Sharon Bayani grew up in a Christian family, attending a conservative church in the Philippines where her father was a pastor. She had committed her life to serving the Lord.
As a family, they would attend church every Friday evening for worship and Saturday afternoon for practice, in preparation for Sunday service. Upon moving the Australia from the Philippines, she compromised her worship style with less conservative praise and involved herself in hospitality ministry which often meant she missed out on the worship service and sermon, but she coped with it.
“My husband Regin didn’t come with me,” Sharon said, “because he strongly believed Saturday is the real day to worship God.” While living in Sydney, Regin attended several different SDA churches. It was there he Met Pr Jezreel. Upon moving to Melbourne, he was searching for an Adventist Church to attend. Online, he found a Dinner With Gary Kent program being advertised, and invited Sharon to attend with him. There they learned of the Revelation Today program with John Bradshaw and agreed to go.
While attending, they met up with Pr Jezreel again and ended up studying the Bible with him every Tuesday and, during 2020, joined in Dandenong Filipino Church’s daily zoom worship, where they learnt more about the Word of God and the truth about the Sabbath.
In March, Sharon was baptised with her eldest daughter, Kristine, and Regin joined the church by profession of faith at the Dandenong Filipino Church.
This has not been an easy journey for Sharon, as it has involved giving up her Saturday job, but she is relying heavily on Matt 6:33 “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well,”(NIV) and Phil 4:19 “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.” (NIV)