Comrade Nancy joined the revolutionary armed movement in May 2014. Ka Guiller was her squad leader. The attraction between the two slowly developed as they undertook their political tasks in the NPA. They started to know each other well. Later, Guiller would convince Nancy to become a full-time member of the NPA. By this time they already belonged to separate units. Yet their attachment to each other grew until, three months later, they found themselves in an “informal” relationship, meaning that their respective units or collectives had yet to approve of their relationship as required by the Party and NPA processes.

As part of NPA discipline, new recruits are dissuaded from entering into a relationship for at least a year to give them time to fully adjust to their tasks in the people’s army. But Guiller and Nancy pursued their relationship despite the restriction and caution from their respective units. This led to internal conflicts between themselves and their respective units that they later decided to temporarily leave the people’s army. Both went back to the city, and for more than a year, Ka Guiller and Ka Nancy actively took part in the urban mass movement.

In the city, they “formalized” their relationship, i.e., sought the consent of their respective collectives and went through criticism and self-criticism. While in the urban mass movement, the couple faced more problems and conflicts, but they managed to overcome these obstacles with the support of their respective groups and the love they have for each other, for the masses and for the revolution.

And so, after one-and-a half years in the urban center and, after undergoing assessment and criticism and self-criticism sessions with their collectives, Ka Guiller and Ka Nancy decided to return to Cordillera to take part in the struggle they both truly love: to serve the revolution as full-time NPA fighters.

Thus, on March 29, Ka Nancy and Ka Guiller exchanged vows in the presence of the Red fighters, their friends in the revolutionary movement and the rural masses.

“Marahas ang digma, pero mas marahas ang mga dahilan nito. Ang pagtahak natin sa landas na ito ay ang ating pagpili. Ang ating pagpili ay ang ating pagtindig. Ang ating pagtindig ay atin ding panata. Panata, hindi lamang sa iyo mahal, higit lalo sa bayan nating minamahal. Ang mga kabundukan ang ating paraisong tirahan, at sa piling ng minumutyang masa tayo ay nagpapanday.

Hanggang sa pagkapatas,

Hanggang sa pagpula ng silangan,

Hanggang sa ganap na tagumpay.

Sa huli, ikaw ay mananatili,

Ang aking payapa sa gitna ng marahas na digma.”

(“War is cruel, but its roots are more violent. It is our choice to take this path. Our choice is our stand. Our stand is our commitment; a commitment, not only for you my love, but most of all, for the people who we truly love. The mountains are our haven and with the masses, we are tempered.)

Through stalemate,

When the east turns red,

To complete victory,

In the end, you remain,

My calm in a violent war.”)

“Nagmahal. Nagwasto. Nagtagumpay.”(We have loved. We rectified. We triumphed.) sums up the love story of Guiller and Nancy.