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REGINES TESTIMONY OF CALLING Ever since Im still young, I dreamt of becoming a Missionary Doctor.

Ive imagined myself helping the malnourished children and tending the ill-stricken people in Africa and also travelling to oppressed countries. I already planned myself that I should take the Nursing field as a stepping stone to becoming a doctor. However, our plans are not His plans and our thoughts are not His thoughts. It was Sunday evening service that a certain missionary, Eugene Hao, is speaking in the pulpit and challenging us to really seek what God has called us. I already know what I want, to be a missionary, but I want to challenge God to confirm to me if He really called me to be one. The next day, I went to fasting. The word He imparted to me is in Acts 13:1-3, it talks about Barnabas and Paul preparing for the work He has prepared for them. Then I asked myself, Really Lord? This is it? Sure jud? But still, discontented and unsure, I continued my fasting the next day. The word He imparted to me is super clear. It is in Isaiah 6, Isaiahs commission. The word is obvious, Here I am Lord, send me Isaiahs response to Gods calling. I was overwhelmed by His answers that it made me to another alibi, the fear about my familys expectation and my responsibility to them. He comforted me to His word the very next day, which is found in Matthew 19:29 and it says, And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. That word alone is enough for me to believe that God has really called me to mission. However, I still asked God of where He will send me??? Another confirmation was in 2010 PLTI-Mindanao in Casa Elsa, Pagadian City. God is constantly reminding me about my calling and stirring my heart that He wanted me to be one of the PSALM staff force. I was a graduating student at that time and still, Im super hesitant to commit after I graduate because I want to in my profession first. So my will prevailed, I detached myself to PSALM. In 2011, I didnt commit myself to trainings and I focused myself to my upcoming career, the Nursing field. In 2012, I finally passed the Nursing Licensure Exam and Im a certified Register Nurse But, theres missing and dissatisfaction in my heart. Instead of committing to PSALM, I followed my mothers plan for my life. She wanted me to be with her in Siargao, to work as a community Nurse. I said to myself, Wow, community, its my field. I maybe not a PSALM staff, but I could still do the mission in the community With the assurance that I will immediately get the job, so I followed her request. But throughout the year I stayed in Siargao, God is constantly reminding me of my vow to Him about PSALM. I always read the passage in Ecclesiastes 5:4, When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it Then in 2013, my contract in DOH will end, I started to ask God of another confirmation. I prayed to Him that my mother will let go of me and release me for her plan in my life. And it just so happen that before election, the night of May 12, 2013, God answered my prayer. She uttered in her mouth that she will let go of me and even allowed me to work for PSALM. So here I am in PSALM Apprenticeship Training, when God has called you to be His worker, Hes like BDO, He will find a way to fulfill His plan for you.

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