Re-started "Hour of Discovery" Radio Ministry February 1987...

Chapter 51– Re-Started “Hour of Discovery” Radio Ministry February 1987, with budget for 3 months, but the Lord made it possible to broadcast for about 17 years... …

My involvement in radio ministry doing social, economic, political, advocacy and religious broadcasts was built on simple faith. If God wants me to do a certain kind of work, He will provide the way and means so that the work can be started until it was finished. This was my simple experienced in life and in my ministry.

In February 1987, we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast at Station DYRP, in Iloilo City. We have money enough only to pay 3 months broadcast time. Our broadcast time was 4:30 -5:00 PM every Wednesday. My wife, Hesther and my friend, Frank Carilimdiliman, who’s ecumenical perspectives was strong, were with me facing each other in the radio station, on our maiden broadcast.

I told Hesther and Frank: “We are venturing into a broadcast ministry. This is a hard goal. It is a venture in faith. If God opens the way, Hour of Discovery broadcast will continue for a year and more. If it was not His will, we must be ready to stop Hour of Discovery in 3 month time.

I gave my message. It was a simple message. It carried our dream. It was sustained by a strong faith. A belief, that with God’s leading our dreams, faith and hope will never fail. Hour of Discovery was launched on the air that Wednesday afternoon. And it went On the Air for nearly 25 years, moving to DYFM Bombo Radio when DYRP decided to close their broadcast business.

When we ventured in this ministry, we learned a little and developed some knowledge and skills on Project Proposals, Project Feasibility Studies and Project Plannings. We have learned from observations and experiences working some years with the Convention’s Urban Industrial Mission (UIM) and its New Frontier Ministries (NFM), from 1976, that simple but organized writing skills were very important for generating of needed resources

Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies, has the power to reach local, national and international agencies and entrepreneurs for possible links, partnership and joint ventures so that important projects that cannot be done alone, can be done together – whether evangelisms, education, development works, cooperatives, broadcasting, organic farming, printing and publishing and even in the revolutionary struggles, the skills of Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies will be needed.

For organizations and associations with at least 3 years registration and legal personalities, potential board of directors, credibility and good program can, and often get access to technical, management and financial resources, within and outside the country. Many national and international organizations had technical resources and money in their hands.

But they do not know what programs were needed and where they have to put this resources. A Project Proposal or a Feasibility Study will make this possible. The donors and donee, meet together in the act of partnership or joint ventures, reaching to those who need the programs and services in the local communities direct to the people in need.

Before we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we developed a wide group of possible listeners. We wrote letters to churches and pastors of the Convention Baptists who were our friends. We wrote simple letters, telling them of our broadcast dates and time. We shared with them our dream for a broadcast ministry.

We wrote letters to members of PANELFU, a labor union we knew with 400 chapters in villages and towns in Panay and told them of our broadcast. It was a direct advertizing and promotions work we made. Militant students, we knew and have relationships, were asked to tell their friends of our broadcast date and time.

Then, about 5 months, we decided to transfer” Hour of Discovery” to DYFM-Bombo Radio. By that time, Bombo Radio was the Number One radio station in Iloilo in terms of listener. According to surveys during that time, Bombo Radio has 37% listeners preference in Iloilo City, with some 7 radio stations, AM and FM stations operating.

DYFM-Bombo Radio gave us a 15-minute radio time, on Sundays at 2:00 PM.

We continued to work and build relationship and partnership. We partnered with Rev. Greg Tingson, an Internationally known Evangelists, residing in Manila and Kabankalan, Negros Occidental for a possible joint broadcast. We will managed the project and promotions.

I asked him to pay the monthly broadcast time. He will speak on the 3nd and 4th Wednesdays. I will speak on the 1st, 3rd and on 5th Sundays. Rev. Gred Tingson, sent a Check for the next month’s broadcast. This arrangement continued for more than a year.

We proposed a joint venture with the National Council Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). And Mrs. Prima Formelleza responded and assisted us several months. Hour of Discovery has now started a little partnership in the broadcast ministry.

Some churches in Panay also sent some amount for Hour of Discovery. Some friends in the churches, in the labor union and farmers association also assisted us. We were able to strengthen our broadcast ministry.

Then, through Rev. Olof Lindstrom, I sent a Project Proposal to Farsta Church in Sweden. In about 3 months time, Farsta Church supported our broadcst ministry for 3 years. Then, the renewed their support for the next 4 years, a total of 7 years. For more than 7 years, Farsta Church supported us, enabling us to open broadcast to 3 stations in Panay and Negros and also in Bukidnon and General Santos City, in Mindanao.

We then tried to make wider coverage of our broadcast in Iloilo City, with another broadcast center in Iloilo City. We started broadcast with GMA Iloilo City at 4:30 on Sunday mornings. Former Governor and Senator Rafael Palmares, was leading the Catholic broadcast with reflections and prayer at 4:00 AM on Sundays. I arrived early, and listen to their broadcast. We sometimes have conversations and sharing. He often stay with us at the station and listen also to our broadcast.

It was great to have some little time with a former Governorr and Senator of the country. Rafael Palmares, now a preacher in radio, who in his time. Played big role in the political life of our country. Now, he played another important role in life, by leading reflections and prayers for Catholics every Sunday at 4:00 AM.

To reached out to more radio listeners, Hour of Discovery started also a program with DYRI-Iloilo. It was at 2:00 PM every Sunday. I discovered that radio listeners in Panay have their favourite radio stations, favourite radio announcers, radio newscasters and radio comentators. One way to reach radio audiences was to have a radio programs in different radio stations. And we did just that. We opened “Hour of Discovery” to different stations in Iloilo City.

Some of our topics where for strengthening of the faith of our people, regardless of the church membership. Most deals with social, ethichal and political issues. Issue that deals on some needs for opening the minds of our people, seeing clearly the issues on Protections of Human Rights and Human Rights violations, like the following messages in radio and later printed and published as a pamphlet and later published in a book.

1. THE APPLE TREE AND THE SPADE, a Reflection of Rev. Birgit Karlson, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Sweden, which we requested her to tape record when he was here in the Philippines as speaker during the Annual Aseembly.

2. HUMAN RIGHTS: DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE FARMERS AND MILITARY HELD AT THE PROVINCIAL HALL OF ILOILO – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

3. CELEBACY AND THE MARRIED PRIESTS – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

4. SELLING WOMEN’S FLESH: LAST WAY SOME WOMEN DO TO LIVE –By Ms. Lucy Francisco, officer of Gabriela Women’s Party

5. SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL! – By Pastor Liza Lamis, Coordinator, Women’s Program of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).

6. THE LOVE ROAD –By Rev. Olof Lindstrom, Secretary for Information & International Relations of the Baptist Union of Sweden.

7. THE BAPTIST YOUTH & THE POLITICS OF CHANGE – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

8. A GOD WHO CRIES! – Rev. Gunnel Andreasson, Swedish Baptist Union, Secretary for Asia and Eastern Europe.

9. NEVER REMAIN IN THE TEMPLE –Pastor Leo Claridad, Faculty Member, North Negros Baptist Bible College.

10. THE STORM OF GALILEE – Rev. La Verne Mercado, General Secretary, NCCP, Manila.

"Hour of Discovery"Radio Ministry, which was first started in 1974 and ended in 1977. Re-started in 19 78 and ended in 1981. Then re-started again in 1987 and closed in 2006. God bless our radio ministry. Then, God helped us, open a new - a small printing and publishing ministry.

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Re-started "Hour of Discovery" Radio Ministry February 1987...

M E M O R I E S: Life and Time of Pastor Rudy Bernal, his Glimpses on History & the People’s Struggle for Freedom

Chapter 51– Re-Started “Hour of Discovery” Radio Ministry February 1987, with budget for 3 months, but the Lord made it possible to broadcast for about 17 years... …

My involvement in radio ministry doing social, economic, political, advocacy and religious broadcasts was built on simple faith. If God wants me to do a certain kind of work, He will provide the way and means so that the work can be started until it was finished. This was my simple experienced in life and in my ministry.

In February 1987, we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast at Station DYRP, in Iloilo City. We have money enough only to pay 3 months broadcast time. Our broadcast time was 4:30 -5:00 PM every Wednesday. My wife, Hesther and my friend, Frank Carilimdiliman, who’s ecumenical perspectives was strong, were with me facing each other in the radio station, on our maiden broadcast.

I told Hesther and Frank: “We are venturing into a broadcast ministry. This is a hard goal. It is a venture in faith. If God opens the way, Hour of Discovery broadcast will continue for a year and more. If it was not His will, we must be ready to stop Hour of Discovery in 3 month time.

I gave my message. It was a a simple message. It carried our dream. It was sustained by a strong faith. A belief, that with God’s leading our dreams, faith and hope will never fail. Hour of Discovery was launched on the air that Wednesday afternoon. And it went On the Air for nearly 25 years, moving to DYFM Bombo Radio when DYRP decided to close their broadcast business.

When we ventured in this ministry, we learned a little and developed some knowledge and skills on Project Proposals, Project Feasibility Studies and Project Plannings. We have learned from observations and experiences working some years with the Convention’s Urban Industrial Mission (UIM) and its New Frontier Ministries (NFM), from 1976, that that simple but organized writing skills were very important for generating of needed resources

Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies, has the power to reach local, national and international agencies and entrepreneurs for possible links, partnership and joint ventures so that important projects that cannot be done alone, can be done together – whether evangelisms, education, development works, cooperatives, broadcasting, organic farming, printing and publishing and even in the revolutionary struggles, the skills of Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies will be needed.

For organizations and associations with at least 3 years registration and legal personalities, potential board of directors, credibility and good program can, and often get access to technical, management and financial resources, within and outside the country. Many national and international organizations had technical resources and money in their hands.

But they do not know what programs were needed and where they have to put this resources. A Project Proposal or a Feasibility Study will make this possible. The donors and donee, meet together in the act of partnership or joint ventures, reaching to those who need the programs and services in the local communities direct to the people in need.

Before we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we developed a wide group of possible listeners. We wrote letters to churches and pastors of the Convention Baptists who were our friends. We wrote simple letters, telling them of our broadcast dates and time. We shared with them our dream for a broadcast ministry.

We wrote letters to members of PANELFU, a labor union we knew with 400 chapters in villages and towns in Panay and told them of our broadcast. It was a direct advertizing and promotions work we made. Militant students, we knew and have relationships, were asked to tell their friends of our broadcast date and time.

Then, about 5 months, we decided to transfer” Hour of Discovery” to DYFM-Bombo Radio. By that time, Bombo Radio was the Number One radio station in Iloilo in terms of listener. According to surveys during that time, Bombo Radio has 37% listeners preference in Iloilo City, with some 7 radio stations, AM and FM stations operating.

DYFM-Bombo Radio gave us a 15-minute radio time, on Sundays at 2:00 PM.

We continued to work and build relationship and partnership. We partnered with Rev. Greg Tingson, an Internationally known Evangelists, residing in Manila and Kabankalan, Negros Occidental for a a possible joint broadcast. We will managed the project and promotions.

I asked him to pay the monthly broadcast time. He will speak on the 3nd and 4th Wednesdays. I will speak on the 1st, 3rd and on 5th Sundays. Rev. Gred Tingson, sent a Check for the next month’s broadcast. This arrangement continued for more than a year.

We proposed a joint venture with the National Council Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). And Mrs. Prima Formelleza responded and assisted us several months. Hour of Discovery has now started a little partnership in the broadcast ministry.

Some churches in Panay also sent some amount for Hour of Discovery. Some friends in the churches, in the labor union and farmers association also assisted us. We were able to strengthen our broadcast ministry.

Then , through Rev. Olof Lindstrom, I sent a Project Proposal to Farsta Church in Sweden. In about 3 months time, Farsta Church supported our broadcst ministry for 3 years. Then, the renewed their support for the next 4 years, a total of 7 years. For more than 7 years, Farsta Church supported us, enabling us to open broadcast to 3 stations in Panay and Negros and also in Bukidnon and General Santos City, in Mindanao. .

We then tried to make wider coverage of our broadcast in in Iloilo City, with another broadcast center in Iloilo City. We started broadcast with GMA Iloilo City at 4:30 on Sunday mornings. Former Governor and Senator Rafael Palmares, was leading the Catholic broadcast with reflections and prayer at 4:00 AM on Sundays. I arrived early, and listen to their broadcast. We sometimes have conversations and sharing. He often stay with us at the station and listen also to our broadcast.

It was great to have some little time with a former Governorr and Senator of the country. Rafael Palmares, now a preacher in radio, who in his time. Played big role in the political life of our country. Now, he played another important role in life, by leading reflections and prayers for Catholics every Sunday at 4:00 AM.

To reached out to more radio listeners, Hour of Discovery started also a program with DYRI-Iloilo. It was at 2:00 PM every Sunday. I discovered that radio listeners in Panay have their favourite radio stations, favourite radio announcers, radio newscasters and radio comentators. One way to reach radio audiences was to have a radio programs in different radio stations. And and we did just that. We opened “Hour of Discovery” to different stations in Iloilo City.

Some of our topics where for strengthening of the faith of our people, regardless of the church membership. Most deals with social, ethichal and political issues. Issue that deals on some needs for opening the minds of our people, seeing clearly the issues on Protections of Human Rights and Human Rights violations, like the following messages in radio and later printed and published as a pamphlet and later published in a book.

1. THE APPLE TREE AND THE SPADE, a Reflection of Rev. Birgit Karlson, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Sweden, which we requested her to tape record when he was here in the Philippines as speaker during the Annual Aseembly.

2. HUMAN RIGHTS : DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE FARMERS AND MILITARY HELD AT THE PROVINCIAL HALL OF ILOILO – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

3. CELEBACY AND THE MARRIED PRIESTS – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

4. SELLING WOMEN’S FLESH: LAST WAY SOME WOMEN DO TO LIVE –By Ms. Lucy Francisco, officer of Gabriela Women’s Party

5. SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL! – By Pastor Liza Lamis, Coordinator, Women’s Program of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).

6. THE LOVE ROAD –By Rev. Olof Lindstrom, Secretary for Information & International Relations of the Baptist Union of Sweden.

7. THE BAPTIST YOUTH & THE POLITICS OF CHANGE – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

8. A GOD WHO CRIES! – Rev. Gunnel Andreasson, Swedish Baptist Union, Secretary for Asia and Eastern Europe.

9. NEVER REMAIN IN THE TEMPLE –Pastor Leo Claridad, Faculty Member, North Negros Baptist Bible College.

10. THE STORM OF GALILEE – Rev. La Verne Mercado, General Secretary, NCCP, Manila.

"Hour of Discovery" Radio Ministry, which was first started in 1974 and ended in 1977. . Re-started in 19 78 and ended in 1981. Then re-started again in 1987 and closed in in 2006. God bless our radio ministry. Then, God helped us, open a new - a small printing and publishing ministry.

i. `

Re-started "Hour of Discovery" Radio Ministry February 1987...

Chapter 51– Re-Started “Hour of Discovery” Radio Ministry February 1987, with budget for 3 months, but the Lord made it possible to broadcast for about 17 years... …

My involvement in radio ministry doing social, economic, political, advocacy and religious broadcasts was built on simple faith. If God wants me to do a certain kind of work, He will provide the way and means so that the work can be started until it was finished. This was my simple experienced in life and in my ministry.

In February 1987, we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast at Station DYRP, in Iloilo City. We have money enough only to pay 3 months broadcast time. Our broadcast time was 4:30 -5:00 PM every Wednesday. My wife, Hesther and my friend, Frank Carilimdiliman, who’s ecumenical perspectives was strong, were with me facing each other in the radio station, on our maiden broadcast.

I told Hesther and Frank: “We are venturing into a broadcast ministry. This is a hard goal. It is a venture in faith. If God opens the way, Hour of Discovery broadcast will continue for a year and more. If it was not His will, we must be ready to stop Hour of Discovery in 3 month time.

I gave my message. It was a simple message. It carried our dream. It was sustained by a strong faith. A belief, that with God’s leading our dreams, faith and hope will never fail. Hour of Discovery was launched on the air that Wednesday afternoon. And it went On the Air for nearly 25 years, moving to DYFM Bombo Radio when DYRP decided to close their broadcast business.

When we ventured in this ministry, we learned a little and developed some knowledge and skills on Project Proposals, Project Feasibility Studies and Project Plannings. We have learned from observations and experiences working some years with the Convention’s Urban Industrial Mission (UIM) and its New Frontier Ministries (NFM), from 1976, that simple but organized writing skills were very important for generating of needed resources

Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies, has the power to reach local, national and international agencies and entrepreneurs for possible links, partnership and joint ventures so that important projects that cannot be done alone, can be done together – whether evangelisms, education, development works, cooperatives, broadcasting, organic farming, printing and publishing and even in the revolutionary struggles, the skills of Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies will be needed.

For organizations and associations with at least 3 years registration and legal personalities, potential board of directors, credibility and good program can, and often get access to technical, management and financial resources, within and outside the country. Many national and international organizations had technical resources and money in their hands.

But they do not know what programs were needed and where they have to put this resources. A Project Proposal or a Feasibility Study will make this possible. The donors and donee, meet together in the act of partnership or joint ventures, reaching to those who need the programs and services in the local communities direct to the people in need.

Before we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we developed a wide group of possible listeners. We wrote letters to churches and pastors of the Convention Baptists who were our friends. We wrote simple letters, telling them of our broadcast dates and time. We shared with them our dream for a broadcast ministry.

We wrote letters to members of PANELFU, a labor union we knew with 400 chapters in villages and towns in Panay and told them of our broadcast. It was a direct advertizing and promotions work we made. Militant students, we knew and have relationships, were asked to tell their friends of our broadcast date and time.

Then, about 5 months, we decided to transfer” Hour of Discovery” to DYFM-Bombo Radio. By that time, Bombo Radio was the Number One radio station in Iloilo in terms of listener. According to surveys during that time, Bombo Radio has 37% listeners preference in Iloilo City, with some 7 radio stations, AM and FM stations operating.

DYFM-Bombo Radio gave us a 15-minute radio time, on Sundays at 2:00 PM.

We continued to work and build relationship and partnership. We partnered with Rev. Greg Tingson, an Internationally known Evangelists, residing in Manila and Kabankalan, Negros Occidental for a possible joint broadcast. We will managed the project and promotions.

I asked him to pay the monthly broadcast time. He will speak on the 3nd and 4th Wednesdays. I will speak on the 1st, 3rd and on 5th Sundays. Rev. Gred Tingson, sent a Check for the next month’s broadcast. This arrangement continued for more than a year.

We proposed a joint venture with the National Council Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). And Mrs. Prima Formelleza responded and assisted us several months. Hour of Discovery has now started a little partnership in the broadcast ministry.

Some churches in Panay also sent some amount for Hour of Discovery. Some friends in the churches, in the labor union and farmers association also assisted us. We were able to strengthen our broadcast ministry.

Then , through Rev. Olof Lindstrom, I sent a Project Proposal to Farsta Church in Sweden. In about 3 months time, Farsta Church supported our broadcst ministry for 3 years. Then, the renewed their support for the next 4 years, a total of 7 years. For more than 7 years, Farsta Church supported us, enabling us to open broadcast to 3 stations in Panay and Negros and also in Bukidnon and General Santos City, in Mindanao. .

We then tried to make wider coverage of our broadcast in Iloilo City, with another broadcast center in Iloilo City. We started broadcast with GMA Iloilo City at 4:30 on Sunday mornings. Former Governor and Senator Rafael Palmares, was leading the Catholic broadcast with reflections and prayer at 4:00 AM on Sundays. I arrived early, and listen to their broadcast. We sometimes have conversations and sharing. He often stay with us at the station and listen also to our broadcast.

It was great to have some little time with a former Governorr and Senator of the country. Rafael Palmares, now a preacher in radio, who in his time. Played big role in the political life of our country. Now, he played another important role in life, by leading reflections and prayers for Catholics every Sunday at 4:00 AM.

To reached out to more radio listeners, Hour of Discovery started also a program with DYRI-Iloilo. It was at 2:00 PM every Sunday. I discovered that radio listeners in Panay have their favourite radio stations, favourite radio announcers, radio newscasters and radio comentators. One way to reach radio audiences was to have a radio programs in different radio stations. And we did just that. We opened “Hour of Discovery” to different stations in Iloilo City.

Some of our topics where for strengthening of the faith of our people, regardless of the church membership. Most deals with social, ethichal and political issues. Issue that deals on some needs for opening the minds of our people, seeing clearly the issues on Protections of Human Rights and Human Rights violations, like the following messages in radio and later printed and published as a pamphlet and later published in a book.

1. THE APPLE TREE AND THE SPADE, a Reflection of Rev. Birgit Karlson, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Sweden, which we requested her to tape record when he was here in the Philippines as speaker during the Annual Aseembly.

2. HUMAN RIGHTS : DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE FARMERS AND MILITARY HELD AT THE PROVINCIAL HALL OF ILOILO – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

3. CELEBACY AND THE MARRIED PRIESTS – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

4. SELLING WOMEN’S FLESH: LAST WAY SOME WOMEN DO TO LIVE –By Ms. Lucy Francisco, officer of Gabriela Women’s Party

5. SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL! – By Pastor Liza Lamis, Coordinator, Women’s Program of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).

6. THE LOVE ROAD –By Rev. Olof Lindstrom, Secretary for Information & International Relations of the Baptist Union of Sweden.

7. THE BAPTIST YOUTH & THE POLITICS OF CHANGE – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

8. A GOD WHO CRIES! – Rev. Gunnel Andreasson, Swedish Baptist Union, Secretary for Asia and Eastern Europe.

9. NEVER REMAIN IN THE TEMPLE –Pastor Leo Claridad, Faculty Member, North Negros Baptist Bible College.

10. THE STORM OF GALILEE – Rev. La Verne Mercado, General Secretary, NCCP, Manila.

"Hour of Discovery" Radio Ministry, which was first started in 1974 and ended in 1977. . Re-started in 19 78 and ended in 1981. Then re-started again in 1987 and closed in 2006. God bless our radio ministry. Then, God helped us, open a new - a small printing and publishing ministry.

i. `

Re-started "Hour of Discovery" Radio Ministry February 1987...

Chapter 51– Re-Started “Hour of Discovery” Radio Ministry February 1987, with budget for 3 months, but the Lord made it possible to broadcast for about 17 years... …

My involvement in radio ministry doing social, economic, political, advocacy and religious broadcasts was built on simple faith. If God wants me to do a certain kind of work, He will provide the way and means so that the work can be started until it was finished. This was my simple experienced in life and in my ministry.

In February 1987, we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast at Station DYRP, in Iloilo City. We have money enough only to pay 3 months broadcast time. Our broadcast time was 4:30 -5:00 PM every Wednesday. My wife, Hesther and my friend, Frank Carilimdiliman, who’s ecumenical perspectives was strong, were with me facing each other in the radio station, on our maiden broadcast.

I told Hesther and Frank: “We are venturing into a broadcast ministry. This is a hard goal. It is a venture in faith. If God opens the way, Hour of Discovery broadcast will continue for a year and more. If it was not His will, we must be ready to stop Hour of Discovery in 3 month time.

I gave my message. It was a simple message. It carried our dream. It was sustained by a strong faith. A belief, that with God’s leading our dreams, faith and hope will never fail. Hour of Discovery was launched on the air that Wednesday afternoon. And it went On the Air for nearly 25 years, moving to DYFM Bombo Radio when DYRP decided to close their broadcast business.

When we ventured in this ministry, we learned a little and developed some knowledge and skills on Project Proposals, Project Feasibility Studies and Project Plannings. We have learned from observations and experiences working some years with the Convention’s Urban Industrial Mission (UIM) and its New Frontier Ministries (NFM), from 1976, that simple but organized writing skills were very important for generating of needed resources

Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies, has the power to reach local, national and international agencies and entrepreneurs for possible links, partnership and joint ventures so that important projects that cannot be done alone, can be done together – whether evangelisms, education, development works, cooperatives, broadcasting, organic farming, printing and publishing and even in the revolutionary struggles, the skills of Project Proposals and Feasibility Studies will be needed.

For organizations and associations with at least 3 years registration and legal personalities, potential board of directors, credibility and good program can, and often get access to technical, management and financial resources, within and outside the country. Many national and international organizations had technical resources and money in their hands.

But they do not know what programs were needed and where they have to put this resources. A Project Proposal or a Feasibility Study will make this possible. The donors and donee, meet together in the act of partnership or joint ventures, reaching to those who need the programs and services in the local communities direct to the people in need.

Before we started “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we developed a wide group of possible listeners. We wrote letters to churches and pastors of the Convention Baptists who were our friends. We wrote simple letters, telling them of our broadcast dates and time. We shared with them our dream for a broadcast ministry.

We wrote letters to members of PANELFU, a labor union we knew with 400 chapters in villages and towns in Panay and told them of our broadcast. It was a direct advertizing and promotions work we made. Militant students, we knew and have relationships, were asked to tell their friends of our broadcast date and time.

Then, about 5 months, we decided to transfer” Hour of Discovery” to DYFM-Bombo Radio. By that time, Bombo Radio was the Number One radio station in Iloilo in terms of listener. According to surveys during that time, Bombo Radio has 37% listeners preference in Iloilo City, with some 7 radio stations, AM and FM stations operating.

DYFM-Bombo Radio gave us a 15-minute radio time, on Sundays at 2:00 PM.

We continued to work and build relationship and partnership. We partnered with Rev. Greg Tingson, an Internationally known Evangelists, residing in Manila and Kabankalan, Negros Occidental for a possible joint broadcast. We will managed the project and promotions.

I asked him to pay the monthly broadcast time. He will speak on the 3nd and 4th Wednesdays. I will speak on the 1st, 3rd and on 5th Sundays. Rev. Gred Tingson, sent a Check for the next month’s broadcast. This arrangement continued for more than a year.

We proposed a joint venture with the National Council Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). And Mrs. Prima Formelleza responded and assisted us several months. Hour of Discovery has now started a little partnership in the broadcast ministry.

Some churches in Panay also sent some amount for Hour of Discovery. Some friends in the churches, in the labor union and farmers association also assisted us. We were able to strengthen our broadcast ministry.

Then , through Rev. Olof Lindstrom, I sent a Project Proposal to Farsta Church in Sweden. In about 3 months time, Farsta Church supported our broadcst ministry for 3 years. Then, the renewed their support for the next 4 years, a total of 7 years. For more than 7 years, Farsta Church supported us, enabling us to open broadcast to 3 stations in Panay and Negros and also in Bukidnon and General Santos City, in Mindanao. .

We then tried to make wider coverage of our broadcast in Iloilo City, with another broadcast center in Iloilo City. We started broadcast with GMA Iloilo City at 4:30 on Sunday mornings. Former Governor and Senator Rafael Palmares, was leading the Catholic broadcast with reflections and prayer at 4:00 AM on Sundays. I arrived early, and listen to their broadcast. We sometimes have conversations and sharing. He often stay with us at the station and listen also to our broadcast.

It was great to have some little time with a former Governorr and Senator of the country. Rafael Palmares, now a preacher in radio, who in his time. Played big role in the political life of our country. Now, he played another important role in life, by leading reflections and prayers for Catholics every Sunday at 4:00 AM.

To reached out to more radio listeners, Hour of Discovery started also a program with DYRI-Iloilo. It was at 2:00 PM every Sunday. I discovered that radio listeners in Panay have their favourite radio stations, favourite radio announcers, radio newscasters and radio comentators. One way to reach radio audiences was to have a radio programs in different radio stations. And we did just that. We opened “Hour of Discovery” to different stations in Iloilo City.

Some of our topics where for strengthening of the faith of our people, regardless of the church membership. Most deals with social, ethichal and political issues. Issue that deals on some needs for opening the minds of our people, seeing clearly the issues on Protections of Human Rights and Human Rights violations, like the following messages in radio and later printed and published as a pamphlet and later published in a book.

1. THE APPLE TREE AND THE SPADE, a Reflection of Rev. Birgit Karlson, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Sweden, which we requested her to tape record when he was here in the Philippines as speaker during the Annual Aseembly.

2. HUMAN RIGHTS : DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE FARMERS AND MILITARY HELD AT THE PROVINCIAL HALL OF ILOILO – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

3. CELEBACY AND THE MARRIED PRIESTS – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

4. SELLING WOMEN’S FLESH: LAST WAY SOME WOMEN DO TO LIVE –By Ms. Lucy Francisco, officer of Gabriela Women’s Party

5. SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL! – By Pastor Liza Lamis, Coordinator, Women’s Program of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).

6. THE LOVE ROAD –By Rev. Olof Lindstrom, Secretary for Information & International Relations of the Baptist Union of Sweden.

7. THE BAPTIST YOUTH & THE POLITICS OF CHANGE – By Pastor Rudy Bernal

8. A GOD WHO CRIES! – Rev. Gunnel Andreasson, Swedish Baptist Union, Secretary for Asia and Eastern Europe.

9. NEVER REMAIN IN THE TEMPLE –Pastor Leo Claridad, Faculty Member, North Negros Baptist Bible College.

10. THE STORM OF GALILEE – Rev. La Verne Mercado, General Secretary, NCCP, Manila.

"Hour of Discovery" Radio Ministry, which was first started in 1974 and ended in 1977. . Re-started in 19 78 and ended in 1981. Then re-started again in 1987 and closed in 2006. God bless our radio ministry. Then, God helped us, open a new - a small printing and publishing ministry.

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We started a small business, selling Salter Peanuts, Broiled Peanuts, Banana Cakes, Cupcakes and Brownies in Iloilo City and learning the arts & technics of selling...

Chapter 51– We started a small business, selling Salted Peanuts, Boiled Peanuts, Banana Cakes, Cupcakes and Brownies in Iloilo City and learning the arts & technics of selling…

My letter of resignation from CPBC due to conflict with its leadership was effective 60 days after I sent the letter. We started a very small business October 1987. We need it to be able to earn something for our food and other basic necessities. It was very hard to be jobless, after 12 years of being employed. It was not easy for me to go back to work in the church under the situations of the time. I cannot think of anything to do to earn an income, except to go selling. And selling something to eat as snacks, I think, a bit easier for me.

I talked with my wife, Hesther. “I am now jobless and we have two small children to care. What shall we do?”

We studied our alternatives. She knew some baking. She always bake Banana Cakes. She said, she knew how to make Salted Peanuts. And her sister Mrs. Rosea Saplada, in Bacolod City has a small bakeshop. They produced and delivered Cupcakes and Brownies in Bacolod City, down to Victorias City in the North and reaching Kabanakalan City in the South. Hesther called her up and discussed sending some of her products to Iloilo City.

That day, we decided we will produce Salted Peanuts. Three kinds of Salted Peanuts – the Ordinary. The hot Salted Peanuts. And the Very Hot Salted Peanuts. We decided to bake Banana Cakes. We have a small a small handy gas-operated Oven. Hesther used this to make cakes for the children. We have a young man, 14 years old, a student in high school, who was living with us.

We gave him some allowance. We asked him to help us make Salted Peanuts and other peanut products and Banana Cakes. Also helping us was Daday, Hesther’s relative who helped care for our younger son will also helped us produce our products. I will deliver our products two times a week. We will produced our products late afternoons and evenings.

We studied our business methods. We will sell our products on consignment. We will leave the products to the stores. We will changed the unsold items. We started making Salted Peanuts on Sunday evenings.

We will go to church Sunday mornings. And Saturdays we will prepare all the peanuts we will make. Then, I will deliver it on Monday morning. It will be in the market for 3 days. Then, on Thursday morning, we will deliver new peanut products, pull-out those which were not sold. Collect the sales the past week. Then, I deliver new stocks of Salted Peanuts.

We have three kinds of salted peanuts for sale. The ordinary Peanuts. The Hot Peanuts. And the Very Hot Peanuts. The very hot salted peanuts were intended for those who drink beers. We put native peppers on our salted peanuts. The many the small peppers, the more hot… the peanuts become.

On Tuesdays, we made Banana Cakes. This could go through until Saturdays. We make collections on Saturdays. Then, we get the returned items. The returned banana cakes, I brought home as feeds for our two piglets. I bought 2 paper bags to put our items for sale. I carry the two paper bags to the passenger jeepenys and deliver our products to possible sales outlets. There were different outlets opened for our venture – big, medium and small outlets around Iloilo City. We also deliver our salted peanuts and banana cakes to sidewalk vendors.

Our strategy for selling? We started at CPU Student Enterprise. There we deliver Cupcakes and Brownies. We deliver also to some small stores inside CPU. We distribute to several stores are the front of CPU. At the back of CPU church, there were many homes, and some have stores. There we deliver salted peanuts and banana cakes. Around Jaro Plaza there were a number of sidewalks vendors. We consigned to them salted peanuts and our banana cakes.

We got Iloilo Mission Hospital canteen to get our Cupcakes, Brownies and Banana Cakes. We consigned to them also Salted Peanuts. There were several stores at the back of the hospital where several stores were around. We delivered our goods at 3 canteens of Iloilo National High School, two canteens at Don Benito Hospital, and two canteens each at West Visayas State College and Western Institute of Technogy. Along the way, we drop our products at several vendors.

Inside and around La Paz Plaza and La Paz store, we were able to deliver our goods both to small stores and street vendors. We sold at Provincial Capitol, Philippine National Bank canteen, St. Paul’s Hospital canteens and at different stores along the highway. We delivered at University of San Agustin, University of the Philippines, Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital canteen and stores nearby stores like “4th of July” and other stores along San Agustin Unieversity.

At Plaza Libertad we have vendors that sell our products. Iloilo City Hall canteen, Development Bank of the Philippines, to venders near Ker & Brothers, inside City Hall and vendors at the seaside areas to the port goint to Guimaras. And we leave our products to vendors along Plaza Libertad and stores around. Then we moved to roads to the pier, where many vendors sale our Banana Cakes and Salted Peanuts.

Then, we moved on to the areas in Mandurriao with two small canteens at West Visayas Hospital and in small stores along the Mandurriaw highway. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions.

After six months, we bought a 2rd or 3rd Hand Jeepney from Mr. Ramos, who stood as sponsors on our Weeding Day. He sold me his jeepney for P20,000. We paid P5,000 down payment. And the remaining amount, payable in 6 months time. We still carry our paper bag, but only from the jeepney to the stores.

We also got business to two stores at West Visayas Hospital in Mandurrriao and in small stores along the highway. We sold our products at the Iloilo Airport and several stores around. There, we deliver lots of Cupcakes and Brownies. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions and stores near Iloilo Airport.

Then, we moved on to Molo and some areas nearby and around.

In a year time, we have about 106 outlets selling our products on consignment. And during all those time, their was no outlet that were not able to pay the consignment we gave them. Every 3 days after delivery of Banana Cakes, and one week after delivery of Salted Peanuts, Cupcakes and Brownies, the payments were made ready for our collection and another delivery.

I was during this time, I discovered how business works. Producing and selling food items were continuous. For daily, men, women, youth and children eats…and always they eat, somethings. And money comes, just small amount, but continuous. This was after our sixth month time, when our deliveries were scheduled daily, in 6 different areas of Iloilo City.

We discovered, God’s grace was sufficient for us. And, it was a really hard, hard works.

It was during this time, with a little money we saved, we started to think of opening a Radio Broadcast ministry again. Hesther and I were in Radio Ministry for some time in Bacolod City. And we thought of starting a radio ministry again. To reached out to them, thru the Air Lanes, was a ministry opened for me at that time.

I negotiated with Radio DYRP, for a 30-Minutes radio broadcast once a week. The manager gave me, 5:00-5:30 PM every Wednesday, where “Hour of Discovery” will be broadcast every Wednesday late afternoon.

Two weeks before our maiden “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we made some Flyers, a whole Short Bond Paper, which was photo copied and sent to CPBC churches in Iloilo City and Iloilo province. We sent also copies of our announcement to other churches in Iloilo City and the province.

The following week, we sent copies of “Hour of Discovery” announcement to Convention Baptist Churches in Capiz, Aklan and Antique. Then we sent copy of our announcements to our friends who were PiC Priests in Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan and Antique. We tried to reach out to churches, telling them “Hour of Discovery’ has On the Air.

When, we were about to re-start “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, many churches in Iloilo and Panay have took hold of our announcements and knew we will soon be On the Air. God, we believe was leading us to this special Christian ministry.

We started a small business, selling Salter Peanuts, Broiled Peanuts, Banana Cakes, Cupcakes and Brownies in Iloilo City and learning the arts & technics of selling...

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Chapter 51– We started a small business, selling Salted Peanuts, Boiled Peanuts, Banana Cakes, Cupcakes and Brownies in Iloilo City and learning the arts & technics of selling…

My letter of resignation from CPBC due to conflict with its leadership was effective 60 days after I sent the letter. We started a very small business October 1987. We need it to be able to to earn something for our food and other basic necessities. It was very hard to be jobless, after 12 years of being employed. It was not easy for me to go back to work in the church under the situations of the time. I cannot think of anything to do to earn an income, except to go selling. And selling something to eat as snacks, I think, a bit easier for me.

I talked with my wife, Hesther. “I am now jobless and we have two small children to care. What shall we do?”

We studied our alternatives. She knew some baking. She always bake Banana Cakes. She said, she knew how to make Salted Peanuts. And her sister Mrs. Rosea Saplada, in Bacolod City has a small bakeshop. They produced and delivered Cupcakes and Brownies in Bacolod City, down to Victorias City in the North and reaching Kabanakalan City in the South. Hesther called her up and discussed sending some of her products to Iloilo City.

That day, we decided we will produce Salted Peanuts. Three kinds of Salted Peanuts – the Ordinary. The hot Salted Peanuts. And the Very Hot Salted Salted Peanuts. We decided to bake Banana Cakes. We have a small a small handy gas-operated Oven. Hesther used this to make cakes for the children. We have a young man, 14 years old, a student in high school, who was living with us.

We gave him some allowance. We asked him to help us make Salted Peanuts and other peanut products and Banana Cakes. Also helping us was Daday, Hesther’s relative who helped care for our younger son will also helped us produce our products. I will deliver our products two times a week. We will produced our products late afternoons and evenings.

We studied our business methods. We will sell our products on consignment. We will leave the products to the stores. We will changed the unsold items. We started making Salted Peanuts on Sunday evenings.

We will go to church Sunday mornings. And Saturdays we will prepare all the peanuts we will make. Then, I will deliver it on Monday morning. It will be in the market for 3 days. Then, on Thursday morning, we will deliver new peanut products, pull-out those which were not sold. Collect the sales the past week. Then, I deliver new stocks of Salted Peanuts.

We have three kinds of salted peanuts for sale. The ordinary Peanuts. The Hot Peanuts. And the Very Hot Peanuts. The very hot salted peanuts were intended for those who drink beers. We put native peppers on our salted peanuts. The many the small peppers, the more hot… the peanuts become.

On Tuesdays, we made Banana Cakes. This could go through until Saturdays. We make collections on Saturdays. Then, we get the returned items. The returned banana cakes, I brought home as feeds for our two piglets. I bought 2 paper bags to put our items for sale. I carry the two paper bags to the passenger jeepenys and deliver our products to possible sales outlets. There were different outlets opened for our venture – big, medium and small outlets around Iloilo City. We also deliver our salted peanuts and banana cakes to sidewalk vendors.

Our strategy for selling? We started at CPU Student Enterprise. There we deliver Cupcakes and Brownies. We deliver also to some small stores inside CPU. We distribute to several stores are the front of CPU. At the back of CPU church, there were many homes, and some have stores. There we deliver salted peanuts and banana cakes. Around Jaro Plaza there were a number of sidewalks vendors. We consigned to them salted peanuts and our banana cakes.

We got Iloilo Mission Hospital canteen to get our Cupcakes, Brownies and Banana Cakes. We consigned to them also Salted Peanuts. There were several stores at the back of the hospital where several stores were around. We delivered our goods at 3 canteens of Iloilo National High School, two canteens at Don Benito Hospital, and two canteens each at West Visayas State College and Western Institute of Technogy. Along the way, we drop our products at several vendors.

Inside and around La Paz Plaza and La Paz store, we were able to deliver our goods both to small stores and street vendors. We sold at Provincial Capitol, Philippine National Bank canteen, St. Paul’s Hospital canteens and at different stores along the highway. We delivered at University of San Agustin, University of the Philippines, Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital canteen and stores nearby stores like “4th of July” and other stores along San Agustin Unieversity.

At Plaza Libertad we have vendors that sell our products. Iloilo City Hall canteen, Development Bank of the Philippines, to venders near Ker & Brothers, inside City Hall and vendors at the seaside areas to the port goint to Guimaras. And we leave our products to vendors along Plaza Libertad and stores around. Then we moved to roads to the pier, where many vendors sale our Banana Cakes and Salted Peanuts.

Then, we moved on to the areas in Mandurriao with two small canteens at West Visayas Hospital and in small stores along the Mandurriaw highway. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions.

After six months, we bought a 2rd or 3rd Hand Jeepney from Mr. Ramos, who stood as sponsors on our Weeding Day. He sold me his jeepney for P20,000. We paid P5,000 down payment. And the remaining amount, payable in 6 months time. We still carry our paper bag, but only from the jeepney to the stores.

We also got business to two stores at West Visayas Hospital in Mandurrriao and in small stores along the highway. We sold our products at the Iloilo Airport and several stores around. There, we deliver lots of Cupcakes and Brownies. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions and stores near Iloilo Airport.

Then, we moved on to Molo and some areas nearby and around.

In a year time, we have about 106 outlets selling our products on consignment. And during all those time, their was no outlet that were not able to pay the consignment we gave them. Every 3 days after delivery of Banana Cakes, and one week after delivery of Salted Peanuts, Cupcakes and Brownies, the payments were made ready for for our collection and another delivery.

I was during this time, I discovered how business works. Producing and selling food items were continuous. For daily, men, women, youth and children eats…and always they eat, somethings. And money comes, just small amount, but continuous. This was after our sixth month time, when our deliveries were scheduled daily, in 6 different areas of Iloilo City.

We discovered, God’s grace was sufficient for us. And, it was a really hard, hard works.

It was during this time, with a little money we saved, we started to think of opening a Radio Broadcast ministry again. Hesther and I were in Radio Ministry for some time in in Bacolod City. And we thought of starting a radio ministry again. To reached out to them, thru the Air Lanes, was a ministry opened for me at that time.

I negotiated with Radio DYRP, for a 30-Minutes radio broadcast once a week. The manager gave me, 5:00-5:30 PM every Wednesday, where “Hour of Discovery” will be broadcast every Wednesday late afternoon.

Two weeks before our maiden “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we made some Flyers, a whole Short Bond Paper, which was photo copied and sent to CPBC churches in Iloilo City and Iloilo province. We sent also copies of our announcement to other churches in Iloilo City and the province.

The following week, we sent copies of “Hour of Discovery” announcement to Convention Baptist Churches in Capiz, Aklan and Antique. Then we sent copy of our announcements to our friends who were PiC Priests in Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan and Antique. We tried to reach out to churches, telling them “Hour of Discovery’ has On the Air.

When, we were about to re-start “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, many churches in Iloilo and Panay have took hold of our announcements and knew we will soon be On the Air. God, we believe was leading us to this special Christian ministry.

We started a small business, selling Salter Peanuts, Broiled Peanuts, Banana Cakes, Cupcakes and Brownies in Iloilo City and learning the arts & technics of selling...

Chapter 51– We started a small business, selling Salted Peanuts, Boiled Peanuts, Banana Cakes, Cupcakes and Brownies in Iloilo City and learning the arts & technics of selling…

My letter of resignation from CPBC due to conflict with its leadership was effective 60 days after I sent the letter. We started a very small business October 1987. We need it to be able to earn something for our food and other basic necessities. It was very hard to be jobless, after 12 years of being employed. It was not easy for me to go back to work in the church under the situations of the time. I cannot think of anything to do to earn an income, except to go selling. And selling something to eat as snacks, I think, a bit easier for me.

I talked with my wife, Hesther. “I am now jobless and we have two small children to care. What shall we do?”

We studied our alternatives. She knew some baking. She always bake Banana Cakes. She said, she knew how to make Salted Peanuts. And her sister Mrs. Rosea Saplada, in Bacolod City has a small bakeshop. They produced and delivered Cupcakes and Brownies in Bacolod City, down to Victorias City in the North and reaching Kabanakalan City in the South. Hesther called her up and discussed sending some of her products to Iloilo City.

That day, we decided we will produce Salted Peanuts. Three kinds of Salted Peanuts – the Ordinary. The hot Salted Peanuts. And the Very Hot Salted Peanuts. We decided to bake Banana Cakes. We have a small a small handy gas-operated Oven. Hesther used this to make cakes for the children. We have a young man, 14 years old, a student in high school, who was living with us.

We gave him some allowance. We asked him to help us make Salted Peanuts and other peanut products and Banana Cakes. Also helping us was Daday, Hesther’s relative who helped care for our younger son will also helped us produce our products. I will deliver our products two times a week. We will produced our products late afternoons and evenings.

We studied our business methods. We will sell our products on consignment. We will leave the products to the stores. We will changed the unsold items. We started making Salted Peanuts on Sunday evenings.

We will go to church Sunday mornings. And Saturdays we will prepare all the peanuts we will make. Then, I will deliver it on Monday morning. It will be in the market for 3 days. Then, on Thursday morning, we will deliver new peanut products, pull-out those which were not sold. Collect the sales the past week. Then, I deliver new stocks of Salted Peanuts.

We have three kinds of salted peanuts for sale. The ordinary Peanuts. The Hot Peanuts. And the Very Hot Peanuts. The very hot salted peanuts were intended for those who drink beers. We put native peppers on our salted peanuts. The many the small peppers, the more hot… the peanuts become.

On Tuesdays, we made Banana Cakes. This could go through until Saturdays. We make collections on Saturdays. Then, we get the returned items. The returned banana cakes, I brought home as feeds for our two piglets. I bought 2 paper bags to put our items for sale. I carry the two paper bags to the passenger jeepenys and deliver our products to possible sales outlets. There were different outlets opened for our venture – big, medium and small outlets around Iloilo City. We also deliver our salted peanuts and banana cakes to sidewalk vendors.

Our strategy for selling? We started at CPU Student Enterprise. There we deliver Cupcakes and Brownies. We deliver also to some small stores inside CPU. We distribute to several stores are the front of CPU. At the back of CPU church, there were many homes, and some have stores. There we deliver salted peanuts and banana cakes. Around Jaro Plaza there were a number of sidewalks vendors. We consigned to them salted peanuts and our banana cakes.

We got Iloilo Mission Hospital canteen to get our Cupcakes, Brownies and Banana Cakes. We consigned to them also Salted Peanuts. There were several stores at the back of the hospital where several stores were around. We delivered our goods at 3 canteens of Iloilo National High School, two canteens at Don Benito Hospital, and two canteens each at West Visayas State College and Western Institute of Technogy. Along the way, we drop our products at several vendors.

Inside and around La Paz Plaza and La Paz store, we were able to deliver our goods both to small stores and street vendors. We sold at Provincial Capitol, Philippine National Bank canteen, St. Paul’s Hospital canteens and at different stores along the highway. We delivered at University of San Agustin, University of the Philippines, Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital canteen and stores nearby stores like “4th of July” and other stores along San Agustin Unieversity.

At Plaza Libertad we have vendors that sell our products. Iloilo City Hall canteen, Development Bank of the Philippines, to venders near Ker & Brothers, inside City Hall and vendors at the seaside areas to the port goint to Guimaras. And we leave our products to vendors along Plaza Libertad and stores around. Then we moved to roads to the pier, where many vendors sale our Banana Cakes and Salted Peanuts.

Then, we moved on to the areas in Mandurriao with two small canteens at West Visayas Hospital and in small stores along the Mandurriaw highway. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions.

After six months, we bought a 2rd or 3rd Hand Jeepney from Mr. Ramos, who stood as sponsors on our Weeding Day. He sold me his jeepney for P20,000. We paid P5,000 down payment. And the remaining amount, payable in 6 months time. We still carry our paper bag, but only from the jeepney to the stores.

We also got business to two stores at West Visayas Hospital in Mandurrriao and in small stores along the highway. We sold our products at the Iloilo Airport and several stores around. There, we deliver lots of Cupcakes and Brownies. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions and stores near Iloilo Airport.

Then, we moved on to Molo and some areas nearby and around.

In a year time, we have about 106 outlets selling our products on consignment. And during all those time, their was no outlet that were not able to pay the consignment we gave them. Every 3 days after delivery of Banana Cakes, and one week after delivery of Salted Peanuts, Cupcakes and Brownies, the payments were made ready for our collection and another delivery.

I was during this time, I discovered how business works. Producing and selling food items were continuous. For daily, men, women, youth and children eats…and always they eat, somethings. And money comes, just small amount, but continuous. This was after our sixth month time, when our deliveries were scheduled daily, in 6 different areas of Iloilo City.

We discovered, God’s grace was sufficient for us. And, it was a really hard, hard works.

It was during this time, with a little money we saved, we started to think of opening a Radio Broadcast ministry again. Hesther and I were in Radio Ministry for some time in Bacolod City. And we thought of starting a radio ministry again. To reached out to them, thru the Air Lanes, was a ministry opened for me at that time.

I negotiated with Radio DYRP, for a 30-Minutes radio broadcast once a week. The manager gave me, 5:00-5:30 PM every Wednesday, where “Hour of Discovery” will be broadcast every Wednesday late afternoon.

Two weeks before our maiden “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we made some Flyers, a whole Short Bond Paper, which was photo copied and sent to CPBC churches in Iloilo City and Iloilo province. We sent also copies of our announcement to other churches in Iloilo City and the province.

The following week, we sent copies of “Hour of Discovery” announcement to Convention Baptist Churches in Capiz, Aklan and Antique. Then we sent copy of our announcements to our friends who were PiC Priests in Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan and Antique. We tried to reach out to churches, telling them “Hour of Discovery’ has On the Air.

When, we were about to re-start “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, many churches in Iloilo and Panay have took hold of our announcements and knew we will soon be On the Air. God, we believe was leading us to this special Christian ministry.

We started a small business, selling Salter Peanuts, Broiled Peanuts, Banana Cakes, Cupcakes and Brownies in Iloilo City and learning the arts & technics of selling...

My letter of resignation from CPBC due to conflict with its leadership was effective 60 days after I sent the letter. We started a very small business October 1987. We need it to be able to earn something for our food and other basic necessities. It was very hard to be jobless, after 12 years of being employed. It was not easy for me to go back to work in the church under the situations of the time. I cannot think of anything to do to earn an income, except to go selling. And selling something to eat as snacks, I think, a bit easier for me.

I talked with my wife, Hesther. “I am now jobless and we have two small children to care. What shall we do?”

We studied our alternatives. She knew some baking. She always bake Banana Cakes. She said, she knew how to make Salted Peanuts. And her sister Mrs. Rosea Saplada, in Bacolod City has a small bakeshop. They produced and delivered Cupcakes and Brownies in Bacolod City, down to Victorias City in the North and reaching Kabanakalan City in the South. Hesther called her up and discussed sending some of her products to Iloilo City.

That day, we decided we will produce Salted Peanuts. Three kinds of Salted Peanuts – the Ordinary. The hot Salted Peanuts. And the Very Hot Salted Peanuts. We decided to bake Banana Cakes. We have a small a small handy gas-operated Oven. Hesther used this to make cakes for the children. We have a young man, 14 years old, a student in high school, who was living with us.

We gave him some allowance. We asked him to help us make Salted Peanuts and other peanut products and Banana Cakes. Also helping us was Daday, Hesther’s relative who helped care for our younger son will also helped us produce our products. I will deliver our products two times a week. We will produced our products late afternoons and evenings.

We studied our business methods. We will sell our products on consignment. We will leave the products to the stores. We will changed the unsold items. We started making Salted Peanuts on Sunday evenings.

We will go to church Sunday mornings. And Saturdays we will prepare all the peanuts we will make. Then, I will deliver it on Monday morning. It will be in the market for 3 days. Then, on Thursday morning, we will deliver new peanut products, pull-out those which were not sold. Collect the sales the past week. Then, I deliver new stocks of Salted Peanuts.

We have three kinds of salted peanuts for sale. The ordinary Peanuts. The Hot Peanuts. And the Very Hot Peanuts. The very hot salted peanuts were intended for those who drink beers. We put native peppers on our salted peanuts. The many the small peppers, the more hot… the peanuts become.

On Tuesdays, we made Banana Cakes. This could go through until Saturdays. We make collections on Saturdays. Then, we get the returned items. The returned banana cakes, I brought home as feeds for our two piglets. I bought 2 paper bags to put our items for sale. I carry the two paper bags to the passenger jeepenys and deliver our products to possible sales outlets. There were different outlets opened for our venture – big, medium and small outlets around Iloilo City. We also deliver our salted peanuts and banana cakes to sidewalk vendors.

Our strategy for selling? We started at CPU Student Enterprise. There we deliver Cupcakes and Brownies. We deliver also to some small stores inside CPU. We distribute to several stores are the front of CPU. At the back of CPU church, there were many homes, and some have stores. There we deliver salted peanuts and banana cakes. Around Jaro Plaza there were a number of sidewalks vendors. We consigned to them salted peanuts and our banana cakes.

We got Iloilo Mission Hospital canteen to get our Cupcakes, Brownies and Banana Cakes. We consigned to them also Salted Peanuts. There were several stores at the back of the hospital where several stores were around. We delivered our goods at 3 canteens of Iloilo National High School, two canteens at Don Benito Hospital, and two canteens each at West Visayas State College and Western Institute of Technogy. Along the way, we drop our products at several vendors.

Inside and around La Paz Plaza and La Paz store, we were able to deliver our goods both to small stores and street vendors. We sold at Provincial Capitol, Philippine National Bank canteen, St. Paul’s Hospital canteens and at different stores along the highway. We delivered at University of San Agustin, University of the Philippines, Iloilo Doctor’s Hospital canteen and stores nearby stores like “4th of July” and other stores along San Agustin Unieversity.

At Plaza Libertad we have vendors that sell our products. Iloilo City Hall canteen, Development Bank of the Philippines, to venders near Ker & Brothers, inside City Hall and vendors at the seaside areas to the port goint to Guimaras. And we leave our products to vendors along Plaza Libertad and stores around. Then we moved to roads to the pier, where many vendors sale our Banana Cakes and Salted Peanuts.

Then, we moved on to the areas in Mandurriao with two small canteens at West Visayas Hospital and in small stores along the Mandurriaw highway. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions.

After six months, we bought a 2rd or 3rd Hand Jeepney from Mr. Ramos, who stood as sponsors on our Weeding Day. He sold me his jeepney for P20,000. We paid P5,000 down payment. And the remaining amount, payable in 6 months time. We still carry our paper bag, but only from the jeepney to the stores.

We also got business to two stores at West Visayas Hospital in Mandurrriao and in small stores along the highway. We sold our products at the Iloilo Airport and several stores around. There, we deliver lots of Cupcakes and Brownies. We saturated the different places around the Housing subdivisions and stores near Iloilo Airport.

Then, we moved on to Molo and some areas nearby and around.

In a year time, we have about 106 outlets selling our products on consignment. And during all those time, their was no outlet that were not able to pay the consignment we gave them. Every 3 days after delivery of Banana Cakes, and one week after delivery of Salted Peanuts, Cupcakes and Brownies, the payments were made ready for our collection and another delivery.

I was during this time, I discovered how business works. Producing and selling food items were continuous. For daily, men, women, youth and children eats…and always they eat, somethings. And money comes, just small amount, but continuous. This was after our sixth month time, when our deliveries were scheduled daily, in 6 different areas of Iloilo City.

We discovered, God’s grace was sufficient for us. And, it was a really hard, hard works.

It was during this time, with a little money we saved, we started to think of opening a Radio Broadcast ministry again. Hesther and I were in Radio Ministry for some time in Bacolod City. And we thought of starting a radio ministry again. To reached out to them, thru the Air Lanes, was a ministry opened for me at that time.

I negotiated with Radio DYRP, for a 30-Minutes radio broadcast once a week. The manager gave me, 5:00-5:30 PM every Wednesday, where “Hour of Discovery” will be broadcast every Wednesday late afternoon.

Two weeks before our maiden “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, we made some Flyers, a whole Short Bond Paper, which was photo copied and sent to CPBC churches in Iloilo City and Iloilo province. We sent also copies of our announcement to other churches in Iloilo City and the province.

The following week, we sent copies of “Hour of Discovery” announcement to Convention Baptist Churches in Capiz, Aklan and Antique. Then we sent copy of our announcements to our friends who were PiC Priests in Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan and Antique. We tried to reach out to churches, telling them “Hour of Discovery’ has On the Air.

When, we were about to re-start “Hour of Discovery” broadcast, many churches in Iloilo and Panay have took hold of our announcements and knew we will soon be On the Air. God, we believe was leading us to this special Christian ministry.

Some Baptist Convention youths & pastors during Martial Law & their fight for jusice, human rights and feedom...

Chapter 49– Some Baptist Convention Youths & Pastors During Martial Law & their Fight for Justice, Human Rights and Liberation…

Philippine President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos was elected President in 1965. He was re-elected in 1969. His rule after his re-elections has brought economic difficulties, human rights violations, growing deep poverty reaching to wide circles of our people in the country. There were reports of hard and continued injustices.

The political opposition, the Liberal Party, has also grown in influence and it’s leadership was said , the capacity to topple President Marcos on a peaceful elections. On the other hand, the revolutionary party headed by the Communist Party of the Philippines and the NPA have grown into a strong political and revolutionary forces from 1969 to 1986.

Many Pastors and Church leaders of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches who were poor, have felt the hard realities of poverty growing widespread during this time. However, some of the top leaders of the Baptist Convention has supported President Marcos’ martial rule. Some of them, were members of the group that supported Emie Marcos, President Marcos eldest daughter. Most CPBC leaders, were mum during martial law years. But were the ordinary and poor people, felt the hard life of this time and joined the people in the struggle against President Marcos’ dictatorship.

What remained of the little political stability before the proclamation of martial law has began to collapsed. The people worried on the growing instability in the country. Resistance against President Marcos and his military rule gained strength. The forces of the underground have become strong, challenging President Marcos’s rule in Manila, Luzon and some other parts of the country.

Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., the most prominent opposition to Marcos leadership, together with Sen. Gerry Roxas, Sen. Jovito Salonga, former President Diosdado Macapagal, together with other LP could have defeated President Marcos in an election in November 1972, if he did not declare martial law in September 21, 1972.

In about 12 years after President Marcos declared martial law, the Communist Party of the Philippines became a strong political and revolutionary force that challenge the rule of President Marcos. By that time, reports said, the New People’s Army (NPA), which was organized in March 1969, were now operating in some 75% of the provinces and villages nationwide, fighting the military in different parts of the country.

As the government intensified its fight against the NPA, there were increasing reports of ambushes, raids and military encounters between the government forces and the NPA. There were reports of killings of military informants by the NPA. There were also continued military raids of suspected homes, seminars and workshops, and offices of organizations, both churches and secular organizations. NPA that were captured were tortured, some their hands tied with small wires, that were too tight, the wires reached the bones on the hands of the victims.

I saw, for instance, the wounds of Edward Oliver de la Fuente’s hand, the small wires tied tightly on his wrest that reached the bones. These were some of the kind of tortures the military did to some NPA they captured. I saw this when I visited Edward's wake in their home in Jaro, Iloilo City. I only grit my teeth, feeling the pain and silent desperations.

Some of these Convention Baptists members, most of then young people who were victims of injustices, joined the NPA. They said, they fought for freedom, justice and liberation.

In Iloilo City, Virgil Ortigas, a student at Central Philippine University, joined the Kabataang Makabayan, and was killed by the military in Antique. His parents, Rev. Restituto Ortigas, a former General Secretary of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches and Mrs. Felisberta Ortigas, a woman Baptist minister and Treasurer of the Iloilo Kasapulanan of Baptist Churches, accepted the death of the their son as contribution to the struggle for freedom, justice and the struggle for liberation.

His elder brother, Fluelyn Ortigas, a very fluent, brilliant and young leader was elected President of the first President Kabataang Makabayan of Iloilo. He was a Baptist youth leader during his time. They were the first Baptist youth leaders in Panay who responded to the call and participated in the struggle for revolutionary change in Western Visayas. In February 11, 2017, I heard him spoke to some of his friends, the !st Quarter Storms in its 11th Reunion, in Iloilo City and his words that were soft and powerful, continue to stir the hearts.

John Herbert de la Fuente was killed by the military in April 11, 1983, Jaro, Iloilo City. He was a prominent Baptist youth leader who helped re-organized and revitalized the Convention Baptist Youth of the Philippines (CBYFP), national Baptist youth organizations, and helped strengthen provincial and regional youth organizations in the country.

Nicolas Bunda Jr., a young man and member of Capiz Evangelical Church was arrested and detained at Camp Delgado Stockade in Iloilo City for several years.

Rev. Nestor Bunda, a Baptist Convention pastor, was arrested by military elements in a restaurant near Jaro Plaza, brought by the military who arrested him to some secluded places. His companion during his arrest, Rev. Ronie Luces, saw his arrest and how he was forced to ride a jeep. Rev. Luces notified many Baptist pastors and church and ecumenical leaders, in Iloilo City and organized friends to find him.

They organized a group that visited the different police stations and police headquarters in Jaro Police Station and the Police Headquarters in the city, inquiring from the desks officers, the whereabouts of Rev. Nestor Bunda. He was not found in the different police stations, creating fears among his friends and associates that he was hidden, and feared he was being tortured. The group, searching for him, included Mrs. Sandy Mosher, an American Missionary assigned as Correspondent for CPBC.

She joined the group searching for Pastor Bunda almost the whole night, visiting and calling the Police Station every few minutes asking for Pastor Bunda’s whereabout. In late part of the night, with many friends searching for him in different, isolated places, he was found, in the rice fields on the western side of Iloilo Airport. He was left there by the military that arrested him, after a jeep with group searching for him, stopped near that area, with their headlights on full blasts.

Pastor Hortada, from Capiz and former student of CPU College of Theology, went underground, joined the New Peoples Army in Capiz. He became a top leader of the revolutionary movement. I cannot remember if he was captured or surrendered. But he left a legacy of his revolutionary efforts in Capiz, that were remembered by the people today.

Charles Herbert de la Fuente also a prominent Baptist youth leader, who worked for several years in a bank in Iloilo. He was also a former President of the Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Philippines. But he left his job in the bank that offered good salary and high income. He joined the New Peoples Army. He felt, it was cause, God or the people called him to undertake. He was captured in an encounter with the military, tortured and killed somewhere in Aklan

A Baptist young woman, from Bagong Barrio Baptist Church, in Bag-ong Barrio, Tapas also joined the revolutionary movement. , was killed by the military, in what was said an encounter. I heard, the hard economic situations and tyranny of the military, made him joined the NPA, rised to NPA leadership as Finance Officer in Capiz revolutionary movement. She fought in the hills of Central Panay.

She was killed during an encounter with the military. Her body was recovered and brought to municipal building of Tapaz, by a friend, Mr. Romeo Giloryao, a public school teacher. He went to get her body in the mountains of Tapas and brought it to the Municipal Hall. Then, it was transferred to their home, with the permission of the Mayor of Tapaz, Capiz. There, she was given a necrological service at Bag-ong Barrio Evangelical Church, before she was buried.

Mario Bunda, Baptist young man who have a deep commitment to the cause of labor and the workers, decided to go underground, as a way to protect himself, after he has tagged as a rebel and put under surveillance by the military

In Negros Occidental, Pastor Rodio Demetillo, working as pastor, evangelist and health worker, was kidnapped by armed men, believed were military and CAFGU officers. He was never seen alived again. His remains was found more than 10 years later. I was told his remains showed, he was tied to a tree, left to die with thirst, hunger, pain and hardship, tied with his hands on his back and tied on a tree. After his remains was recovered, many Baptist Pastors and church leaders and members came to join his remains to Bacolod City.

There, Pastor Demetillo was given proper church burial by his family and friends. Rev. Olof Lindstrom, a Baptist minister from the Baptist Union of Sweden, helped his family, specially her two children, both girls, some kind of supports for their high school and college education, Ruby and Ruthie, who were able to get good jobs.

Pastor Samuel Antonio and his wife, Leonila Antonio, both joined the NPA in the Upper South Negros, both fought the martial rule regime. Pastor Sam Antonio was a pastor and educator, and later a fighter and Commander of the NPA. His wife Leonila Antonio who joined him, fought thei cause, not with guns, but with ideas. She became a translator to Ilongo of the Communist Party’s educational materials from English and Tagalog to Ilongo or Hiligaynon. This translation works, were needed for the Communist Party’s education of members in the Mass Movement.

Many Convention Baptist young people from different parts of Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo, Antique and Negros Occidental have been involved with NPA and other activist movements and participated in the struggle for freedom and dreams for economic, social and political change..

People’s suffering were never seen before, as in the time of martial law when hamletteting were happening in different provinces and municipalities. This happened in many towns in Western Visayas – in Caridad in San Remigeo, Antique; in Sipalay, Negros Occidental where thousands of people from the mountain villages went down, when the war between the military and the New People’s Army intensified with civilians running for safety. This dangers and fears were doubled, when mortar fires were fired on villages where rebel forces were said to be working.

Many people all over the country stood up and rallied against the Marcos dictatorship. The military has become deadly and brutal, thinking, perhaps that under a tyrannical rule, the people will be frieghtened, kept silent be quiet and bow their heads down. But the people stood up. The resistance against Marcos and his martial regime has become stronger.

During that 14 years time, from 1972 to 1986, some 400 Filipinos in Panay alone, have died or missing, struggling and resisting Marcos martial regime under his deadly military elements in Panay and Negros. But the people continued in resistance, until, President Marcos was thrown out from power and sent in excile by his American President friend to live and die in a foreign la

Some Baptist Convention youths & pastors during Martial Law & their fight for jusice, human rights and feedom...

Philippine President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos was elected President in 1965. He was re-elected in 1969. His rule after his re-elections has brought economic difficulties, human rights violations, growing deep poverty reaching to wide circles of our people in the country. There were reports of hard and continued injustices.

The political opposition, the Liberal Party, has also grown in influence and it’s leadership was said, the capacity to topple President Marcos on a peaceful elections. On the other hand, the revolutionary party headed by the Communist Party of the Philippines and the NPA have grown into a strong political and revolutionary forces from 1969 to 1986.

Many Pastors and Church leaders of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches who were poor, have felt the hard realities of poverty growing widespread during this time. However, some of the top leaders of the Baptist Convention has supported President Marcos’ martial rule. Some of them, were members of the group that supported Emie Marcos, President Marcos eldest daughter. Most CPBC leaders, were mum during martial law years. But were the ordinary and poor people, felt the hard life of this time and joined the people in the struggle against President Marcos’ dictatorship.

What remained of the little political stability before the proclamation of martial law has began to collapsed. The people worried on the growing instability in the country. Resistance against President Marcos and his military rule gained strength. The forces of the underground have become strong, challenging President Marcos’s rule in Manila, Luzon and some other parts of the country.

Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., the most prominent opposition to Marcos leadership, together with Sen. Gerry Roxas, Sen. Jovito Salonga, former President Diosdado Macapagal, together with other LP could have defeated President Marcos in an election in November 1972, if he did not declare martial law in September 21, 1972.

In about 12 years after President Marcos declared martial law, the Communist Party of the Philippines became a strong political and revolutionary force that challenge the rule of President Marcos. By that time, reports said, the New People’s Army (NPA), which was organized in March 1969, were now operating in some 75% of the provinces and villages nationwide, fighting the military in different parts of the country.

As the government intensified its fight against the NPA, there were increasing reports of ambushes, raids and military encounters between the government forces and the NPA. There were reports of killings of military informants by the NPA. There were also continued military raids of suspected homes, seminars and workshops, and offices of organizations, both churches and secular organizations. NPA that were captured were tortured, some their hands tied with small wires, that were too tight, the wires reached the bones on the hands of the victims.

I saw, for instance, the wounds of Edward Oliver de la Fuente’s hand, the small wires tied tightly on his wrest that reached the bones. These were some of the kind of tortures the military did to some NPA they captured. I saw this when I visited Edward's wake in their home in Jaro, Iloilo City. I only grit my teeth, feeling the pain and silent desperations.

Some of these Convention Baptists members, most of then young people who were victims of injustices, joined the NPA. They said, they fought for freedom, justice and liberation.

In Iloilo City, Virgil Ortigas, a student at Central Philippine University, joined the Kabataang Makabayan, and was killed by the military in Antique. His parents, Rev. Restituto Ortigas, a former General Secretary of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches and Mrs. Felisberta Ortigas, a woman Baptist minister and Treasurer of the Iloilo Kasapulanan of Baptist Churches, accepted the death of the their son as contribution to the struggle for freedom, justice and the struggle for liberation.

His elder brother, Fluelyn Ortigas, a very fluent, brilliant and young leader was elected President of the first President Kabataang Makabayan of Iloilo. He was a Baptist youth leader during his time. They were the first Baptist youth leaders in Panay who responded to the call and participated in the struggle for revolutionary change in Western Visayas. In February 11, 2017, I heard him spoke to some of his friends, the!st Quarter Storms in its 11th Reunion, in Iloilo City and his words that were soft and powerful, continue to stir the hearts.

John Herbert de la Fuente was killed by the military in April 11, 1983, Jaro, Iloilo City. He was a prominent Baptist youth leader who helped re-organized and revitalized the Convention Baptist Youth of the Philippines (CBYFP), national Baptist youth organizations, and helped strengthen provincial and regional youth organizations in the country.

Nicolas Bunda Jr., a young man and member of Capiz Evangelical Church was arrested and detained at Camp Delgado Stockade in Iloilo City for several years.

Rev. Nestor Bunda, a Baptist Convention pastor, was arrested by military elements in a restaurant near Jaro Plaza, brought by the military who arrested him to some secluded places. His companion during his arrest, Rev. Ronie Luces, saw his arrest and how he was forced to ride a jeep. Rev. Luces notified many Baptist pastors and church and ecumenical leaders, in Iloilo City and organized friends to find him.

They organized a group that visited the different police stations and police headquarters in Jaro Police Station and the Police Headquarters in the city, inquiring from the desks officers, the whereabouts of Rev. Nestor Bunda. He was not found in the different police stations, creating fears among his friends and associates that he was hidden, and feared he was being tortured. The group, searching for him, included Mrs. Sandy Mosher, an American Missionary assigned as Correspondent for CPBC.

She joined the group searching for Pastor Bunda almost the whole night, visiting and calling the Police Station every few minutes asking for Pastor Bunda’s whereabout. In late part of the night, with many friends searching for him in different, isolated places, he was found, in the rice fields on the western side of Iloilo Airport. He was left there by the military that arrested him, after a jeep with group searching for him, stopped near that area, with their headlights on full blasts.

Pastor Hortada, from Capiz and former student of CPU College of Theology, went underground, joined the New Peoples Army in Capiz. He became a top leader of the revolutionary movement. I cannot remember if he was captured or surrendered. But he left a legacy of his revolutionary efforts in Capiz, that were remembered by the people today.

Charles Herbert de la Fuente also a prominent Baptist youth leader, who worked for several years in a bank in Iloilo. He was also a former President of the Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Philippines. But he left his job in the bank that offered good salary and high income. He joined the New Peoples Army. He felt, it was cause, God or the people called him to undertake. He was captured in an encounter with the military, tortured and killed somewhere in Aklan

A Baptist young woman, from Bagong Barrio Baptist Church, in Bag-ong Barrio, Tapas also joined the revolutionary movement., was killed by the military, in what was said an encounter. I heard, the hard economic situations and tyranny of the military, made him joined the NPA, rised to NPA leadership as Finance Officer in Capiz revolutionary movement. She fought in the hills of Central Panay.

She was killed during an encounter with the military. Her body was recovered and brought to municipal building of Tapaz, by a friend, Mr. Romeo Giloryao, a public school teacher. He went to get her body in the mountains of Tapas and brought it to the Municipal Hall. Then, it was transferred to their home, with the permission of the Mayor of Tapaz, Capiz. There, she was given a necrological service at Bag-ong Barrio Evangelical Church, before she was buried.

Mario Bunda, Baptist young man who have a deep commitment to the cause of labor and the workers, decided to go underground, as a way to protect himself, after he has tagged as a rebel and put under surveillance by the military

In Negros Occidental, Pastor Rodio Demetillo, working as pastor, evangelist and health worker, was kidnapped by armed men, believed were military and CAFGU officers. He was never seen alived again. His remains was found more than 10 years later. I was told his remains showed, he was tied to a tree, left to die with thirst, hunger, pain and hardship, tied with his hands on his back and tied on a tree. After his remains was recovered, many Baptist Pastors and church leaders and members came to join his remains to Bacolod City.

There, Pastor Demetillo was given proper church burial by his family and friends. Rev. Olof Lindstrom, a Baptist minister from the Baptist Union of Sweden, helped his family, specially her two children, both girls, some kind of supports for their high school and college education, Ruby and Ruthie, who were able to get good jobs.

Pastor Samuel Antonio and his wife, Leonila Antonio, both joined the NPA in the Upper South Negros, both fought the martial rule regime. Pastor Sam Antonio was a pastor and educator, and later a fighter and Commander of the NPA. His wife Leonila Antonio who joined him, fought thei cause, not with guns, but with ideas. She became a translator to Ilongo of the Communist Party’s educational materials from English and Tagalog to Ilongo or Hiligaynon. This translation works, were needed for the Communist Party’s education of members in the Mass Movement.

Many Convention Baptist young people from different parts of Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo, Antique and Negros Occidental have been involved with NPA and other activist movements and participated in the struggle for freedom and dreams for economic, social and political change.

People’s suffering were never seen before, as in the time of martial law when hamletteting were happening in different provinces and municipalities. This happened in many towns in Western Visayas – in Caridad in San Remigeo, Antique; in Sipalay, Negros Occidental where thousands of people from the mountain villages went down, when the war between the military and the New People’s Army intensified with civilians running for safety. This dangers and fears were doubled, when mortar fires were fired on villages where rebel forces were said to be working.

Many people all over the country stood up and rallied against the Marcos dictatorship. The military has become deadly and brutal, thinking, perhaps that under a tyrannical rule, the people will be frieghtened, kept silent be quiet and bow their heads down. But the people stood up. The resistance against Marcos and his martial regime has become stronger.

During that 14 years time, from 1972 to 1986, some 400 Filipinos in Panay alone, have died or missing, struggling and resisting Marcos martial regime under his deadly military elements in Panay and Negros. But the people continued in resistance, until, President Marcos was thrown out from power and sent in excile by his American President friend to live and die in a foreign la