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The story of how we began Reverend Reuben Barruel and his wife, Clarita Barruel were both ordained in the Philippines as Ministers of the Gospel. They were pastoring at Pasig Bethel Templefor 12 years when God placed in their hearts to move to America. With just their faith and their hearts to obey and serve the Lord, the couple, with their twelve-year old son, Stephen Hope and their eight-year old daughter Eunice Love, migrated to the United States of America. They arrived in San Francisco International Airport on March 7, 1977. In the fall of the same year, they started a prayer meeting in their home and shared their burden to a handful of new friends about how God had called and sent them to this area to build “bridges of Love” among God’s people. They established a place of training and releasing. Many caught the vision and the group grew. To accommodate the healthy growth, they looked for a place to rent and found the Filipino-American Association Building at 121

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