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==Conversion and training== In the spring of 1920, when Nee was 17, [[Dora Yu]] was invited to hold ten days of revival meetings<ref>Wu, Silas H. ''Dora Yu and Christian Revival in Twentieth-Century China''. Boston: Pishon River Publications (2002), 158.</ref> in the [[Church of Heavenly Peace, Fuzhou|Church of Heavenly Peace in Fuzhou]].<ref>Wu, Silas H. ''Dora Yu and Christian Revival in Twentieth-Century China''. Boston: Pishon River Publications (2002), 175.</ref> After Nee's mother attended these meetings, she was moved to apologize to her son for a previous incident of unjust punishment. Her action impressed Nee so much that he determined to attend the next day's evangelistic meetings to see what was taking place there. After returning from the meeting, according to Nee's own account: {{Blockquote|text=On the evening of 28th April, 1920, I was alone in my room, struggling to decide whether or not to believe in the Lord. At first I was reluctant but as I tried to pray I saw the magnitude of my sins and the reality and efficacy of Jesus as the Savior. As I visualized the Lord's hands stretched out on the cross, they seemed to be welcoming me, and the Lord was saying, "I am waiting here to receive you." Realizing the effectiveness of Christ's blood in cleansing my sins and being overwhelmed by such love, I accepted him there. Previously I had laughed at people who had accepted Jesus, but that evening the experience became real for me and I wept and confessed my sins, seeking the Lord's forgiveness. As I made my first prayer I knew joy and peace such as I had never known before. Light seemed to flood the room and I said to the Lord, "Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me."|sign=Watchman Nee|source=''Watchman Nee's Testimony''.}} As a student at Trinity College, Nee began to speak to his classmates concerning his salvation experience. Later, he recounted: {{Blockquote|text=Immediately I started putting right the matters that were hindering my effectiveness, and also made a list of seventy friends to pray for daily. Some days I would pray for them every hour, even in class. When the opportunity came I would try to persuade them to believe in the Lord Jesus... With the Lord's grace I continued to pray daily, and after several months all but one of the seventy persons were saved.|sign=Watchman Nee|source=''Watchman Nee's Testimony''.}} After his conversion, Nee desired to be trained as a Christian worker. He first attended Dora Yu's Bible Institute in Shanghai, though he was still a high school student. However, he was dismissed due to his bad and lazy habits, such as sleeping in late. Eventually, Nee's seeking to improve his character brought him into close contact with a British missionary [[Margaret E. Barber]] who became his teacher and mentor.<ref name=seed>Reetzke, James. ''M.E. Barber: A Seed Sown in China.'' Chicago: Chicago Bibles & Books (2005).</ref><ref>Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei. ''Watchman Nee and the Little Flock Movement in Maoist China.'' Church History 74:1 (2005), 73.</ref> Nee would visit Barber on a weekly basis in order to receive spiritual help. Barber treated Nee as a young learner and frequently administered strict discipline. When she died in 1930, Barber left all of her belongings to Nee, who wrote: {{Blockquote|text=We feel most sorrowful concerning the news of the passing away of Miss Barber in Lo-Hsing Pagoda, Fukien. She was one who was very deep in the Lord, and in my opinion, the kind of fellowship she had with the Lord and the kind of faithfulness she expressed to the Lord are rarely found on this earth.|sign=Witness Lee|source=''Watchman Nee: A Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age''.}}
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