In 1948, the 21-year-old Brougham gave up her dream of becoming a trumpet player and her scholarship to New York's Eastman School of Music. Choosing instead to become a missionary, she boarded a ship for the six-week journey to China, passing through Tokyo, Pusan, Manila and Hong Kong before arriving in war-torn Shanghai.
一九四八年、二十一歲的彭蒙惠放棄了紐約伊斯特曼音樂學院全額獎學金，與成為一個小喇叭演奏家的夢想，以傳教士身分搭了六個禮拜的船，途經東京、釜山、馬尼拉、香港，來到烽火連天的上海。