"Pebble"

Pebble is a name literally translated from Xiao Shi (small stone). Who is he? He is a Christian, retired professor, and eloquent speaker who travels around the world to tell people about Jesus. I first met him in a church activity in 2003. As soon as I listened to him talk about his life, I just knew that he truly loved God and that he was my role model. On his annual gospel tour, Tunghai is always one of his stops. In 2005, I invited several colleague friends of mine to his talk. After the talk, I bought the four books written by him: two for myself and the other two for whoever I think was suitable to read. Then I gave only one book away and have kept the rest of them all these years. Six years later today, once again I went to his lecture with one of my non-Christian friends who had gone to his talk before. The topic of the talk this time was "When We Face Frustration in Our Lives", a very good one for people our age. During the talk, I happened to see my friend dozing off. Although I knew very well why that happened, I was not bothered by it. Instead, I was busy taking notes while listening. After the talk, I went to the book stand and bought the whole set of Pebble's books--8 books! Wow! I didn't know he's such a productive writer. In 2005 he had two books. 6 years later, he's accumulated 8 books. I admire him for his being prolific. After I got all the books, I went to him asking him for his autograph. Patiently and compassionately he wrote down his name and some words of encouragement. On my way to his speech, my hands and mind were empty; however, on my way back to office, one of my hands was holding a bag of 8 books with Pebble's autograph and my heart and mind were filled with Pebble's love and words of wisdom!