the funeral back in hk was a blessed one as everything is quite smooth~~
the weather, the procedures, all are well timed. really thank God for it.
my grandfather passed away in peace, while he was having his meal, just left, no pain.
after witnessing several funerals, i prayed to God to hope that mine is a painless one.
haha.
his life was tough, came to a remote island in hk from China due to war, had language barrier as he is a teochew(hk's main language is cantonese)
he farmed, and fetch his family over(wife and 6 kids)
it was tough, they were poor.
in this circumstance, he turned to Buddha.
he told buddha that if he can make his life better, he will be a veg in his life.
so he start eating veg, but life did not turn better.
even in times whereby the family had no money to eat, he still take money to offer to buddha.
for this, he often quarrel with grandma.
my grandma is a very traditional woman, so she follow my grandfather's religion, w/o really believing.
she will quietly keep money as grandpa use money this way.
she felt that having money with her will give her peace.
five yrs ago, my grandpa had an illness and could not really walk.
he call out to buddha and ask buddha to save him, but nothing changed.
he start questioning his belief, "where are u when i need u? i had been worshipping u all this years!".
brothers and sisters from church start visiting him,praying for him caring for grandma.
he slowly get to know Jesus, reading the bible, and finally decided to accept Christ and was baptized in 06. this is something we could not imagine as he was a devoted buddhist that had been a vegetarian for more than 40 years. the amazing work of God and the love and care from his daughter, brother and sisters from church.
as my grandpa often need to go to hospital, the hospital fees need to be paid.
his sons and daughters try to
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i'm sorry.

the damage had been inflicted.
i hope by using words, i can cushion the damage a bit.
nevertheless, what was done wrong by me had occurred.
i can only be sorry.

07/12/08

david and my grandfather returned to the Lord on the same day.

david, i always called him "King David".
he is the brother that taught me how to do logistic stuff such as where to look for the mike stand, the sound system,how to set up stuffs.

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