As many of you have heard by now, my father passed away on Thursday, Apr 19 from what the fire captain described as "natural causes." From the kitchen, my mother heard strange breathing noises coming from the bedroom. When she got there, my father was lying on the bed, not breathing, and all attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. His computer screen showed that he had been ebaying, looking to buy a music stand for my mom since she is starting to learn to play the guitar. Always thinking of others...
The last time I saw him was a few weeks ago when I noticed that he was on skype and we talked and saw each other using the webcam that I had just gotten him. How cool is that? What other 76 year olds do you know who are skypeing?
In my last email exchange with him, I had invited him to go to Cabo San Lucas with me this Summer, all expenses paid, to go fishing, play golf, and relax. My ulterior motive was to have extended times to talk with him and make sure that his faith was assured in Christ alone. His reply was that he has no interest in a vacation but that he would watch my kids so that Jinny and I could go. So typical of him.
When he moved down to San Diego in 2000, he told my mom that he wanted to be the janitor who cleans the toilets for our young church. He was disappointed to find that we had professionals who already did that job so instead he found joy babysitting our young kids so that we would be freed up to do more ministry in the church. I want to be just like him when I grow up.
Although he was evasive with his answers when asked about his Christianity, his standard reply was that he would let his actions do the talking. He had been baptized as a Christian back in the early 50s but he never used that bit of information to justify that he indeed was a Christian. If one can put a volume to his actions, they shouted his faith in Christ. I think he was sick of people who talked the talk without walking the walk. He was such an atypical Korean father. I will miss him.
The memorial service information is as follows:
- Wednesday night memorial service at LBC, 6:30pm 4/25
- Thursday morning memorial service at Young Nak Church of LA, 10:00am 4/26
- Graveside service at Rose Hills in Whittier, immediately following the service at Young Nak
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