If im not mistaken the year might be 1993. After traumatized by a work related accident, my husband acts strangely. He was never that religious but I noticed him preaching the goodness of the Lord to everyone he met. I just shrugged it off thinking he was already a renewed catholic. But one day, he was nowhere to be found.I tried looking for him in the big city of Cebu but to no avail. I only knew he was already in Manila when my brother called and told me my husband was sent to jail by Pasay police. I was a working mother thus I instructed my father-in-law to take care of my husband. When "tatay" arrived in Manila, my husband was already transferred to the mental hospital for treatment. After finding him already okay, the doctors assigned my husband as "mayor" of the mentally ill patients. For about a week, my husband was released because the doctors found nothing wrong with him, thus continued detaining might lead to insanity.
After his released, we lived life naturally as if nothing happens. I thought that would be the last. But on April 2006, my husband decided to go abroad to help augment our meager income. Although delighted to hear his concern, I discouraged him because of his past. Instead of adhering, we ended up quarelling. and to finance his going abroad he sold some of our belongings without my consent. I was fuming mad. He went to Saudi Arabia last April 6, 2006. Upon his arrival, he keeps on calling me asking if we were okay, if we were eating on time and so on and so forth. I told him to refrain from calling always, as its too costly. After two weeks, I did not hear from him until one day, he called me up and said that the Lord gave him a mission. A mission to help the world. To put an end to war, etc...My response was only a cry of pity. I really cried because I knew my husband was again mentally ill. The next thing I knew was he's wandering in Saudi Arabia, nowhere to go. He was in Jubail but arrived in Riyadh without spending a single cent. He didn't have any money, and his documents were confiscated by police.The Lord was so great that He shielded my husband from death. He was stabbed in his back and ended up in hospital. Instead for the police to blotter his being stabbed, the report was that he was drunk and stabbed himself. How can he stabbed his back? Magic? Upon his arrival in Philippine embassy in Riyadh, he again experience the incompetence of embassy personnel. he was never allowed to enter the building, thus he blocked the door with a big stone. The police jailed him again, but was later released. After a series of calls and fax letter to OWWA, DFA, office of the vice president, office of the president, GMA 7, radio DZMM, the Inquirer newspaper, directly to Riyadh Philipine embassy, my husband was given attention. I spent nearly P30,000 in phone calls. At last, my husband was sent back to us safe. but as soon as he arrived last June, 2006, he went directly to Malacanang to talk to the president about his supposed mission. and since its not that easy to enter malacanang, he went instead to mayor Jejomar Binay's office in Makati. Finding his purposed unbelievable, the guard did not let him see the mayor. My husband called me in Cebu and promised that he will go home now for good.
I would like to express my sincerest thanks to OFWs in Saudi who helped my husband. We will forever cherished them in our hearts. We again live live naturally.
Last November, 2007, without my knowledge, he applied for a job in United Arab Emirates. and since he is smart, he was hired and was scheduled to depart on November 26, 2007. He was very elated to inform me about it. I was again fuming mad. but knowing my husband, i can't control his emotion thus we again ended up quarelling. My mother in law was already crying (his father died already). My children were helpless same with me. I did not help him financially as we are in constraints. I am feeding 12 persons. I am the only breadwinner. and i can't afford to assist him financially. He again threatened me to sell our motorcycle and other belongings. Afraid to loosed again, I ended up with huge credit just to finance his going to UAE. in short, he arrived in UAE last November 27, 2007. I prayed hard to God for my husband to end his contract with flying colors as what he promised me. After one month, I was very happy because I thought he was already coping up with his past. But last January 16, 2008, i received a call from him saying that the Lord was again insisting him to fulfill his mission to the world. Oh my God!!! my husband was again mentally ill. And since, i experienced this already, I just keep my cool and called the concerned government agencies to help him. as of this moment, he is in jail because according to his employer, he smashed the police patrol car with a big stone ( a sick man's actuation) . I already informed the Cebu DFA but as usual, their office is very hard to contact for reasons they only knew. I wrote and fax my letter of help to vice president Noli de Castro to help intervene with my husband's predicament. I also fax my letter asking for help to UAE Philippine embassy. Up to this very moment, I don't have any information on my husband. I asked the embassy to help in the immediate application of mental treatment to my husband. By the way, here is the address of my husband's employer in UAE AL AHLIYA ESTABLISHMENT LABOR SUPPLY, AL OWAIS BUILDING, AL RIQQA STREET, DEIRA, DUBAI TEL.NO. (971) 4 221-5521.
At present, I trust the Lord to help me. I am very confident that He will help my husband. I know God will enlightened the embassy personnel to help all distressed OFW's like my husband. Please help me pray for my husband's safety. Please Lord, don't allow my husband to be included in the statistics of dead OFW's.
I promised that this will be the last time. No matter how angry he will be and will sell everything, I will never allow him to leave us again, NEVER.
IS MY HUSBAND MANIC DEPRESSIVE, HAVING A BIPOLAR DISORDER? After surfing the internet, I find him experiencing the symptoms of a manic deppresive person. Is this curable? Only God knows.
