My Testimony:
I experience also to be a beggar in Manila in the age of 9 and pick foods from the rubbish bin and begging for money.
Since my childhood, I experience also to eat like a dog, because my father died when I was one month old, and then my mother died when I was still eight years old I abandoned my mothers house because my uncle maltreated me, I decided lived the house and got separated to my older sister for 12 year and no communication at all. I stayed from one place to another dont know where to go to find shelter, find help, find a huge, find somebody that will understand my situation. And I experience also to be a beggar in Manila in the age of 9 and pick foods from the rubbish bin and begging for money. Then I reached the province of Cagayan and stayed again with some bodys house to take care of their 8 carabao with no payment, thats why I lived again and stayed from some bodys house to another. My life getting more and more and more dark and loosing of hope. Then in the age of 17 I decide to join the rebels to fight against the government with no knowledge or understanding why. But the only thing I know at that time is I want to kill all the people who maltreated me that am all. But God didnt allowed me to things like that instead, God allowed me to caught by the law enforcer and shot me in my both legs. Then what a shock to me because the team leader of the law enforcer commanded to rush me in the hospital. In the hospital I found my world getting darker and darker because no body visiting me since two months in the hospital. No one ever give foods or even clothes only the foods given by the hospital. I stayed in the surgery wards; there were a lot of sick people around me everyday there were a lot of visitors every hour and because of that I become envy, jealous, self-pity starting again to utter bad words against my lost parents and even to God because of what happen to me. After my staying in the hospital, the team leader releases me because they found out that there is no case against me. And instructed me to be good and promise to do well for the rest of my life. After of my releasing from the hospital. I started to find a job, but no body accepts me because of my bad records. Finally I decided to end up everything in me by jumping on a bridge, but suddenly there were two people pointing their hands on me with white shirts and that is around 1:00 pm. Suddenly they disappeared and again for the second times around of attempting to jump from the bridge, the bridge shake about intensity 7, and for the third times of attempting to jump I cant jump at all because I feel fearful because of a very cold wind came from somewhere and started from my head up to my feet. When I got home somebody is looking for me because they want to hire me to work as a dishwasher in a restaurant, I told the person, but no body likes me because of my past. The man told me, dont worry for he is a Born Again Christian he will take care of you. Then I work as a dishwasher, washing plate from morning to evening. My boss always played a song through a cassette/karaoke entitled Tupang Ligaw in English LOST SHEEP they keep on playing and playing that song after a 3 months time suddenly a tears came out of my eyes for I understand that without God Im like the lost sheep then because of that song I feel better and better everyday. Finally I decided to go to the church where my boss worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ, my Savoir and Lord. And after 2 months time going to church, I decided to commit myself as a fulltime church worker. I got saved March 1989. From then, I finally found myself serving the Lord as a youth leader in the church, worship leader, musician, and youth pastor. Graduated as a Minister of the Gospel in Miracle Life Bible College, International College of Mission, School of Christ International, Establishes 3 churches 1 in Cagayan, 1 in Quezon and 1 in Isabela where I am pasturing right now. I became a regional youth officer in Cagayan, national secretary of Victory Leaders for Christ, national vice president of Victory Leaders for Christ, national president of Youth For Mission and as of today I am a national president of Victory Leaders for Christ. Hallelujah! Imagine I finished only in grade 3 but praises God, He makes my life completed! How about yours??? Thats all for now. To God alone are worthy to be PRAISE!
Pastor Joel Reyes
A Prayer for a Courageous Soul - Your Daily Prayer - April 26
We have been given a remarkable gift through God and His redemption story. Not only have we received eternal life with our Creator, but we have received courage in Christ that will change the trajectory of our lives and the lives of those around us forever.