Anson Wang
Property and BUFF Liaison
I was born in Shanghai and grew up in the United States. I am blessed to be raised in a Christian family. Both of my parents were educated in schools founded by missionaries in China. My father was a man of great faith, constantly praising God and walking closely with the Lord. He was the Provost and Chief Administrative Officer of Chiang Kai Shek University in Jiangxi Province, a career that was interrupted by China’s civil war.
In 1949, my father escaped with the family to Taiwan on the last flight out of Guilin. The miraculous escape was recounted to us many times. There were no longer any scheduled flights or other means out of China. As a man anchored in the God’s word, he prayed faithfully for help, and one day he heard the Lord’s voice telling him to go into town. There he wandered aimlessly until he came across an abandoned airline office. The Lord led him in and he found a pilot waiting for his plane to be refueled. This pilot turned out to be a long lost high school friend. My father always believed that this pilot had been sent as an “angel” to arrange his family’s transport on the DC-3 out of Mainland China.
My mother, brother and I are all believers in the Lord. In the 1950’s, my father was with the Department of Agriculture in Taiwan before the Lord again led him and his family to the United States. I was a teenager when I accepted the Lord as my Savior. I lived the faith growing up and was active in Christian fellowship at the University. After my studies, I joined an international bank in New York and was sent overseas with my wife, Anita and we lived in various countries before settling in Hong Kong, which is now our home.
Life in Hong Kong was hectic with work, travel commitments and I slowly drifted away from the faith. It was not until our daughter, Olivia was born that we were united in faith and led back to the Lord. We started worshipping at Union Church and both Anita and Olivia were baptized at Union. Our lives have been blessed in many ways since then. A few years ago, I served on the CoM at Union Church, but I stepped down after two years as I was away too often and was unable to make any significant contributions. However, my work situation has changed now and I am looking forward to joining CoM to contribute and making a difference for the Lord’s kingdom.