Once, at DWXI Radio Station, Bro. Mike heard a mysterious voice telling him: "Build Me a center, and I will give rest to you and all who will go with you."  He thought God was calling him to build a church or a basilica made of concrete, similar to many other religious structures.  He immediately called an architect to design a basilica with a seven-thousand seating capacity and set aside a piece of land at the Multinational Village for that purpose.  Then, he had the plan blessed by His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, at the Vatican and prepared for its construction.  However, his plan did not push through, inasmuch as his creditors and financial institutions started to foreclose most of his assets and real estate properties.  Only one of his assets was not mortgaged—the DWXI Radio Station.  But this was a non-performing asset which instead ate most of his savings.

Nonetheless, in the darkest moment of his financial crisis, Bro. Mike remained steadfast in his faith.  He thought that if the radio station could not help him rise above his financial troubles, he could have at least used it in spreading the Word of God and by bearing witness to the miracles that God had done in his life.

This would provide him a way to reach more people and draw them to the Lord Jesus Christ. He soon found himself actively sharing the Word of God in his radio program "To God Be the Glory."  After several months, however, he decided to quit broadcasting and thought of hiring others to do the job.  But before he could do so, he received a letter from a woman which read: "Bro. Mike, don’t ever give up.  Please continue with your radio program.  One evening, when I felt I could die of migraine, which I had been suffering from for the last seventeen years, I happened to tune in to your program.  As you prayed, I joined you and asked God to help me.  Praise the Lord, at that very moment I got healed!  Now your radio program has become a part of my life.  Glory to God!  Keep on, Bro. Mike!"  The woman’s testimony inspired Bro. Mike to continue with his radio program.  He read her letter on the air and, soon, letters from other listeners giving their testimonies on miracles they received from God, and some were asking for prayer and counseling flooded his office.

To deepen his commitment to the Lord, he issued a memorandum instructing the treasurer of his real estate company to set aside ten percent of every sale and collection as tithe for the support of the work for the Lord through DWXI Radio Station.  Miraculously, after this, offers were made on his foreclosed real estate properties, with the banks allowing him to sell these on his own terms and repay his loans out of the proceeds.  Soon, his loans had been settled and some of his foreclosed properties were recovered.

After sometime, people from all walks of life were trooping to his office asking for prayer for the healing of their ailments and counseling for their financial and spiritual problems.  Then, the Spirit of God finally revealed to him the real meaning of the mysterious call, "It is you whom I need to be built as a holy temple and to serve as a living sacrifice to renew the Church.  I have called you to share with everyone the Good News and the joy of Salvation, to strengthen the faith of God’s people, to set on fire their love for God and neighbor, and to bring them into a family that cares and shares in each other’s burdens and blessings while waiting for the joyful second coming of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ of Nazareth."

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