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The Andoy Story part 1


Somewhere in Milaor, Camarines Sur, Philippines
there lived a fourth grader
boy named Andoy who would follow this route to
school everyday. He has to
cross the rugged plains and cross the dangerous
highway where vehicles are
recklessly driving to and from. Once passed this
highway, the boy would
take a short cut by passing by the Church every
morning just to say Hi to Jesus,
and faithfully say his, "Magandang umaga po" in
Bicol dialect. A Priest, who
was so happy to find innocence so uplifting in the
morning, was faithfully
watching the boy. "Kamusta Andoy! Papasok ka
na?" "Opo padre..." He would
flash his innocent grin, the priest would be
touched.
The priest was so concerned that one day he
talked to Andoy, "From
school...", he advised "do not cross the highway,
you can pass through the
Church and I can accompany you to the other side
of the road... that way I
can see that you are home safe. "Thank you
father." "Why don't you go home?
Why do you stay in this Church right after
school?" "I just want to say
"Hi" to my friend, Jesus,". The priest would leave
the boy to spend time
beside the altar, talking by himself, but the priest
hid behind the altar
to listen to what this boy has to say to his
heavenly FATHER. "You know my
math exam was pretty bad today, but I did not
cheat - although my seatmate
is bullying me for notes... I ate one cracker and
drank my water, Itay had
a bad season and all I can eat is this cracker.
Thank you for this! I saw a
poor kitten that was hungry and I know how he
feels so I gave my last
cracker to him... funny but I am not that hungry.
Look, this is my last
pair of slippers... I may have to walk barefooted
next week... you see this
is about to be broken. But it is okay at least I am
still going to
school... some says we will have a hard season
this year and some of my
classmates have already stopped going to school.
Please help them get back
to school again, please Jesus?... Oh, you know,
Inay had hit me again, it
is painful, but I know this pain will pass away, at
least I still have a
mother... Jesus, you want to see my bruises? I
know you can heal them...
here... here and... oh... blood... I guess you knew
about this one huh?
Please don't be mad at Inay. She is just tired and
she worries for the food
in our table and my schooling that is why she hits
us... Oh, I think I am
in love... there's this pretty girl in my class, her
name is Anita... do
you think she will like me? Anyway, at least I
know you will always like
me, I don't have to be anybody just to please you,
you are my very best
friend! Hey, your birthday is two months from now!
Aren't you excited? I
am! Wait till you see my gift for you... But it is a
surprise! I hope you
will like it! Oops, I have to go..." then he stood up
and calls out,
"Padre, padre, I am finished talking to my friend.
You can accompany me to
the other side of the road now". Everyday this
routine happens without fail
for Andoy. Father Agaton shares this every
Sunday to the people in his
church because he has not seen a very pure faith
and trust in Jesus, a very
positive look at negative situations.

Andoy story part 2


One Christmas day, Father Agaton was sick so he
could not make it to Church,
he was sent to the hospital. The Church was left
to
4 manangs who would
chant the rosary in 1000 miles per hour would not
smile and always find
fault in what you do. They are also very well
versed
in cursing if you
irritate them! They were kneeling, saying their
kilometric rosary when
Andoy, coming from his Christmas party, playfully
dashed in, "Hello Jesus!
I, "P----! (a curse) bata ka! Alam mo nang may
nagdadasal dito! Alis!" Poor
Andoy was so terrified, "Where's Father Agaton?
He is supposed to help me
cross the street... And to be able to cross the
street I will have to pass
by this church... not only that, I have to greet
Jesus. Today is His
birthday and I have a gift right here... Just as he
was about to get the
gift out of his shirt, one manang pulled his shirt
and threw him out of the
church. "Susmaryosep! (does a sign of the cross
fervently) Alis kang bata
ka, kung hindi matatamaan ka!
So the boy had no choice but to cross the
dangerous side of the road in
front of the church. He crossed. There was a
blind
curve. A fast moving bus
came in. The boy was protecting his gift inside his
shirt, so he was not
looking. There was so little time. The bus hit
Andoy and he died on the
spot. A lot of people crowded the lifeless body of
the young boy. Then
suddenly, out of nowhere a tall man wearing a
white shirt and pants, a face
so mild and gentle, but with eyes full of tears. He
came and lifted the boy
in his arms and he was crying. The curious
bystanders nudged the man in
white, and asked, "Excuse me sir, are you related
to this child? Do you
know this child?" The man, his face mourning and
in agony answered, "He was
my best friend." He took the badly wrapped gift in
the bloody chest of Andoy
and placed it near his heart. He stood up and
carried the boy away and they
both disappeared in sight. The crowd was
bewildered.
The next day, Father Agaton learned of the
shocking news. He immediately
visited Andoy's house and wanted to learn more
about the man in white. He
asked Andoy's parents. "Do you know the man
who took Andoy?" "A man in
white brought him here." sobbed the
mother. "What did he say?" The father
answered, "He did not say anything. He was
mourning. We do not know him and
yet he was very lonely at our son's death as if he
knew our son very well.
There was something peaceful and unexplainable
about him. He brought my son
home and then he smiled gently. He rubbed
Andoy's hair away from his face
and kissed him on his forehead. Then he
whispered something to Andoy."
"What did he say?", asked the priest. The father
began, "He said to my
son... "Thank you for the gift... I will see you
soon... you will be with
me forever..." Andoy's father continued, "You
know
for a while, I felt so
wonderful. I cried, but I do not know why. All I
know is that I cried tears
of joy. I could not explain it father. When that man
left, something
peaceful came over me. I felt a deep sense of love
inside. I could not
explain the joy in my heart. I knew my boy is in
heaven now... but... tell
me father, who is this man that my son talks to
everyday in your church.
You should know because you are always
there...
except on the time of his
death."
Father Agaton suddenly felt the tears welling in his
eyes, with trembling
knees, he murmured, "He was talking to no one....
but....JESUS."

That was a really good story i almost cried crying

wow thats...wow cry