The spiritual Mother received me without blame, without expecting anything in return, because I didn’t have anything to offer.

Before coming to the Universal Church, I would spend my evenings walking through the streets of Victoria, from one bus stop to the next, looking for lost tickets, so I could exchange it for something to eat, because I didn’t have anything at home to eat.

I would go to my family’s house when I knew they were preparing something to eat so that I could also eat, but I went so many times that they stopped answering the door because they knew my real intention.

I often remained outside the gate, waiting for someone to come open the door, but nobody came…

I’d go home and eat bread with sugar to ease the hunger, because it was the only food I had.

And this is how the Universal Church welcomed me!

I remember sitting in the second to last row of pews. I didn’t even have the strength to even lift my head up to pray. I felt like garbage, my heart was filthy, my body was marked by fights and tattoos, and my mind was corrupted with complexes, losses and failures.

Still, I was welcomed with a love and acceptance that I had never received. There wasn’t a day when I went to Church an assistant or pastor wouldn’t come talk to me.

After healing me and cleansing me, my spiritual Mother introduced me to my Father. I felt like a paternal orphan, because I had not seen my father since I was seven years old, but I became the son of the Most High and I found a love I had never imagined.

With this love came care, the teaching of discipline, conduct, and character. He taught me how to be a son, a father, and a husband. He believed in me more than I believed in myself, so I am eternally grateful and I recognize that the man I am today is because of my Father and Mother (Church)!

May millions of children continue to be born of our Mother!

Collaborated by: Pr. Fernando Teixeira