With the shirts on their backs, guitars on their hands, this foursome brothers survived the fury of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan); as REO Brothers band, they might just take the world by storm! I had the opportunity to meet them as they provided the dance music for a 1960’s Beatles-themed party. (Their band name honors their parents,…
Category: Testimonies (God’s Story in People’s Lives)
An Entrepreneur, A Painter, A Museum
From the time my Kurashiki guide, Hisako Kashihara, and I started our walk towards the Bikan Historical Quarter, she mentioned the names “Kojima” and “Ohara” many times. Throughout Kurashiki, there was a trail of buildings linked with Ohara-san. Ohara Museum of Art Then, I could hear the excitement in Hisako-san’s voice whenever she said “Torajiro…
Losing All Things in a Fire: Dra. Ellen Obligacion
Dra. Evelyn Palma- Obligacion (Ate Ellen) is a dermatologist by profession. She is the wife of Dr. Glenn Obligacion, an ophthalmologist and pastor at Christ’s Commission Fellowship. They are parents to five adult children. In 2004, they lost practically all their possessions in their house due to a fire. Their family of seven escaped the flames with…
Ogie Alcasid’s Testimony, Kuhl Event 2018
Ogie Alcasid, singer-songwriter, television presenter, and actor who is currently the President of OPM (Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-Aawit) shared the song he composed when his wife, Regine Velasquez, went through a difficult time in her life. He shared his favorite verse, John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in…
Migo Adecer Testimony, Kuhl Event 2018
Migo Adecer—Filipino-Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor— talks about how easy it is to go off the right path in his line of work, how God disciplines, how he has witnessed God’s blessings from obedience. This was taken during the March 16 Kuhl Event at CCF Center. He chose to sing the song, Lost Stars,…
Tim Pavino Testimony and Song, Kuhl Concert 2018
Tim Pavino shared about his experience when he was living in Seattle, the Lord moved him to take care of his 85 year old grandmother and how God blessed him for honoring her. Tim sings “Lead Me Lord.”
Piolo Pascual, Kuh Ledesma Life Verses and Duet, Kuhl Event 2018
Piolo Pascual and Kuh Ledesma share their life verses. Piolo sings “How Did You Know?” And here in a duet with Kuh, “Kailangan Kita.”
Nanette Inventor, Christian Bautista, Alden Richards’ Testimonies, Kuhl Concert 2018
Nanette Inventor performed a well-prepared hilarious sketch as fearless forecaster Chinese Nostradamus, astrologer of all astrologers, Madame Lucky Chang. In a separate segment, she joined the guests of Kuhl Event in sharing her heart and why “Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you,…
Kuh Ledesma and Isabella Gonzelez’s Encouragement for People With Afflictions
Kuh Ledesma gets authentic and shares about her daughter, Isabella’s diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. She encouraged those who (or parents whose children) undergo afflictions; she talked about how Isabella was able to get weaned from psychotropic drugs, the value of biblical counseling, the promises of the Lord. Isabella sings “I Need A Miracle.” Isabella also…