Psalm 84:10 “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.”
Mrs. Man Woon Pang-Mak went home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ peacefully at the age of 90 on April 28, 2015.
Mrs. Pang was born in China on September 17, 1925 in a middle class family in Naklou City, Shunde District, Guangdong Province. She had two younger brothers and one younger sister. During that time, girls were generally neglected. Even the rich families would only send boys to go to school. But Man Woon’s father loved her very much and sent her to school to receive education. Unfortunately both parents passed away when Man Woon was 16 years old. As the eldest child, Man Woon took up the responsibility of taking care of her siblings. After World War II, life in China was very hard, so Man Woon decided to go to Hong Kong to find work. Because she was smart, hardworking and willing to learn, she earned many people’s trust and appreciation. Soon afterwards, she was able to bring her two younger brothers to Hong Kong and helped them find a living, settle down, and get married. All the while, she financially supported and nurtured her younger sister in China to go to school until she graduated from Guangzhou Lingnan University.
After numerous advices and urging by her aunt not just to care about others but should also pay attention to her marriage, Man Woon started to think about her own future. Then she met and got married to a nice, honest man, Mr. Kung Wu Pang. After marriage, Man Woon treated Mr. Pang’s family and friends as her own family. Besides taking great care of her aged mother-in-law, she also looked after her sister-in-law who was very sick and bedridden.
Man Woon and her husband loved each other very much and had two daughters, Senia and Irene. Man Woon was a great model of a wife and a mom. Though her burden of caring for the old and the young was very heavy, she never complained. She not only worked very hard to help support her family financially, she also took very good care of them. The family lived a simple life filled with love and joy. Unfortunately, Mr. Pang passed away in 1989. A few years later, the older daughter, Senia, was married to Allan Chin. They have a son, Thomas and they now all live in San Diego, California, U.S. The younger daughter, Irene, immigrated to Vancouver in 1997 and Man Woon moved to Vancouver the same year to live with her.
After moving to Canada, Man Woon had the opportunity to go to church and hear the Gospel. When she realized the precious grace and salvation that Jesus died on the cross to redeem her from her sin, she decided to give up her almost 60 years of Buddhism belief and accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior. She was devoted to following Jesus and was baptized in 2001. After accepting Christ, she deeply experienced God’s love, peace and joy. She was eager to study the Bible, learned to rely on the Lord and used the rest of her life to serve Him and glorify His name. One of Mrs. Pang’s favorite bible passages was Psalm 84.
Mrs. Pang will be deeply missed and always remembered with love by her family, relatives and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to any of the following charitable organizations: Burnaby Chinese Evangelical Free Church, Chinese Christian Mission of Canada, Culture Regeneration Research Society.
詩篇 84:10 「在你的院宇住一日,勝似在別處住千日;寧可在我神殿中看門,不願住在惡人的帳棚裡。」
彭麥文媛女士於2015年4月28日在兩位女兒的陪伴下安息主懷,享年90歲。
彭麥文媛於1925年9月17日出生於中國廣東省順德縣勒流市的一個小康家庭。家有兩位弟弟和一位妹妹。當時的社會觀念大都是重男輕女,即使是富貴人家,也只是男孩子才有上學的機會,而文媛的父親當時就送她入私塾讀書,可見父親對她確實寵愛有加。但是好境不常,文媛十六歲時父母相繼去世,身為長女,便承擔起撫養和照顧弟妹的責任。日戰結束後,大陸的生活十分困苦,為求生計,文媛決定隻身到香港找工作。因為她聰明勤奮,任勞任怨,並努力上進,所以得到眾人的信任和欣賞。因此很快便能帶同兩位弟弟到香港生活,並幫助他們成家立業。除此之外,文媛還供養和栽培在鄉下生活的妹妹,供書教學,直至妹妹於廣州嶺南大學畢業,找到生計。
因某位長輩多次勸導文媛不要只為他人著想,也應考慮自己的婚姻,她才開始為自已的將來打算,後來才與忠誠老實的彭公武先生結婚。婚後,文媛視夫家的家人和親友如同自己的親人,除每天悉心照顧年邁的家姑之外,對身患重病的姑奶也照顧得無微不至。
他們夫妻恩愛,育有兩位女兒,長女藹蘭 (Senia),幼女靄蓮 (Irene)。文媛是賢妻良母的典範,不但家中上有老下有嫩,生活擔子繁重,更要出外工作幫補家計,但她卻從無半點怨言,盡心盡力將家中的一切打理得有絛不紊,一家人的生活雖然過得平淡,卻非常溫馨和美滿。可惜彭先生在1989年因病去逝。數年後大女兒與練振雲先生(Allan Chin) 結婚,育有一子學文(Thomas), 現於美國加州聖地牙哥生活。幼女於1997年移民到溫哥華,同年她也來到溫哥華與幼女共同生活。
文媛來到加拿大後開始參加教會聚會,有機會聽到福音,明白主耶穌為她贖罪而被釘在十字架上的寶貴救恩,於是決定離棄信了接近六十年的佛教信仰,接受基督為救主,一心跟隨主耶穌,並於2001 年受浸。信主後,她深深感受到在神愛中的平安和喜樂,勤奮學習聖經話語,並學習依靠主,以餘生服事神,榮耀祂的名。詩篇 84篇是文媛最喜愛的聖經經卷之一。
彭太的家人、親友將深切掛念和永遠懷念她。
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