MOM AND DAD HERMANO & MOM AND DAD PINGOY
First and foremost we want to thank you for bringing us to life. For being perfect examples of what we want to be now: strong men of God and loving wives and mothers. Thank you for supporting us and raising/molding us to be who we are now. For instilling in us faith and love as our foundation every single day you mothered and fathered us. For being patient with us and trusting us so much, for believing in us to be missionaries, though i'm sure you were scared, for letting go and letting God. You are the most important people to us in our lives and we thank God for the truly unconditional love you have for us. For making our wedding day a reality. Thank you for always being there. We love you so much!
KUYA FATHER FRANCIS MENDOZA
For making it ALL ABOUT GOD! for knowing my and ray's hearts so well. for inspiring me, allowing me to hear and see Jesus through you. Just the little words you say...When you told me at the wedding rehearsal to really pray during the offering to Mama Mary on the wedding day, i knew i was going to pray, but i never knew it was going to be like that. but you knew. God told you to tell me. you bring God to me. you make God real to me. i cannot express how thankful I am to have received that through you. you are one of a kind and i have been forever changed because of you. for giving it all back to God, Kuya Francis, your talent, your heart, your life. the wedding ceremony was Heaven on earth and ray and i know we owe that to you officiating it. because you made it about Him! for your coolness and calmness and discerning ear to God to know how to run everything from beginning to end. it was a spiritual experience within that hour and i will forever remember it with humility, amazement and gratitude. i love you for who you are kuya Francis. you are always in our prayers as i know that is the only thing i can give back to you...to give you back to God to take care of you. thank you, thank you, thank you again for being in my life. you bring me to Him. thank you.
offering to Mama Mary
FATHER PAUL LEHMAN & FATHER FRANCIS ROG
For co-officiating that special ceremony for us. Fr. Paul - for flying out all the way from New Jersey and back on your own, and Fr. Rog for taking time on your very special day that day where you were being thrown your very own honoring reception where you were receiving an award! You both went out of the way to take the time and go through all that trouble to come out and be with us. We are so humbled and it is truly an HONOR to have had you present to intercede for us. But more importantly for having been interceding for us all these years you have spiritually taken care of us. Ray and I both love you very much and continue to pray for God's blessings upon you in your lives.
WENDELL ALVERO
Oh windeizy. i love you man. once again, God and the Holy Spirit lives and moves in you. It has to have been to have produced what you did. Up until the last minute pushing, and i know that was a big sacrifice. you amaze me by the talent God has given you, the vision He puts forth in your mind and allowing you to materialize it into reality. it is a gift that not many people have. i'm honored to have such a humble and genuine friend. for going the limits, even treading through a river without any shoes! for your intentions in making the video, for seeking God's will through it all and the best interest of me and ray as your friends. for not settling for less. you inspire me dude. both ray and i love you very much.
reaction to the video
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TITA GLADYS FUNTERA
Oh my Tita Gladys. your abundant generosity and love cannot be put into words here. you have given me so much and i want the world to know just how big a role you have played not only in our wedding but for my entire life! you are a second mother to me. ray and i were and are blown away by all you did for us for the wedding...for opening up your house for ray to live there and taking care of him as a son, during the wedding preps taking care of my new family the Pingoys in your house, for opening your house to be another "wedding headquarters" and hotel, for doing the give-aways for my engagement party, with the special made and personal labels of our rosaries!! so beautiful! it meant soo so much to us. for slaving over the stove cooking and cooking all your yummy food for the engagement party! for putting that all together and of course for your gifts of my wedding gown!!!, the stretch hummer limo! (we did not expect that!!), but most especially for your love, support, and your strong prayers. that is what meant the most to us. Thank you Tita Gladys, my ninang, my second mommy. i love you very very much. i am so thankful for you in my life and i hope you will always know that. ray and i love you and Tito Ex very much. Thank you Lord for my Tita Gladys.
TITA ALICE LAGMAN
God gave us absolute BEST and that is evident in you, Tita Alice. THANK YOU for your expertise in decorating, doing ALL the beautiful flower arrangements and bouquets that brilliantly popped out at everyone, and gorgeous table centerpieces, for spending countless nights working on all of them, using your very own house to store them, for being so humble of your extreme talent, for seeking God to use you to make such masterpieces! thank you to tito ed for giving up time spent with you for all the time you put into it! thank you for your kindness, patience and thoughtfulness to see our vision and apply your skill to make it come alive. you really made what i dreamt in my head to come alive in your decorations. that is simply amazing to me. we love you tita alice, thank you again once more. God bless you.
TITA MABEL MARTIREZ
My Tita Mabs - the wedding planner! i don't know where we would be without you!! for doing all the giveaways, for the pillows, the wedding bin, for thinking of EVERYTHING that i didn't...which was the majority of everything! for using your awesome talent from God to guide us and make that day the most special day ever. but most of all again, for you and tito Teddy really being our prayer warriors throughout the whole process. for giving us the Steven Curtis Chapman tickets and reminding us to pray and be focused through it all. for tying up all the loose ends, so many things behind the scenes, and for inspiring me so much throughout all the years i have known you to be a woman of God. i love you very much and thank God for you. you are a great gift to me and ray spiritually. we love you dearly.
ATE DEEDA SAVAGE
Ate Deeds, wow, it was simply breathtaking - the realness of God's Spirit that came forth through you as you sang the Responsorial Psalm. One of the greatest gifts we received at our wedding that brought me and Ray to tears. His presence was so real and tangible in that moment, and hearing your voice seems to bring to all our hearts God's love once more as we experienced when we were young and new to knowing Him. Ray and I will forever be thankful for you and Kuya Terry because of that, and you will always remain dear to our hearts as pivotal people who were used by God to mold us. We are excited for a future knowing we have you there in it to continue to guide us and inspire us. we love you very much.
