The Words of the Mylar Family
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The Words of the Mylar Family |
He passed October 4, 2012 at 12:30 pm EST in Wilmington, Delaware. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer less than a month ago and was in hospice care. Plans for his Seunghwa have not yet been set.
AUWE! AUWE! AUWE! For those of you not from Hawaii, there's no translating that cry which captures the sorrow in my heart at the passing of my brother from Hawaii, Kem Mylar. We met in 1974 at Belvedere, where he was a Divine Principle lecturer and I was one of the trainees in 100-day training. We hit it off when I found out we had attended the same high school in Hawaii and he had graduated in the same class as my older brother.
Memories of Hawaii were our common bond ever since. When training moved up to Barrytown, he and I both remained as staff members at Belvedere under the guidance of our beloved pioneer elder brother, Mr. David S.C. Kim. Kem was in part responsible for giving me an unforgettable gift of faith, by asking me to take over the responsibility to lead the Sunday Pledge service. Seemingly inconsequential, it was for me a huge test of my faith to offer Jeong Seong (a term that appropriately captures the spirit of complete giving) on behalf of all those faithful brothers and sisters who gathered every Sunday at the Belvedere training center to hear True Father speak.
It was pure agony preparing my heart for such a seemingly trivial task. In the end, it became an indelible experience of God for me, and I will always remember that Kem was the one who convinced me to accept this small additional responsibility, because it was "just a walk in the park" (not his exact words, but it captures the spirit of sales pitch)! In parting,
I only wish to say the following to Kem: EH, BLALLAH! WEN YOU SEE DA FADDAH, NO MAKE NO MO' PILIKIA, Y'HEAH?! (Translation: "Dear brother, when you meet God, please be gracious and comforting and ease His burden and suffering. It is with sincere humility that I offer these kind and gracious words.") Aloha-oe, aloha-oe (Farewell to thee, farewell to thee) E ke onaona noho i ka lipo (The charming one who dwells in the shaded bowers) One fond embrace, (One fond embrace) A ho-i a-e au ('Ere I depart) Until we meet again (Until we meet again)
I love you, bro'! You and Anne-Marie and Andrea will be in my prayers.