“Rain, Roar, Shine” Synposis:
“Rain, Roar, Shine” is a stage drama based on a real testimony. The story’s main character, Mary, grew up in a traditional Chinese family with teaching of Christian values like love others as yourself, giving with cheerful heart, marriage is a live long promise.
When Mary was young, she dreamed of having a loving husband and a blessed marriage. In college, she met Michael who treated her like an angel. However, Michael became a totally different person after marriage with verbal abuses, harsh criticism with everything Mary did. Meanwhile, Michael became very stingy, complaining everything, perfectionistic, and narcissistic making Mary very uneasy. However, she didn’t resist but continue to raise their son and daughter by herself. Although she feels sad and even thought of getting divorced, she still believes marriage is for life. This troubles her constantly. She prayed earnestly to God and miraculously, Michael asked for the divorce.
Later, Mary was inspired by God to change career from teaching to real estate. Although she didn’t know how to start, she only knew to trust and obey God, listen to the Holy Spirit. When her life started to get settled, her son suddenly was involved in a major car accident that damaged his brain. His chance for fully recovered was slim to none. After 30 days in ICU, God healed him miraculously.
After the abusive marriage, God doubled Mary’s blessings. Mary met her second husband who is kind, loving, and very supportive. They live together trusting God and the Holy Spirit. In addition, Mary’s real estate career is advancing well. Mary always gives to various medical research facilities, establishes scholarships for single family children, returning God’s favor to the needy communities.
This story has a collection of many life moments in Mary’s life. From her experiences show how God teaches, rescues, renews, protects, and provides guidance. Even in the golden age, she continues to learn the great love from God, His power can lead us to have a happy and abundant lives.
To many of us, when bad things happen, we always focus on finding the solutions. When the results are not satisfactory, we get anxious. When we lay our worries to God’s hands, God will give us peace that is out of this world. Even the situation is not resolved, we know that God is with us. When things turn worse, God is preparing behind the scenes. We just need to have faith and listen carefully with a living hope that God will give us guidance.
“As it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him” 1 Corinthians 2:9
“ In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1 Peter 1:6-7
Performance Locations:
06/15/2024 Sat 4:00pm
ECF International
437 South Garfield Avenue, Monterey Park, CA 91754
Tel: (626) 288-8828
07/13/2024 Sat 4:00pm
Grace Community Church
337 W. Pomona Blvd., Monterey Park, CA 91754
Tel:(323) 888-6087
08/10/2024 Sat 4:00pm
St Mark’s Chinese Lutheran Church
807 Turnbull Canyon Road, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
Tel: (626) 330-1643
08/24/2024 Sat 7:00pm
Chinese Baptist Church
8705 Lindell Road, #150, Las Vegas, NV 89139
Tel: (702) 516-5126
09/07/2024 Sat 4:00pm
First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena
Lee Chapel
3700 East Sierra Madre Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107
Tel:(626) 351-2477
09/21/2024 Sat 4:00pm
First Evangelical Church Arcadia
625 W. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia, CA 91016
Tel:(626) 249-0090
10/05/2024 Sat 4:00pm
Cantonese Baptist Church
119 S. Moore Street, Monterey Park, CA 91754
Tel:(626) 216-4661
02/22/2025 Sat 4:00pm
San Gabriel Valley Alliance Church
1027 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006
Tel:(626) 445-6394
07/18-19/2025 Fri & Sat
Location and time TBD
Manchester, UK
2025 Date to be confirmed
Faith Grace Chinese Evangelical Church
310 N. 2nd Ave, Covina, CA 91732
Tel:(626) 967-6991