15/05/2026
“Life is a battle. Life is a race. I did not choose this race, but I choose how to fight it.”
A powerful testimony from Sis Tes K Llacer during the Praise & Worship Night of BCBP NAC46, inspiring 6,000+ attendees and online viewers through her faith and courage in battling Pancreatic Cancer.
BCBP Malaybalay Chapter is truly proud and blessed. 🙏❤️
BCBP Kapatiran
"𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒕 — 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆."
RUNNING ON GRACE: ONE WOMAN’S SURRENDER TO GOD’S HEALING HANDS
Some races are chosen. Others are given to us — and the only way through them is on our knees.
Tes Llacer did not choose the race she is running. Nine years ago, she faced surgery for a mass in her pancreas. She recovered, moved forward, and continued living. Then last year, jaundice set in. Tests revealed a fast-growing mass — Stage 3 Pancreatic Cancer. The kind of diagnosis that stops the world.
But Tes did not stop. She ran straight to God.
In the frenzy of medical consultations, CT scans, and difficult news, her first instinct was not panic — it was prayer. "Lord, I am sick again… please heal me and save me." When surgery was ruled out and chemotherapy became the only path forward, she did not crumble in the clinic. She held herself together long enough to reach her car — and there, in the quiet, she let the weight of it all fall into God's hands.
What followed was not a story of easy faith. It was a story of chosen faith. Every two weeks, she and her husband Rod fly to Manila for treatment. She endures the side effects of chemotherapy, the fear that creeps in during infusions, the uncertainty of tomorrow. And yet she continues to work, attend Mass, walk, trek small mountains, and serve in her BCBP community — even through the pain of a hand swollen from chemo.She does not merely survive each day. She lives it, fully and deliberately, in God's grace.
Eight chemotherapy sessions in, her latest CT scan brought mixed news — the tumor remains, but has not spread. She receives this with the same quiet trust that has carried her through every difficult moment: God is still in this.
Where others see only what the scan cannot yet show, Tes sees a God who is holding her hand, keeping her strong, and healing her in ways medicine alone cannot measure.
Her story is a powerful reminder that God does not always remove the storm — but He never lets us face it alone. In the middle of one of life's most frightening diagnoses, Tes Llacer stands as a testament to what grace looks like when it is lived out loud.
When you cannot see the finish line, trust the One who already has.
Join us in our BCBP Breakfast Meetings and encounter stories of trials and faith. Keep running the race. Always remember, His plan for us is always greater than our own.
