F A R A
Today was the day of their concert. I was really excited to see them later on the stage.
From my seat, I watched them sound checking and tuning the musical instruments.
Sunod-sunod ang bawat taong dumarating sa napakalaking place na paggaganapan ng concert. Open ang itaas dahil ang stage lamang ang may bubong, kaya kitang-kita ko ang mga bituin sa kalangitan.
"Ate Fara!" Napalingon ako sa tumawag sa akin; it was Karen. Kahit na malakas ang sound system, narinig ko pa rin siya.
"Yes?"
"Tara, sama ka sa prayer namin bago mag-start ang concert!" Sinenyasan niya ako na sumunod sa kanya.
Tumayo naman ako at sumunod sa kanya sa back stage. Naabutan namin ang music team kasama ang ibang members at pastors na nagkukumpulan.
Storm smiled when he saw me. He stood next to me and held my hand dahil pinaghawak-hawak kami ng kamay.
Pastor Alvin led the prayer; he prayed that the event would give glory to God and asked for His guidance from the beginning until the end of the event, and all the invitees would come to hear the gospel.
"...At ang lahat ay magsabi ng--"
"Amen!" sabay-sabay na sabi namin.
Nagsi-handaan na muli sila habang ako naman ay bumalik sa audience area sa bandang harapan. Halos puno na ang lugar sa dami ng kabataan na dumalo.
Nakasalubong ko si Molly. "Fara! I've missed you!" she greeted me with a hug.
Narito nga rin pala ang ibang mga Christians mula sa iba't ibang churches.
I smiled. "I've missed you too!"
Umupo kami sa upuan at nagk'wentuhan. Ngunit napatigil kami nang magsimulang mag-countdown sa screen ng one minute.
The lights turned out. Ngunit dahil nasa harapan ako, nakita ko ang kanya-kanyang pagpunta ng music team sa sari-sarili nilang puwesto.
And here we were, waiting for the concert to start...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
The spotlights on the stage turned on and focused on two persons on the stage. I recognized the faces. They were Ate Glen and a guy whom I do not know the name but one of the church members.
"A blessed evening to everyone!" the MCs greeted with so much energy and joy.
"Wow! Ang daming dumalo sa ating concert tonight!" Ate Glen happily exclaimed.
"Praise God!" the guy replied.
"Ang tanong, Bro Hans, wala bang naligaw dito? Or hindi niya alam kung anong klaseng concert ba itong pinuntahan niya," Ate Glen said with humor.
The guy, who was named Hans, laughed. "We don't know, Sis Glen. Baka mayroon."
"However, we are glad they are here!"
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