grace?<br \/>\nI arrived back in FG yesterday only to be told stories of the amazing things that have happened to some of our patients. Most of them were not in the exhibition photos because they&#8217;d felt or were really too ill to come to our thanksgiving cum photo-taking celebrations. But to be told that they were joyfully doing meaningful work (instead of laying in bed ruminating), or reading the good book on their own, or enthusiastically singing hymns and learning to sing them better, and all while I was away too! Under the capable servant-hearted hands of our project leader LXH, and our cheerful colleagues, our patients have flourished.<br \/>\nMay we, whether as patients experiencing His mercies new every morning, or as workers in the field for our Lord of the harvest, hallow His name everyday.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took me a long time to put this up. What to say when you hear others come up to tell you their own powerful stories of loss and hope and grief? 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