The Presence That Came from the Lord—Seemingly Both a Lamb and a Lion
In my early days, when I had just been saved while in college, I would often see Brother Wu whenever I attended the college students' winter and summer conferences and trainings. But since he never had any speaking ministry in the college trainings, I did not know him at all; I only knew that he seemed to be one who handled affairs, something like a head custodian of cleaning.
Around the year 2000, for the sake of the service of two local churches in our area, under the leading and accompaniment of Brother Guanghong and Brother Dong of Hsinchu, I went with Brother Wang Renyue (王仁越) to the general deacons' office in Taipei to have fellowship with Brother Wu and Brother Lin Hong (林鴻). At that time we recounted the difficulties and situation of our locality. On the one hand, Brother Wu seemed to be the one who made the decisions, but on the other hand he would always ask for Brother Lin's feeling, and he would also very humbly ask the brothers for their feelings; in the end his judgments were also very decisive. After the meeting he even invited several of us brothers out to a restaurant for a love feast, to relieve our tense and pressured emotions—this happened twice—which could be counted as a closer contact with the brother. The impression this gave me was that Brother Wu relied very much on the members of the Body, did not insist on his own opinions, was wholly one with Brother Lin in their coordination, and was both touching the actual situation of the local churches and possessing the presence that came from the Lord—seemingly both a lamb and a lion.
Later, in March 2010, at a very formal meeting in our locality, Brother Wu again came together with Brother Lin Hong to support us. From his speaking one could tell that he still remembered very clearly the past events of our locality from ten years before. Then, in November of that same year, after the fellowship among the leading and responsible brothers of the Hsinchu-Miaoli district, Brother Wu walked toward me. I courteously greeted him first, and he suddenly asked me what my name was. I thought, sure enough, he did not remember me, so I very politely gave my name—but unexpectedly he said, "Ah! You are Cao So-and-so!" It turned out that he did remember the name, but could not match it to the person. He explained rather awkwardly that it was because all my hair was gone.… Brother Wu's meticulous care for the affairs of the church, and his intimate, detailed service toward people, are the pattern he left for me to learn in my service.