Peter Park Hee Shin

Mr. Peter Shin was born on October 19, 1924 in Guangzhou, China. He grew up in a wealthy traditional Chinese family, and was the 4th of 13 children. However, he had never developed a character or behavior of rich second generation. On the contrary, he had been humble, frugal and diligent for his entire life.

Mr. Shin met his soul-mate Mary Leung in Macau when they studied in two different high schools having an inter-school basketball tournament, Mary was the cheerleader. After dating for some time they got married on October 10, 1946 in Macau and were happily living together ever after for 72 years. Happy life did not promise to be smooth and without challenges. Shortly after their marriage they moved back to China, and had experienced the threat of the Chinese civil war. Peter was shrewd enough to abandon his properties in China to flee to Macau with his wife and 2 toddlers, Polly the eldest daughter and Frank, the second son.

From 1950-1959, the young couple had to live separately in two different cities when Peter worked in Hong Kong, Mary was to take care of their five children in Macau, since the twin boys Stephen and Tony were born and then the youngest son Lawrence was also born.

God is so gracious and amazing! In 1953, salvation had been granted to the Shin family as Peter accepted Christ in Hong Kong while Mary had also decided to follow Jesus through the witnesses of their friends respectively. When Peter went home to Macau, he cast away all the idols. Mary was so shocked and surprised pleasantly as she was originally refrained from letting her husband know of her conversion to Christianity.

In 1959, the Shin family moved to Hong Kong since Peter had started his career as building contractor, which profession he had pursued successfully for 34 years until he retired in 1993, then migrated to the States where their daughter Polly and son Tony had already settled in Irvine, California. Though by the start of the sixties, Hong Kong had begun to flourish and continue with the economic progress, yet in general, lives were poor and difficult. By God’s grace, with his endurance and hard working nature, Peter was able to raise his 5 children to acquire higher education without deficiency till their adulthood.

In 1976 and 1978, adding joy and numbers to the family, God granted Peter and Mary 3 grand children-Dora, Karen and Putnam. A couple of years later, another 3 grandsons Victor, Benedict and Felix were born. Exemplified himself in practicing godliness, Peter would attend Hong Kong Baptist Church regularly, would insist all children and grand children going to Church and attending Sunday School every Sunday. He and his wife also served faithfully in various Church activities. From 2008 to present, God had blessed them with 4 more great grand children, namely; Abigail, Jayden, Tin Yui and Caleb.

In 1993, after migrating to the States, Peter adapted excellently and had joined Chinese Baptist Church of Central Orange County. With his past experience in the building industry, Peter was enthusiastic in contributing his expertise and advice in the Church building project. He had gained much love and respect from brothers and sisters due to his mild temperament. Peter took care of his health conscientiously as he would pay attention to his diet and would go physical check-ups regularly. Three years ago in 2015, he got a minor stroke but had recovered dramatically well. God allowed him to enjoy three more years of quality life with the family. He was able to drive to Church, for dim-sum with good friends, to McDonalds for breakfast with his wife and went grocery shopping, etc.

In August 2016, the children, grand children, their spouses and great grand children were able to re-unite in the States from Hong Kong and U.K. to celebrate the 70th Wedding Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shin.

On September 19, 2018, 3 a.m. Peter had a stroke at his home in Irvine and was admitted to the hospital. On September 20, 2018 he was recovered miraculously that he could even joke with the family and sang hymn with Alfred Lam, the friend from Church who visited him. However, on the afternoon of September 21, 2018, bleeding occurred in his brain and he became unconscious since then. The Lord blessed him though, to be able to sustain till September 26, 2018, 4.10 p.m., when all his beloved family members, local and from overseas gathered around his bedside, led by Pastor Herman Tang to pray, sing hymns and bid him farewell before he went home peacefully with the Lord, in eternity!

生平述史 ~ 冼柏希先生

冼柏希先生於 1924 年 10月19日在中國廣州出生， 家有十三名兄弟姊妹， 排行第四。 他家境富裕， 卻沒有一般富二代的粗橫嬌奢， 反而滿有謙卑、 節儉、勤奮上進的性格。

在澳門就讀中學時，一次校際藍球比賽中，邂逅了一位鄰校女生梁倩嫻，經過多次約會，終於 1946 年 10 月10日結為夫婦。彼此相親相愛、共同生活了72載。新婚夫婦不久返回廣州生活，後卻逢國共內戰、政治環境轉變，他毅然放棄豐厚產業，帶同妻子、長女慧榆、二子杞烈遷回澳門。

1950-1959年間、夫婦二人因工作關係，冼先生隻身赴香港謀生，冼太則留在澳門照顧五名子女；其間雙胞胎杞然、杞桓已出生，及後幼兒杞恩亦相繼出生。

神的恩典奇妙浩大！1953年救恩臨到冼家，夫婦二人不約而同、分別在香港和澳門接受了耶穌為救主。冼先生返抵澳門，隨即把家中擺放着的偶像清除，令妻兒們喜出望外。

1959年全家移居香港，冼先生任職一家建築公司、後發展自己的事業，至1993年退休、移民美國與慧榆、杞桓等定居加州橙縣。六十年代香港經濟開始蓬勃，然而一般普羅大眾仍生活困難，但因有上帝的同在，一家生活雖有挑戰，卻樂也融融。五名子女均能接受高等教育、各人事業有成。

1976、1978年神賜予三名孫兒 : Dora, 基信, 基霖，其後又增添了基樺, 基祐, 基樂。孫兒還小時，公公/爺爺每逢主日，清早起來風雨不改，駕車到他們家中接載返教會參加主日學，敬虔風範，把無偽的信從小培植於孩子們的心田中。2008年至今，蒙神祝福又添了四名曾孫 : Abigail, Jayden, Tin Yui, Caleb.

1993年移民後很快地適應生活，加入了中橙縣華人浸信會，由於過往在香港有建築的工作經驗，其後教會擴堂，他都積極參予提供專業意見。他的隨和性情，深得弟兄姊妹們的愛戴和敬重。冼先生一向注意身体健康，三年前一次輕微中風，卻蒙神保守完全康復，可以駕車返教會，和好友們外出飲茶聊天，兩老往麥當奴吃早飱、優悠地往購雜物等。

2016年冼先生伉儷結婚70週年，分散世界各地的眾兒孫們，於8月齊集加州，為兩位長輩舉行了一個充滿感恩和歡樂的慶祝聚會。

2018年9月19日凌晨3時，冼先生在爾灣家中再度中風，送院後經急切救治，翌日竟奇蹟地清醒過來，可以和家人談笑，並和前來探候的好友林大哥一起唱詩。9月21日下午開始忽又昏迷，醫生檢查發現腦內出血，情況惡化。於是分散各地的眾兒孫們趕至、齊集牀前，在鄧灼文牧師帶領下、同心禱告、唱詩讚美，臨別依依，看着他面容平靜安詳，直至9月26日下午4時10分，息勞歸主，進入永恆!