Q&A Part 2

Jiea: If you can choose one age you can be forever, what age would it be and why?

Grandma: "I wanted to live until about 70." Oops, Grandma, I think you understood the question wrong. "I was the happiest during my early twenties when we were married and our kids were young. But as one gets older, more and more problems arise within the family, with the kids, with the husband, and the burden gets heavier. I had no worries in my twenties. I met my match and the world was good."

Grandpa: "I enjoyed it the most when I was growing up with my grandparents (around elementary school). I didn't know much about the world then."


Joshua: Who's your favorite grandchild?

Grandpa: "Who asked that question? Tell Joshua, he's my least favorite!"

Grandma: "We love all our grandchildren equally. There's no difference between them."

Grandpa: "Wanting to be the favorite grandchild is really up to you all! If you come visit us often, we'll favor you."


Lena: Has Grandpa or Grandma every broken the law?

Grandma: "I've broken God's law. I was three months pregnant and I erased the baby, after five children."

Grandpa: "I've broken the law many times before I believed in Christ. I've never killed anyone or been arrested for a crime."


Hannah: What is your favorite thing that your spouse does?

Grandma: "Grandpa is very honest. That is one thing I've admired all my life. If he did something wrong, I won't tell him right away. I wait 3 days to tell him and he's okay. If I tell him right away, he gets mad."

Grandpa: "In the old days, I liked everything about her. But lately, she's been interfering too much. Too much nagging!"

Lois: "Grandpa, you're supposed to say something good!"

Grandma: "Don't you like my cooking?"

Grandpa: "I can't think of anything good. She's been nitpicking too much. She never used to nag."

All of us broke out in laughter.


Lena: What is your fondest memory of great grandma Moonchul?

Grandma: "She was always so true to herself. She never talked bad about people or complained about the food. She was devoted and faithful to her family. She was always so hardworking."

Grandpa: "Your grandma said it all. When she died, she died so peacefully. Before we went to morning prayer, she was sleeping. But when I came back, your grandma went to check on her and to bring her some porridge and she suddenly started shouting that something was wrong. I put my hand on her chest and it was warm, but her hands and feet were so cold. She didn't have any struggle. Your grandma and I keep saying that she was so blessed. She was so sacrificial in her life for her children and when she passed away, she died so peacefully at the age of 102. Your grandma was always good to her mother-in-law. That's why adore her so much."

Grandma: "We used to live in an two-story apartment. When it was nine-o'clock, she would crawl up the stairs. That night, we didn't even know that she would pass away."


Joshua: What were each of your kids like growing up?

Grandpa: "Growing up, I was a very stern father. After I believed in Jesus, I was much better. Before I knew Christ, when I would come home, your Aunt Younghee would hide. She later told me after I believed in Christ that she didn't know she was running away from such a nice man. Uncle Chang wouldn't be able to ask me for money, but would ask great grandma Moonchul for money. Your mother, Sookhee, was very gentle. Uncle Paul had a gentle and meek disposition. He was the class president. Uncle Peter was a real man. At church, the kids would surround him and follow him wherever he went. He had leadership."


Aunt Chu: What's your favorite hymn?

나 위하여 십자가에 중한 고통 받으사
My Life Flows On (How Can I Keep from Singing) by Robert Lowry


고통의 멍의 벗으려고 주께로 갑니다
Jesus I Come (Out of My Bondage) by George C. Stebbins


Aunt Chu: If you can change one thing in your life, what would you change?

Grandpa: After believing in Christ, what else would I change? I'll hold on to that until the day I die.

Grandma: What would I change?

Lois: Are you content with your life now?

Grandma and Grandpa in unison: Yes! We are happiest when we see our grandchildren.


Joshua: What is one place in the world you would like to visit?

Grandma: We've been everywhere. Canada, US, Korea. There's no place we would want to go.

Grandpa: There's only one place I would like to go... and that is to our Father in Heaven. Whatever you see on this earth can be on TV. I don't put hope in things of this world.


Lena: What was Grandma's family like?

Grandma: "Our family was faithful and very wealthy. Our relatives were very harmonious and got along well. My great grandfathers were scholars. They studied in Japan, because Korea was under Japanese rule to become successful they had to go to Japan. At that time the women only had elementary education."


Uncle Peter: What is one message you want to relay to the whole family right now?

Grandpa: "Never leave the faith. And the whole family should make it a priority to meet together and fellowship with each other in the faith."


What is one message you want to relay to the future generations?

Grandpa: "It's the same as to our family now. What's important is that the next generation's destiny is in God's hands and their hands, not in mine. I can pray for you and wish blessings upon you, but it is not mine or your parents' responsibility. Your destiny is in your own hands and God's. Everything should be accomplished within the faith and not in materialism. I spent money lavishly throughout my life and did everything my heart desired, but in the end, it's all futile without Christ."