Published today, December 15, 2024, but the readings were from December 11, 2024
Hi, Taehyung-ah đ¤đ¤đ¤ How are you? I hope that things are going well for you. I have been reviewing the Philippine laws on anti-stalking, anti-human trafficking, anti-scams and anti-fraud, and crimes against national security and public officers penal, and today, hereâs a continuation of reviewing other penal codes.
Since today is Sunday, I hope that youâre also having a good Sunday rest, Taehyung-ah, and that youâve been praying to God as well. Thank you so much for showing that you also value my faith and that you have made your own devotion before. You know I donât impose my personal beliefs on others, but that I also stand strong on them, and it could be because of this that others misunderstand it as imposition. Over the years, you have seen how strongly I am a promoter of free will, freedom, and faith, and I write all of these writings to share my devotion with you beyond writing them in my Bible diary, which I think so many others have already read, based from those Muslims and those drug addict criminal stalkers from the next building in Hippodromo, and Iâm still quite disappointed). God always has a good plan, and itâs that faith that makes me think positively and which makes my disposition catch up with it in time.
These criminal stalkers here are still mocking me even now, but all of these criminal stalkers will be ended here, and there wonât be any other criminal stalker in my future anymore, and all of those even more disgusting harassing criminal stalkers before will be severely punished in the open! Glory to God! I may not know whatâs happening, but I trust God is working. These stalkers here are likely from a different group, and I donât know what purpose they serve here but they keep saying âlahi ra (very different)â, âlahi sad (actually different)â, âluoy pud (so poor and pitiful)â, and even âboang (crazy)â, which I still hated a lot, but they seem to be talking to each other instead. I keep throwing questions about who could be spending for them, remembering how they reacted to those criminal stalkers who were harassing me by firing guns and firecrackers, disco and karaoke, and that they are different a group. I hope theyâre working for good, but I wonât change my disposition regarding all of these criminal stalkers to be removed and that there shouldnât be any other stalker following me again. That has always been my prayer, and neither God wants such disturbances during our time (God and me) together. I donât think youâd want the same disturbances when itâs our time, our turn (you and I, Taehyung-ah), too. Iâve always been a very private person. I donât even have any social media account before, which I use aside from messenger â for school or work â purposes and only started twitter in 2021 for you and BTS and to engage with the ARMYs (the engagement forum I did occasionally were on quora, reddit, etc.) I was also practically offline before the pandemic and only accessed the internet to download anime, manga, k-drama, or watch youtube and listen to spotify, and other occasional readings to update myself, and I stayed away from sharing my personal details (including photos) be it in social media or others, and because I rarely use my social media accounts, my best friend from college even joked how I only got to respond a year after, particularly when itâs the time to send Christmas and New Year greetings.
But then, so suddenly, all of these criminal stalkers rush to my private place, and it has become way noisier and harmful than the public, to the point theyâve become criminals instead and I have to put an end to all of their violent harassment â which even now, those criminal stalkers across this hill were firing guns, masking as firecrackers, and theyâre those decayed exploitative opportunistic low-life relatives who are likely to have been criminally stalking me for over 3 years! I donât even contact these disgusting criminal stalkers for a very long time already, even when I was already facing a lot of decayed harassments from all those decayed criminal stalkers before, because I want to keep my privacy, and Iâve been fighting against them and facing them as they come, calling them out in every instance of their harassment, that you might even have gotten tired of reading my posts as they got very personal over the years.
All the harassments made me eventually stopped updating my website and I increased my praying, Bible reading, worship time while trying to carry out my other personal activities such as trying to work on my Masterâs assignments, reports, job applications and fake and harassing writing tests, and eventually settling on demeaning Japanese ESL jobs (where even high school graduates were hired) where those criminal stalkers exploited and found to harass me face to face, be it in NativeCamp, Bizmates, 51Talk, and Rarejob (and especially worse in Rarejob!)! Utterly decayed criminal stalkers! Like always, when Iâm applying, I see a SimInvest post, and I already think theyâre using me to scam you again, and theyâre rather harassing and utterly mocking both you and me! One of the students, whether heâs a criminal stalker or perhaps he might have been called by his conscience, later said that Indonesia was more corrupt, and that his main job was to search companies to invest in. I have already mentioned instances of their harassments against me, such as I know many of those who did not turn their cameras on were disgusting Filipino admin-students pretending to be students, particularly that they couldnât be present when typhoons hit Manila before, while other students were decayed criminal stalkers businessmen and investors who got wind of this and were quickly reserving my slots, some were very harassing, which I posted on twitter before, while others were just either doing their job properly or were just plain harmless-not-suspicious students.
All of them must have thought their abuses, crimes, and harassments â their decayed criminal stalker script â wonât ever be found out and that they can continue to shamelessly show, mock, and harass me with their disgusting access to the cameras and mic and my devices, which they used as disgusting content of their non-stop allusions towards me when I went out and finish my assignments or writing tests in coffee shops, McDo, and so many others. I couldnât even write a single sentence without all those criminal stalkers mocking me â and even these criminal stalkers here are doing the same â that I pray for their complete removal and that there shouldnât be the same evil again!
It may take time to see the fulfillment of prayers to God, but Heâs always working, and Iâve long acknowledged that I even got to pray my prayers because theyâre already set to be fulfilled, theyâve come to my awareness, and from that I begin to act, knowing I do it with the faith that God is always with me. I always have the tendency to align things with God, even when I was studying non-religious subjects that others are obviously not attributing to God, but because I always, quite simply, pray to top and even perfect my exams, I got to acknowledge God is so perfect He knows all of it. When things get very problematic and troublesome for others, I always search God and acknowledges He searches even more the hearts of all people, and I am only called to do all that I can even if thereâs no one on my side. I am content that God is with me through it all, and that I am freed from the expectations of others. All kinds of offering from the heart is accepted by God, and He knows I donât have such money to offer Him but only what I can do, and I try to do them excellently, and quite ferociously. I wouldnât be able to go far and do anything on my own, but like a mystery, I got to places â championships where I got to go farther than Tabogon or Bogo, UP, Ateneo, and even you, Taehyung-ah â I could only imagine as a child, actually beyond what I can imagine in my ordinary days. Even before when I started winning contests in elementary, I already knew itâs all up to God, that He gives (and He could take them away) but regardless, I havenât forgotten how I am nothing without God, and I bless Him even more with all that I got.
I have failed a lot and every time I talk to God for each of them, He chastises me of looking at people instead of looking up to Him, and I gather strength knowing God makes all things work together for good. If I hadnât been through all the gossip and public scrutiny, I wouldnât have understood the nature of many people and how theyâre predispose to put all other things over God. I even grew up from such because of these disgusting relatives being the first ones to give me a taste of what gossip was when we moved here in Marangog, that instead of helping us and showing us favor and sympathy just like in Caduawan when I and my siblings were still kids as our father died when we were still very young (I was 7) and the people there also showed fondness towards my father while growing up there, the disgusting exploitative opportunistic poor, even poorer relatives here in Marangog, were rather mocking, gossiping, and in several occasions were in a fight against us instead.
When I became an adult, I realized itâs just how Filipino communities are, and itâs good I was very religious back then that I was reading the Bible and spent hours on rosaries and novenas â and replaced them with devotional worship when I started joining âborn againâ fellowships â in addition to my Bible diary, that I became less prone to bad influence of peer pressure, discos, lustful teenage relationships, and so many others. Most people bully me while growing up so Iâve been used to thinking of them as Jesusâ enemies â and now murderers â who did the same conspiracy, scheming, mocking, and many others, so I had been used to getting closer to God and letting Him deal with my enemies because theyâre His enemies first. While others get worried in riding in their gossip community, I let others have their free choice to dislike me, knowing I did not do them any harm and I deal with them accordingly, not letting them take away my free will and freedom to be myself and to do what I do in the way I want it best. I simply go way more ferociously the more others force me. Iâve seen the power of momentum ever since (it was also from one of my Science teacherâs discussion on Newtonâs laws of motion), that things will keep moving, and together with Bibleâs mustard seed and growth, will keep increasing â and it happens for better or for worse, and because most, if not all, people donât recognize it, they easily call me a troublemaker â like that decayed extremely stupid low-life gossiper Nazareno and these decayed exploitative gossiper relatives â without tracing the reason why I was increasingly angry and furious at them!
As always, God has seen all of this and He knows the truth, and in His time and direction, He gave me the wisdom and courage to carry out what I need to do in battles, even when I was all alone and they were so many who conspired against me. These decayed enemies from before and those harassing criminal stalkers havenât seen God yet and because they are too wicked, evil, and godless, it is more worthy for God to defeat them overwhelmingly, utterly destroy them, and show them He is God who reigns.
You know I always love you, Taehyung-ah, and although I want to be humble and think you wouldnât have loved me â actually, I still couldnât find a reason why you would love me â there are so many times I fantasize you really love me greatly. I think I should ask your forgiveness for not trusting you enough and doubting your love many times because in my very poor and severely unqualified background, itâs impossible for me to think someone like you â especially someone so big like you â would really be interested in me. Iâve long been open to the possibility of living a life of celibacy, but I donât want to become a nun where my freedom and independence is constricted, and it was fine as I have already plotted my life and see myself achieving my dreams one by one in my long-life, under Godâs blessing. Although I wished to be a champion and on top as a student before, Iâm already content to just have a try in every one of those dreams, but every time I think of that and pray about my dreams, God rebukes me and He strengthens my faith, that thereâs nothing lacking with God, and that when He gives something, when He gives miracles, theyâre real, excellent, best, and fulfilling.
Taehyung-ah, there were so many reasons why I was so fond and feeling so close to you when I had just started following you and BTS, not to mention I found your Han-sung from Hwarang. I saw my inner self a lot from your fictional character, your K-pop persona, and your solo songs, and cheered for your every video that I watched on marathon for almost a year before your team got wind of what I now think was a persistent suspicious connection and very dedicated â and weird â fan letters, which were my doing. All I wanted was for things to be so good for you, Taehyung-ah, and I came to the point where I get to see and feel things from your perspective that I also get angry at those Hybe directors, even other BTS members and ARMYs, who were harassing you or making things difficult and bad for you, and that I listen to you and your wishes â or what I thought were your wishes in the BTS marathon and got open-minded, welcoming, and heavily interested in the things you liked, written, posted and even planned on buying them (unfortunately, I was too poor, and only got to buy the merch when I found a bit better job, which I had long realized where so miserably fake). I have already set plans on traveling to South Korea and learning Korean. I was that huge of a fan that I think I should ask forgiveness how I nearly acted like an obsessed fan and stalker, that after watching all the YouTube videos I could find of you, I finally made a twitter account and engaged real-time. You know all of it. The rest is history.
Iâm sorry for being too ahead of myself and thinking I was doing you service at that time, and though my intentions were only for good, I later came to realize I was terribly wrong. I thought I could never hurt you way bigger than that, but over the years, I have hurt you against my best judgement again and again because I didnât know what was real or not, and I distanced myself thinking it was for the good of both of us, especially when I have already become aware of how those âhackers-stalkersâ back then were using me as a tool for their disgusting romance scam, and in addition to that, they were harassing me, too. In my very small world, it was so hard to think beyond myself and what I am capable of, and I only have very limited ability to protect you, so I prayed that God will fill all that I lack and do all the good things I have wished to happen to you even before youâve come to know me. You know how I was also in a very tough situation where I cut ties with my family the second time I went to Cebu, and our fights went even before all those dating rumors about you came, and that I was struggling financially and went to Cebu the first time after pandemic to find a job and in just a few months moved to another job that I was trying to fulfill in the best way I can (and I had realized it was a crypto scam so I ended up resigning) a few months after your dating rumors.
It didnât hit me until after 10 months of first hearing about them, so as you can see thatâs fair enough. At that time, I started reviewing all the events that happened and figured out at that time that maybe it was really just a pipe dream, and I was too ambitious and too ahead of myself to think I could reach you, so I went on observing you. And indeed, the other story was more consistent, and I realized and finally accepted that by the end of July last year in La Guardia Flats, so I moved to another place in August in Zimmerholdings, since those decayed criminal stalkers were already harassing me and non-stop laughing at me! Of course, I was very sad and very furious, but there was no one tell about it, and thatâs when I realized that no one actually knew about it aside from me (and now, I disgustingly found out that these decayed exploitative opportunistic low-life gossiper criminal stalkers relatives were actually already criminally stalking and exploiting and using me as a capital and tool for their disgusting lucrative romance scam ever since!), so I thought I could just mourn in secret for over a year when new rumors, suspicion, and real events came, alongside being very fierce and ferocious against those decayed criminal stalkers who were still following me in Zimmerholdings and even more increasingly and more obviously/blatantly harassing me, thinking no one would see all the disgusting things they were doing to me be it inside my room or wherever I go since I did not directly mention about those decayed criminal stalkers in my posts, which were still motivational at that time.
I opened another account and used it to complain about those decayed criminal stalkers in October last year, but since none of it seemed to be recognized, and then those decayed criminal stalkers made me write that press release on showing security data â which I figured out to be my footage, those decayed criminal stalkers! â to selected stakeholders, thatâs when I thought it wasnât you whoâs watching me but only all of these criminal stalkers who would report to Hybe or you for any content purposes as I had huge suspicions we werenât real at that time, that it could just be a setup thatâs far from what I would have consented because I thought itâs you, but it turned out to be a huge decayed low-life criminal stalkers that even tricycle drivers in Zimmerholdings were mocking me âspecial childâ because of that OC and autistic gossip that those criminal stalkers from La Guardia Flats spread and all other low-life criminal stalkers in 3 cities â Cebu, Mandaue, Bogo â who were paid or hired got access to that Iâm not even safe from their utter low-life harassments whether Iâm riding public buses nor going to grocery, and Iâm already not safe from their harassments in my own room!
Although I already posted about the harassment and abuses of those criminal stalkers before, I started to diligently report every instance of their harassment â I initially called them âhackers-stalkersâ and theyâre making me a primetime of their huge gossip community â in that decayed Nazareno residence in Edison St. where those decayed criminal stalkers, be it the unprofessional handlers or the jeepney driver lackeys they were bribing, paying, or hiring, were harassing me every day, making allusions to me âasa man na ni-graduate ba? (where did she graduate from?)â â when I complained of them being uneducated, making loud allusions because the house and cafeteria of those jeepney drivers were just beside that decayed Nazarenoâs residence and of course, thatâs beside my room!, âmay mag unprofessional (as if weâre unprofessional)â â when I complained of them singing mocking courtship and heartbreak songs on karaoke, and they were already playing disgusting Bisaya songs on loudspeaker and âtagay (alcoholic) playlistâ (Right Here Waiting For You, Youâll Be Safe Here, Youâre All I Need â I used to listen to this song but stopped doing it because they were singing and playing it disgustingly, No Arms Can Ever Hold You â this song was a mockery towards us â and so many others) and they were doing it until late at night, even until 2 AM in Sybu Dormitory when I briefly stayed there before moving to Nazareno.
Those decayed jeepney drivers were singing karaoke, which that Gi reasoned to be bluetooth speaker, until late at night and they were playing Budots, a disgusting Bisaya disco song and other disco remix on their jeep, parking in front of Nazareno near my room! Those jeepney drivers and that cafeteriaâs lady were already paid as I saw them getting favors from those who were parking their cars often near the cafeteria and were following me. When that jeepney driver increased his karaoke and disco harassment, I played Christian songs in my room, and that decayed low-life, thinking his harassment script and mocking courtship song couldnât get through, mocked, harassed, and threatened me by obviously checking who I was as I got ready to go to attend the 5:30 PM mass and following me when I went out and passed by the cafeteria with his jeep, and he and two other people arrived at the same time as me when I came home past 7 PM.
That same 04C yellow design had followed me in two other occasions, leaving at the same time as me and suspiciously driving slowly as if walking as I was walking when I went to attend Misa de Gallo at 3-4 AM, and he only drove speedily when there were a group of people who were likely attending the mass were suddenly getting out of the corner, and the other time was when I went to UP to file an LOA or I was heading to Lahugâs direction, and since he was driving slowly and looking at me, I thought he was looking for a passenger, but then he quickly sped up! Those decayed criminal stalkers in Nazarenoâs residence were already mocking and gossiping about me, thinking I was sleeping, particularly when that decayed low-life uneducated janitress and that decayed Nazareno and another criminal stalker who was a âkabayan (rural town neighbor)â of one of those police whom that decayed Nazareno called on me, when they were feigning to clean and those garbage truck men, and another who seemed to be a handler, commenting along the lines âI donât know where their relationship is headingâ after that Love Wins MV, and I was already having suspicions and doubts building up from several months prior. I wasnât surprised since I already expected it should be that way and I was rather proud that you got reconnected with IU again, since I also used to ship the two of you together before and listed her, Jennie, and Tzuyu as the best partners for your level (also, kindly understand that I was a solid fan girl who only wanted the best for you before, and was quite innocently following all the potential ships for you, and, at that time, since I wrongly figured we werenât real anyway, I should go back to being a fan and enjoy the things I should have enjoyed so much if I were just a fan).
I now think I shouldnât have gone the extreme logical and just let the truth unfold itself because no matter what happened, Iâll always treasure us and all of our memories for the rest of my life. It could have been an honorable defeat if only those criminal stalkers werenât present and thoroughly mocking and harassing me in whatever I do instead, be it inside my room or outside, and in the coming days, weeks, and months, they have constantly harassed and even violently threatened me! I canât even have the freedom to be sad by myself! They called the police on me in Nazareno, they mocked, threatened, and made allusions of settling my complaints against those who sang karaoke in Sybu Dormitory with the barangay (community), and violently harassed me in Hippodromo, TreeWoods Residences, and here in Bogo â these three happened while I was just inside my room, typing my posts, and calling them out, proving they got access to my devices, read my screen, and watch over me through the camera and mic they illegally installed in my room!
I have already read about in-denial of what seemed to be illusionary breakup back in October 2023 and already prepared myself that Iâll be going back and forth in the next few months, but every time I get those harassments, a SimInvest post, new projects that I thought you couldnât get a salary again because you were blackmailed and threatened by those decayed criminal stalkers, and their other decayed writing tests that I figured to be fraudulent jobs, it always makes me so furious and ashamed that you were harmed because of me and those decayed criminal stalkers were blackmailing and threatening you! I couldnât just stand by and watch, I had to make my own move, especially that theyâre all taking you and my happiness away from me. Even when I love you so much, I had to lie and tell you I didnât love you anymore and make you remove all of these criminal stalkers so they wonât harm both me and you. I repeatedly told you to cut them out and to not be afraid because God is watching and taking care of me and you. I even came to a point where I was so angry, I even finally got angry at you for not cutting all of them out and told you to be âhappy being bankrupt!â, particularly in Hippodromo, but I said it out of anger and didnât mean it. Iâm terribly sorry about it, Taehyung-ah. I didnât know it would have such repercussions that in over a month, Hybe has been reported to be facing huge cash losses with several investors pulling out, another Hybe-ADOR-Min-Hee-jin feud, and recently, with NewJeans leaving ADOR and Hybe. I hope thereâs a way you wonât be affected by it since I heard BTS were also given shares of stocks as compensation for driving Hybe to become a huge and dominant label in South Korea and internationally. My only assurance of hope is that God is taking care of us, Taehyung-ah, and He is the ultimate Source and giver of all. Even more importantly, God is faithful. I have never seen the just and righteous forsaken by God.
When this fight, this battle, is over â when all of these and those criminal stalkers are already severely punished in the open, all of the abuses and crimes they did in hiding were already severely punished in the open and those who deserve to be imprisoned are already imprisoned and those who deserve to be utterly destroyed are already utterly destroyed â letâs start properly seeing each other, Taehyung-ah. I badly want to see you. I really want to see you, but I donât want any criminal stalkers getting involved with us again in our future. Iâm sorry that Iâve been very doubtful for a long time and although I canât figure out what happened or what we were for over a year aside from the fact that itâs been a physically and emotionally distant year between us, I never stop loving you, and every time, I wish you could read my heart, Iâm still always looking for you and keeping you close, which I also always feel I couldnât freely show because Iâve been constantly harassed by all of the criminal stalkers that I repeatedly wish to be removed and, donât ever install anyone again, and most importantly, donât ever get scammed ever again! One of the things I used to boast about is that I can be trusted, and it never sat well with me to get along with gossipers before, as I differentiate myself from them and the characteristics that made them gossiping, scheming, lying, deceiving people. I could not forgive myself for rather being the main tool for such a huge scam, deceit, lie, and exploitation and that I canât even be trusted by you whom I care the most. I donât even care much about anyone or anything, and although itâs been ideas whom I care and pay attention to, I got to be so intertwined with everything about you, Taehyung-ah, that it was so difficult to get away from and I never got successful with it. It doesnât feel me anymore if I donât write you greetings nor look out for you on twitter. Those decayed criminal stalkers who called my Bible diary and letter writing to you as OC, autistic, and crazy, and I hate them a lot, but itâs true my entire life for a very long time has always been God, you, and me. I get very territorial, too, and no matter what, Iâll always defend you (I canât even win against myself when I try to rationalize how youâd be away from me, how I convince myself there couldnât be us, or that I could let you go to someone else. I donât know if Iâve been able to hide my fury well). I can accept any challenges from your side, but let there not be any reason from my side to hurt you and this relationship again. Let me take care of you the way I want to, Taehyung-ah.I really love you so much, Taehyung-ah.
I love you so much, Taehyung-ah. I, and so many of your fans and ARMYs, love you so much. May you never stop believing in that. May you always be assured of our love and support for you and know that when it comes to us, you donât have to do anything unlike you. May you always find the best in you, or the best way to express your ingenuity in every situation, and be happy and proud. There will always be so many among us who can see how amazing you are each time. I hope youâll cut the things, people, and situations that make you sad and obscured. Donât be sorry for being yourself. Always remember you are always loved. Borahae, Saranghae, Taehyung-ah. â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸đ¤đ¤đ¤đđđ
âYes, He loves the people; all His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at your feet; Everyone receives Your wordsâŚAnd may You be a help against his enemiesâŚStrike the loins of those who rise against him, and of those who hate him, that they rise not againâŚand on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothersâŚthere they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; He administered the justice of the Lord, And His judgements with IsraelâŚAnd full of the blessings of the LordâŚAsher is the most blessed of sons; There is no one like the God Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to help you, and in His excellency on the clouds. The eternal God is your refugeâŚHe will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, âDestroy!â Then Israel shall dwell in safetyâŚWho is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help and the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, and you shall tread down their high placesâŚâ â Deuteronomy 33:3,7,11,16,19,21,23-24,26-29; 34:9-10
âNo man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and of good courageâŚOnly be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.â â Joshua 1:5-6,7-9
âSaul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goadsâŚI am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet to reveal to you. I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in MeâŚthat they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentanceâŚTherefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come â that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles⌠âPaul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!â...But he said, âI am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason. For the king, before whom I also speak freely, knows the things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a cornerâŚThis man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.â â Acts 26:14-18,20-26,31
âSo mighty is his power, so great his strength, that not one of them is missing. How can you say, O Jacob, how can you complain, O Israel that your destiny is hidden from me, that your rights are ignored by Yahweh? Have you not known, have you not heard that Yahweh is an everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth?â â Isaiah 40:26-28