Compassionate Considerations

Haiti is 13 hours behind our time here in Manila.  We are about to call it a night but in Haiti – life has been made much more difficult for the 9 million residents of Haiti.
Considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world, it will be really difficult for this small country [...]

The Christmas songs have all been stopped from playing on the radio and in our malls.  All the holiday decorations are being put down and kept back to the different storage areas.  I also took down our lantern from the window, and while I was tempted like in the previous years (when I just let [...]

This sunday morning, (saturday night in Las Vegas) our favorite national anaesthesia will once again numb the whole country for a couple of hours. Manny Pacquiao who recently headlined on the cover of Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential people, is set to make history when he wins the 7th title [...]

A recent trip to the US for a working vacation emphasized more than ever the reality of the title of this blog.
Life is really made more meaningful by relationships. And relationships are not be measured by the roles we play or the position we occupy or the perceived importance we place in our lives [...]

Dear God,
So many people were affected by the calamities in the Philippines, Western Samoa and Indonesia.
More than P8B worth of crops and damages to the infrastructure, not counting the properties of private individuals were swept away when the floods rampaged through the whole Marikina Valley and through the cities of Metropolitan Manila.
More than 300 metric [...]

Dear Everyone,
Metro Manila and nearby areas like Bulacan are still struggling to cope with the massive flooding that took place last Saturday.
Typhoon Ondoy’s wrath was more powerful than Katrina that hit New Orleans a couple of years ago. In 12 hours, Ondoy poured out water that was usually measured to be one [...]

Arriving from LA yesterday, the extent of the flooding was very visible.
248 confirmed casualties and 38 still missing. Hundreds of homes and vehicles were destroyed. Farmlands were badly affected.
Stories of heroism and tragic losses are coming out.
God please help us all.
Have mercy on those who lost everything.
Give us Lord the miraculous provision for the thousands [...]

We are touring the Northwest right now… and this is Mt Rainier.  Taken with my Nokia E63 phone.  What a majestic mountain… inspiring, breath-taking… what a humbling experience to see this awesome creation…

On our visit here in the US, we had been able to visit several churches of the denomination here.  One thing that really stood out in our our visit was the sobering lack of young people in the churches.
I was told that this is becoming a common thread in the churches in the United States.  [...]

5:30AM  San Clemente
 We just got done with the Church Next Training in PineCrest Christian Conference Center.  It was a very beautiful camping resort center owned by the Assemblies of God.  High up in the San Bernardino mountains.  The drive up was so beautiful despite the jet-lag  closing in our systems.
Pinecrest reminded me so much of [...]