Before I came to know our Dearest LORD JESUS, I was a drug addict at a very young age. While I was still in elementary school, I already knew how to use illegal drugs. By grade five, I was already selling them.
At that young age, my mind began to fail. I saw people as demons. I thought thieves and police were crawling around our house. I carried a knife and a metal pipe. I talked to myself. When people asked who I was talking to, I would say they could not see the person I was speaking with. They told me I was not talking to anyone. I began to think I was losing my mind.
Forgiven and Transformed
But thank GOD, He used my beloved father so that I could come to know our Dearest LORD JESUS. I had been hiding from him because I took a large amount of money from him to fund my drug activities. I thought he would hurt me when he saw me. Instead, he embraced me. He said, “Come home. Come with me, and let us serve our Dearest LORD JESUS. In this Holy Ministry, a person is transformed, and illnesses are healed.”
I went with him. After the service, I was baptized in water in the name of our Dearest LORD JESUS. Instantly, my vices are gone. The things I was seeing disappeared. I continued serving our Dearest LORD JESUS.
Not Allowed to See Father’s Dead Body
But a time came when I grew cold. It is very hard to be separated from our Dearest LORD JESUS. When I drifted away, all my vices returned—and even increased. Alcohol, gambling, cigarettes, womanizing—everything came back.
During my last imprisonment, my beloved father in the flesh died. We filed a motion in court twice so that I could at least see his body. Both times it was denied. The paper said, “Denied because a notorious recidivist, public enemy in Region Three.”
It was very painful. I begged the police to let me see my beloved father. When they arrested me, both my hands and feet were handcuffed and tied together behind my back. Four policemen carried me and threw me into the vehicle. Even then, I pleaded to see my father, but I was not allowed.
Every time I was imprisoned, I promised our Dearest LORD JESUS that I would return to Him.
A Broken Promise
In 2015, during my last imprisonment, I prayed, “Dearest LORD, if You set me free, I will return to You.”
He set me free. But I did not return. I went back to my old life. I hid in Mindanao, then returned to Luzon. I continued doing evil and rejoined my former companions.
One day, my weight dropped from eighty to forty. I could no longer move properly. I lay down most of the time. When I walked a little, I could hardly breathe.
Diagnosed with Several Illnesses
We went to a folk healer and to doctors, but I was not healed. I was diagnosed with diabetes, emphysema, COPD, and tuberculosis.
Both of my feet developed wounds. They festered and were full of ants, and I could not even feel the bites. I worried my legs might be amputated, like some of my old prison mates. Their legs were cut to the thigh, and they still died. My lungs were also damaged. One part was already white. Half could no longer be seen. Another part was almost gone. The remaining parts had holes and lumps. I believed I was going to die. I was just waiting for death in our home.
Healed with Beloved Wife
But thank our Dearest LORD JESUS—He spoke to me again and called me back.
I invited my beloved wife and told her we would go to Jollibee. It was a Sunday. She thought it was my last request, so she agreed. But what she did not know was that I would bring her to the Holy Ministry of the JESUS Miracle Crusade.
She had come from the other church and had many illnesses. She took medicine daily but was never healed. She suffered from migraines, vertigo, allergic rhinitis, and depression.
She listened to the preaching. After the service, she was baptized in water in the name of JESUS. Instantly, all her illnesses were healed by our Dearest LORD. She said, “There is a real GOD here in the JESUS Miracle Crusade.” Before this, she took medicine daily but found no healing.
Since I backslid, I was re-baptized as well. Within about a month, the wounds on my feet caused by diabetes dried up and were healed by our Dearest LORD JESUS. This is proof that diabetes has healing in our Dearest LORD JESUS.
During the Pandemic
In 2021, when I returned to the LORD, it was during the pandemic. After about a month, I was struck by COVID-19. But thank our Mighty GOD, COVID did not overcome me. I was healed by our Dearest LORD JESUS.
From 2021 until 2024, my healing was gradual. When I first returned, I did not even ask to be healed. I only prayed, “If I die, take me into Your kingdom.”
Prayed Fervently
But in 2022 and 2023, I had a daily fever. I spat blood every day. I could barely walk three or four steps without losing strength. Yet I did not lose heart. I continued attending, praising, and fasting month after month.
I prayed, “Dearest LORD JESUS, if You will not take me yet, then You have a purpose for me. If You will not heal me yet, give me a sign. Restore my voice.”
Restore my voice.”
At that time, I had no voice. I wanted to testify, but I could not speak.
After some months, our Mighty GOD restored my voice. I thanked Him because that was my sign. Little by little, after the anniversary crusade, I began to grow stronger. Before, I had fever often and vomited blood. I needed guidance to walk. But I did not give up.
To those who are new and might think GOD heals instantly—sometimes He has a purpose. I believe that if He had healed me immediately, I might have returned to my old life again.
Now, by the grace of our Dearest LORD JESUS, I can move normally. I can lift things. I can jog. I can walk.
If our GOD were not real, I would not be healed. I would not have changed.
It is very hard for a person to transform. A drug addict, just hearing the word “shabu,” just seeing it, would tremble. That was my life. I also drank alcohol every day, from morning until the next morning. My beloved wife and I fought daily.
But thank our Dearest LORD JESUS—He removed that. He changed me.
