I should have shared this testimony a few years back. I am not good with expressing myself, so I put it off until now. Moreover, the theme for this year’s (2015) Divine Mercy feast is Tried, Transformed, now Testify, so I have already shared my experience with my BEC.

6 years ago we sold our house in Paya Terubong and went house hunting. It must be Our Lord of Divine Mercy who led us to buy our current residence in Sungai Ara. The church was nearing completion at that time. After its opening during the first Divine Mercy Feast Day celebrations, I came to help in the cleaning and decorating.
From that time onwards, my life changed (transformed). I had been a Sunday catholic, sometimes missing Sunday mass and a great sinner. I had never participated in any church activities; never attended BEC gatherings and in fact I had not even registered with the church.

Since my entry into CDM, I joined the BEC and began helping out in a few ministries. I thank my BEC leader Alison Choo and others like Angeline Chin, Anne Chong and Nancy Chung who were one of my first friends here.

I am now like the girl in one of Father Martin’s homily, “I was a sinner running after sin and now I am a sinner running away from sin.” After Father Martin became the Parish Priest it became even more joyful to work for the church because Father really looks after of our welfare, making things more convenient for us. Thank you Father.

I also notice a change in my husband who is a non-Catholic. He is a diabetic and a heart patient. Now his health has improved and he has been quite accommodating to my being out of the house so often coming to church.

Parish: Church of Divine Mercy (Penang)