A ministry born out of a loss

CEBU – More than 20 years ago, Alberto Cuna Sr. uttered the name of Jesus Christ after he brought his dead three-year-old son to a hospital.

All he could think about was revenge on the truck driver who killed his firstborn.

“I wanted to kill the driver,” said Cuna in Cebuano.

But when he met the driver who surrendered to the police, Cuna had a change of heart.

“I thought I was crazy that time,” he said. “I took pity on him. Eventually I forgot the name of the driver and my planned revenge was totally erased.”

The incident, Cuna said, was a “miracle and turning point” of his life.

He eventually overcame his vices and left his high-paying job abroad as an architect so he could be with his family.

Cuna, 51, is now a senior pastor of the Christian Church, the Fruitful Praise and Worship Temple in Barangay Nangka, Consolacion. (KEVIN

A. LAGUNDA)