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Jeepney evangelist

- The Ear -
May 25, 2011 | 12:00am

SPREADING GOD’S WORD. In spreading the word of God, it matters not where it’s done. A member of a Christian congregation did it on board a passenger jeepney. He preached passages from the Bible while the PUJ was on its way to Labangon from Colon. He was able to catch the attention of his co-passengers because he spoke well.

NON-CATHOLIC? When the PUJ reached Labangon (Katipunan St.), the preacher ended his talk and, after thanking everyone, he got off the jeepney. Then the passengers tried to guess his religion. A girl of about 11 or 12 spoke: “Seguradong dili to Catholic. Pulos ra man amen, di kamao manguros.”

CATHOLIC

GOD

JEEPNEY

KATIPUNAN ST.

LABANGON

PASSENGERS

PUJ

PULOS

SEGURADONG

SPOKE
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