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Haven't you heard? A new music album is now out in the f"narket. It's being distributed by Ivory Records. "I Believe" has actually been played on the air! Hey, wait a minute. What is "/ Believe"? You mean, you don't know? It's the carrier single of the newest campus-based pop singing group, YOF! Continued on page 2
The Rock of My Salvation by Eugene
Moskaira,
Life as a Ch ristian is really challenging. Despite being raised in a Catholic family and studying in a Catholic school, I still found myself being influenced by the not-so-Christian world in a major way. Good thing I found a Rock to set my r--\eet uponl I considered being with my friends as the greatl'lst pleasure In life. The good part was that my friends and I never failed to attend Sunday masses. We would even join Christian yeuth organizations. Good boys, right? Not exactly. We didn't do these things for the right reasons. Because we really just wanted to be together, we would go to Mass but wouldn't listen to the priest. Our youth group's prayer meetings would I be followed by ail-night parties and gimmicks. I later found myself drinking little by little. At first it was Just beer. Then I "graduated" to harder drinks like gin, rhum, tequila and vodka. I also began to smoke again. In February of 1993 our class was invited to a CYA Crossroads Retreat. Since I wanted to meet new friends, I went. The people there were fun-loving and funny, just like me and my friends, but I noticed one striking difference. My newfound friends I
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were for real. Some of them were like me, and some had gone through experiences similar to mine. Having no false pretensions, these down-to-earth people weren't afraid to be called Christians. They led full Christian as young people. They had lots of fun, without the usual drinking, smoking and late nights-out. In that retreat, I said "yes" to God, and decided to give up my vices. The following summer, I was back with myoid friends. I thought I could Influence them to return to God; instead, they Influenced me! Unable to resist them, I once again fell under the spell of my vices. When classes began in June, my schedule conflicted with the CYA-UST prayer meetings. But through the continuous love, support and follow-up of CYA brothers and sisters, I was slowly being freed from my vices. It was about this time that I also started to get into music. Rock music. Because I could playa number of musical instruments, I became part of a band which was then performing in concerts and clubs with big-name bands which are now considered pillars In the Filipino rock music scene.
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