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 better half and I went to central Europe for the 1st time and for 31 days from London, Britain, to Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria to Spain, Switzerland and to Holland, we stayed for two days in each major city that we visited.
We paid a visit to the famous Shrines of the Sanctified 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 World Convention in Nice, France since she had to return to Cagayan de Oro hurriedly for her pop, Santiago Gavas, who was ninety years of age , passed away surprisingly.
Our boy Bong accompanied her back since I had to attend in Nice, France a Rotary World Convention where I pre-registered and it was in this convention where I heard the passing affidavit of the living saint, Mum Theresa of Calcutta, India, an Austrian state a small and frail girl who touched the Rotarians in a straightforward speech in English.
An American Astronaut, John Glenn, who later on changed into a US Senator, shared his experience in outer space which deepened his Christian trust in God.
The second time we were back was in Eastern Europe and we paid a visit 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 made a trip to the pretty city of Prague in the Czech Republic.In Medjugorje you can find a good Medjugorje accommodation.
For three times, my other half and I returned to the Usa with our boys Bong and Rommel and the 3rd time was with widow Grace Dalisay where I attended a Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada. We took off from Seattle City in a small plane to Calgary and we had a very frightening flight for it’s a stormy night and the flight was additional rough. Thank The Lord we arrived safely in Calgary for we prayed to Him intensely.
In our return home, we went to Vancouver, Canada and witnessed the beautiful Niagara Falls and we traveled by train from Buffalo Town to New York City and returned home through Honolulu, Hawaii to Manila.
It’s good always to be back in our beautiful country, the Pearl of the Orient Seas.
When we travelled to Singapore 10 years after with our boys, then to Shenzhen, China, Macau and Shanghai, in Mainland China, our grandchildren joined us. We visited modern and complicated towns on a train from Hongkong.
My grandkids enjoyed it very much . It was terribly memorable to them.
Of course, it was kind of pricey but the experiences were boosting and widening.
When my better half and I joined the Eucharistic Congress of the Guts of Jesus in Guadalajara, Mexico, it was a different sort of non secular exposure. Some Dominican Priests of UST and Sacred Heart of Jesus Clergymen were with us in that religious convention.
My wife and I saw the majestic Pyramids of the pagans in Mexico Town where my wife climbed it up with the more youthful clergymen. I did not go up any longer and some of the partakers.
Then for the 1st time, I saw with my better half the Shrine of our Woman of Guadalupe where the Sanctified Virgin seemed to Juan Diego, a local of Mexico, and where the image of the Sanctified Mary was printed in his coat. It’s a miracle.
The Divine Mercy devotion was still extraordinary and my other half was an advocate of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Today, I am totally alone in our house but my boys Bong and Rommel who sleep in my room with a male carer were there to give me company.
My better half, for the 1st time in our married life, attended a seminar retreat in Malibu Center in California, USA for 6 days exclusive for leading players in the Catholic church alone.
Monsignor Rey Manuel Monsanto together with some four Philippine monks, Monina Tayamin, a countrywide 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’s the regional religious director.
I am all for the glory of God whether or not my better half is not with me, for she wishes such deep data regarding how to effectively promote in Mindanao, in her area of responsibility, the glory of The Lord God thru the attention of the Divine Mercy together with other lay front runners in Mindanao.
She is going to be home in the last week of July where I can meet her at the NAIA Airport with my child Rommel and his wife 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 said, as for me and my household we’ll serve the Lord.
Casting backwards, the Lord prepared us to serve in His Shrine as reported tagza.com.
First Baptist Church of Ozark Low Brass Quartet Offertory March 30th 2008
