”When our son told us he wasn’t going to be a pastor we felt disappointed. Not disappointed in him but disappointed because one day, someone will need to take over our church. We are pastors and we serve a community of 200 people. We never tried to convince our son because we believe that it is not up to us, to choose his destiny. Our son would be great leader for the community but he choose to study medicine. One day he will become a doctor, a great doctor and he will do good things and he will help a lot of people.”
(Manila, Philippines)

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