Healed of Gallstones: The Amazing Testimony of Bro. Lito Sandigan

May10

In 1999, Bro. Lito was very sick. He had gallstones which made him suffer, groaning in pain while in bed all day long. He had fevers that didn’t go away and whenever he attempted to eat even just two spoonfuls of food, he would vomit it all with accompanying blood.

He was brought to the hospital and was confined there for three weeks. The other patients in the ward with him complained because of his incessant, noisy groaning and screaming in pain. The doctors said that he couldn’t be treated with medicines anymore. He needed immediate surgery. His bile was all swollen and surrounded with sandy material. It would explode anytime, poisoning his bloodstream which could cause his death.

He and his beloved wife were advised to prepare a large sum of money for the surgery as they left the hospital temporarily to try to come up with the needed amount.

But back in their house, Bro. Lito found out that they almost had nothing left. No more furniture or appliances to sell or pawn as his wife had already done that while he was confined in the hospital. His beloved wife went everywhere trying to borrow money but to no avail. In fact, there was absolutely no money for food for the family. Their neighbors just gave food to their children for them to be able to eat.

Bro. Lito told her beloved wife that they were going to his kumpare (a godfather friend) where they pawned their refrigerator and ask him to just buy it for additional funds. But when they arrived at his friend’s house, Bro. Lito was surprised to find him changed. They used to drink together, but now, the friend was converted and became a Christ follower. His friend invited them to the worship service of JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY, testifying of God’s healing miracles and power to change a person.

That night, being a Friday, was the overnight prayer meeting at Cuneta Astrodome. Bro. Lito prepared to go and attend the worship service as advised by his friend. He was accompanied by his eldest child.

When they left the house, he needed to be assisted in walking as he had become very weak and thin and the pain was excruciating.

They arrived at the worship service during the congregational singing of solemn songs. Everyone was singing and worshiping God intently and Bro. Lito was amazed, wondering if he would become better. But the Lord Jesus touched his heart and he wept and wept.

At the end off the service, Bro. Lito received the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior and was baptized in water in his name. When he was out of the water and was investigating his body, checking what he felt, a man in white approached him and pronounced to him, “Brother, you have been healed of your disease.” When Bro. Lito looked, the man was gone.

When they went home after the service, he walked without any assistance and he didn’t feel any pain anymore. Back in their house, he walked in front of his beloved wife, showing her that he was instantly healed and felt strong already. He was given food and he was able to eat it all without vomiting.

But around 6 o’clock that evening, Bro. Lito felt something hot and a searing pain in his belly, and when he went to the toilet to urinate, his urine was bloody. The joy that they felt earlier was replaced with sadness. After two hours, Bro. Lito felt the same thing again, so he urinated into a chamber pot and examined his urine. It was all blood with a greenish liquid.

His beloved wife was given wisdom from above and blurted out, “You have, indeed, been healed of your disease! The Lord has cleansed you of it!”

From that moment on, Bro. Lito was completely healed through the first prayers of our dearly beloved Hom. Pastor Wilde Almeda! Without any surgery, he was healed of his gallstones and it never came back ever since.

It has been 21 years since that healing miracle and their family was blessed abundantly as they continue to serve the Lord Jesus Christ fervently and faithfully to this day.

All praise, honor, glory and thanksgiving to our Lord God Almighty alone, our dearest Lord Jesus!

~ written by Sis. Rina R. Peru

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Son Healed of Heart Disease: The Testimony of Sis. Judith Biraya

Mar4

In 1994, when Sis. Judith’s beloved son was only 1 1/2 years old, he was diagnosed with a heart disease where his heart was becoming enlarged. Just the slightest stimulus, like crying, would trigger seizures where his body convulsed and shrunk helplessly. This would happen three or more times everyday and even if there was no provocation, the seizures would come. It broke Sis. Judith’s heart to see her little son suffer so much. Her son needed immediate surgery and medications but they did not have money for such medical expenses.

Around this time, her in-laws were already serving the Lord Jesus Christ in JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY. For quite some time, her beloved mother-in-law had been testifying to her and to her husband, sharing the gospel of salvation and inviting them to come to church with her and receive the Lord Jesus Christ, but they both had not obeyed the repeated invitations.

Before her beloved mother-in-law received the Lord Jesus Christ, she was very sick of diabetes. Her legs had already developed gangrene, But she came to JMCIM, received the Lord Jesus Christ and was baptized in water in His name. She was instantly healed of her diabetes! But in spite of this miracle, Sis. Judith’s and her beloved husband’s hearts remained hard.

But when her son suffered from heart disease, she decided to give her life to the Lord Jesus Christ. She attended Friday overnight worship service for the very first time. She prayed agonizingly for God to prolong her son’s life. In her desperation, she challenged the Lord that if He’s the true miracle-working God in JMCIM according to the living testimonies she had heard, He would heal her son.

The following morning when she went home, her son was provoked by his sister by not giving him food and he cried and cried, but the seizures never came. Sis. Judith’s son was instantly healed! From that moment on, he never had a single attack. He was healed completely through the first prayers and fasting of our dearly beloved Hon. Pastor Wilde Almeda! Hallelujah!

Just a month after her son was healed of his heart disease, he acquired German measles (rubella). He was feverish for a week and wouldn’t eat or feed on milk. He couldn’t open his eyes. Sis. Judith and her beloved husband offered prayer and fasting and trusted that the Lord Jesus would heal her son once again. After a week, her son was completely healed without any medications. Praise the Lord!

Now, her son is already 27 years old, in perfect health, and has a family of his own.

Sis. Judith was also a victim of the faulty Super Kalan by Shellane (a small stove that operates with a gas tank). It was new but when she turned it on to use it for the first time, the fire flared up high so suddenly, burning her face and arms in an instant. The , Super Kalan is known to explode, so Sis. Judith prayed that God would not allow it to happen and thankfully, it didn’t. She was brought to the hospital for she sustained second and third degree burns on her face and arms. The doctor said that the burns would heal within months and they would form keloids. But Sis. Judith prayed agonizingly and trusted that God would heal her completely from her burns and they would not form keloids. By God’s amazing miracle, her burns were healed after just a week and there were no keloids at all. Her face and arms are smooth and free of any scars.

ALL PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY AND THANKSGIVING ONLY TO OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY – OUR DEAREST LORD JESUS!

~ written by Sis. Rina R. Peru

Delivered from the Curse of Witchcraft: The Amazing Testimony of Bro. Joel Malabad

Feb7

Before the Lord Jesus Christ came into their life, the family of Bro. Joel Malabad was living in the clutches of witchcraft. Their life was in darkness and truly miserable. His father left them even before Bro. Joel was born. His mother practised witchcraft and spent her days being inebriated with alcohol (gin). There were days that she would be drinking from sunup until the morning of next day. She had become so addicted to alcohol that, one time, she even drank Chlorox just to satisfy her mouth and throat, according to Bro. Joel’s testimony.

When Bro. Joel was only 4 years old, his witch mother had a quarrel with another witch in their neighborhood. That witch tried to cast her black magic on Bro. Joel’s mother to punish her, but she was unsuccessful. It turned out that his mother was more powerful than the other witch.

The angry witch set her sights on Bro. Joel instead, who was then an innocent and helpless 4-year old kid, pouring our all her wrath on him. And so, Bro. Joel suffered from the evil works of witchcraft for 2 long years. Thick black hair like that of a buffalo grew and covered his body. His head became long and pointed. His breast also became sharp like that of a chicken. But the most horrifying of all that he suffered was, whenever he ate even just a little, he would vomit it afterwards and the vomit was black and crawling with human maggots. Because of this, Bro. Joel became so thin he was skin and bones.

One day, someone shared the Gospel of salvation to his older brother. He was invited to the worship service of JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY, where, he was told, the Lord Jesus saves and heals through the leading prayers of their Beloved Hon. Pastor Wilde Almeda.

Because Bro. Joel’s older brother or kuya (older brother in Filipino) was desperate to help ease his small brother’s suffering, he wanted to bring him to the worship service of JMCIM. But the biggest obstacle was that, they couldn’t ask permission from their mother as she was a Roman Catholic devotee and they were scared to displease her.

What Bro. Joel’s kuya did was to steal him away without their mother’s knowledge. They snuck out through the window and when they were already at a safe distance from the house, Bro. Joel’s kuya cried out to God, “Lord, if You’re real in Jesus Miracle Crusade, please heal my brother and I promise You that we will serve You all the days of our lives!”

After the worship service that night, both brothers received the Lord Jesus Christ in their lives and were baptized in water in His name. A week after their baptism, Bro. Joel was completely delivered from the curse of witchcraft. Oh, hallelujah!

That happened in 1988. Both brothers, still very young then, served the Lord faithfully, singing in the choirs, beginning in Children’s Choir, Youth/Singles Choir, then in Jesus Finest Generation Choir. Bro. Joel’s kuya, Bro. Zaldy, sings in Adults Choir to this day.

In 1991, three years after the brothers were saved, their mother also received the Lord and was baptized in water in Jesus’ name. She surrendered her witchcraft paraphernalia to the church. During that time, she was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer and had been bleeding nonstop for months. Her doctors told her that she had only a very short time to live if she didn’t undergo surgery and chemotherapy. But because they did not have the monetary capability to pay such medical expenses and since they were already serving the Lord in JMCIM, they chose to trust in God for her healing.

Bro. Joel’s beloved mother was completely healed of her ovarian cancer. Hallelujah!

United, their family prayed for the father to come back to them. God answered this prayer as well. Bro. Joel’s father finally went back home to his family and he also received the Lord Jesus, freeing him from the bondage of his many vices.

To this day, Bro. Joel’s parents and the whole family are serving the Lord faithfully.

ALL PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY, MAJESTY AND THANKSGIVING BELONG TO OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY – OUR DEAREST LORD JESUS!

~ written by Sis. Rina Peru

30 Minutes to Live {Healed of Stage 4 Metastatic Ovarian Cancer}: The Amazing Testimony of Sis. Colie Manalon

Jan28

More than 28 years ago, in November 1992, when Sis. Colie Manalon had been bleeding for 6 months, she went to Fabella Hospital to seek help. Her tests showed that she had a 12-cm tumor in her ovary and it was cancer. Stage 4 cancer. And not only that, it had metastasized to the other parts of her body. But before surgery or any treatment could be undertaken, her tumor ruptured while she was at home.

Immediately, she felt a searing pain in her belly, she started panting so hard and couldn’t speak properly. Her husband rushed her to Fabella Hospital where the doctor pronounced that she only had 30 minutes to live if she wasn’t operated on at once. Sis. Colie was hanging on a thin thread of breath.

Fortunately, she had an emergency surgery and after observation, she was told that she had a very high-risk cancer and needed to take chemotherapy for 6 months. She turned black all over because of chemo and she said that she had to grip her companion so hard just for her to be able to swallow her saliva. Swallowing was unbearably painful.

While on her third chemo session at Fabella Hospital, Sis. Colie felt desperate. She felt she had no more hope. She prayed to God to help her. She didn’t want yet to die because she had four small children.

One day at the hospital, she saw a group from JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY sharing the gospel of salvation to the patients. She was invited to attend the worship service and to receive the Lord Jesus Christ in her life.

While still recovering from her chemotherapy at the hospital, she requested her two sisters to come fetch her and bring her to Luneta Park where JMCIM was holding crusades. She said that even from afar as they approached the grandstand, she already felt God’s presence.

This was December of 1992. She was baptized in water in the name of Jesus on January 3, 1993 and she was instantly healed. Until that time, she had been suffering from fevers. But after her water baptism, she was instantly healed of her constant fever. She felt well instantly!

She did not continue her chemotherapy sessions and didn’t go back to the hospital anymore. She only received chemo for 1 month and 13 days out of the 6 months required.

Sis. Colie recovered fully from the high-risk cancer even without completing her chemotherapy. She was accepted at Quezon Institute as a nursing aid and while working there, she testified to patients who had tuberculosis, HIV, and other scary diseases of her miraculous healing from metastatic ovarian cancer. She would invite them to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and prayed over them through the leading prayers of beloved Hon. Pastor Wilde Almeda. Everyone who accepted the Lord Jesus left the hospital healed.

Because of Sis. Colie’s anointed witnessing to patients, the doctors in Quezon Institute marvelled and declared in awe and wonder, “The God you serve is true! When you pray over even the very sick patients, their breathing improves remarkably!”

One night while Sis. Colie was on duty, the director of Quezon Institute called for her and requested that she bring a cancer patient to the worship service of JMCIM. The doctors there knew that terminally-ill patients could have hope of healing in JMCIM. Sis. Colie was only glad to fetch the said patient. a Mrs. Barrera, and brought her to JMCIM. Mrs. Barrera was also healed of cancer. Hallelujah!

To this day, Sis. Colie Manalon serves the Lord faithfully and is active in prison ministry.

ALL PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY, MAJESTY AND THANKSGIVING BELONG TO OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY – OUR DEARET LORD JESUS!

~ written by Sis. Rina R. Peru

A Healing Miracle that Teaches Us an Important Lesson {The Testimony of Bro. Lito Factoriza}

Jan18

Bro. Lito’s disease is gout. His feet, legs, knees, arms, and hands get swollen and it’s very painful he wouldn’t be able to walk even to the bathroom.

In January 2018, after he testified in the pulpit in Sta. Rosa Outreach, the preacher there approached him and counselled him to fast and pray for 10 days as he might be used by the Lord Jesus Christ in preaching the gospel of salvation through the leading prayers of our beloved Hon. Pastor Wilde Almeda. His initial reaction was, he wasn’t worthy, and so, he didn’t heed the preacher’s counsel at once.

Three weeks passed and his feet began to get swollen. He knew that when it worsened, he wouldn’t be able to walk or do anything because the pain would be unbearable. And so it was, for him to be able to reach the bathroom, he was forced to sit on one plastic chair to the next, carrying the other chair forward while sitting on one chair because he couldn’t stand up let alone walk. When his gout attacks, it usually takes a month before he starts to recover.

After a month in this condition, when he thought he would finally recover and be able to move normally, the swelling would intensify again, affecting his feet, legs, knees, joints, arms, and hands. He testifies that even when just one finger is swollen, the pain is so severe that he wouldn’t be able to move his fingers.

More than 4 months passed and his condition didn’t improve. He was reminded again by the beloved preacher to start fasting even in his dire condition. And so he did.

While fasting, Satan harassed him, forcing him to quit by making his fasting harder: his legs, arms, joints, and hands were not only swollen, but his back and neck were also very stiff and painful. His whole body was swollen and stiff, giving him unbearable pain with the slightest movement. He testifies that the only part in his body the he could move were his eyes.

He was desperate and felt compelled to give up, but the Lord Jesus gave him a message through Hebrews 10:36-39:

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 10:36-39)

After ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

This message strengthened him to forge on and finish his prayer and fasting in spite of his suffering for it is the will of God. During this time, he also remembered the teachings of the beloved Asst. Pastor Lina Almeda, that during trials, remember how the Lord has proved His love for us, saving us and healing our diseases.

So, he meditated on how the Lord Jesus had healed him instantly many times before. And not only him but his family members as well.

Now, Bro. Lito goes from one outreach to the next, traveling from province to province to testify of God’s healing miracles and mighty works.

ALL PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY AND THANKSGIVING TO OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY – OUR DEAREST LORD JESUS CHRIST!

~ written by Sis. Rina R. Peru

Healed of Kidney Disease: The Testimony of Bro. Roger Ibera

Jan12

The testimony of Bro. Roger Ibera is one that girds up your faith in the Word: Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. (Matthew 10:29, emphasis mine).

Up to 1999, Bro. Roger had lived his life indulging in worldly pleasures and vices. He didn’t have control with his body, giving in to his fleshly desires. He was obese and later on acquired many diseases, like poor eyesight, heart disease, and worst of all, kidney disease.

He had been to different hospitals in Metro Manila, including The Philippine Heart Center. In desperation, he also resorted to different quack doctors, subjecting himself to their dark rituals. But in the end, he found himself at National Kidney Institute where he would be in and out of for 1 1/2 years. During this time, he had become skin and bones from the diseases he was suffering from.

In one of his confinements at National Kidney Institute, he stayed in a semi-private room and he witnessed how each one of his roommates would leave the room dead. He became depressed and hopeless.

One day in the hospital, he temporarily lost his vision and his memory. He didn’t know who he was and he could only see white images. When his sight and memory returned, he wrote to his family in the province, informing them of his whereabouts and situation. All that time, he was alone in the hospital. He was given mats upon mats of various drugs but he wasn’t getting better.

One Saturday, while alone in his room at National Kidney Institute, he looked out the window to the waiting area and saw a preacher sharing the Gospel to the people there. While he was observing through the window, the preacher looked up and their eyes met. The preacher approached the window and talked to him.

Bro. Roger learned that he was a preacher from Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry. He told him his situation, that he was going to undergo a much-needed surgery in a few days hence. The beloved preacher shared to him the Gospel of salvation and invited him to attend the worship service at Cuneta Astrodome.

The next day being a Sunday, Bro. Roger rose up at dawn and busied himself to prepare to escape and go to the worship service. He removed everything that was attached to his body, quietly left his hospital room, hailed a taxi, and off he went to Cuneta Astrodome, full of hope for healing and deliverance at last.

Since it was still dark, he waited outside. Soon, the beloved brethren arrived and streamed into the venue and he observed how the sisters were clothed modestly without the worldly adornment of jewelries and he heard how they spoke about their pastor with respect and high regard. He was in awe.

When the congregational singing began, he couldn’t explain the great relief that he felt in his body. And when the beloved Jesus Finest Generation Choir sang, he was lifted up in the spirit and he felt like he was floating in the clouds!

When altar call came, he was so in a hurry to reach the front that he bounded down the bleachers. He received the Lord Jesus Christ gladly and was baptized in water in His name.

He didn’t go back to the hospital. The next morning when he went to the toilet to urinate, two large stones came out. He took them and brought them to National Kidney Institute and showed them to his doctor. He testified to the doctor how he received salvation and healing in Jesus’ name.

When he continued to attend worship services and serve and love the Lord Jesus Christ faithfully, he received complete healing of all his diseases. That has been 22 years ago and Bro. Roger continues to live in health and wellness by the grace of God.

ALL PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY AND THANKSGIVING TO OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, OUR DEAREST LORD JESUS!

~ written by Sis. Rina R. Peru

To Hell and Back: The Amazing Testimony of Bro. Mardave Maala

Aug29

You cannot not listen to the testimony of Bro. Mardave Maala. You just can’t ignore it. It’s arresting. It is one of those rare and powerful revelations from God that if you value most your salvation, you just have to listen and be in awe of God who never gets tired to speak to His children.

In 1994, still a young man, Bro. Mardave came to know the Lord Jesus Christ in Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry. But he didn’t continue in following the Lord. He turned his back to God for the lures of the world. He became immersed with his “barkada” (worldly friends).

Two decades passed before God would touch his life once again.

On November 10, 2013, after receiving his monthly salary, he went drinking with his friends. They were in a drinking spree for two days straight.

On November 11, he drove his motorcycle. He was so inebriated (drunk) and was driving so fast. He overtook a jeepney on the right side. There was a hole and before he knew it, he was flying. When he landed, his head hit a Meralco steel post. His skull cracked, splitting it from one ear to the other ear and spilling out a portion of his brain. He died instantly.

He thought he was just asleep, but he felt so hot and in so much pain and he woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw that his surroundings was engulfed in fire. He saw a vast sea of boiling sulphur and brimstone and multitudes of people burning in the crackling fire.

The devil approached him and made him drink liquor, saying, “Whatever vices you indulged yourself in while on earth, you will also do it in hell.”

Bro. Mardave didn’t want to do it because the liquor was actually boiling sulfur. Because of that, the devil punished him by whipping him with a whip attached with nails and sharp blades at the end. Every time the whip lashed at his body, pieces of his flesh came with it. Because of the unbearable pain, he was forced to drink the boiling sulfur.

While drinking, he was bathed with boiling sulfur to take away his drunkenness so he would not stop drinking. He was not supposed to stop. Once he did, the devil would punish him again and again. There was no relenting of the torture and anguish.

Then, he was brought to a place where a multitude of women were being punished. He came to know that these women used to work in nightclubs and beer houses. They were brutally speared in their private parts. snakes with thorns on their heads entered their private parts and came out of their mouths. This went on and on without respite.

Bro. Mardave didn’t only see adult men and women, teenage boys and girls, but also kids as young as 7 years old. These are the ones who loved to watch bad cartoons. The characters in those cartoons were the ones who punished them.

From there, he was brought to a place where there were many people dancing. He saw fat worms came in and out of the holes of their faces.

Bro. Mardave testified that in hell, one could still feel hunger, but there’s nothing to eat except worms. And the worms there don’t die.

He was ordered to dance. During the time that he turned his back to the Lord, one of the things he loved doing was dancing worldly dance. He saw there a man who was a famous singer and dancer on earth. He was dancing the “moonwalk”. “Moonwalk” was how the demons walked in hell.

The angry devil pushed him into the burning sulfur. He felt the worms start to crawl to his head and entered the holes of his face.

While this was happening to him, his mother didn’t stop praying and the Lord instructed her to bring his picture to the beloved Hon. Pastor Wilde Almeda to be prayed over and laid hands on.

The moment the beloved pastor laid his hand on Bro. Mardave’s picture, he felt relief instantly. The searing heat and intense pain eased. He woke up, and this time, he found himself in a desert. He was crying for help. He couldn’t walk, he couldn’t take a step. When he looked down at his feet, he saw two hands gripping them, red-black hands.

He looked behind him and saw a deep ravine. At the bottom of the ravine, he saw hell once more. People were screaming in terror, a deafening, blood-curdling sound. The two hands gripping his feet were trying to hurl him back to hell but they couldn’t.

In his fear, he faced them again, and as he did so, he saw a towering figure. The figure was wearing white that shone in brilliance. His face was shining brightly. Bro. Mardave was offered a hand and when he took it, he woke up and found himself in the hospital, in East Avenue Medical Center,

The doctors attending to him were shocked that he came back to life. He was comatose for 2 months and had only 1% chance of ever regaining consciousness.

But he woke up healed and was immediately discharged from the hospital.

The portion of his brain that was removed affected his memory functions. He couldn’t recognize his mother at first, but his full memory came back when he uttered “Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry.”

Bro. Mardave became a choir member and full-time pastoral worker.

Truly, our dearest Lord Jesus Christ is amazing! Merciful, gracious, and His love is beyond comprehension!

ALL GLORY, HONOR, PRAISES, AND THANKSGIVING TO OUR GOD ALONE, OUR DEAREST LORD JESUS CHRIST, FOREVER AND EVER! AMEN AND AMEN!

~ written by Sis. Rina R. Peru

“Be Thou Clean!”: The Amazing Testimony of Bro. Rey Avila

Jan28

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Bro. Rey Avila testifying in the pulpit at JMCIM – Main.

When you hear Bro. Rey Avila testify about the harrowing trial that he and his siblings had to endure for so many years, you can’t help but be deeply moved. His voice cracks as he relates what they had to go through, until tears silently fall down his cheeks, accompanying the painful memories as he recalls each one for the praise and glory of God.

Bro. Rey Avila, together with his three siblings, had a severe skin disease from birth. Growing up in a poor family in the province of Bicol, they resorted to different quack (witch) doctors to find cure for their worsening skin disease that covered their whole bodies. 

They were told that they were cursed and the witch that did this evil is dead, leaving the statement: “It’s the children who will suffer the sins of their parents.”

The diseased children also tried herbal remedies to no avail. They weren’t getting better no matter how religiously they followed the “albularyos” (herbalists) instructions and “cures” in their province.

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Photo of Bro. Rey while suffering the dreaded skin disease.

Their parents transferred them to the province of Cavite. By this time, they were teenagers and their skin disease was getting worse. The house they lived in Cavite had no electricity. In the morning, they would see their clothes soaked in blood from the open wounds all over their bodies. Blood oozed from these wounds that blanketed every part of their skin. Their sleeves that clung on their thin arms were soaked in blood.

Eventually, GMA 7, a prominent TV station, came to know of their plight and helped them. Their story was aired in Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko. Bro. Rey and one of his brothers were brought to St. Luke’s Medical Center and there, they were examined by one of the country’s top dermatologists. They underwent numerous laboratory tests and biopsies. 

They were also shown in Brigada Siete. The show also helped them and had them examined in different hospitals in the country, such as Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center and RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine). 

Samples of skin, blood, nail, and hair were taken from them in RITM. These samples were sent abroad for thorough analysis. After one year, the results finally came in. All four siblings were called to RITM. They had very high expectations, believing that the medical specialists  had finally found a cure for their disease.

The results showed that they all came out positive in the disease called “epidermolysis hellosa”, a kind of disease that had no cure and will carry it until their old age. This news hit them so badly. They were now without hope.

Many dermatologists and the media were present when the name of their disease was announced. They were informed that they would suffer the disease their whole lives. 

At this point, they lost all hope in God.

Throughout the many years that they had carried and suffered the abhorrent disease, they had prayed assiduously. Twenty-four long years of sickness and suffering with agonizing prayers, and now, what? The bitterness that gripped Bro. Rey and his siblings choked what little hope remained in them.

Ever since they were little, they had been mocked and trodden down. They rarely went out of the house. Now that they were grown-ups, it was no different. They lost all courage and hope and just stayed inside the house, feeling miserable and depressed.

Bro. Rey lost his faith in God. In his despair, he became angry at God. 

Their life was all sickness, suffering, and depression they wanted to die!

GMA 7 contacted them again for follow-up check up but they didn’t respond anymore.

Their disease worsened, all four of them, no one was spared. The whole house stank of the issues that oozed from their numerous wounds, blood and puss and perspiration mingling together for they couldn’t take a bath. Bathing was a torture because of the open wounds, blisters, and new ruptures all over their bodies that they gave up bathing altogether. 

They slept most of the time because their bodies hurt and they were becoming weak. Their father became angry at them and despised them, telling them that they had become useless and invalids. 

Because of the hurtful words of their father that cut deep as much as the disease that ravaged his body, Bro. Rey fled their home. He reached Sta. Rosa in the province of Laguna. He slept in sidewalks, basketball courts, the cemetery. Someone saw him and brought him to the barangay hall rescue team which in turn turned him over to DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) Bahay Kalinga.

But even Bahay Kalinga couldn’t fold Bro. Rey into its embrace, fearing that he might infect the other children housed there. The barangay hall representative had to bring him back with him and put him in a newly-built toilet. So he was there until an employee saw him and took his pictures which she posted on Facebook.

A brother from JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY saw the post  and immediately messaged him and invited him to attend the 8th anniversary of JMCIM-Sta. Rosa Outreach. He accepted the invitation and on May 6 (year to be confirmed), he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ and was baptized in His name.

He thought that being immersed in the tub of water would hurt him as he had lesions all over his body, but he was wrong. That same night, he slept soundly. Hallelujah!

In the morning, his clothes were soaked again because the blisters had all erupted. But within a few days, his wounds began to dry up and in just a few months, Bro. Rey received complete healing from the Lord Jesus Christ through the faithful and unceasing prayers of our dearly Beloved Hon. Pastor Wilde Almeda.

Nowadays, Bro. Rey’s skin is clean with just some scars remaining, a testimony of God’s healing power, unequalled love and mercy, and faithfulness. Hallelujah!   

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Bro. Rey now, working as a security guard.

Now, he testifies with tears, that God is not deaf nor blind to our deepest needs. He now works as a security guard and uses his salary to attend crusades in different outreaches.

THE HIGHEST PRAISE, HONOR, THANKSGIVING, AND ALL THE GLORY TO GOD ALONE – OUR DEAREST LORD JESUS CHRIST!

Amen and Amen!

Written by: Sis. Rina Peru

 

 

“I was blind, now I see!”: The Amazing Testimony of Bro. Michael Garcia

Feb10

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Bro. Michael Garcia testifying in the pulpit at the Main Church, Amoranto Sports Complex, Quezon City, Philippines

When you see him testify in the pulpit, you will see a diminutive man, thin and small, so much so that the hand-me-down shirt he wears almost gobbles him up, even though he folds the sleeves to reveal his hands. He maybe that in stature, but his testimony is larger than life.

Before Bro. Michael came to know the Lord Jesus Christ, he worked in construction for many years. He was the one who mixed cement and sand to make concrete. According to his testimony, he used potent cement mixes to build sturdy buildings. As he did his job, it couldn’t be helped that cement splashed and went to his unprotected eyes. For years it was like that, until one day, he found himself groping in darkness. He had become blind.

His terrible misfortune happened at work. When he was told to mix concrete, he purposed to go and do it as what he had done before. But he realized that he could no longer see. He had lost his sight and had to grope around to feel his way. His fellow workers noticed the change in him and asked what was wrong. He told them he could no longer see.

The same day, his co-workers brought him home. He said goodbye to them bitterly, saying, “I cannot work anymore. This is the bitter end of my life. When you learn that I have died, just come to my funeral!”

And they left him to his doomed fate.

He was orphaned early in life. When his remaining family and other relations learned that he could not fend for himself anymore, and was in fact very dependent on other people’s help, they all forsook him.

He had absolutely no one to care for him. He was not only destitute for help and care, he was also destitute for food. He lived in a wooden cart. He would go weeks without tasting proper food. Most of the time, he lived only by water.

When he went out, kids made fun of him, stoning him until he sustained head wounds. In fact, he had collected wounds and scars in the head over the years.

One day, feeling so desperate with all the suffering and hardships he was going through, he cried out towards heaven, “God, please end my suffering and take away my life, so I wouldn’t feel this pain in my heart anymore!”

Was he in pain because of his blindness, or the wounds from frequent stoning, or even from constant hunger? Yes, very much so! But more than that, his heart was aching. The pain in his heart was unbearable!

Having experienced illness and suffering myself these past more than 13 years, I know what Bro. Michael is talking about. I know that pain in the heart: the isolation, the loneliness. But for him, it was much more. He was hurt deeply when not a single loved one cared. That hurt him the most. To know that no one loves and cares for you. To know that you are forsaken.

BUT GOD!

God who is rich in mercy and compassion has not abandoned him. He was never forgotten by Him.

One day, beloved workers from JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY came to him and brought him to the worship service in Amoranto. At this time, he had been blind 7 years. He received the Lord Jesus Christ and was baptized in water in His name. From then on, he attended worship services religiously. He always arrived early and was never late.

One night after worship service, he didn’t have anyone to bring him home. But as he groped in the dark late in the night, he heard the voices of two men speaking to him. They instructed him to hold onto their hands, one on each side of him. And they started to walk.  At some point, he stumbled and lost his footing. While he groped for their hands, he touched feathered wings instead! He realized what was happening. And in that instant, a light flashed and pierced into his unseeing eyes and for a fleeting moment, he could see through the bright light, just long enough for him to see that he was walking with two angels! Hallelujah! 

Then one Sunday in November 2016, about 6 months after he received salvation, he was early in Amoranto as usual. Morning joggers still littered the oval. He found himself needing to drink (or something), so he left his place and groped for the stairs going to the bleachers. A few steps…grope…wall…a few steps…grope…stairs… And so on.

But as he approached the bleachers as the stadium opened to the vast morning sky, he could see a glimmer of light above. He realized he was looking at the sky! When he reached the top of the VIP area, he could see the joggers jogging around the oval, children playing. He could see the trees and all around him!

The Lord Jesus Christ has healed him of his blindness! After 7 years of being absolutely blind, he could now see!

Because of Bro.Mchael’s amazing testimony, many in his neighborhood are in awe of the wondrous works of God. They know him as the poor blind man that can now see and mingle with them. They come to him and listen to his testimony. Many are being saved because of his story. God’s story.

All glory, honor, praise, and thanksgiving belong to the Lord God Almighty – our dearest Lord Jesus Christ! Amen and amen!

From Muslim to Christian: The Miracles in the Life of Bro. Rene Pedregoza

Dec23

Bro. Rene was a Muslim. He grew up with his grandfather who was a sultan and his mother who was a teacher in Arabic. His parents separated when he was young, because his father refused to convert to Islam. In 1995, he worked for Christian fishpond owners as messenger to all the commanders of the rebellious groups in Mindanao. His task was to bring the collections from the fishpond operations. It was during this time that he acquired malaria.

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His uncle and other relatives who were Muslims were into witchcraft and they could also cure diseases caused by witchcraft using traditional medicine. All kinds of plants and fish that are used for burning were applied to him to cure his malaria, but these all failed.

His Christian wife asked permission to bring him to the doctor. But the doctor couldn’t offer any help. He doubted if Bro. Rene could survive the disease. Bro. Rene and his wife returned home without hope of healing. He began to lose appetite to eat. For 3 months, he couldn’t eat well. He stripped off his clothes in public without him being aware of what he was doing.

One day, his beloved mother was watching a Christian TV program which compelled her to say to him, “Son, your grandfather is an imam. He sits as judge to the whole Muslim community. One of your uncles is a sultan who cries morning, noon, and evening Allahu Akbar! But I want you to watch this so you will know what it teaches.”

At that time, Bro. Rene had not expected healing to come for he had been asking himself in desperation, “Is there a God who loves mankind?” But he heard the beloved pastor, Evangelist Wilde Almeda say, “Whatever is your situation right now, whether you’re a Christian or a Muslim, only believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the God who will heal you!” Bro. Rene hobbled towards the TV to touch the screen and cried out, “Dearest Lord! I wish that my uncles had told me there is a God who loves all people! But at this moment, I am believing that there is only one God in the whole earth! If you are the God of the Muslims and Christians, heal me, please!”

For 3 months, Bro. Rene had not been able to stand. But at that moment, he felt something very cold enter the top of his head and bathe his whole being and he was able to stand strong on his own two feet! He cried out, “There is a God who loves all people!” He received complete healing from his malaria.

Bro. Rene searched for Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry in Zamboanga but with a mixture of fear because Muslims are not supposed to believe in the name of Jesus. He found the outreach and he was baptized in water in Jesus’ name. For fear of their Muslim community, his wife ran away to Manila. Before long, Bro. Rene followed her for fear that his relatives would kill him for converting to Christianity.

For 6 years, they lived in Manila and attended worship services in Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry.

But in 2000, after the beloved Pastor Wilde Almeda and the 12 prayer warriors went to the camp of Abu Sayyaf in Talipao, Jolo, Sulu and came down safe and unharmed, he realized there was nothing to fear after all. His faith was strengthened all the more and he declared that there is a God who saves and delivers! That the God of Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry is the one true living God!

He traveled back home to Zamboanga and looked for his uncles whom he greatly feared. He found one of them, a sultan, who had been bedridden for 7 years. Bro. Rene told him, “Uncle, this is your opportunity to know that the God of the Christians and Muslims is one!” And he proceeded to testify that JMCIM brethren fast for 30 days or more and live, unlike their practice of fasting. They make night day and day night. They fast during the day time but eat during the night.

His uncle replied, “Son, I receive your Jesus. Baptize me now in His name!” After baptism, his uncle was able to stand up and walk. He shouted, “It is true that Jesus is the only Almighty God!” They organized a Bible Study inside the Muslim community. All fears were vanished because they had proven that God loves all people including the Muslims.

One day, some Muslim children bathed in the river. When they returned, one was missing. An hour had passed before they found the child dead. He had drowned in the river. One of Bro. Rene’s uncles who was a hadji looked for Bro. Rene’s mother and the JMCIM brethren. He told Bro. Rene’s mother, “Your preacher has been testifying that in Jesus Miracle Crusade, the dead are raised. Prove to me now whether this is true!”

Bro. Rene’s mother hurried to the room in fear and begged God in prayer. She said, “Lord Jesus, show to them that You are God who is almighty and all-powerful!” She then lifted the dead child and cried out, “Lord Jesus, prove to them all that You are the God of Christians and Muslims! Please, make this child live!” The child gulped the breath of life and he lived in Jesus’ name!

Later on, one of his uncles who was a commander of MILF and had 17 wives threatened him, “If you don’t stop what you’re doing and if you bring your other uncles to that Church, I will kill you!”

One of his uncles who was a sultan in one of the Muslim towns came to him. He was already blind. He said to Bro. Rene, “Son, I heard that you have become a member of Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry. I have also heard how good your God is.” And he told Bro. Rene of how God had miraculously delivered the beloved pastor and the 12 prayer warriors who only carried Bibles from the hands of the Abu Sayyaf. He believed that the beloved pastor Wilde Almeda is a true prophet of God. This uncle, too, received the Lord Jesus and was baptized in water in His name. When he came out of the water, he could see!

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!

All glory, honor, praise, and thanksgiving belong to our Lord God Almighty – our dearest Jesus!