Torn between his personal desires and larger principles, Kolas Foting, who is also an elder of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, has prayed many times for the courage and wisdom to resolve this problem. "Which should be the basis for my actions, the law or my feelings for my tribespeople?" he asks.
也是基督教長老教會長老的他，多次向神禱告、尋求解決問題的勇氣與智慧：「政府之『法』與族人之『情』之間，我該站在哪一邊？」