- Should I tell my age? [laughs]
My name is Ella Valderama Cuallo.
I am from the northern part of the Philippines.
I'm 50 years old.
I was baptized in the, they call it Pentacostal group.
My aim in life,
the most important thing in my life
in that time is that salvation.
While I was working in the ministry
of Public Works and Highways in the Philippines,
my uncle called me
and he told me that there are ministers coming from USA.
That they will train us
to be, what do you call this,
minister or pastor.
So I joined them.
One day I went to the library.
And while I was preparing my sermon,
I don't know why there is a book in that library
that is called, entitled, "The Oneness of God."
But in that religion, you know that Christianity,
they believe in the triad of God.
God the father, God the son, God the holy spirit.
And it says inside that book
if you really want to be saved,
know the truth that there is only one God.
I said, "How come?"
And when these people, ministers,
they called it ministers, reverend,
coming from America coming from Canada,
I raised the issue, the questions.
I said, "Brothers,
"somebody's bothering me.
"Somebody, I mean like,
"there's something that makes me confused about our belief."
So I raised the question that
when we will get up to heaven,
who will reign among the three?
And one of the brother coming from Canada, he said
"Sister, what kind of question is this?"
And he said, "Don't you know that
"God the father will be the one to reign in heaven?"
And then the president of the organization
in the Philippines, he said, "No brother,
"Jesus Christ will be the one to reign in heaven
as per Revelation."
And then how about the holy spirit?
Then all of them was amazed with that question.
And then nobody was able to answer my question.
They said, "Sister, don't ever raise such question
"especially if we are in public."
"Why?" I said.
Because this will make, I mean like, it will confuse
the other members of the church.
I leave that church.
I joined another organization.
I went to Manila,
and you know, there is a confusion in my heart.
So I don't know.
I have to check all the, my decision at that time
is to check all the religions.
Which one is really the correct religion
that will save my soul.
When I landed here in UAE,
I was surprised for this religion Islam.
So I was really interested
to know about the religion Islam.
So I observed how the people, they worship their god.
I mean the Muslims worship their god.
I observed and I noticed that they are very sincere
in their religion.
But my goal is to
share them my religion.
So I was sharing them that
you have to accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior.
They were smiling.
I said, "Do you know Jesus Christ?"
They said, "Of course, sister, we know Jesus Christ.
"Jesus Christ is our brother in Islam."
What, your brother in Islam?
And then they told me, they shared me,
I said, "Okay, I want to know your religion."
If they say that their religion is the correct religion,
why their behavior is not correct?
They don't have humbleness,
they don't have, I mean like, they don't respect.
I said that time they don't respect other people.
They don't respect the Christians.
So I said, "Oh God,
"help me to meet a real Muslim."
So Alhamdulillah allah ta'alah guided me to one family.
Through that family allah ta'alah opened my eyes
and opened my heart and understanding.
Opened my mind.
So after that, I met again those people,
I mean those guys who gave me the books.
So they lead me there, created a statement.
They said, "Just follow me."
Ash-Hadu Anna La Ilaha Ila Allah, Wa Ash-Hadu Anna Muhammad Rasul Allah
So I utter that words.
And they told me, "Now you are Muslim."
What?
That easy?
And they told me, "Yeah, it's very easy to come to Islam,
"but it's very easy also to come out."
I had that peace of mind.
Peace of mind, peace at heart,
because as I have said,
when I was in the Christianity I have that wavering.
I have, I mean like, lots of questions
that no one was able to answer.
But in Islam, all the questions that I had was answered.
Majority of my family members,
they embrace Islam.
You have to be firm.
If you are firm in your belief
that Islam is the correct religion, then come to Islam.
Set aside all these things.
Focus only to yourself.
Be firm and come to Islam.