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RDD 62

The church was filled with people because it was Sunday. In the Philippines, most of the population believed in Christianity.

The Spanish colonized us for almost 340 years, and they brought us and affected our culture. Of course, they also brought Christianity. So most of the Filipinos were believers of the Catholic Church and born again Christians.

Because the Spanish colonized us for 300 years, we also have Spanish surnames.

As you expect, my last name is Castillo, which means castle in Spanish.

Also, because of this colonization, we learned their language as well. Like mesa (table), seguro (sure), vivo/bibo (active), puta, punyeta, and chupa.. ahem. The last three words were a bit of slang, to be honest.

Anyway, here I am praying with my family. Sophia and Roman didn't have much experience going to church. They followed Penelope and clasped their hands and closed their eyes.

They began to pray for toys and tasty food, typical children's requests.

"Papa Jesus, pwease make my Mommy and Dajjy happy. Pwease." I heard Sophia's sweet voice.

You know what? Never mind. I think my daughter Sophia is the best in the world. She loves us very much! What a blessing for me to have a sweet daughter like her.

Then I opened my ears wide to listen to Roman's prayer.

"..."

I could hear nothing. What do you expect? Roman is usually quiet and doesn't talk much unless you ask him. But since he was praying seriously, I guess he was praying in his mind.

As for Penelope, she began by thanking the Lord for giving us a good and healthy life. She asked for the Lord's guidance and blessing.

Now I guess I have to pray too.

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To be honest, I didn't have a strong inclination toward any religion. Although I do believe that there's a higher being.

But after being hit by a truck and meeting a goddess, I knew that gods are real.

Maybe every religion you know is real too... Even the Flying Spaghetti.

[Dear Lord, I don't know if you can hear me. I hope you give us a happy life, please make my family healthy and away from any sickness and disease... Can you please give me a sign on what business to start? You see, Lord, I'm having trouble choosing what business to do. Can you please give me a sign?]

Before I could even finish my prayer, a strong gust of wind blew by. Then a piece of paper hit my face.

I frowned when I opened my eyes. I grabbed the paper on my face and saw the contents of the paper.

YOU HUNGRY? GET A BURGER!

"..."

As I read each word, I fell silent. I looked at the altar and realized that God had given me an answer - by slapping me in the face with a piece of paper.

"Thank you, Lord." I smiled sincerely.

I thought these miraculous signs and wonders were nothing but a scam, but to experience it for myself was overwhelming.

We left the church after praying and Sophia started arguing about which restaurant we should choose.

There were restaurants near the church, probably because of the good location.

Sophia had a problem between Jollibee and McDonald's. These two restaurants were the strongest fast food restaurants in the Philippines. Although Jollibee is still number one.

It's a little overwhelming to know that we were not defeated by foreign companies in this regard. Because usually the foreign companies were much better than the local companies.

At least Jollibee can fight McDonald's on it's own turf.

"What about you Roman? Where do you want to eat?"

Since Sophia was having trouble deciding, I asked my son instead.

"KFC."

"I haven't eaten at KFC yet, I hear the fried chicken is good." My wife chimed in.

"Mommy, you haven't eaten at KFC? I haven't eaten at KFC either!" Sophia giggled.

I guess it's Kentucky Fried Chicken, huh? Let's go meet Colonel Sanders!

We entered the restaurant... And it was packed. It was fortunate that Roman found a table for us.

Since I was the father, I was the one who ordered the food.

"You look happy, did something happen?"

My wife asked me while we were eating fried chicken legs.

"Hm, I found the business I want to do."

"Huh, what is it then?" She raised her eyebrow and looked at me.

"A burger stand!"

At first I thought it was a paper company, but I wasn't that stupid, was I? It should be burgers, right?

"That's good to hear. You're kind of lost these days," Penelope nodded.

After eating, I suddenly heard a message.

-- Ding!

[Congratulations, another item has appeared in the shop!]

I was stunned.

"Honey? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. My stomach is just adjusting, I ate a lot, eh." I said as an excuse. However, my mind was curious about the new item in the shop this time.

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