In my 20 years as Worker

I am so very grateful to God because for the past 20 years being a worker in His Church, He did not forsake me, He helped and guide me to make me a good servant… Despite many difficulties and sorrows, glad to think that I reach my 20th year in the ministry. I wish and pray to God that I be not weary and finished what I have begun.

Happy to reminisce the past 20 years as a worker in the Church:

January 1994, when I have come in the worker’s ministry to join up the 3rd batch seminar wherein bro. Eli himself was the one that invites the youth to become a worker in the Church, and then I decided to join and hold a 1 to 2 month’s seminar in Apalit Pampanga. He was also our primary professor in the said seminar, and the rest was the OIC (Presently called them as KNP). We study the bible and memorize many important verses and the book itself. We memorized and be familiar who writes all the particular chapter, when and where it was penned. We study also the Greek alphabet and many important things about God and the bible, also bro. Eli teaches us how to be a better and effective soldier of God.

We are only few seminarians during our time, we are less than 40 if I am not mistaken, unlike the 1st and 2nd batch they are hundred in numbers. During our seminar, I witnessed how good and kind-hearted bro. Eli was. He was very concern to us, asking if we ate already and giving us money if we depart home in Manila if we don’t hold classes.

Last week of February 1994 when our seminar ends, of course there is a graduation like in any other school. We graduated at a time of our thanksgiving.

The seminarians parted ways after our commencement. I went to Metro Manila where I started from. Every Monday, I attended workers meeting, Brothers Daniel and Josel was the assign OIC in Metro Manila that time and after our meeting was also the series of screening every Monday.

My first local assignment was the locale of Kabulusan in Sangandaan Caloocan wherein I was only back up then by Sister Fides Crisanto, we were holding yet live worship during that time, wherein we’re the one preaching in front of many brethren and visitors. And because this was the first time I face many people, the supposedly 20 to 30 minutes preaching, I have done it in 15 minutes only including the opening prayer because of the nervous and shyness I felt that time. After my preaching, I was also teaching my knc.

The first locale wherein I was the regular worker then was in the house of Yanga family in some part of Commonwealth in Quezon City if my memory was still sharp.  I was a backup worker for only 5 months; I started March 1994 as a backup and August 1994 as a regular worker. Year 1998 when I set out to hold indoctrination sessions in Concepcion Malabon.

In my 20 years as a worker, I didn’t experience being late in my assign locale because I see to it that even before when I have had, given a chance to destined in my assign locale, half to 1 hour before the gatherings start, I was already in my respective locale. And the rest was history…

Happy to know that many brethren I have indoctrinated was now also a worker in the Church, and not just simply a worker, because some of them are the district and zone servants in their respective assign place….

I am very thankful that my youth and strength was long ago served to God. Though I am unworthy to called worker but with proud I say, thanks God because He makes me His worker in His Church. Thanks be to God and to God be the glory…