Chasing the Dragon: One Woman's Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong's Drug Dens

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The boys who had come off drugs were very good at helping the "new boys." Having recently been through withdrawal, their faith was high. The other boys listened to them with some respect when they said, "It works - once you begin to pray, the pain goes. Just ask Jesus and pray in the Spirit." On loving selflessly: "It was as if God had given me a special love for him and that I was meant to show it, although it was not necessarily an emotion that should or could be returned. This love was for his good; it was quite different from any love for other people that I had before, in which I had always wanted something in return. I had never before loved somebody entirely for his benefit without caring what he felt for me." Few of the junkies...had any exposure to Christianity before coming off drugs. Far from being a hindrance, this helped them. Now they would arrive saying, "I heard how Ah Kei (or some other friend) has changed. He says it is Jesus who did it. Ah Kei is the meanest addict I know. If Jesus can change him, he can change me too." Their faith did not depend on theological concepts but on seeing Jesus working in others and on their willingness to let Him work in their lives. Each time they prayed, their prayers were answered, and their faith grew as they were healed. Ah Fung...stayed not one year but two in our houses and became very helpful and responsible with other boys. He was just one of the 75 boys we took in during the first 20 months. Each had his fascinating story, and all, without exception, came off heroin without pain and trauma."

I feel like this about 3.5 weeks a year on average, so as you may have guessed I don’t read more than one memoir a year. This book challenged me to pray in the Spirit more and to encourage others to employ this gift also. Speaking in tongues is biblical … and it is for today! Let’s not forget it’s value, nor allow religious tradition and the fear of man to keep from speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives us utterance. The needs are too great, the hour is too late, and hell is too hot for us to neglect to use this wonderful gift to help us to reach people and deliver them from Satan’s grip. But the way she brings this gift across even has me questioning my own prejudices (which is always a good thing). The presence of God and the power of Jesus are undeniable in her accounts. The sort of life that seems to me the natural path for a Christian is showing up in what she's doing. Maybe I'm the one who's missing something.CtD carries a latent pentecostal punch. Only after you've committed to Pullinger's story does the gift of tongues come to center stage. Honestly, speaking in a Holy Spirit language is both catalyst and content to much of her work in Hong Kong's Walled City.

All of them lived in fear of the infamous Triad gangs – even though most of the gang members were just teenagers. Immediately, things began to change in her ministry. Although she used the same words and same methods in sharing the Gospel, now she began to see powerful results. As she walked about the Walled City praying in the Spirit quietly under her breath, h earts were miraculously opened and lives changed! Drug addicts and gang members began to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior.She speaks very frankly of how, once she become famous in church circles, how disappointed Western “voyeurs” she calls the, who come for short term missions are in how hard the work is. They leave disillusioned because they do not understand the serving, feet washing part of Christian ministry.

Many addicts who prayed for Jesus’ help found themselves freed of their addiction without going through any kind of withdrawal. I could have easily done the same but that would have been embellishing the truth. It made me introspect a lot and I ask myself some very tough questions. Pullinger writes with humor and flair; she feels within her right to invoke mild sarcasm at times toward the church where it failed to share her burden. While I couldn't give less than five starts for the dramatic impact of this book, there were a few ways in which I'd have liked to see the story improved. When she arrived she followed her heart to find the direction for her ministry. Compassion led her into the Walled City, a putrifying maze of opium dens, pornographic movie theaters, brothels and squaller. There she found the offscourings of humanity—people given over to worst depravities, abusing and abused, apparently lost forever.

I am not pentecostal. I grew up suspicious of anyone who raised their hands in church. Speaking in tongues, signs and wonders, healings and resurrections were all a bit far for my home church. Even today, I'm still a bit iffy about things like prophetic words and power evangelism. If God want to act in that way, great! But it will take a little work on God's end to overcome my scepticism. She really showed how powerful Jesus's love is, even for those who have raped, fought, stolen, stabbed, or murdered

Full Book Name: Chasing the Dragon: One Woman’s Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong’s Drug Den I said to the Lord, it would be worth my whole life if you would use me to save just one of them. I want to be in your purpose.”No review can encapsulate the inspiration, lessons, and exhortation presented in this testimony of Pullinger's work. Here are a few things that hit me: A very influential gang member was impressed by her resilience and that she hadn't left the Walled City, so he concluded that she must be serious about Christianity Upon word that his father was dying, Bibi went to see him in the hospital. When he arrived, his father, who had come off opium himself and become a believer, said simply, "Now that Jesus has made my sons good, I'm ready to go to heaven." He kissed both his sons a tender farewell, but instead of dying, he was healed as his sons prayed for him. A week later, he was discharged.