RHG Cinta Maluku

Ketika Musik Hip-Hop di Maluku booming sekitar tahun 2008, ada beberapa anak muda Maluku asal negeri Rumahtiga, kecamatan Teluk Ambon, kota Ambon, provinsi Maluku, mengambil jalur yang sama yang lebih dulu diterobosi oleh Molukka Hip-Hop Community (MHC) yaitu komunitas Hip-Hop yang pertama kali memperkenalkan musik ini pada anak-anak muda Maluku. Beberapa anak negeri Rumahtiga tersebut kemudian mendesain grup mereka dengan menyetujui sebuah nama yaitu RHG (Rumahtiga Hip-Hop Generation) dan lebih memfokuskan tema bermusik mereka pada Maluku yang telah lebih dulu mengautentisitaskan ke-Maluku-an ke dalam diri-diri mereka sehingga mereka merasa terikat dengan segala sesuatu tentang Maluku [Maluku: (Mae: mari, Uku: berkumpul) mari berkumpul] yang terus memanggil mereka untuk menyatukan perbedaan visi mereka menjadi visi yang baru yaitu mengenai; Ke-Maluku-an Manusia Maluku.

Gejolak Desa Emas

Adalah gempar sekitar bulan November 2011 ketika adanya penemuan area alam yang mengandung emas di desa Wamsait, kecamatan Waeapo, kabupaten Buru, provinsi Maluku. Hal ini menghebohkan masyarakat untuk berbondong-bondong datang kesana dengan motivasi untuk mendulang emas-emas tersebut.

Tentang Keadilan

Apa pendapatmu tentang keadilan?

Kali ini bukan pantai, tapi istana ini

Keadilan memang tak pantas untuk aku

Suara tuan layaknya guru.

Satu, Maluku!

Tahuri sudah berbunyi di puncak Binaya

Di Murkele tifa tengah berdendang

Terdengar jelas teriakan Kapitan Cengkeh-Pala,

“Lawamena Haulala!”

I’m Not Yankee

Guess who am i?

I’m not yankee!

But them,

They’re George Washington.

Aku Benci Rasa Ini

Rasa ini aku benci

Rasa yang lebih sakit dari patah hati

Diludahi dan terus diludahi

Bumi telanlah aku hari ini!

‘Satu Darah’

Tidak salah kalau Maluku dikenal sebagai daerah gudangnya musik, karena begitu banyak talenta-talenta Maluku yang mendunia karena  musik itu sendiri. Belakangan ini, salah satu jenis musik yang banyak digandrungi di Maluku adalah musik Hip-Hop (musik yang didominasi dengan rapping, beat making, break dancing, dan grafitty) yang merupakan inovasi orang kulit hitam di Amerika, akibat dari penjajahan orang kulit putih terhadap mereka, dan Hip-Hop diciptakan untuk menyalurkan pelampiasan emosi mereka. Di Maluku musik Hip-Hop booming sekitar tahun 2008 yang diperkenalkan oleh rapper-rapper (vokalis dalam musik Hip-Hop) bertalenta daerah ini dan berkat gebrakan merekalah, musik Hip-Hop bisa menjadi seperti sekarang ini dan benar-benar ada di puncaknya.

Mau Maluku Maju? Pariwisata Harus Diutamakan!

Sudah tak lazim lagi kalau provinsi Bali berkembang pesat berkat pariwisatanya, disana pariwisata diutamakan daripada bidang-bidang lainyna, dan alasan lain yang memperkuatnya adalah keseriusan, kedisiplinan, dan ketangguhan dari pihak-pihak yang bertanggung jawab didalamnya, hal ini juga didukung oleh masyarakat setempat, dimana mereka (masyarakat dan pemerintah) berkerjasama dan saling menguntungkan (simbiosis mutualisme).

Oh, Jembatan Merah Putih!

Jembatan Merah Putih merupakan sebuah jembatan yang rencananya akan menghubungkan desa Galala-Hative Kecil dengan Rumahtiga-Poka. Keberadaan jembatan ini merupakan buah harapan masyarakat Ambon terhadap persungutan mereka mengenai jalan pintas atau akses cepat dari bandara Pattimura ke daerah pusat kota. Memang benar jika Pemerintah sudah menemukan solusi mengenai hal tersebut sejak dulu yaitu dengan mengadakan Kapal Ferry Poka-Galala, namun hal ini dinilai tidak efektif untuk mereka yang dalam keadaan terburu-buru atau membutuhkan waktu yang singkat, hal ini dikarenakan Kapal Ferry tersebut harus berlabuh terlebih dahulu untuk memenuhi daya muatnya dengan penumpang, baik penumpang pejalan kaki maupun berkendaraan, dan hal itu biasanya memakan waktu hingga 15 menit.

It Is Awesome In Him

“Good job Raymond!”

            “Just the way I am, sir!” said Raymond to his coach.

            That night a football club namely Victory FC (Football Club) where Andy Raymond playing for was won by their heavy rival, Bridge United, about 3-0 made by him. He was adored by all fans of Victory FC because his three goals made their beloved football club won a title of local football championship for five times in a row.

            After finishing all administration in Victory FC’s office, Raymond went home to meet his wife and Joel Raymond as his child, because he never met them even once since the beginning till the end of competition, so he was very yearning them. At the plane, he remembered all memories that they spent together at their house just like playing football in the backyard, feeding clown fish at the aquarium, and many more sweet memories that they had done.

            “No place like home,” shouted Raymond when he arrived at his house in Chesterfield, UK.

            Michelle Anders and her son ran out to him for giving a big hug for as a welcome ceremony toward their beloved husband and father. They did it about ten minutes caused by yearning which was had by all of them. Still in yearning, they passed it by intimate conversation about how each person of them lived the living. By doing so, they made their intimate relation of family became strong anymore after long time no talking and seeing.

“Daddy, you know all my friends at school judge you as their favorite football player. They say your performance even better than Maradonna and Pele, and they command me for asking a signature of yours for them. How great you are Daddy,” said Joel.

“That’s all not about my power, but Him (Jesus Christ) who makes all things in my life perfectly, so do you, Joel, you have to rely on Him!” answered Raymond to his son.

            At the end of their long conversation, Raymond asked his wife and son to pray together about all graces that Lord Jesus gave in their life, because if He was not with them, so everything in their life was nothing. That night they spent together for praising Him by worshiping and praying, because in other side it was also a daily habit that was being committed since the beginning of Raymond and Michelle’s marriage, so if they did not make it, they would feel something was less in their life.

Three months later, in once morning, Raymond’s mobile phone was rung out by incoming call of James Collin who was the coach of him in Victory FC. Then he picked it up by saying,

            “Hallo, Mr. James, what’s on earth?”

            “Hallo Raymond, there is a good news for you namely dragon FC, that famous rich football club                 wants you to give service for them, are you like it? You know, you will get all things that you                      want in just like money, popularity, even beautiful ladies.” James answered.

            “Oh, Jesus! Thank you so much. I want it, I want it, but I don’t like those things, I just want to                     show my talent that be given by God for the people around the world. By the way, are you okay                  if I left our team?” said Raymond.

            “No, I’m just kidding you, I know the way you are, and no problem that’s okay, and we all              support            you to become a big star.”

            “Thank you Mr. James!”

            “You’re welcome!”  

            Raymond ran out to his beloved wife and son and embraced them firmly, then he told them about an extraordinary grace that be given by God for him, so it made Michelle Anders and Joel Raymond were happy and be grateful for Him all at once. Afterwards they walked into their prayer’s room and did their daily habit anymore as thanksgiving for the almighty God, Jesus Christ. After that, he asked the agreement about to them, and exactly his wife and son agreed about it even they were ready to do something as giving support for him. By seeing this condition, Raymond was touched about the kindness of God that gave him an understanding wife and son.

            The day after tomorrow, Raymond was ready to go to Dragon FC’s base camp in Bridgestone after finishing all administrations between Victory FC and Dragon FC. He was ready to go to after making a religious separation ceremony with his family. Before leaving house, his wife and son just gave him an advice about always rely on Jesus Christ in every moment, then he left them while gave a kiss-bye expressively.

            In on-going competition, Raymond was played as a striker in starting eleven by the coach of Dragon FC since he arrived in. He started his first debut in his new team by giving a good performance when they (Dragon FC’s players) defeated their opponent scored 1-0 which was being goaled by him with a strong shooting as far as 25 meters from opponent’s goal. At the time, all supporters of Dragon FC were happy about his service toward their favorite football club, and they asked the coach for always putting him as the striker in starting eleven during that competition.

            Raymond became the famous football player around Bridgestone, he got high salary every week, bonus every match, and luxurious apartment, also a special place in every supporter’s heart, included coach and all people in Dragon FC’s management. He was grateful about it, and gave praise for God, also often called his family by phone and sent them much money every week.

            The next match, Raymond always gave his wonderful playing for, started from defeating the low team until the strong one. It made his team sat on first place on classification board of mid season, an achievement that always be yearned by all people who knew Dragon FC as their favorite football team. By this achievement, all beautiful ladies loved and wanted to marry with him even willing to give their virginity without marriage, but he said that he had wife and a son for them. Although he already gave a real explanation for them, they still forced to get their willingness, but he still held out about it.

            In one chance, when he finished a match with a victory, he went to his apartment quickly for taking a rest because he was very tired after making two goals on that match. On his way to apartment, he felt something absurd about the condition around him, it was proved with when he opened apartment’s door, and he found a beautiful naked lady while dancing upon his bed. He was shocked at the time, and said,

            “Hey! Who are you? And why you are here in my apartment?”

            “I’m here to refresh your thirsty of having sexual intercourse, Baby!” she sighed.

            “I can’t, it is a big sin and I also have a family, so it’s impossible.” Raymond answered.

            When Raymond still ignored it, that woman ran to him and kissed him by his lip, neck, and ears, but when she sent down her hand to the sensual area of him, he urged that woman out by his body. Suddenly that woman took a knife and gave a menacing about suicide if Raymond did not have sexual intercourse with her. He was on a dilemma between two hard choices. He was confused with this problem. Three minutes later, he decided to make a sin with that girl because he could not see a human corpse in front of him and possibly the police would arrest him. Both of them passed that night with did it repeatedly. On that activity, he felt that he need it as an ordinary human also he yearned about it because he passed month by month without it after lived alone in Bridgestone.    

            Tomorrow morning, when he woke up by the barbaric night, he saw there was nothing that girl on the bed, he observed intently by side to side on his apartment, but he found nothing. Then he prepared his self to go to Dragon FC’s stadium for following the routine training every morning if there was no match. When he arrived, his coach called him and said,

            “How is about my present to you last night, Raymond? She is good, isn’t she?”

            “Oh, you are the mastermind behind it! Fuck you! You make me betrayed my wife! You menace                her with a threat of killing if she can’t get me. How barbaric you are! You know I still give my               best always for this team without your barbaric present!” answered Raymond.

            “Uh, you’re a liar; you also enjoy it, isn’t it? C’mon your wife doesn’t know what things that you                do here. So be relaxed and let enjoy it. I still have many beautiful girls, if you want!”

            By the answer of his coach, Raymond was shy because the statement of his coach was true. Then he tried to forget it by following all instructions of his coach at that training. At the time he felt that he was on another place, his seriousness toward that training was faded away slowly. It was more and more culminate till he missed shooting the ball that be transferred to him so he fell down and welcomed by the laughter of his teammate. Afterwards his coach commanded him to take a rest before he got serious injury, because tomorrow their team would have a heavy match against the team in second possession at classification board, and he was traded by the coach and all supporters of Dragon FC.

            Fifteen minutes before the match was started, Raymond still in his apartment because he still thought about that barbaric night two days ago, and it made his coach called him by mobile phone then said some statements in form of anger to him. By this condition, he prepared his self quickly for going to Dragon FC’s stadium, when he arrived the match was in the end of the first half and its score about 0-0. So the coach instructed him for warming up and ready for being entered in the beginning of the second half because he was the only winning expectation of the coach and all supporters of Dragon FC in order to keep the possession of this team in the first place.

            Raymond entered football’s field in the second half, when he entered it he also brought his problem that he often thought about. The match started as usual, he played the game as similar as he did before but when the problem came to his mind, he was missed the opportunity to touchdown continuously till his coach got mad at him. Suddenly he was tackled down by the center back of the opponent on that game, and the referee gave a penalty shooting for them. As the instruction of the captain, Raymond was showed for taking that penalty. All eyes were directed to him when he would take that penalty; all supporters, teammates, and coach were believed if he could do it so they would get a victory anymore. But the unbelievable thing happened, he shot that ball out of the area of the opponent’s goal because he still thought out about his problem, and unfortunately five minutes later before the match was end, the opponent made a goal and changed score becoming 0-1. This situation made his coach and all supporters were angry at him, and did not want Raymond doing it in other matches, because if he still did it so his coach would command him to sit in substitution chair.      

            The other matches still went on, and Raymond was believed for showing his talent again, and the problem that he often thought about likely became a usual matter for him when he played the game every time. It had the impact toward the result of each matches namely he could not make a goal for his team, and it made his popularity around Bridgestone decreased slowly also his income fell down till he never sent the money for his family anymore. In addition, all fans of Dragon FC started to abuse him via his Twitter hardly, also his teammates did not believe him in form of giving ball in front of the opponent’s goal to make goal because they thought that he exactly could not make a goal even a nice opportunity. The worst matter which he would not think about finally happened to him, that worst matter was the coach commanded him to sit in substitution chair. All problems that he had make him felt depression or hard stress, he could not want to pray or praise God as usual as he did anymore, because he thought all problems that he faced lastly never being finished although he prayed or praised for God.  

            At the moment, Raymond did not know what things that he should do to overcome all problems that he had. So he decided to run into evil solution, he went to the Discotheque to drink some bottles of alcohol beverage because he thought that it was the only way that he should do to calm his self down by his problems. He drank about ten bottles of alcohol beverage and it drove him intoxicated. He tottered walked around that Discotheque and started to dance because of the techno music which played by DJ (Disc Jockey). Afterwards an entertain woman came close to him and invited him for dancing together, they danced sensually till the midnight arrived. When Raymond had an urgent need to do sexual intercourse, he paid that woman to service him, and then they went to Raymond’s apartment to enjoy it together. Raymond seemed too dominated by the evil thing up to he never trusted in Jesus anymore, it proved by his new habit namely always used narcotics when he felt uncomfortable to his life because of all his problems still increased day by day.

            In Chesterfield, UK, Raymond’s wife and son always prayed for him, they did not know what things that he did there, so they still asked Lord Jesus to keep him in His way. Day by day they passed alone without him, and it made them very longing him, but they could not because they did not have much money to follow him in Bridgestone caused by Raymond never sent money for them anymore, and it added their curiousness about him because he never acted like this. Michelle and Joel only could surrender for Jesus, because they thought that He was the only solution toward the problem that they faced. They still did their daily habit about praying and praising God as well as the instruction of Raymond when they lived together.

            One Sunday morning, Joel and his mother went to Church for following religious service as usual, but this chance was different from the other, because they brought a hard wrestling about the safety of Raymond on their intercession in communication with God. 11.00am, they went home, on the way to home, and Joel asked his mother;

            “Mummy, it’ll be better if we follow daddy in Bridgestone, I’m apprehensive about the gaffe of                  him latterly.”

            “That’s good idea, if God permits us, we’ll go to one day!” said Michelle.

            “Amen!”

            The competition still on fire, but Raymond’s career decreased, it was caused by he was being played rarely by the coach, because he still could not show his best performance for Dragon FC. He was more and more being buried away on his problem. Every night he usually visited the Discotheque in purpose for searching some happiness by alcohol beverage and entertain woman.

            The controversial decision was delivered by management’s side to Raymond based on the agreement of the coach, that decision about carried forward him to a low football club without contract’s payment or free. He confused and angry about this decision, so for the detail information, he went to Coach Room for having a meeting with his coach, when he arrived, he asked him;

            “Mr. Walter Bovver please helps me, why you’re making this decision, I promise, I’ll give my                      best in the other chances!”

            “You always say it when we’re defeated by our opponent, this is a best way out for all of us,                       if you’re good in your new team, and I’ll ask the Boss for taking you back. You know you’re bought so expensive from your old team and now you’re exchanged without a cent, you make this                    team getting loss by your bad game, so you’re deserved to be exchanged.”

            “Okay, fuck you Bovver!”

            “See you later poor Raymond!”

A week later Raymond was exchanged to that club, Water Union FC exactly. He tried to adapt with this new situation around him but his bad habit still went on by time to time. On first game, he did not make a goal, but it was understood by his new coach perhaps he needed times to adapt and made many goals for this team. On the second time, he was being played again, but the similar matter still showed its existence. On the next games, he still could not make it happen or it seemed impossible to happen. His new coach started to dissatisfy him about his performance, and for the next matches he would be sat on the substitution chair as the instruction of his new coach if it still had been going on. Raymond was crazy about this situation; again and again he went to barbaric place to refresh his mind.

The taut night that was being waited for, finally came out toward Raymond, this night if Raymond could not make goal so he would be fired out by Water Union FC appropriate with his agreement with the coach. On the field, he was very nervous about this match. The first half was started, he played carefully, he had many opportunities to make goal, but he could not, so the first half scored 0-0. Raymond’s hope only in the second half, and the coach seemed asking the promise by Raymond. Whistling of the second half was sounded by the referee, Raymond ran to the field for trying to show his best performance. As similar as the first half, he had many opportunities to make goal but he could not anymore, he was being judged by the coach, precisely he made own goal to his team’s goal when he was wrong in form of anticipating the ball from the corner kicking of the opponent. So that Water Union FC was lost at the time by its opponent scoring 0-1 and it sent this team to lower possession on the classification board and probably would turn down to degradation possession.

The bad impact was come to Raymond as well as his agreement with his coach, he was kicked out by his team, all subsidies of club like as apartment, salary, sporty car, and beautiful ladies were taken by him again, so he had nothing at the time. He did not know, how the way he lived his life with this situation, in his mind he tried to forget his family, inside his brain only him alone, and there was no family. Finally he became a bum in Merseyside; he always slept in front of the shop, or in the train station. His living was so dolorous, he seemed very thin cause of starving, his clothe was in tatters, and his body seemed messy.

Many people of his fans formerly almost every day came to him and abused him, because they thought that Raymond was the mastermind behind the lost of their favorite team. Occasionally he was blown by some of them till bleeding out. On the contrary he often was given the money by some of his fans because they were concerned about his condition, but Raymond used that money to buy alcohol beverage not some food for him, he still consumed all barbaric things even he was on the difficulty, even once day he stole the money from a girl and forced her to do sexual intercourse with him, if not she would be killed by him, so it happened fluently, his living was different since he faced many problems in and knew all barbaric things, even he forgot his family even God who always he adored about.

In Chesterfield, UK, Michelle already had some money to be used for following his husband in Bridgestone, so she commanded Joel to prepare all possibly things to carry to. Joel was happy about it, because he was very longing to his beloved father, and he wanted to enjoy the success of him. Joel ran to his mother to embrace her and asked how the way she got this money to use for, Michelle told that she got it by selling their car which was bought by Raymond, because they had nothing to sell anymore because all things were sold already as the way to use for getting money to buy the food for them. So at the time they had nothing just an empty house, but they believed if they went to get Raymond so their living would be good again.

The next day they prepared their self to go to Bridgestone with one purpose to meet Raymond as their beloved husband and father; they did not forget to pray for Him to take care of them on the way they went there. After did it, they were picked up by the bus of air port which used for, at the bus Joel did not patient to meet his father, but Michelle still controlled him by telling stories of Jesus Christ for him, so he became quiet and seriously heard that stories. When they arrived at the air port, unfortunately the plane that they used for had delayed about four hours, Joel was angry about it because he thought that it took more times of him to meet his father, but Michelle tried to calm his son down by telling a story about, “God will give present in form of entering heaven if His children do His commandment about love, love to Him, and to other people.” Based on that story Joel started to calm his self down and prayed for God so that they could go out by this condition and could meet his beloved father.

“Praise the lord, praise the Lord, finally another plane was changed to bring us to Bridgestone,”                   shouted Joel.

Finally both of them got a plane to bring them to Bridgestone, in the plane Joel expressed his feeling of missing his father by asking many questions about Raymond to his mother, and Michelle answered just the way her knowledge about him in form of telling good stories of Raymond. About two hours then Michelle and Joel arrived at International Air Port of Bridgestone safely; afterwards they ran out by the air port to search for a taxi to take them to the place appropriate with the address that Raymond had given before he departed formerly. Inside the taxi Joel was still non patient to meet Raymond to release his sense of yearning to, and her mother understood about it, she thought that it was a usual thing.

The taxi driver stopped his car in front of the entrance of Raymond’s apartment precisely, after paying the fee to the driver, Michelle and Joel ran to the apartment where Raymond had been living. They stopped their running at room number 111, and tried to knock its door, they did it about fifteen minutes, but unfortunately the person that went out behind that door was a beautiful girl, so it made Michelle interpreted that she was the new wife of Raymond, and this was the reason why Raymond never tried to communicate with, so Michelle gave a slap toward her. By this action, that girl very confused about what thing that happened to her, so she asked the background of Michelle’s action, then Michelle told all the reality of her to that girl, so that girl responded that she did not know about Raymond, and she added that she had a husband, and she proved by calling her husband to face Michelle, so that girl’s husband tried to finish this problem that he with his wife lived on that apartment just about two months, and he added that before they lived there was a man that lived as first. Michelle asked sorry by both of them, and he believed that the man who placed that apartment was Raymond, so she asked about the existence of the man by that couple, but they said that they did not know.

Michelle and Joel walked out by that apartment disappointedly because they could not find Raymond, this situation made Joel cried hardly till his mother became confuse to search for Raymond, and in this serious condition they did not have relative, family, even friend in this place. Michelle seemed like as making a prayer in the bottom of her heart, she asked for God to give them a way out. Afterwards she ran out by holding Joel’s hand to get a taxi, inside the taxi she commanded the driver to bring them to the stadium of Dragon FC. She chose this decision based on the hard thinking of Raymond’s existence, she thought that Raymond was foot ball player so it was accurate if he was in the stadium.

Both of them arrived at the stadium of Dragon FC at the middle of the city of Bridgestone. Then they walked through the entrance, but they was stopped by the security of that stadium, Michelle still on her willingness but the security was perceptive in doing his job, so when looked this situation Joel cried out loud till the coach of Dragon FC who walked by that place was influenced by the weeping of him, so the coach walked close to them and asked,

“What the hell is going here, security?”

“These two foreign people want to come into this building whereas they don’t have ID card,”                       said the security.

“Who are you, and what’s your business here?” said the coach to Michelle.

“I’m Michelle Anders, I’m Raymond’s wife, and I come here to meet my husband, can I?”

“Oh, you’re the loser’s wife, oh poor of you! You can’t find Raymond here because he had                        kicked out by me caused by his bad performance to this club that make this club becoming buried out. We sent him to the lower club, Water Union FC, at the Merseyside. Last news that I   heard several months ago that he still showed his bad performance there, I hoped that he can’t be                      kicked out again, hahaha!”

“I know that Raymond is a great foot ball player, and he can’t be like your statement!”

“By the way, you’re the third, fifth, or tenth entertain girl of him?” asked the coach.

Michelle gave a slap toward him while saying,

“I’m the only one of him!”

“You’ll see the reality, hahaha!” laughed the coach while leaving that place.

Michelle believed that Raymond was not like that, but there was something that made her curious toward him, so she made a decision to follow him in Merseyside at Water Union FC. She and Joel took a ship to Merseyside, because it was so far from Bridgestone. Moth of them made a wish to God to make their dream came true that was they could meet with Raymond. In Michelle’s heart, she promised to do everything in order to help Joel for facing his father.

At the harbor of Merseyside about 10.00am, they arrived on, and they were there just for a purpose to meet their beloved person. They walked to Water Union stadium as well as the instruction of the people that they asked on the harbor, they did it because the money that they had was decreased by the cost of them in searching for Raymond. About thirty minutes they were in the area of Water Union FC, so they ran to the lobby of and asked for the security there, and the security explained that he knew nothing about the question of them so he brought them to the Management Room.

In the Management Room, they met the owner of that club, so Michelle asked to him about Raymond, and he answered that he had fired Raymond out because of the bad performance that Raymond still gave for us, and he asked sorry to Michelle about it, because if he did not fired Raymond out so their club would be degraded and suffer a financial loss caused by the high payment of Raymond’s salary. He added that the other foot ball clubs did not want to buy Raymond because they already heard about Raymond’s bad performance of playing foot ball. Finally he said that he recently saw Raymond at in front of the Beauty Bar in the middle of the city. By the explanation of him, Michelle asked thanking and intended to follow him directly, but Mr. Andrew offered a help to accompany Michelle and Joel to the Beauty Bar by his car, and Michelle agreed about it.

Then they arrived in front of the Beauty Bar, so Michelle ran into that Bar to search for Raymond, and the unbelievable matter happened, that was she saw Raymond drank the alcohol beverage while a girl kissed over his lips, furthermore she screamed out loud with screaming “Raymond” while crying and left that place. Even if Raymond ran to get Michelle to explain what she had seen, but Michelle was quicker than him and quickly got into the car where Mr. Andrew and Joel were there, then he commanded Mr. Andrew to drive left Raymond away.

As soon as that tragedy, Raymond regretted all things that he had done, he cried about it and asked sorry for Michelle and Joel especially for God, he sat alone in the city’s park to make a meditation about his life, but a bottle of alcohol beverage still accompanied him to pass that night, seemed like as he could not be getting loose by that barbaric thing.

Michelle still did not believe with what thing that she saw before about Raymond, she cried hardly till Joel was confused and asked to that,

“Are you okay, Mom?”

“Joel, Raymond is not your father anymore, he betray us, he have another girl, and he is a   drunkard now, so you have to forget him forever,” said Michelle.

“No, no, no I can’t! Father is not like that, perhaps there is a problem behind it, so father acts like                that. We have to help him Mom.” Joel connected.

“I say no, so no! He is a liar!” shouted Michelle till made Joel closed his mouth.  

Michelle asked Mr. Andrew to bring them to the air port to search for a plane to go home, she was disappointed with what she had seen. So she took that decision to overcome that problem, but Mr. Andrew tried to relax her by giving some advices, he said that there was no perfect person over the world, conversely we should help someone who trapped in the power of devil, that was the reason why we had created by God in form of a man and a girl or a couple, so that we could complete each other. Michelle was touched with those statements but she could not forget Raymond’s fault.

Mr. Andrew made sure about Michelle’s decision, whether or not she still in her decision? Then Michelle answered that she still wanted to go home but because the night had arrived so she decided to have a rest firstly, tomorrow morning was the time to go home. Joel could not make anything, because he was afraid of Michelle, he made a prayer to God in the bottom of his heart about, he asked God to unity those two beloved persons of him.

The city’s park was the new friend of Raymond, he still sat there while regretting what he had done, then he cried when he remembered all things that he, Michelle, and Joel had spent together. Time still turn around and the tears of him still flowed away. A miracle come to, when he saw an old man sat in about fifty meters from him, seemed like as that old man was happy when enjoying the result of hard working in form of eating some foods. By seeing it, Raymond was touched, he thought about that old man could overcome his problem; it meant that if that old man could do it, so he also could do the same thing to overcome his problem. Hence he stood up and threw the remaining alcohol beverage away, he decide to make his life like as formerly. Then he prayed and praised Jesus by singing some religious songs as a way to ask forgiveness by Him, he did not care with the other people who walked by that place while laughing at him because they thought that he was crazy.

At the inn, Michelle tried to forget that unbelievable thing with making a spiritual habit; she called Joel to do it together. Firstly they sang some spiritual songs to praise God, and then they prayed to ask a way out by him, suddenly Michelle was listened by Joel’s prayer which said;

“Lord Jesus, please forgive my father, I know he is wrong but Your purpose is to change                             someone like as him, so please help him! Also change my mother’s heart to forgive him, so that                   we can be together again for praising You, Amen!”

By listening it, Michelle was speechless at the time, she ashamed about Joel’s prayer. Therefore when Joel finished his prayer, Michelle embraced him firmly while kissed his forehead and asked forgive about what things that she and Raymond had done. She added also that Joel’s prayer would come true if he still struggled to make it true by surrendering to Jesus. Joel was happy about listening it, he promised to support the unity of his beloved parent. Even Michelle decided to delay their flight home tomorrow just for making problems between her and Raymond becoming clear, and exactly Joel flew to the sky of happiness when he heard that decision.

Raymond stayed in his new way to make his life was meaningful; he made some tries in form of asking for the hand of becoming a foot ball player in some foot ball clubs, but he always failed for being accepted, all the same but he did not give up to give a try for searching a field to look for the money as the way out to back to Chesterfield. As many he was ignored as more tries he turned out for.

Inside of the Beauty Bar, Michelle and Joel searched for Raymond, but they found nothing. She asked for the owner that bar but the same answer also received by, so she and Joel ran outside the bar to search Raymond in verandas’ street and he was not there. Michelle disappointed with her decision, because of her decision her husband could not be found, she thought that perhaps Raymond was ashamed and went far away to hide. Seeing that condition, Joel said to his mother that never gave up, because they would be united again about the power of God. Then both of them still searched for Raymond on that city, but they stayed have similar answer about could not find him. But they still searched him until they found him because it was the purpose of them.

On the contrary Raymond kept on his way to search a job, and the answer was similar as the answer of Michelle and Joel. Nevertheless he did not disappoint, even he still prayed and praised God. At a moment in the city’s park, when Raymond sat to make a meditation again, he got a good result by that meditation namely he could not want to be a foot ball player anymore because his image had been bad around the world so exactly if he still asked for the hand of becoming a foot ball player he would ignored by, so he took a decision to be a coach of foot ball, but he thought again that he could not be because he did not have much money to build a club because if he asked for the hand of becoming a coach at the club of in proper place, he surely could not be because of his bad image. So he prayed for God to ask a way out to his problem.

One day when Raymond walked by a village, he saw some children played foot ball spiritually, so he decided to sit near the yard where they played, he observed intently about that game of them as a way to examine his skill in coaching a foot ball club. He still observed it until the children finished their game, when it happened he supposed to close them, but before he did it, one of the children screamed hardly that;

“There is Andy Raymond, the famous foot ball player!”

So that his other friends were shocked and ran close to Raymond for admiring their favorite foot ball player, and then they expressed their feeling of likeness to him. Raymond invited them to sit over that field for sharing something that he knew about foot ball, but before it one of them asked why he never appeared at the television anymore, then Raymond answered that it was about the decision of God, He did it something in our life like as goodness or badness because He wanted to examine our faith toward Him, so if we did something good so exactly we would get a good thing also by Him, conversely.  

At that sharing situation, Raymond added that the way the children played foot ball were good but there was something lacked on it, so they asked Raymond to teach them how the way to played foot ball preciously. Raymond agreed about that, then he gave some instructions for them about his knowledge as far as he had known about foot ball, then he commanded them to play foot ball again, and on that game he fixed something lacked of their game. After that training, Raymond started to give some instructions and advices to them, in the meantime the children caught about what they had listened about Raymond’s instructions and advices and they tried to understand it and applied it to theirs. At the end of their sharing situation, Raymond promised to come back tomorrow on the same time if they wanted to practice foot ball with him, then they agreed it, then they separated to go to each houses, but Raymond still roamed.

Time was 04.00pm when Raymond arrived at that field wherein he had spent his time to teach some children yesterday. He walked to it closely and he found that the children already there while warmed up, so he greeted them and they replied it, and for did not waste the time he started to coach them again but it was different form yesterday because at that day he tried to coach them about the kernel of foot ball just like shooting, dribbling, passing, and so on as the form of technical skills. They stayed on their activity and they did it every noon in the same place.

Davies, the student of Raymond who considered as the weak foot ball player by his friends, said something good for Raymond about there was a championship of foot ball among all the villages on that city. Then Raymond responded it happily, but he thought again that where they can find the money to register as the participant, then Davies said that it was free because it was the championship where the mayor made for searching some new good foot ball players.

Raymond made a meeting for his students at that time to discuss about it, then all the children as his students came to and were ready to listen anything from his mouth. Then Raymond said that all the students should prepare each self to face the competition that they would participate in. By listening it, all the children were happy and ready to play as the instruction of Raymond as their coach. After did it, they went to practice again, and Raymond saw that he had found the best formation to carry to that competition, also he believed that his club would win that competition because Jesus would always be with them.

The championship of foot ball started on, and as the first session was group phase, in case Raymond’s group was on group C among the best other foot ball club. Therefore at the first game, they surrendered the result of the game just for Jesus, before they came into the field, Raymond gave some instructions inside the player’s room and invited them to pray to ask Him would be with them. Afterwards, they were ready to face that game, and all times that they had done with Raymond about foot ball was answered by God with the first victory, they won about 3-0, seeing this condition Raymond was happy and asked thanking to God, after that match, he invited his students to pray together to thank God.

That competition still went on its way, and as long as that competition went on, Raymond’s team always got the victory till they became the winner on group C and ready to face knock out phase as the second session. Moreover they often been discussed by the people but Raymond asked them to never arrogant. Whenever the match that they would play was ready to go, they always prayed for God to keep them and give best for them appropriate with the desire of Him, and it was proved by the next victories till they were on the third session namely semi final phase. About the achievement that they had gotten, Raymond persuaded his students to be more serious and always relied on Jesus.

The semi final phase was ready to be start, and exactly at this session the opponent that been fought by Raymond’s team was the strongest team than the other teams. As usual Raymond and his team surrendered all of the ways of the game to Jesus by praying. At that match, they played that game as usual, but there was no goal until the second half finished. So that match would be on two additional rounds about thirty minutes, but before it Raymond gave some instructions and reinforcement in praying to Jesus again. The additional rounds went on but the score still same (0-0), so that match would be on penalty kicking. The penalty kicking was ready to be done, nine players of both team already did that penalty and the score was 4-5 for the temporary victory of the opponent because Raymond‘s team had a kicker anymore, and that chance given to Davies by Raymond, so the other players of Raymond were shocked and asked Raymond to change the kicker because Davies was judged as a bad player of theirs and it was proved by the situation where he always placed the substitution chair. But Raymond still believed with the decision of him, so Davies went to penalty area and ready to do it. All the eyes were directed to Davies when he did that penalty, and the statement of Raymond’s team was true, Davies kicked that ball out of the goal area. At the time almost all of Raymond’s players were disappointed and they asked to go out by his team because they were lost and got nothing at that competition, but Raymond tried to calm his payers down by telling that,

“We play this game is not for getting a victory but for praising Jesus with the talents that he has                    given for us, and remember this is His decision which always awesome in its time!”  

Finally they realized their fault and promised to be more serious in practicing, and then they went home happily without thought about that match.

The day after tomorrow there was a grace of Jesus flown to the believing people, and Raymond was lucky because he also got that grace. That grace about Raymond’s team would be on the final phase because their opponent before had done a manipulation namely giving a chance for the child aged nineteen to play that match, whereas that competition was for the children in under seventeen, so that club was disqualified, and Raymond’s team chosen to be in final phase. Afterwards he told that news to his team at the practice time, and absolutely they were happy about it, so that Raymond taught them again as the preparation of final match on that competition.

The day was waited for had arrived, the final match confronted Raymond’s team with the team of Walter Bovver the coach of him who ever fired him out by Dragon FC, but at the time Walter Bovver was there to coach the team under seventeen of Dragon FC. As the ordinary human, surely Raymond must had a sense of avenging toward Walter Bovver, but Raymond tried to forget it while greeted him softly.

At that game Raymond put it all to Jesus and his players. When the whistle of first half was sounded, Raymond tried to be relaxed while sometime gave an instruction to his player. The first half ended with no goal. Coming close to the second half, Walter Bovver walked close to Raymond while said that he would destroyed Raymond’s team in the second half with score 0-3 because Raymond was a loser so automatically Raymond’s players also were loser, but Raymond still calmed and smiled while said that God would bless Bovver.

That game seemed like as the match of Raymond’s team at the semi final phase, it was proved by there was no goal till the end of the second half, so that the additional rounds was done to search for the winner. Raymond commanded Davies to go into the field at the additional rounds, so he went on that field and played as well as the instruction of Raymond. But the score was still similar so the penalty kicking was deserved to be passed by both of team. Bovver laughed out loud because he thought that his team would be the winner, but Raymond did not care and still focus on his players. The penalty was ready to be done, and the nine players of both team already made their working well till the score becoming 4-4. Raymond returned to choose Davies as the determining kicker. All mouths of Bovver’s supporters laughed out loud about seeing Davies wanted to do that penalty kicking because they thought he would be like as the semi final’s penalty phase. But Raymond’s reliance and the support of the other teammates did not be thrown away by Davies, he proved by scoring that penalty till the score changed to 5-4 for Raymond’s team.

At the time Bovver, his players, and their supporters were shut their mouths off, they changed it by giving applause to Raymond’s team especially for Davies. Raymond’s team was happy they commended the attempt of their coach and Davies, but Raymond protested that it was the attempt of all players and the grace of Jesus. They celebrated their victory with the cup that they got at that competition. Raymond was very happy when the owner of Dragon FC and Walter Bovver came close to him in purposing to make Raymond becoming the new coach of Dragon FC because Walter Bovver asked to postpone by that position for getting a pension. By listening it, Raymond did not have the heart to leave his team, but his players supported him to be the new coach of Dragon FC for fixing his life, and absolutely Raymond was happy at the time and agreed about the agreement to be the coach of Dragon FC, then he asked thanking by the owner of Dragon FC, Walter Bovver, and his players, and surely to Jesus who always gave him much graces.

When Raymond still on his happiness, he was poked by two hands, then he turned back his face to find who had poked him, and the grace of God returned to him again, because those two hands were had by his beloved wife and son, Michelle Anders and Joel Raymond. At the time Raymond jumped highly because of the big happiness, then he embraced them firmly and asked sorry about what he had done for them, and Michelle said that,

“I’m sorry also because of leaving you at that time, I know you’re not like that, and it was proved                by the story of Mr. Andrew, he said that you were depression because of your many problems,             and sorry again because I never be with you when you are like that. I and Joel have tried to search                you but we always fail till we watch the television about you and decide to come here to meet               you, honey!  ”

“I’m also, I’m sorry too, I promise to never do it anymore, and let we live like as formerly. Thank               you honey, thank you Joel” cried Raymond.  

“Thank You, Jesus, Amen!” shouted Joel hardly.

Then Raymond embraced both of them and cried of happiness more and more.

Raymond became the famous coach at the time over the world, he got everything but he never to come back again to his past, precisely he served his family as well as he could. They got a new baby and gave her name was Grace Raymond, because of the grace of Jesus they could be like that. In other hand, Joel became a foot ball player to continue his father’s way, every spare time after coaching the players at the club, he spent his time to play together with his family while taught Joel to be professional foot ball player, and they lived happily together in their new home in Bridgestone.                         

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