. >>. [ applause ] >> new testament reading, john chapter 14, versuses 1-3. let not your heart be troubled. you believe in god. believe also in me. in my father's house, there are many mansions. and if it were not so, i would have told you. i go to prepare a place for you. and if i go and prepare a place for you, i will come again and receive you to myself that where i am you may be also. to many of you here today, you knew my grandfather as congressman donald payne. some of you knew him as mr. payne. some of you knew him as donald or don. my brother donald and my sister and myself, we knew him. on behalf of donald and myself, i just want to say we love you and we miss you. you rest in peace. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. he walked with kings and he never lost the common touch. i don't say that just to be poetic. i say it because it was true. i was blessed to be with him when he met with royalty in bahrain, where we went to discuss the arab spring. i was with him when we traveled the dusty roads in the congo and visited with people in their huts. and he tal