SURVIVED

The whole family went to fetch Martha and Merlyn in the safehouse of Marlon through the helicopter.

It was an emotional moment of hugging, crying, and rejoicing. Tony and Martha hugged a little longer and both of them are wet with tears. Katsuo and Ichika were smiling, no so much talking. They went on board the helicopter and they went straight to the Cebu Doctors Hospital. Alex arrived later from Manila.

Jacky checks them both and they were fine. After the medical checks, they went to the hotel, and there they had the talks, the eating, and rest.

The police arrived, and Juan escorted Martha and Merlyn to the Police Headquarters for the debriefing. General Shaundrey was happy to hear that the kidnapped were safe and returned alive for about a year.

Juan talks to the General of the proposal of Rojack to be a state witness. The General will meet Rojack, he will surrender. Martha and Merlyn were the mediators and Juan brought him to the General. They talked for hours, and Rojack was detained in the police safe house.

They returned to the hotel then tomorrow all of them will be back in Manila. Alex arrived and she gets Merlyn and they talked in their room.

At Makati, they arranged a celebration for the return of Martha and Merlyn.

Juan courted Jacky with the date of their wedding, now that Martha is home because that is her condition that she will marry when she returns.

Juan asked her if she wants the wedding to be transferred to El Nido, Palawan.

Jacky agreed.

"Is twenty-five thousand per night per person is so high a price in that resort?" Jacky asked.

"Don't worry, I will buy the majority share of that resort" Juan said.

The Thanksgiving celebration was attended by government officials, politicians, representatives of the President, businessmen, and friends from Japan with Katsuo.

Speeches, songs, buffet, and a message from Pastor Abner Tuazon about Martha's life verse, Romans 8:28: " All things work together for good to them that love God"

God used the kidnapping a crime that transformed the kidnappers to see God's goodness in how we react as Christians to the tragedies, in spite of the challenges, when we maintain our faith and the goal of winning evil with good succeeds.

Alex also made an emotional speech thanking God, he thought he will not see his wife again alive, this is a miracle, he said.

All attest to it. The surrender of Rojack, the transformation from being a criminal to make a significant help to the poor in Bohol, and to transform allege criminals as good citizens is a big achievement that is now a media trending topic. What is shocking to the world is the lawyer of Rojack for leniency is the son of the kidnap victim, Juan Tera, and his 300 lawyers firm.

The President, who wants the drug war win, approved that Rojack will be the state witness against drug suppliers and illegal drug laboratories nationwide.

"I want to make an announcement, I thank God that He finally answered our prayers about the return of Mama safely, and also that my wedding will now be finally celebrated this June 5. Everyone is welcome at your own expense for the night at their rate of twenty-five thousand per person for one night at the venue in El Nido, Palawan. I can only take care of the expense of my family and the entourage. Sorry for those who can not afford, you can just attend the live video here in Grand Hyatt Manila with the 100 inches Smart TV and the buffet here in this venue. My staff will cater to all visitors here. If you want to attend in El Nido, please make reservations ahead. Thank you and God bless" Juan said.

Katsuo and his Japanese friends want to attend in El Nido, they are twenty-eight Japanese Millionaires and Billionaires. All of them agreed to donate one million pesos each for the wedding. They secretly give the checks to Juan. They said, this is our donation and gift, aside from this, we will pay our accommodation in El Nido resort, we will ask for reservations now on June 5. Juan was so happy. Katsuo then proposed they may not do another marriage event in Japan if all his friends who they will invite in Japan will also go to El Nido.

After Thanksgiving, for two days they arranged everything in the office and in the business, the family decided to rest for a while, Katsuo invited them all to Japan.

The private jet was loaded and they arrived in Japan. Maketa(Martha) then had a meeting with the Maketa foundation staff, they all cried, hugged her and the foundation get stronger and the foundation fund gets bigger from the business and donations. The products from the mission house were all sold with more than a thousand times the prices because of high price bidders. Unique native products with some creativity became a hit in decorations and household antiques. Hotels, restaurants' demand for the materials made the price higher. The mission houses send their regards hearing of her release from the kidnappers and are thankful for the continued sale of their products in volume. They reported that their lives are now progressing, they can now afford to send their children to school and they can buy things in their houses. They expand and help more, creating jobs that help the community be self-reliant.

Maketa doubled the order of products by container vans filled with high-quality products from the mission houses.

Juan ordered Japanese quality appliances, motorcycles, for gifts during the wedding. He filled two container vans to be delivered to Manila and the other to General Santos City.

Katsuo brought them to Tokyo Skytree at 1 Chome-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida City, Tokyo 131-8634, Japan. It is a 29-floor broadcasting and observation tower.

They ate at Skytree Restaurant 634.  It is a restaurant located at 345 meters aboveground, in a comfortable atmosphere, they enjoy the most wonderful time with a breath-taking magnificent view.

On a fine day, without so many clouds, they can see Mt.Fuji in a distant view.

They enjoyed chatting about all that happened in the year until till night, the nocturnal landscape decorated by thousands of light treats their eyes.

Tony and Martha ordered Tasu 3,025 yen (Zeisakomi)>Nagasaki beef sirloin Poiret, tarragon source, autumn vegetables and served with Tokyo salad

Pan-Fried "Nagasaki Beef Sirloin" Estragon Sauce, With Autumn Vegetables And "TOKYO Salad".

Katsuo, Ichika, and Ruthie ordered Tasu4,840 yen (Zeisakomi)>Yamagata of cattle fillet Poare tarragon source

autumn vegetables and served with Tokyo salad.

Juan and Jacky ordered Pan-Fried "Yamagata Beef Tenderloin" Estragon Sauce With Autumn Vegetables And "TOKYO Salad.

Paulo, Joel, Ely, and Luz ordered Roasted Challandais duck Raspberry flavored gastrique sauce Red wine marinated Chrysanthemum, and Fig with

sweet and sour chrysanthemums and figs pickled in red wine.

" We survived this year and God is good!" Katsuo said.

"All the time!" a chorus from all of them.