剛從大溪地回來，滿腦子海洋，週一心中忽然微風起浪，想起本週排我口譯主日講道，趕緊查閱週報看是誰主講 --『巴柝聲』1，蝦米? 巴哥哥? 那個走路跟大象似的駝背巨人? 英俊幽默的劍橋第八傑2? 怎麼這麼巧? 繞了半個地球，學生要為師傅服務了，別時君未婚，故人可瀟灑依舊?
大學時進入團契，這位來自英國的團契輔導在外文系兼職任教，我既非文學院學生，也無緣參加他私授的查經班，雖接觸不多，他那口流利的國語、解經嚴謹卻愛謅台語、開玩笑，近190公分的高大身材可又謙卑柔和，親和力十足，令人印象深刻。當時年輕氣盛，聽巴哥講道少不了暗地批判: 天馬行空，想到哪講到哪，有時一頭霧水，得想半天他到底在說什麼? 太吊詭了。寒暑假參加鄉村福音隊3，較多機會跟巴哥和當時的隊長饒孝柏牧師學習，在台灣偏僻的鄉野他們帶著年輕學子，挨家挨戶地傳福音，每天為陌生人祝福禱告。他的禱告簡單樸實、如行雲流水，沒廢話，少基督教術語，真誠感人。
It's holiday season. ST came to visit J and the two of them had a good time chatting. J seemed to be in haste after lunch and sent ST off. She said she's going to visit Jared, an old friend from high school. It's been two years since J last met Jared and she overheard he'd dropped out from Uni. Was J inspired by ST's warm friendship and chose to follow suit?
A minivan parked in front of Jared's house. Outfitted with power hoist, the revamped car allows a wheelchair to be rolled into the cabin easily. Two long planks serve as wheelchair ramp leading to the house. Jared's mum took a leave from her florist work to meet us and said that Jared was very nervous as he rarely had any guest, let alone girl visitors! Also, she cautioned J: "Jared's been quite different from what you might remember two years ago. Don't be alarmed!" Filing into Jared's bedroom and seeing him bed-ridden with an air mask on, I was instantly alarmed - not a good sign!
放假了，ST 來探望小J，兩人聊得好不愉快，午餐過後小J 匆匆送客，說是要去探望她的老同學傑瑞，兩年多沒見，聽說傑瑞休學在家，是ST友情的溫暖讓小J 學會「推己及人」嗎?
傑瑞家門口停了輛麵包車，平常出入得靠車上的升降機起卸他的輪椅，門口沒有斜坡道，兩條長木板權充輪椅車道。傑瑞的媽媽出來迎接我們，說傑瑞很緊張，因為很少有同齡的朋友來看他，尤其是女生，她還提醒小 J : 傑瑞跟兩年前大不一樣，別嚇著。進了傑瑞的臥房，躺在床上的他口戴空氣罩，輪到J媽緊張起來，呼吸要靠機器，狀況不妙。
假如你去歪哥李(Levi Vaoga)家拜訪，很可能看到他穿戴圍裙在廚房裡忙。身高193公分的他，洗衣、
吸塵、炒菜跟舉重都是家常便飯，沒啥區別，頂著紐西蘭巨無霸的頭銜，他可是五金建材量販屋 Mitre 10 的代言人，經常要出席連鎖店的揭幕儀式，或在各地一展大力士的功夫，私底下他最喜歡的工作其實是當宅爸，窩在家裡陪兩個女兒讀書。
他太太戴安在附近的陸軍基地上班，打從女兒出生，歪哥李就當家庭煮夫，一手包辦做便當、接送女兒、整理家務，中間還穿插他自己的健身訓練和出差旅行。「我可是真正的大丈夫，洗碗、洗衣、吸塵、煮飯，太太女兒回家前，通通搞定。」他笑聲震耳「當然我廚藝不差啦，要是煮不好、吃不飽，人會變瘦的！」將近200公斤的體重就這麼來的，他的拿手菜是烤肉和咖哩雞。
