Graduation Speech: My Trip To The United Methodist Church

Good evening, hope all is well, everyone!
Before I start, let me thank you for giving me the chance to share my life story , and experience with the Friendship United Methodist Church. My speech will be in three important sections:
First, my family background; Second, how I landed here in the USA and the circumstances that I went through; And third, how I became a member of the Friendship United Methodist Church, and how it changed my beliefs and strengthened my faith.
I am Mila Dimitui Valdez, 44 years old and married to Boyet Valdez. We were blessed with three beautiful children, Kloie, Kris and Kian. I was born in the Philippines and was raised as a Catholic. Though our family was Catholic, it’s very seldom that I would go to church to hear mass and practice my beliefs. I would only be enticed to go to church if my mother would promise me that she would buy me some foods or some stuff.
I was the youngest among seven siblings. It was some sort of “luck”, so they say, that I was born and have seen the light on this earth. She was already 41 years old when my mother gave birth to me, while my father was 60 years old

I also embraced that belief. At a very young age of 18, I joined the AMGL and became a part of the education committee which helped disseminate among the farmers the issue of agrarian reform in the Philippines. I joined them on the streets, as they waged their demands through political rallies and dialogues with government officials. At this point, I met my husband Boyet. He was among the supporters of AMGL, and together we fought for the rights of the farmers through active conduct of trainings and seminars for the farming