Here is my grandfather's eulogy which my mom is going to give tomorrow morning:

Mr. Ben-Si Kang (1925-2001)

My father, Mr. Ben Si Kang, native of Shikan now Sczechuan, China, was born on January 30, 1925. He graduated from the Central Huang Pu Military Academy. In 1948, he moved to Taiwan where he served in the Army and the Defense Department. In 1964, he moved our family to Brazil. The same year, through friends, Brother Stephen and Sister Christine Liu, he started to attend the Chinese Christian Church of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He accepted Christ at an evangelical meeting led by Brother Wu Yun. From then on, he lived a life full of God’s grace and blessing, and he treasured the fellowship within the Christian family. Psalm 23 and 133 were his favorite verses.

My father lived in Brazil for 30 years. After retirement, he came to United States and joined Home of Christ shortly afterwards. He became increasingly involved with the church. He learned to be content in any circumstance. He often reflected, “What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him.” He felt extremely fortunate that he lived with his son’s family and that his daughter’s family also lived nearby. He was also grateful that he could stay in a place like California with year-round sunshine and that so many friends lived here.

Six years ago my father was diagnosed with leukemia. He was treated with chemotherapy. Praise the Lord that he responded well to it and resumed a normal life for five years. However, last year, after my brother Kelvin passed away, his disease took a turn for the worse. He became resistant to the chemotherapy. My father was then treated with interferon but his body was too weak for it. Again, God showed mercy; he was accepted by the clinical trial STI571 and placed under the care of the best doctor at Stanford Hospital. He coped well with this new drug for almost a year.

In May of this year, he started having symptoms of fever, excessive sweat, and migrant headache. The doctor discovered that his leukemia had entered the acute phase.

During the past three months, he was very grateful that the entire church had been praying for him. In addition, my mom took very good care of him night and day, my sister in-law, Martha, prepared special meals for him, and I accompany him to his doctor visits. Such love carried him through while coping with new treatments and numerous blood transfusions.

A week ago, he was admitted to the hospital again - his red blood cells were so few that he was anemic and his white blood cells were insufficient to fight for any infections. During his last two days, he was very happy to see his friends from church, and he prayed and sang hymns on the hospital bed. On Wednesday, August 29 surrounded by loved ones, he passed away peacefully. Pastor Kwan said the last prayer.

My father and mother were married for 51 years. He was a devoted husband, a good father and father in-law, a loving grandfather, and a warm, happy, and deeply caring person to everyone who knew him. We will always remember him and will continue to count our many blessings as he always did.