My name is Benjamin, I\u2019m one of\nbrother Ittai\u2019s nephews. It doesn\u2019t feel that long ago when uncle Ittai and\nauntie Sau Kwan came to my wedding in Australia, and uncle Ittai spoke at\nmy wedding ceremony. Therefore, I do feel to say just something little bit more\nfor uncle Ittai, if that is ok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My family moved to Australia when I was around 6 years\nold, so I only really saw him at most about once a year. My earliest fond\nmemory of him was when I was still a little kid, coming to HK for a visit. My\nparents bought me a new robot toy, but I broke the head piece. I remember being\nvery upset, but while visiting uncle Ittai and auntie Sau Kwan, uncle Ittai\nglued the piece back on which gave me much comfort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While growing up through the years,\nwhen I did see uncle Ittai, it was usually only briefly, like one night for\ndinner or a lunch meal. One impression I got for sure was that he was a very busy\nperson. I asked my mum once and her reply was \u201cbecause his serving the Lord\u201d\nwhich I didn\u2019t really quite understand at the time. Like all our uncles &\naunts, uncle Ittai and auntie Sau Kwan would get us gifts, always very useful\nones, either healthy snacks or a pair of new shoes, but something extra I\nalways received was some sort of ornament or picture frame and it would have a\nBible verse. I now understand that they like to give the most valuable gift of\nall, the word of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when uncle Ittai talks about\nthe Bible truths to us, it was never in the way of a Bible teacher. He was\nalways very human. He would ask me about my studies, my job, am I interested in\nany sister, but there was one thing he would always ask me. He would ask with a\npleasant smile and his high pitched voice, \u201cdid you enjoy the Lord?\u2019 Even when\nhe spoke at my wedding, the fellowship he gave my wife and I, wasn\u2019t in the\nlines of \u201cdeny yourself, take the cross, exercise your spirit.\u201d Rather I\nremember two words he gave, he said to always say \u201cthank you and sorry.\u201d He was\nvery human. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, observing my uncle\nIttai, I learned to pursue and serve the Lord absolutely, we must pay a price.\nThe more precious something is, the higher price we need to pay. Just from\nobservation, I knew he paid a price to serve God. But one thing I also have\nobserved even in very serious matters, he was never with anxiety, he was always\njoyful and at peace. Even until the very last time I saw him over video call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I heard the news about his\ncancer, I asked the Lord how I can pray for him. The Lord gave me this prayer\n\u201cLord, whether uncle Ittai was to live on or not, Lord do it for the sake of\nyour Body.\u201d I knew uncle Ittai with auntie Sau Kwan loved the Lord, but they\nalso loved the Body, the Church, and the brothers & sisters. When I finally\nfound out that uncle Ittai was taken by the Lord, the Lord reminded this word\nto comfort. \u201cAs believers in Christ, we don\u2019t just have a God of miracles nor\nhealing, we have a God of resurrection.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My only regret is that I did not get\nthe opportunity, and of my very poor Chinese, to really share with him what my\nexperience of Christ was. I want to tell him these days I do enjoy the Lord. I\nenjoy Him every day. So finally I would like to share this verse: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heb. 12:1 \u201cTherefore let us also,\nhaving so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, put away every encumbrance\nand the sin which so easily entangles us and run with endurance the race which\nis set before us.\u201d \n\nLord, I thank You for\nbrother Ittai as our dear uncle and also a gift to the Body. Thank you uncle\nIttai for your prayers and intercession for me and my family. Thank you for\nsetting up yourself a pattern of faith, in loving the Lord and serving the\nLord. May you now rest in the Lord and be among the cloud of witnesses cheering\nus on to finish the race that is set before us.   (Bro. Benjamin Cheng, church in Sydney)\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My name is Benjamin, I\u2019m one of brother Ittai\u2019s nephews. It doesn\u2019t feel that long ago when uncle Ittai and auntie Sau Kwan came to my wedding in Australia, and uncle Ittai spoke at my wedding ceremony. Therefore, I do feel to say just something little bit more for uncle Ittai, if that is ok. My family moved to Australia when I was around 6 years old, so I only really saw him at most about once a year. My earliest fond memory of him was when I was still a little kid, coming to HK for a visit. My parents bought me a new robot toy, but I broke the head piece. I remember being very upset, but while visiting uncle Ittai and auntie Sau Kwan, uncle Ittai glued the piece back on which gave me much comfort. While growing up through the years, when I did see uncle Ittai, it was usually only briefly, like one night for dinner or a lunch meal. One impression I got for sure was that he was a very busy person. I asked my mum once and her reply was \u201cbecause his serving the Lord\u201d which I didn\u2019t really quite understand at the time. Like all our uncles & aunts, uncle Ittai and auntie Sau Kwan would get us gifts, always very useful ones, either healthy snacks or a pair of new shoes, but something extra I always received was some sort of ornament or picture frame and it would have a Bible verse. I now understand that they like to give the most valuable gift of all, the word of God. However, when uncle Ittai talks about the Bible truths to us, it was never in the way of a Bible teacher. He was always very human. He would ask me about my studies, my job, am I interested in any sister, but there was one thing he would always ask me. He would ask with a pleasant smile and his high pitched voice, \u201cdid you enjoy the Lord?\u2019 Even when he spoke at my wedding, the fellowship he gave my wife and I, wasn\u2019t in the lines of \u201cdeny yourself, take the cross, exercise your spirit.\u201d Rather I remember two words he gave, he said to always say \u201cthank you and sorry.\u201d He was very human. In recent years, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":635,"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions\/635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittaicheng.churchinhongkong.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}