Letter to Jan Paulsen from Chinese SDA pastor Liu

"When the Mission was still in China for so many decades, was there ever an incidence that more than 1000 or 2000 people being baptized at one time? Never. And yet, when there is no foreign leadership, this kind of baptisms of 1000 and 2000 actually happened. What do these facts indicate? It indicates that the progress of God's ministry does not depends upon talents, knowledge, and money, but the willingness to suffer hardship and to endure toil, and God's faithful sons and daughter obey God's guidance, look up to the results which are given by the Lord through the Holy Spirit. The past experiences, and the understanding of the past give us important lessons. We should always bear in mind of these lessons which the Lord has given us in practical lives."