00:00Okay, you know, dalawang beses umalis sa Papuntang Amerika, si Jaya.
00:101985, sabi nga, to be exact, Tita Elizabeth, who I truly, dearly loved, okay?
00:18Moved, decided to move to the U.S.
00:212021, you and your family and Gary decided to move to the U.S.
00:28Go back to the two experiences.
00:31What do you remember?
00:33What do you remember?
00:35What were the biggest challenges in both movements?
00:40Okay, so nung una, we left kasi si Mama na book as one of the performers dun sa LA show and San Francisco show or something like that.
00:51And ang nanay ko, alam niyang kasama niya si Tito Eddie Mercado, Kuya Rico J. Puno, Ms. Lerma de la Cruz at siya.
00:59So sabi niya sa producer, dong, isama ko na itong anak ko dong, kaya mag-isa lang siya dito, ilang taon lang ito, 15 lang ito dong.
01:06Sabi nung producer, hindi po po pwede kasi kayo lang po ang kakayaneng dalhin.
01:10Sabi niya, ay, bahala na kayo, wala nang Elizabeth Ramsey dyan.
01:13Kasi yung anak ko, pag naiwan yan, iwan din ako.
01:15So she made sure that naisama ako sa pagpunta ng Amerika kasi yung naisip niya, wala akong future dito.
01:24Yun ang una niyang thought.
01:26So pagdating namin ng Amerika, imbis nakasama lang ako, ako yung parang naging opening act nung concert.
01:35So doon na talaga nag-start yung professional job as a singer.
01:39Kasi yung sa Pilipinas, puchu-puchu, 10 years old dancer, yung mga ganon-ganon na mga dancer, yung mga nakakostune.
01:45Nagma-back up, back up, back up.
01:46Ganyan, ganyan, pak, pak, pak.
01:47Ang mga, hindi siya 1, 2, 3, 4, ano siya, pak, pak, pak, ganyan.
01:52So then 12 years old singer.
01:54So kung saan si mamang perform, natutunan ko na yung ano yung gusto niyang mangyari.
01:58Fast forward to 2021.
02:00Then 2021, iba yun.
02:02Nagkaroon ng pandemic, wala tayong mga trabaho.
02:05So naisip ko, we were really deeply rooted at the time with Favor Church.
02:11We were going to church, trying to find answers to what we really wanted to be, what we wanted to do in life.
02:19Klaro yun sa asawa ko nung nagka-stroke siya, gumaling siya after 3 days.
02:23Now mind you, hindi siya naparaliti.
02:25Wala, yung mata lang niya ang nag-move.
02:28Okay, na-stroke?
02:29Na-stroke, gumaling after 3 days.
02:32Yes.
02:32Sa hospital eh.
02:33Right.
02:33And then, thinking about it, sabi ko, parang wala yung puso ko, parang ayaw na kumanta.
02:39Kasi I wanted to quit many times.
02:41Not only in singing, but in life.
02:43Right.
02:43Right?
02:44So, naisip ko, Lord, tama na to. Ayoko na.
02:47Nanay na lang ako kung talagang kailangan naming umalis, aalis kami.
02:51And other challenges happened.
02:53The fire.
02:54Oh, that was after.
02:55That was after.
02:56We moved without thinking about the consequences of the move.
03:01Eh, pagdating po namin ng Amerika, yun na nga, God had other plans.
03:05Dumami po yung trabaho ko during the pandemic.
03:08Oo.
03:09Nag-tofa tayo, nagkita pa tayo nun.
03:11Oo.
03:11At mag-to-tofa tayo muli.
03:13Ulit!
03:14Sa October 17 in Las Vegas.
03:17That's right.
03:17Yun pong sunog nangyari.
03:19A year after, on the 16th birthday of Sabria, my daughter, nag-TVB concert ako.
03:26Kasi nagagawa ko yung StevieB concerts ulit.
03:29We need an hour for this because StevieB played a very important role.
03:33That's where you started actually.
03:35Yes.
03:35And pagbalik galing San Antonio, Texas, birthday niya, nag-set up ng candles.
03:40Happy birthday to you.
03:41Mga five minutes pa lang.
03:43Huw!
03:43Pag-blow ng candles.
03:45Bakit yung sahig may usok?
03:47Yung vent?
03:48Sabi ko, Gavin, yung aking anak na isa, go downstairs and check what's going on.
03:52There's like smoke happening here.
03:54Ah, smoke, smoke.
03:55Mom!
03:56Fire!
03:56Atchuchuchu!
03:58Labas.
03:59Oo.
03:59So yun, fire wasn't really something for us.
04:04It was a test of faith not only for my family but for the neighborhood.
04:10Yeah.
04:10Because you have to understand po, ang Washington State is one of the most unchurched states.
04:15Okay.
04:16Alright.
04:16And that's kind of the, yun yung nagbuo sa amin ng bonggang-bongga.
04:21Yung tipong wala nang makakatibag pa sa faith natin.
04:24Okay.
04:24And sa pagmamahal natin sa isa't isa.
04:26Hey.
04:27cool.
04:27And that's just going to point out to you.
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