00:00My name is Benita Narvaez Rodriguez.
00:04Elizabeth.
00:05Jimmy Acosta.
00:07Since 1988.
00:10We've been here for a year.
00:12It's been a long time.
00:13It's been a long time.
00:14Since the pandemic started,
00:16Kiyapo has been small.
00:19When we were young,
00:21our parents were the ones who took care of us.
00:24Before, we didn't have a salon.
00:27It was just there in Kiyapo.
00:29We just went around.
00:31Then, when the pandemic started,
00:35we were placed here.
00:37That's where we came from.
00:39Since I was a girl,
00:41I've been here for a long time.
00:44I remember when I was young,
00:47my mom and dad took care of me.
00:50I was just able to live.
00:52Because I was close to Unsel.
00:55I'm just thankful to my mom
00:57because I wasn't operated on at first.
01:00It's just a sacrifice.
01:02It's in God's hands.
01:04I'm just thankful.
01:06Sometimes, there are prayers.
01:09Sometimes, there aren't.
01:11But why do you wait for the prayer
01:14that you're praying for
01:15when you haven't prayed for it yet?
01:18Actually, it helped me a lot
01:21because I'm 63 years old now.
01:23So, as in,
01:24I still haven't gotten sick enough
01:27to be able to enter myself.
01:29Actually, I got OFW within 12 years.
01:32That's why I was able to come home
01:34because of Jesus Christ.
01:36Maybe, while I'm still alive,
01:38while He gives me strength,
01:41whenever the right time comes,
01:44while I still have strength,
01:46I will continue to stay focused.
01:48As long as I'm strong,
01:50hopefully, the Lord will give me
01:52strength in my body,
01:53in my mind,
01:54in my spirit.
01:56That's all I'm praying for.
01:58As long as I'm alive,
02:00of course,
02:01I believe in Jesus Christ
02:03that He is still the best
02:05for all of us.
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