The FEASTFAMILY
Special Report
August 8, 2021
AT 3 a.m. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Hidilyn Diaz sent a text message to our founder, Bro. Bo Sanchez, thanking The Feast Family for praying for her.
By this time, the world already knew Hidilyn Diaz made history on Monday, July 26, 2021, as she won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines since our country has been competing for close to a hundred years in
the Olympics. In the recent Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, she snagged the top place in the women’s 55-kilogram class, after she lifted a combined weight of 224 kilograms, breaking Olympics record in that category of the women’s weightlifting competition.
And, yes, among the first to whom she expressed deep gratitude for her victory is our Feast Family through Bro. Bo. That’s because Feasters prayed for Hidilyn before the Olympics. More on pages 6-7.
Actually, we have always been praying for Sis. Hidilyn. Yes, we call her “Sis” because she is a member of our Feast, and thus our sister in Christ. In 2014, a friend invited Sis. Hidilyn to The Feast which in interviews after her victory, she has well acknowledged as instrumental in her faith journey. Bro. Alvin Barcelona shares Sis. Hidilyn’s blessings at The Feast, pages 3-5.
Here, we share with you this Special Report on the success of Sis. Hidilyn, of The Feast, and above all, of our God of Victory!
All for His Glory,
Randy Borromeo
The Feast Family
Publishing Director
Feast Blessings for Sis. Hidilyn
By BRO. ALVIN BARCELONA
SIS. Hidilyn Diaz has been a Feaster since 2014 when she was just starting to compete in weightlifting events. She was invited by a friend to The Feast Bay Area at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) afternoon session, where I am preacher and she has been a regular attendee– even now
during this Coronavirus Pandemic, via our online gathering we call Feast-at-Home.
She always asked to be prayed over every time
she competed…
Then came her first big win– the silver medal in the Rio Olympics in 2016.
We invited her onstage where she gave her testimony right after her Rio victory. I prayed over her onstage as I had been doing for her offstage for years.
We prayed and claimed that in her next Olympics competition she would get the gold…And before the big event, led by Bro. Bo, we mounted online posters with the cheer, “Go Hidilyn!”
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Loving Life
Sis. Hidilyn is an active Feaster, and she started serving at the Feast Bay Area afternoon session as among our ushers.
She even joined our Love Life Retreat for single members. Above, that’s her at the front row of this souvenir photo of the Love Life Retreat Batch 28.
Many times, we invited her to have dinner with us after The Feast. And as part of our pastoral care, we counsel her and extend actual help to her during her struggling moments.
She has become a close friend as we continued to disciple and pastor her… At right, here we are celebrating her birthday!
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Where She Belongs
Feeling so blessed, Sis. Hidilyn mentions The Feast in media interviews as she claims that it is here where she found a strong relationship with God and where she feels she truly belongs.
In a recent interview, she recounts how she used to lack self-worth and thus she had no self-confidence. And then she says why she loves to be at The Feast:
“Nagustuhan ko kasi na-feel ko na belong ako
sa lugar…
Yun ang kulang sa akin: na wala akong personal relationship with God… Like, pag close ka kay God, nagsisimula kang mahalin ang sarili mo…nagsisimula ka na paniwalian ang sarili mo…sa mga ginagawa mo…na may goal ka nga…
Sis. Hidilyn continues to communicate with us regularly–before her actual competitions, asking for prayers, and right after she wins. When she eventually won gold at the weightlifting event in the Tokyo Olympics, she even sent a personal video to us thanking us for our prayers and support for her.
I just talked to her last Saturday (July 30, 2021) and she said she loves being called God’s Powerful Champion. Here, she is all smiles as Bro. Christian Aroza, co-servant at Feast P.M., declares her so.
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Prayers for the Gold
The day before her competition at the Tokyo Olympics, Sis. Hidilyn sent a prayer request to The Feast… like this one she sent to Bro. Didoy Lubaton
Thus, led by Bro. Bo, the Feast Builders, in turn leading their members, prayed for
Sis. Hidilyn, and cheered her up with posters mounted before the event.
Saying “Go Hidilyn,” from top left:
Bro. Didoy Lubaton, Bro. JC Libiran,
and Bro. Adrian Panganiban, here lighting
a candle for Sis. Hidilyn’s success.
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REWARDS
Aside from her Olympics gold, Sis. Hidilyn’s victory merited for her hefty rewards.
After her victory, she paid a virtual courtesy call on President Rodrigo Duterte who presented to her the Presidential Medal of Merit.
The Philippine Air Force where she served as sergeant promoted her to staff sergeant.
As of this writing, Sis. Hidilyn Diaz has received whopping rewards—in cash—over P40 million and counting– and in kind, such us the pledge of Feast Builder, Dr. Ryan Capitulo.
Read on for the tentative list of her rewards…
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Millions for a Winner
Government incentive
through the National Athletes
and Coaches Benefits
as provided by Republic Act 10699 P10 million
San Miguel Corporation as pledged
by Ramon Ang, president P10 million
MVP Sports Foundation as pledged
by Manny Panglinan, chairman P10 million
Denis Uy, Siklab Atleta Sports Foundation head and Phoenix Petroleum chairman. P5 million and free fuel for life
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, pledging from his own funds P3 million Plus house and lot in Zamboanga
Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero, 1 PACMAN Party List P3 million
Zamboanga City local government. P2.5 million
Megaworld P14-million condo unit in Eastwood, Q.C.
PHirst Park Homes P4-million house of her choice
Century Properties House and lot in Tagaytay courtesy of Bambol Tolentino, Philippine Olympic Committee chair
AirAsia Philippines Lifetime free flights
Philippine Airlines 80,000 free miles flights per year for life
In his recent podcast Full Tank, Bro. Bo Sanchez says you too, can be
a champion. Here, he presents the qualities that made Sis. Hidilyn a champion:
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… And God Will Do the Rest!
Bro. Bo says
Sis. Hidilyn told him that she wrote her dream of winning the Olympics gold on her copy of the Novena to God’s Love, a booklet which has blank pages where you may write seven dreams you wish God will fulfill.
Every Feast member receives a copy of the booklet which begins with a Novena prayer (right) composed by Bro. Bo.
Yes, it’s a prayer fulfilled for thousands
of Feast members, including Sis. Hidilyn…
Aside from the Novena,
for good measure, she petitioned
for the intercession of Mother Mary
who did not disappoint her.
And so, in her hour of Victory,
she shows her gold medal
and one other medal, the first
she clutched the moment she won
—the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
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FAMILY
Thank You!
The Feast Family, now organized as the Feast Mercy Ministries,
is a spin-off ministry of the Light of Jesus Family founded by Bro. Bo Sanchez,
earlier named as Kerygma Family, a unique online, non-physical, borderless,
international community of friends who support each other’s personal growth.
Partner beneficiaries of the Feast Mercy Ministries flourish because
of your generous support. Thank you for being with us. We pray that you find
your daily source of inspiration from the resources that we send to you.
We pray too that you may consider giving to The Feast Family.
No gift is too small.
Thank you very much in advance for your gift. Our prayer is that God will continue to reward you as you give.
FOR EXISTING DONORS:
Thank you for the Love.
Your monthly donation helps us continue extending support to our Light of Jesus spin-off organizations, including our partner beneficiaries. Your gift will sustain our operations and, we hope, help us reach out to the persons our Lord has called us to make disciples and give them renewed hope.
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Our Partner Beneficiaries
Jeremiah 33 Foundation Grace To Be Born is a halfway home
is a shelter for girls for pregnant women in crisis.
particularly victims of
sexual abuse
He Cares Mission
provides shelter
for street children. Pag-asa ng Pamilya Foundation
gives scholarships to poor students.
Jesus Christ Cares for Cancer
provides financial assistance and pastoral care
for indigent cancer patients.
The Light of Jesus Pastoral Care Center ministers to those who are emotionally and spiritually wounded.
HAIL MARY is acronym for Healthcare Assistance for Indigents and Lepers
of Mary, adopting the Blessed Mother as the patroness of its mission to eradicate leprosy in Abra within 8–10 years.
The Light of Jesus Prison Ministry brings Jesus to the Correctional
Institution for Women to give them hope for a life of dignity.
Anawim Lay Missions Foundation provides a home to poor elderly who have been abandoned by their family and have nowhere else to go.
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FAMILY
ONLINE
NEWSMAGAZINE
The Feast Family online newsmagazine is produced
by the Shepherd’s Voice Radio and Television (SVRTV) Foundation,
which is also our partner beneficiary, with editorial services
by the Light of Jesus Family Library Ministry.
Founder: Bo Sanchez
Mercy Ministries Chairman: Editor-in-Chief:
Hermie Morelos Cynthia U. Santiago
Feast International Chief Photographer:
Region Head: Ed L. Santiago
Vic Español
SVRTV Executive Director: Reporter:
Randy Borromeo Cybill P. Bayto
Publication Consultant: Contributors:
Chelle Crisanto The Feast Builders
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Rowena Cequeña
Human Resources Manager:
Erika Ventura
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Go and make disciples of all men.
— Matthew 28:19
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