Lloyd Bolences (Personal witnessing)

“TOOL FOR WITNESSING ACTIVITY 1.”

My life before accepting Christ.

 I was addicted by online games.

 I tried to smoke.
 I always drink alcohol.
 I seen and witnessed how to used drugs.
 I was bounded by a lot of darling sins.
 I used to lie on my parents.
 I just go to church because of my mom.
 Low temperance and anger is in me.

How I become a Christian

I was baptized in sda at the ae of 11 yrs old but I still live in a wordly manner. But I still stand out
as an Adventist especially in my school since I was studying in non sda school and they used to have
class during Saturday. In that time, I was taught by my mom that I should stand out as an Adventist in
times like that. So I always defend my religion not because I knew and I believe that I should really
remember Sabbath is a holy day but because it was said by my mom that I should stand out as an
Adventist and also, I looked forward that my teachers and my principal will see me as a Christian and I
will be the one who will be praised because im the one who stand out as an Adventist in that school.
Those things that I used to do before, (written above) was not a great experience in me. Even though
there is the joy and satisfaction in myself when im doing those things, but still, seems like all things are
not organized. So, since AUP is what my mom and I is planning where am I going to go to college, God
used this school as an instrument for me to comeback and truly surrender everything to Him. When I
enter here in AUP, I join a lot of ministry activity and im looking forward to be part of the ministry
department who are the backbone of the services in PIC. There is a lot of people who are used by God to
remind me how good, how great is he. I was amazed not just because of the environment, the scenery
here, but because of those people, who used by God to revive me spiritually. I joined Voice of Youth
during summer and December vacation. I only went home after the Voice of Youth. I joined a lot of small
group gathering and through that, I discovered a lot of spiritually inclined people. My life here inside the
AUP is very different compared to my life before. But, im not yet still fully surrendered to God because
im still looking for way to play online games. I can’t withdraw from playing online games. But when I
entered AUP, I really knew, I really saw, I really experienced the goodness of the Lord in my life. I saw
how He moves in my life as a God of everything. I experience His love, His care, His providing hands in
my life.

My life since I became Christian.

Even though I can’t let go of the darling sins have, I learned how to pray and asked to God help
me. God truly changed me from what I used to do before to the things He wants me to do now. As the
days and months went by, I learn how to trust God. I learn also how to testify to some of my friends,
share them what I learned about God’s word. I started to desire to join the ministry department and
activity like masterguide and through that, I found a lot of people, a lot of teens who has the same
desire with me. I learned how to read the Bible. I learned how to make a message, and I started
encouraging myself to speak out the words of God. I experience the guidance of the Lord. I experience
how great is the power of the Holy Spirit. It was so good and satisfying to have this kind of life. Truly it is
that you cannot find true joy unless you start serving and believing on the Lord. The joy that I
experienced before, cannot compare to the joy that Im experiencing in serving and believing in the Lord.
I can’t describe what joy it is. There’s no such adjectives that will describe what joy im experiencing right
now, it is indescribable.