Rest in Peace, Andrew Chan.
Andrew Chan is being farewelled at Hillsong Church in Sydney’s Baulkham Hills today, in a moving service attended by hundreds of people, and watched by more online.
Chan’s widow, Febyanti Herewali, delivered a moving eulogy to her late husband — who was executed in Indonesia last month.
To the morning masses, Herewila read a moving eulogy.
“I have so many and a lot of good stories I could share about him,” she began.
“No one could ever face death like him.”
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She told of how he spent the last day praying for the Indonesians – “father, forgive them because they don’t know what to do” — and how he lead the prisoners in song before they died.
“While he lead the seven prisoners, walked to the place where they going to kill him, they sing ‘Mighty to Save’,” she said.
“When their voice slow down Andrew told them, ‘come on boys we can sing better than this.’
“When they already entered the field, they sing ‘Amazing Grace’.
“When he already tied up at the pole, they all singing ‘Ten Thousand Reasons’ — the song we sang on our engagement day, the song we sang on our wedding day.
“They all sang that song and they all managed to finish the first verse and half the second verse and they took him.”
Herewila described how they each wrote a letter to the other on Chan’s last day.
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I'm Indonesian, but I really adore you for your transformation life and all the incredible things you did inside the prison. Many persons are being blessed. I believe you are happy with God now
They are both heroes in my eyes. Forgive the Indonesians, for they know not what they do