When We Had A Family Already, We Promised That If We Have Enough Savings And Sales From A Few Of Our Lands, We’re Going To Travel Abroad.
When my other half and I went to central Europe for the 1st time and for 31 days from London, England, to Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria to Spain, Switzerland and to Holland, we stayed for 2 days in each big city that we visited.
We made a trip to the famous Shrines of the Blessed Virgin in Lourdes, France also Beiring in Brussels in Belgium, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Padre Pio Priory in Loreto, Italy and the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy.
She did not join me for the four days Rotary International Convention in Nice, France since she had to go back to Cagayan de Oro hurriedly for her father, Santiago Gavas, who was ninety years in age , died surprisingly.
Our child Bong accompanied her back since I had to attend in Nice, France a Rotary International Convention where I pre-registered and it was in this convention where I heard the passing affidavit of the living saint, Mummy Theresa of Calcutta, India, an Austrian national a small and frail woman who touched the Rotarians in a simple speech in English.
An American Astronaut, John Glenn, who later on turned into a US Senator, shared his experience in outer space which deepened his Christian faith in God.
The second time we were back was in Eastern Europe and we made a trip to the famous Medjugorje Shrine where the Blessed Virgin Mary of Bosnia Herzegovina appeared and we then proceeded to see the famous Shrine of the Black Nazarene and paid a visit to the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic.In Medjugorje you’ll find a good Medjugorje accommodation.
For 3 times, my better half and I went back to the Usa with our sons Bong and Rommel and the third time was with widow Grace Dalisay where I attended a Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada. We took off from Seattle Town in a little plane to Calgary and we had a very frightful flight for it is a stormy night and the flight was additional rough. Thank Heavens we arrived safely in Calgary for we prayed to Him intensely.
In our come home, we went to Vancouver, Canada and experienced the pretty Niagara Falls and we went by train from Buffalo City to New York and returned home through Honolulu, Hawaii to Manila.
It’s good always to be back in our pretty country, the Pearl of the Orient Seas.
When we travelled to Singapore 10 years after with our sons, then to Shenzhen, China, Macau and Shanghai, in Mainland China, our grandkids joined us. We visited modern and sophisticated cities via train from Hongkong.
My grandkids enjoyed it a great deal. It was extraordinarily notable to them.
Of course, it was fairly pricey but the experiences were augmenting and dilating.
When my wife and I joined the Eucharistic Congress of the Center of Jesus in Guadalajara, Mexico, it was a different kind of religious exposure. Some Dominican Priests of UST and Sacred Heart of Jesus Priests were with us in that spiritual convention.
My other half and I saw the majestic Pyramids of the pagans in Mexico City where my wife climbed it up with the more youthful clergymen. I didn’t go up anymore and some of the partakers.
Then for the 1st time, I saw with my other half the Shrine of our Woman of Guadalupe where the Blessed Virgin appeared to Juan Diego, a native of Mexico, and where the picture of the Blessed Mary was printed in his coat. It is a miracle.
The Divine Mercy attention was still unheard of and my better half was a devotee of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Today, I’m all alone in our house but my sons Bong and Rommel who sleep in my room with a male carer were there to give me company.
My wife, for the 1st time in our wedded bliss, attended a convention retreat in Malibu Center in California, USA for 6 days exclusive for leaders in the Catholic church alone.
Monsignor Rey Manuel Monsanto together with some four Philippine clergymen, Monina Tayamin, a nationwide evangelist from Manila, and Fr. Mar Arenas, president of the Philippine Apostolic Congress of Mercy and the rector of the Nation’s Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Marilao, Bulacan, and Msgr. Rey Manuel Monsanto who is the religious director of the Western Mindanao Divine Mercy ecclesiastical area where he is the regional spiritual director.
I’m all for the glory of Our Lord God regardless of whether my other half isn’t with me, for she wants such deep information regarding how to effectively promote in Mindanao, in her area of responsibility, the glory of The Lord God through the devotion of the Divine Mercy together with other lay leaders in Mindanao.
She is going to be home in the last week of July where I’ll meet her at the NAIA Airfield with my child Rommel and his spouse Kookie.
In the remaining years of our lives, we will dedicate it devotedly for God’s glory and just like the biblical leader, Joshua, when he claimed, as for me and my household we’re going to serve the Lord.
Looking back, the Lord prepared us to serve in His Shrine as reported tagza.com.
Greeting 101
