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Monthly Archives: April 2009
The conflict that burned the house down…
It was a peaceful evening last night. The gentle rain showers just ended and I was settled into working on transferring my files to an external storage. Someone rang the doorbell and it turned out to be Jina (one of … Continue reading
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Tagged fire, Laguna Bel Air, life in the Philippines, Philippines
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Thank you GCF-North!
I was invited by a good friend, Ptr Levi Arnan of GCF-North to be a speaker for their youth retreat last April 16 – 18. Held at the beautiful and relaxing Word of Life Camp in Calauan, Laguna. It made … Continue reading
Posted in being loved, camp, christianity, Church, counseling, discipleship
Tagged Church, discipleship, GCF-North, Word of Life camp, youth activity, youth camp, youth retreat
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A prayer for Ted Failon
I have been wanting to write about the trip to DAET and the youth camp at the Word of Life in Calauan, Laguna. But all those stories need to wait until I am able to get off my chest what … Continue reading
Posted in being loved, death
Tagged ABS-CBN, cremation, death, QCPD, Suicide, Ted Failon, Trina Etong, violence
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Compassionate Considerations: A Year in Review
Yes this is almost a month late! But I have been wanting to just say thank you for visiting my site. Thank you for those who left comments. Thank you for those who read the posts and while did not … Continue reading
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Tagged annual review, blog, compassionate considerations, top posts, writing
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Maundy Thursday : the day of the new command
We had just finished observing Maundy Thursday. The word Maundy evolved from the latin phrase : “mandatum novum de vobis” – the day of the new command. A new commandment He has given. A new commandment of LOVE. Love is … Continue reading
Praise God for Kingdom Builders…
I turned on the laptop to go to a technical FORUM that I read from time to time. I had been reading that for several months now – but have joined only fairly recently. Yesterday as a matter of fact. … Continue reading
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Tagged financial support, loving the church, tithe, training, Worldwide Church of God
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When we have more questions than answers…
Yesterday as I was finishing my breakfast, I received a very heartbreaking sms from one of the younger married couples. Wifey was not with me at that time – and when she saw me, clutching my phone and at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Church youths, death, God of all comforts, hope in suffering, suddenness of death, sufferings
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When the earth trembled in Italy
Dear God, We are just beginning to see the pictures and the coverage of the quake in central Italy. Many buildings collapsed and 150 people were found dead and more than 1,500 were seriously injured. Please have mercy on them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Italy, Earthquake, God of all comforts, prayer of comfort
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Vicariously experiencing single -parenthood at my nephew’s graduation…
We arrived at 1:45 PM. 15 minutes earlier than the call time. Well, coming from Laguna – I did not want the distance to be a hindrance for Joseph to have a great graduation. I left him in school and … Continue reading
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Tagged family, graduation, love, Nuestra Senora De Aranzazu Parochial school, OFWs, Philippine Schools, sacrifices, Trust
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