4:29 PM
One more day to Confirmation two more days before our Advanced Party, led by Uncle Al, descends upon Guinobatan town. We're literally on the edge of our seats and raring to go, especially following a two-day Youth Conference that saw us being prayed over by all the youths and adults present, again led by Uncle Al (where did he come from???).
Anyway Saturday morning and mid-day was spent on another detailed briefing on safety procedures by Daniel Seow's dad, Uncle Richard, who is with the advance party. I am sure we will keep the pointers he made to heart. Not too bad really. Lots of common sense. Then Uncle Al proceeded with the final administration and departure formalities: collection of indemnity forms, distribution of bag tags and coloured strings, finalisation of particulars. And finally, we did the packing of the goods that we would be bringing. Came up to about 15 boxes!
It was quite a chaotic scene in the room where the packing was being made, with catechists, parents, godparents and the young people themselves joining hands in boxing up the goods. With so many people helping out, the seemingly daunting task became a breeze. Later on, after lunch, a small group of us caught up with Uncle Al at Music Plaza (in Thomson Plaza, just across the road from our church) who was buying a Yamaha classic guitar to be brought to Bicol as a gift. Honoured with the task of transporting it was Kenneth Toi, who is travelling with the main party on Tuesday. Then Kevin Ke dropped the bombshell: his maid's family is from Guinobatan!
And so, everybody, were on the way soon. Sr Angeline said there will be many surprises waiting for us when we get there. Let us pray for each other! - Apha Mission Omega
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