Waiting became more personal for us this year. Waiting is a difficult period especially when we could not see what would happen in the future and we could barely understand why something happens. This became a real experience for us when my brother-in-law, Adonis, got sick due to kidney disease. This morning, December 3, heContinue reading “Strength in Waiting”
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In Loving Memory of our “Spiritual Mother”
It seems just like yesterday when she was still with us. But now, like a dream, she’s gone. Ate Tessie, as most of us fondly calls her, is our Pastor, mother, and supporter in the church. She’s missionary by heart. For many of us, she has always been a “spiritual mother”. She had groomed us,Continue reading “In Loving Memory of our “Spiritual Mother””
Being Honest About Grief
The unpleasant feeling of grief is not very appealing to many of us. Distress and tears are burrowing into any little left energy we have to move on. In the state of grief, so much of life whorls around in slow motion. The vitality of life losses its spirit. We feel like we have fallenContinue reading “Being Honest About Grief”