My Battle Before Retirement
By Wen Xi, China I was born in the countryside, and when I was growing up, my family was very poor. I wore patched-up clothes when I went out, and th…
By Wen Xi, China I was born in the countryside, and when I was growing up, my family was very poor. I wore patched-up clothes when I went out, and th…
By Miaoxiao, China I grew up in a poor peasant family. My parents adopted me when they were almost 40 years old. Ever since I was old enough to under…
By Chen Xu, China I was born in a rural town, and my father was a dutiful and hardworking man. Though he didn’t talk much with me, he took on all the…
By Yiping, China When I was at school, I loved to listen to songs and read ancient poetry. Most of these works were themed on love. I was conditioned…
By Jinyi, China I was born into an ordinary farming family, and my parents taught me from a young age that I had to study hard so that when I grew up,…
By Xinyi, China When I was young, I often heard my grandmother say, “Look at that child from so-and-so’s family, what an uncaring ingrate, what an unf…
By Mei Hua, China When I was young, my family lived in a remote mountainous area. My parents made a living by farming, and life was quite tough. I hea…
By Zihan, China In June 2019, I went to another region to do my duties. I didn’t return home for over a year, so my nonbelieving husband reported me a…
By Xu Zhen, China My parents had always loved me dearly, ever since I was little, and they did hard physical labor to put my brother and me through sc…
By Shen Ming, China I was born in a rural family, and my parents made a living by farming. Since I can remember, my parents’ health had always been po…
By Gu Nian, China In 2019, 18-year-old Mu Xi was arrested by the CCP for preaching the gospel, given a two-and-a-half-year sentence, and released in A…
By Liang Zhi, China In 1998, the company my wife and I worked at went bankrupt, and we both lost our jobs. At that time, our financial situation at ho…
By Su Wei, China Since childhood, my family was relatively poor. Relatives and friends looked down on us, and even my grandparents rejected us. My mom…
By Zhizhuo, China I grew up in the countryside, and life at home was very difficult. I envied the lives of city people and felt that only by studying …
By Yi An, China Ever since I was young, I always liked the idea of a harmonious and whole family, but when I was in elementary school, my father sudd…
By Li Xin, China I was in charge of the church’s sermon work. In July 2023, I left home to do my duty, and by this time, my daughter had gotten marri…
By Chaoyue, China When I was young, I loved listening to accordion performances. Back in middle school, there was a girl in our class who could play …
By Su Xin, China My parents didn’t have much education and could only do hard labor, so they placed great importance on my brother’s and my education…