Anniversary of the beginning of our ministry in garden grove , i find myself almost every night waking up about 2 or 3 o clock and then spending an hour , at least , alone in quiet prayer 周年，在这里，在这城? ，我几乎每晚两三点就醒来，然后花最少一小时安静祷告。
If you consider yourself a member of this church , and that means if you live in shanghai , or moscow , or south africa or new york or garden grove i want to encourage you to tithe to this church 若你有感是这里的一分子，即使你住在上海莫斯科南非纽约或其他各地，我想你把奉献带来。
I just walked the streets of garden grove that led through all the new tracts of homes , rang doorbells and asked the question : " are you an active member of a local church ? 我走到每一条街道上，按门铃：你有参加教会吗？我见了很多人，也邀请他们来：相信我们，我们要建立一间改变世界的教会
So when i signed the contract 47 years ago for my denomination to come to garden grove , california to build a church , they said , " you choose the property , the architect and design the kind of church you need 四十七年前，我来到林园这儿要建立这间教会，人们对我说：你可以选择建筑物，可以选择建筑师，
But then shortly after that somebody else came along and said , " i have ten acres of ground , it s not downtown garden grove , but it s out in the open country and you can buy it cheap 接著有人来跟我说：我在林园外有十英亩的土地，由于它在市郊，而不是市中心，所以售价会很便宜。是的，我们就在那十英亩地上建成希望之塔。
The following weekend , however , we moved to the other location in the city of garden grove . at that venue , besides a booth that displayed master s literature and tapes , we were able to acquire another one to promote vegetarian food 第二个周末，我们移往位于林园市的另一个展示点，除展出师父出版品外，并多设了一个推广素食的摊位。
Yesterday , i had the honor of speaking to a gathering of presidents of theological seminaries , about 250 of them , protestant , catholic , at the garden grove convention center . we were thinking about how to make the church strong 昨天我有幸跟250位神学院院长见面，在我们的会议中心，我向这些院长和教授说，他们来自新教和罗马天主教，我在结束时对他们说他们想要处理如何处理教会。
Paging through the book , i was shocked to see a double spread of the crystal cathedral in garden grove . it made me very proud of all of you . i m glad you can be honored with the investment of your gifts in this cathedral 当然，我很想看看他们用了罗马圣彼得大教堂哪一张照片我很惊讶看到水晶宫大教堂占了两大页，为这建筑物付出过的人，我以你们为荣，很高兴你们能因著这投资而得尊荣
But on a specific day my father and i were driving from garden grove down to san diego and i pointed to a piece of property at the side of freeway 5 and i said , " that s where i m going to build my church . " it happened to be a 97 - acre ranch 但有一天家父和我开车从这里前往圣地牙哥，途中我指著一块地，说：我要在那里建立我的教会，那里刚好有个97亩的牧场，我要向那牧场的主人要10亩地，那么我就可以在那里建教会。
By the time my father started the crystal cathedral , or at that time it was the garden grove community church , he needed somebody who could held give him a boost and he wrote dr . norman peale a letter and invited him to come and to preach in a " church without walls . 9月23日，罗文彪夫人庆祝一百大寿罗文彪夫妇，文彪和路得，他们协助成立这教会。我的父母说，若没有罗文彪夫妇的帮忙，他们得用双倍时间来建立这教会。
