But the triumphs did not come without the concomitant testings.  Bro. Eddie and his family have been at the receiving end of violent persecutions both from the enemy’s camp and from religious groups.  They have been the object of several assassination attempts, the most horrible of which happened at about midnight on June 17, 1983.  The whole family had just come from their church’s Friday night service and Bro. Eddie was about to enter their house in Bulacan when a grenade was thrown his way and exploded a few feet from where he stood into 1200 deadly shrapnel.  The house front and part of the roof were shattered but not one shrapnel hit Bro. Eddie.  God protected and spared the life of His servant and his family!