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'=== Born in the Philippines, Faith Bernabe’s life has been an odyssey that led her to West Texas. For the last six years she has worked at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa as a Performance Improvement Specialist as well as expressing her musical talent at Harvest Time Church of Midland as Worship Leader. Along the way, after considerable study and expense, she became a US citizen. Proud of her adopted country, Faith’s heart is in serving her God with the talent she has been blessed with. At age 7, Faith was placed in an orphanage in the Philippines and endured two very hard years. The orphanage left deep, troubling scars. Then at the age of 9 her home island was struck by a typhoon. As Faith was being swept away in a wall of water she was able to grab a branch and make her way to safety. At age 14, when most young women are thinking about boys, school and what they will be in life Faith was pondering why she had been spared from two difficult situations. She impulsively reached for a guitar and began to strum. In the next few hours she wrote the first of many songs that would follow. Called, “I Give It All’ it became her first song and title of a new CD just released. Faith’s love of music has been utilized at the hospital in which she works. She volunteers in Palliative Care Music Therapy group, where she sings for patients receiving palliative care. She also sings for patient’s family in the waiting area and sings for the hospital employees. Faith’s belief that good music is good for the soul brings comfort to the patients the team sings for. If you are at Medical Center Hospital on a Friday mid-morning and hear beautiful music wafting down the halls you are hearing Faith and her team do what they love the most; helping others! If Faith wondered about her purpose at the age of 14, she now believes she has found it. ==='