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Sure,  I  knew  that  English  was  not  my



        thing. I have been struggling with it for


        a long time!



        Strangely,  years  after  our  church  was


        established, a tiny voice within me said



        “you  shall  preach  in  English  when  you


        are  50  years  old”.  But  I  could  not



        remember  when  I  had  that  thought,


        maybe  in  my  late  30s.  Speaking  in


        English  to  an  audience?  That  was



        impossible! How could I ever preach in


        English?  I  even  could  not  preach  in



        Chinese!  I  stumbled  few  times  with


        great anxiety at work when I spoke to a



        room of people.


        In  addition  to  that,  I  gradually



        discovered  that  sometimes,  I  could  not


        even  organize  my  thoughts  very  well.  I



        stumbled  through  casual  talk  or


        discussions  often  as  I  just  did  not  have
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