Aliw Pablo: You know, it’s not everyday that I get to catch up with an old friend.

Aliw Pablo: Okay, go.

Brother Andrey Silva: It’s part of the blooper reel. Can we put a blooper reel together?

Aliw Pablo: Yes!

Aliw Pablo: And it’s even more special when that friend is someone who's gone through so many unique life-changing experiences. Like my friend, Brother Andrey Silva.

Aliw Pablo: Okay. Hello, Brother Andrey Silva. How are you?

Brother Andrey: Great. How are you, Sister Aliw?

Aliw: I’m good. Welcome to the Making Changes Podcast.

Brother Andrey: Glad to be here.

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Aliw Pablo: If you were a young adult in the nineties like me, you might’ve heard of Brother Andrey. He was the lead singer of Kai, the first (and until now, the only) Filipino boy band who found mainstream success and popularity in the US. A lot has changed since his music career with Kai. Now, Brother Andrey is a minister of the gospel in the Church Of Christ. So today, we’re going to talk about all of the changes he’s gone through, and the life of service that God has paved for him. I’m Aliw Garcia Pablo, and you’re listening to a special episode of Making Changes.

Aliw Pablo: Well, we’re so glad that you traveled all the way here from Texas.

Brother Andrey: Yes.

Aliw: Just to be here on our podcast today.

Brother Andrey: Thank you for having me and praises be to our Lord God.

Aliw: So Brother Andrey, for those that are, you know, who may have known you from years and years ago, like you and I have known each other for like thirty years already. Well, our age has just been revealed. But for those that have known you for a long time and are probably wondering what happened… Brother Andrey Silva, where have you been? What have you been up to?

Brother Andrey: I’ve been in Africa for the… decade, almost a decade. I was assigned there as a minister, doing the work of the ministry in Africa. You know, I often tell the brethren that, you know, as ministers who are assigned there, we were able to have a front row seat to the amazing things that our Lord God was doing for the Church on that continent. It was a lot of work, and so we also witnessed how God truly upheld us as we fulfilled our duties in the ministry; taking care of the brethren, making sure that the Church would progress and grow, which was the aim of the Church Administration in the first place for sending us there. Many memorable experiences. I learned how to ride a horse in Africa.

Aliw: I have seen those pictures, like on mountain tops, right?

Brother Andrey: Yes. There in the country of Lesotho, which is known as the Mountain Kingdom, there was a group of people or a village there in the middle of the mountains, who were thirsting for the words of God. And we’ve had brethren who are from there wanting us to share the words of God there, and so we would have to ride two hours on horseback up and down about five mountains before we would reach that village. A village called Ha-Lerumonyane Village.  And a memorable experience in that place is the first time I was able to go there. ‘Cause I remember how difficult it was to get there, you know, it’s very-

Aliw: Have you ridden horses before?

Brother Andrey: That was the first time, and so very painful.

Aliw: I can imagine. For two hours?

Brother Andrey: Two hours on a mountain, rocky.

Aliw: One way. Two hours on a mountain, one way.

Brother Andrey: One way. Two hours, one way. But to finally get to that last mountain, and as soon as you get over that peak,