How good God is.
A couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with the HK-born cashier at BreadTalk. We have formed quite a rapport, and I like to chat with her in a mix of Cantonese and English when I'm paying for my week's supply of buns.
This time, I enquired how her grandson is doing, as I know she's a very proud grandma.
She answered me completely in Cantonese.
My Cantonese being very limited, I was only able to recognize and translate an odd word or phrase here and there, from which I gathered her grandson had been having fever for several days, the doctor had been unable to determine the cause, and the family was worried.
I decided that I wanted to say something positive and encouraging before I left.
But what?
I sent up a quick prayer for divine assistance - it all happened so fast I can't tell you what happened in sequence. I only know that my brain processed the translation from English (the wish) to Mandarin (my second language) to Cantonese (her language) in record time.
And out of my mouth came a very simple but adequate wish - "Hei mong nei ge xun fai di ho".
Translation: "I hope your grandchild gets well soon."
You should have seen the size of her smile - it just lit up her face.
She thanked me profusely, and two much happier individuals went on with their day.
Praise God for how powerfully and specifically He answers prayers.
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