The administration of the Church Of Christ aided the brethren
and even our countrymen who are not yet members of the Church received aid.
The Church Administration sent right away ministers who conducted stress debriefing.
Our hopes were revived.
It was refreshed to us that those things will really happen,
that we will go through such severe experiences.
They revived our hope.
Through the Church Administration of the Church Of Christ, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo,
the members of the Church Of Christ all over the world united,
worked, and gathered to walk for a cause so that the brethren in Leyte could rise up.
We were able to construct a beautiful and majestic house of worship.
That was the plan of the Church Adminsitration including our new homes.
The Church Administration approved of the construction of our concrete houses.
The road is cemented.
We did not walk on mud because they cemented the road.
What the Executive Minister did was amazing.
Hundreds of beautiful, suitable, and firm houses were given by the Church Administration
to the people which are located at Sitio Langit, New Era, Alang-alang, Leyte.
The livelihood projects continued like eco-farming, planting vegetables, rice, taro root, everything.
This was given by the Executive Minister for the residents' livelihood.
We also have goats, poultry, ducks, fisheries for tilapia and African catfish.
These were given by the Church Adminsitration
so that the residents here at Bagong New Era could live comfortably.
The unmatched love of God and of the Church Adminsitration
was felt by the brethren affected by the calamity.
God's teaching is clear to them that one should learn to accept not only good things or blessings
but also trials or bad things no matter how severe.
Although this tragedy brought severe pain, God turned it for the best.
After Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), we are living happily now.
I am assured that my children have the true faith.
They held on to God.
They did not doubt Him.
They even entered the ministry.
Four years had already passed when Typhon Yolanda (Haiyan) happened.
We could say that we are slowly rising up.
Maybe not in material things but spiritually, we remain firm and steadfast in trusting God.
Despite our experience during Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), our trust did not change.
I did not abandon my duty, not even once.
Though I experienced severe sadness and heartache, I carried on with my duty.
I learned a life lesson during Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan),
whatever trial comes into my life, I will not be afraid.
Because your trust in God is revealed here.
The Father shows during those times that He is always with us.
Whatever hardships and heartaches that we experienced,
the Lord made a step to change our lives.
Now I am all the more steadfast in my services to God.
I held an office in the Church. Our lives is much easier.
We do not feel poverty that much.
My child finished school. Before we were really poor.
Although my husband has work, we were really having a hard time.
I said, "That is God's will. We should accept it."
My child was really active in his services to God.
That is what I am thankful to God, because
although that tragedy happened, I am assured that he is saved because of his activeness.
I told myself that I should be all the more steadfast so that when Judgment Day comes,
we'll see each other again.
That is what I hope for. That we will see each other again.
Although He let us suffer sadness, but that did not change our trust in Him.
Our hope is still intact.
I remain in my duty as one of the leaders in this local congregation and I still hold on to my other duties here.
If a deluge once again comes or whatever trial it may be,
they will once again trust in the Lord God who created them.
Their lives will remain entrusted to Him.
These are the qualities that a true member of the Church Of Christ have,
firm, steadfast, with conviction.
In the end, prayer to God is their weapon
together with thankfulness for the Church Administration who watches over them,
for the sake of their salvation.
I am thankful to the Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo,
who tirelessly loves and cares for us.
We pray that we remain strong in the faith.
We will endure until the end of our lives.
We hope that we remain members of the Church.
I pray that God extends my life so that I could encourage my famity to serve God
and most of all to bear more fruits of holiness.
I pray that God continues to strengthen my faith,
to make me steadfast in all the trials that come into our lives,
and to not abandon us even for a second.
May God continue to give me life.
I will not stop teaching my family
and letting them understand the blessing we received from Him.
I always ask Him to entrust unto us the duties we received
because from the bottom of my heart, I promise that I will fulfill my duty to my utmost ability.
Whatever trial that comes into our lives, even death,
we will remain inside the Church Of Christ because it is our hope to reach the Holy City promised by God.
In fact, that is the only thing we are waiting for, the Lord Jesus Christ's second advent.
I want to live in the Holy City where there is no more pain and suffering.
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