China: Orphans Welcome at Secret Christian School Print E-mail

First Anna was kicked out of school, then she was kicked out of her house! Anna’s mother died when Anna was very young. After a while, Anna’s father got married again. But Anna’s new stepmother did not want her.

Some helpful Christians in a house church began taking care of Anna when she was 9 years old. Soon they took her to a Christian orphanage. A pastor called Pastor Bike and his wife took care of five orphans at the home. Pastor Bike loved the children and took very good care of them. During the day, the children went to school.

 

But the Chinese school did not allow orphans to go to school. They kicked Anna out.

 
Government officials did not like Pastor Bike because of his Christian activities. They cut off the electricity to the orphanage. Anna and the other orphans had to read and play by candlelight. Then on Christmas Eve, the orphans and Pastor Bike and his wife were kicked out of their home. They moved to a hotel while the pastor looked for another place to live. Since then, they have had to move several times. Each time they find a new place, the government finds a way to get them kicked out.

 

Now Anna and the other orphans attend a secret Christian school. They live at the school during the week and return to Pastor Bike’s home on weekends. There is no place to take a bath or wash their clothes at the school, so they get clean on weekends.

 

Anna, who is now 11, is very thankful that she is able to go to school and to live with the kind pastor and his wife. She hopes to serve the Lord when she grows up.
 

Extra Information!

Why is he called “Pastor Bike?”

In 1998, the pastor began taking a bicycle trip across China, bringing the gospel to towns and villages. That’s how he got the nickname “Pastor Bike.” He brought the gospel to many of China’s provinces before a leg injury stopped him from cycling any more. (A province is like a state.)

 

Sometimes Pastor Bike gets on trains and rides them for several days, preaching to passengers along the way. He has been arrested and put in prison many times for his preaching. In prison, he preaches to the other prisoners.

 

Chinese officials tell landlords not to rent houses to Pastor Bike. If the landlords do rent to him, the officials threaten the landlords until they kick Pastor Bike out.

 

 

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