Since I was a little boy, my aunt used to dress me up in girls' clothes. This led to my becoming effeminate. Things worsened when my parents separated. At that point, I left our home and found myself in the company of nightclub hostesses, who convinced me to join them. I started wearing dresses, had my hair styled like a woman, and spent my time hanging around the Rizal Park in Manila. When I was sixteen, a man mistook me for a girl and tried to rape me. When he found out that I was a boy, he almost killed me. But God saved my life. Later, I worked as a beautician and had a boyfriend with whom I fell deeply in love with. After some time, he told me that we could no longer continue our relationship.

I could not accept the idea, so I tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills and slashing my wrist. I was given only a slim chance to live. In that condition, I dreamt of talking with God, begging Him to take my life, but He instead asked me to confess my sins. When I called on Him, a blinding light appeared. I woke up, feeling my life had changed. From that time on, I tried to avoid my boyfriend.

One evening, I was invited to a prayer-meeting of El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI in our chapel. The Word of God touched my heart. I learned that homosexuals cannot enter the Kingdom of God. I repented of all my sins, asked for God's forgiveness, accepted in my heart Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and promised to change. I had a haircut and started acting like a real man, the way I had been created by God. Praise God for my new life!

Bro. Erwin Anacta
Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines

I had a live-in relationship with a policewoman for seventeen years. In 1990, I suffered a severe heart ailment. I consulted several doctors but a cure was not found. A friend accompanied me to the El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI office in Makati City to ask someone to pray for me. Praise God, I was immediately healed! Since then, I have attended the regular fellowships of the Foundation. Later on, I was able to convince my lesbian lover to attend one of the fellowships. But when Bro. Mike said that God never created lesbians, she did not want to join me anymore. Since then, everytime I attended a prayer-meeting, she would lock me out of our house. At one prayer-meeting, Bro. Mike said, "Some people regularly attend our fellowships, yet they remain in their wicked ways." Because of this, I decided to end our relationship. However, she threatened to kill me. So, I was forced to continue with our relationship. Nevertheless, I kept on attending our prayer-meeting, asking God to give me the courage to do His will. Praise God! On April 5, 1996, we parted ways! With the help of God, I am now trying to live according to His Will. Since then, God poured His blessings on me through my eatery business, and I eventually became a taxi operator. Indeed, El Shaddai is the God Who is more than enough!

Sis. Yolanda Estacio
Tagig, Metro Manila, Philippines

I started developing homosexual tendencies in my early childhood. At the age of 12, I ran away from my hometown in Samar to seek a better life in the city. I went to Olongapo City, where I worked as a bar dancer. There, I had relationships with men, one after another. After a while, I moved to Bulacan, where I worked as a beautician. There, I had also several boyfriends. One of them became my live-in partner, but our relationship ended after he eloped with his girlfriend.

Sometime later, I was convicted of illegal recruitment and was jailed for seven months. While serving my jail term, I learned of God's mercy through the fellowships conducted in jail by various Christian groups. I promised God I would change for the better. But after being pardoned, I moved to Manila and opened my own beauty parlor. I returned to my old life and once again, got into troubles. I had financial difficulties and found myself heavily indebted. Worst of all, I lost my parlor.

In August 1993, I was invited by a friend to attend the 9th Anniversary of El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI held at the Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila. I was touched by the testimony of a reformed homosexual who had begun living a new life in Christ. I was moved by the Word of God in Leviticus 20:13, which says, "‘If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death...’" I realized then that I had been living a sinful life. I repented of all my sins, asked for God's forgiveness, and promised to live according to His Will. I put away my dresses and ladies' accessories, and had a haircut. By the grace of God, I am now married and have a good job. Indeed, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Glory to God!

Bro. Norberto Cagumoc
Manila, Philippines

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