On April 6, 2022, my 71-year-old mother passed away peacefully and was taken to heaven by God.
My mother was born in the 1950s and was born in a poor era. She was the eldest child in her family and had two younger brothers. She lost her father at the age of three and her mother at the age of 19. In her first marriage, her husband was an alcoholic and abusive man.
In her second marriage, I was born as an extra birth and my mother lost her job. Due to poverty, different personalities and tastes between my mother and father, the quarrel between them had never stopped during more than 30 years of marriage. Thankfully, in my first year of college, I accepted the faith of Christ and became a Christian. In the days after that, I was doing what I could to serve the church.
After graduation, I became a full-time preacher. At that time, I dared not tell my family about it for the fear that it would frighten them and cause more conflicts, especially my mother who had high blood pressure all year round. Every time on the phone and on the way home, I would glorify Jesus with the good things I had experienced and the achievements I had made in my work, and witness the changes that Jesus had made in my life little by little, hoping that this process could open my mother's heart. One day, after five years of trying, I found that my mother suddenly became very willing to go to church gatherings near her hometown.
Believers in the neighborhood led her to the church, but the first church didn't make a good impression. Later, she was introduced to the newly-built Three-Self Church in her hometown, where she attended church every Sunday. In 2020, my mother said, "My son, I'm going to be baptized." I was very happy to hear this and gave glory to God. From then on, she started to attend regular gatherings.
In the summer of 2021, my mother quarreled with my father several times. My mother had heart and brain vascular problems for many years, in the accumulation of negative emotions, she woke up one morning with her mouth crooked and her eyes glazed. I persuaded her to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible, and then my father accompanied my mother to the hospital. However, after being in hospital and taking some medicine for treating thrombosis for half a month, my mother was completely hemiplegic. Finally, my mother went home to recuperate, because she was afraid of pain and refused rehabilitation training. In this way, she became paralyzed for one year and four months, losing her physical freedom and the ability to speak, while my father took care of her and helped her with all kinds of living problems.
There were two groups of co-workers, two in a group, that would come to my mother twice a week, on Monday and Friday, to sing praise and pray for my mother. They also listened to what my father said, and during the process, they preached the Gospel to my father. However, he was a hard-hearted man who seemed to believe nothing. In the second half of 2021, church co-workers came to my mother's home to pray. In the process, my father began to read the hymnbook and learn to pray. Slowly, my father accepted the Gospel of Christ and became a Christian.
I went home to take care of my mother for more than 20 days during the Chinese New Year. After three days, my body ached. At that time, my mother cried when eating, and then coughed. At first, I always criticized her for not being sensible. Later, I knew that this was the reaction of a thrombus compressing the swallowing nerve. When my father was going to feed her, he would recite the Apostolic Creed to her first, and then fed her, which was better than feeding her straight away.
In the third month after returning to work in the South, my mother left the world within minutes of my last video chat with her. My heart was full of sadness and regret because I couldn't go home since my hometown was quarantined and the city was closed. The co-workers of the church at home said to me on video, "We prayed for your mother after your last video chat. After praying, she left peacefully without any suffering. That was a real blessing. Don't worry, we will help your mother leave with God's grace. "
That afternoon, the church co-workers dressed her in white clothes, dressed her holy and beautiful, and then sent her to the funeral parlor. The next day, six sisters from the church held a praise and memorial service in the Christian funeral parlor. Relatives on the scene also witnessed my mother's coffin and the funeral parlor filled with God's blessing and glory.
Although my mother's life was full of many misfortunes and bitterness, thanks to God, her life on earth had a happy ending, and she could confidently enter the next part of life, namely eternal life, which is God's compassion and comfort for the poor.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
2022年4月6日，71岁的母亲安详地离开了这个世界，被上帝接到了天堂。
笔者的母亲是一位50后，她出生在一个贫穷的时代，家中排行老大，两个弟弟，母亲三岁失去她的父亲，19岁失去了她的母亲。第一段婚姻，丈夫酗酒，常常家暴。
在母亲的第二段婚姻中，我出生了，作为超生的我，母亲失去了工作。夫妻二人因为家境的贫寒、性格、情趣的不同，30多年的婚姻中，我父亲与母亲的争吵没有停止过。感谢的是，在大学一年级的时候，我接受了基督的信仰，成为一名基督徒。也在那以后的日子里，我在做着力所能及的对教会的事奉。
毕业之后，我做了全职传道人，那个时候不敢告诉家里的人，怕吓到他们，引起更大的矛盾，尤其母亲常年高血压。每一次在电话里，在回家的时候，我会把自己所经历的好的事情，工作上有成就的事情，都归荣耀给耶稣，潜移默化地见证耶稣在我生命中的改变，希望这个过程能够打开我母亲的心门。在长达5年的努力中，有一天我母亲突然容易愿意去老家附近的教会聚会了。
邻居有信主的，带领着她去聚会，但是第一个教会并没有给她好的印象。 后来她经人介绍去了老家的新建的三自教会，在那里每周日参加礼拜。2020年，我母亲说：“儿子，我要受洗了。”我听了非常的高兴，将荣耀归给神。从此之后，她开始固定的聚会。
2021年夏天，母亲跟父亲吵过几次架，原本母亲心脑血管有问题很多年了，在负面情绪积累下，母亲在一天早上起来就嘴歪了，眼神呆滞。我劝说去医院尽快治疗，父亲陪着母亲走着去的医院，但是住了院，打了半个月的通血栓的药后，彻底偏瘫了。最后回家修养，因为母亲怕疼，拒绝康复训练。就这样，母亲瘫痪一年零四个月，失去了肢体的自由和说话的能力，父亲照料吃喝拉撒。
每周两次，周一和周五，教会会来两组同工，一组两人，到家为母亲唱赞美，祷告。同时倾听我爸说的一些情况，这个过程中，教会的同工们给我父亲传福音，我父亲心很硬，看似什么都信，又什么都不信。到了2021年的下半年，有一次教会同工们来家祷告，这个过程中，父亲也开始看诗歌本，也开始学习祷告，慢慢的，父亲接受了基督的福音，成为了一名基督徒。
过年回家照顾母亲20多天,三天下来，浑身上下酸疼。当时母亲吃饭会哭闹，后期呛咳，一开始我总是批评她不懂事。后来才知道，这是血栓压迫了吞咽神经的反应。而父亲给母亲喂饭的时候，他会给母亲背诵使徒信经，然后给母亲喂饭，效果要比直接喂更好。
回到南方工作后的第三个月，在与母亲最后一次视频后的几分钟里，母亲离开了这个世界。心中充满了难过和遗憾，因为老家疫情封控，城市封闭，无法回家。家里教会的同工们视频对我说：“我们在你和母亲视频后，给你母亲做了祷告，祷告后，她就安详的离开了，没有遭一点罪，这真是有福气的表现。 你就不要担心了，我们会帮助你母亲带着神的恩典离开的。”
当天下午，教会同工们给穿好洁白的衣服，装扮的圣洁美好，然后送往殡仪馆，第二天六位教会的姊妹在基督教殡仪室内做赞美和追思会，在场的亲人也目睹了母亲棺木和灵堂充满了神的祝福和荣耀。
母亲虽然一生中充满了很多不幸与苦悲，但感谢的是，上帝让她在地上的一生有了一个美好的结局，她可以坦然的进入到生命的下一段，就是永生，这是神向着穷人的怜悯与安慰。
见证| 母亲荣归天家后儿子的回忆
On April 6, 2022, my 71-year-old mother passed away peacefully and was taken to heaven by God.
My mother was born in the 1950s and was born in a poor era. She was the eldest child in her family and had two younger brothers. She lost her father at the age of three and her mother at the age of 19. In her first marriage, her husband was an alcoholic and abusive man.
In her second marriage, I was born as an extra birth and my mother lost her job. Due to poverty, different personalities and tastes between my mother and father, the quarrel between them had never stopped during more than 30 years of marriage. Thankfully, in my first year of college, I accepted the faith of Christ and became a Christian. In the days after that, I was doing what I could to serve the church.
After graduation, I became a full-time preacher. At that time, I dared not tell my family about it for the fear that it would frighten them and cause more conflicts, especially my mother who had high blood pressure all year round. Every time on the phone and on the way home, I would glorify Jesus with the good things I had experienced and the achievements I had made in my work, and witness the changes that Jesus had made in my life little by little, hoping that this process could open my mother's heart. One day, after five years of trying, I found that my mother suddenly became very willing to go to church gatherings near her hometown.
Believers in the neighborhood led her to the church, but the first church didn't make a good impression. Later, she was introduced to the newly-built Three-Self Church in her hometown, where she attended church every Sunday. In 2020, my mother said, "My son, I'm going to be baptized." I was very happy to hear this and gave glory to God. From then on, she started to attend regular gatherings.
In the summer of 2021, my mother quarreled with my father several times. My mother had heart and brain vascular problems for many years, in the accumulation of negative emotions, she woke up one morning with her mouth crooked and her eyes glazed. I persuaded her to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible, and then my father accompanied my mother to the hospital. However, after being in hospital and taking some medicine for treating thrombosis for half a month, my mother was completely hemiplegic. Finally, my mother went home to recuperate, because she was afraid of pain and refused rehabilitation training. In this way, she became paralyzed for one year and four months, losing her physical freedom and the ability to speak, while my father took care of her and helped her with all kinds of living problems.
There were two groups of co-workers, two in a group, that would come to my mother twice a week, on Monday and Friday, to sing praise and pray for my mother. They also listened to what my father said, and during the process, they preached the Gospel to my father. However, he was a hard-hearted man who seemed to believe nothing. In the second half of 2021, church co-workers came to my mother's home to pray. In the process, my father began to read the hymnbook and learn to pray. Slowly, my father accepted the Gospel of Christ and became a Christian.
I went home to take care of my mother for more than 20 days during the Chinese New Year. After three days, my body ached. At that time, my mother cried when eating, and then coughed. At first, I always criticized her for not being sensible. Later, I knew that this was the reaction of a thrombus compressing the swallowing nerve. When my father was going to feed her, he would recite the Apostolic Creed to her first, and then fed her, which was better than feeding her straight away.
In the third month after returning to work in the South, my mother left the world within minutes of my last video chat with her. My heart was full of sadness and regret because I couldn't go home since my hometown was quarantined and the city was closed. The co-workers of the church at home said to me on video, "We prayed for your mother after your last video chat. After praying, she left peacefully without any suffering. That was a real blessing. Don't worry, we will help your mother leave with God's grace. "
That afternoon, the church co-workers dressed her in white clothes, dressed her holy and beautiful, and then sent her to the funeral parlor. The next day, six sisters from the church held a praise and memorial service in the Christian funeral parlor. Relatives on the scene also witnessed my mother's coffin and the funeral parlor filled with God's blessing and glory.
Although my mother's life was full of many misfortunes and bitterness, thanks to God, her life on earth had a happy ending, and she could confidently enter the next part of life, namely eternal life, which is God's compassion and comfort for the poor.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
Testimony: Son's Memories of His Deceased Mother
