Teaching children is not as easy as 123. You must exert time and effort. From studying your lessons for them and teaching them. Last week, we had our 3-day VBS. Actually, VBS is held every summer. I was one of the teachers. The VBS theme was "Wild wild West". This talks about the way Jesus lives long before, the stories of the great men in the Bible, and the good values that these characters shared based to their life's experiences and most of all the "SALVATION."

Teacher Nanette and I was assigned to those children ages from 9-12 years old. We called them the JUNIORS' CLASS. We had 27 students in our class and almost 300 children all in all. My hope is that these children will keep the lessons we shared to them in their hearts and apply it throughout their lives.

Last Tuesday (April 13) to Thursday (April 16), we had our 1st Unified Bible Baptist Churches Camp At Camp Bernadette in Bangkas, Toril Davao City. Our church was the one who hosted the camp. Our camp's theme is "My Son give me thine heart..." which is found in the book of Proverbs 23:26. This camp is intended to all baptist young people to unite once again and fellowship with one another as well as convince the young people to give their hearts to the service of the LORD. There are 20 different baptist churches from Davao City who joined the camp. The main speaker of the camp was Pastor Elijah Alvaro ( my father's playmate way back). I did not stay on the campsite due to work schedules but I went there last Tuesday and Thursday. I had a very great time though I just have a little time to mingle with other fellow baptist young people. As i stayed in the campsite, our fellow church members rendered a very joyful games to us. Though it is not a competition but we considered as a fellowship. Meanwhile, I was very happy i received gifts from the camp. First, my name was picked by the host and I was compelled to join a game. I was not the winner of the game but they still gave me, together with the 10 picked participants, a hello kitty stuff toy. Second, my little brother won a heart-shaped stuff toy from the"dart game". Aside from that, there are a lots of memorabilia that was given to us such as bookmarks, keychains, pencil holders/cases, marker pens, notebooks, ballpens, foods, and candies. Some campers received trophies for their excellent attitude during the 3-days camp. All of these stuff are great but what i really treasured most when i joined the camp was the message brought by Pastor Elijah Alvaro to every young people. In our 3-days in our camp, i really gain some knowledge and wisdom from his message that the things in these world is valuable for us but we don't realize that the most valuable thing to considered is the "shedding of the blood in the cross by the only begotten son "Jesus Christ". It's not too late for us to receive Him as our Personal Lord and Savior as long as we still breathe but when we died its too late for us to receive him. Salvation is a free gift that everybody must know and accept it. He also stated that when we offer our hearts to God and be in the service of Him, that's the time we can tell that life is beautiful and nothing more beautiful. I really appreciated all the people behind this camp. They did a great job. Two thumbs up to all of you! =)

• Holy Week is a traditional event practiced annually. This is done to commemorate the death, the burial, and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But do you really know the exact meaning of this?
• Hundreds of flagellants paraded in the Philippines just to atone their sins at the start of Easter celebrations. Stripped to the waist young people whipped their backs, tearing into tender flesh and drawing blood. But is that enough?
• If only these people know the real meaning of Jesus' death in the cross of Calvary because of his love for us then they will realize that the whipping and drawing of blood at their back is not enough because salvation is a free gift. God just wants us to receive and accept Him as our personal Lord and Savior and that's the time we can have the remission of our sins.
• To understand more, watch this inspirational clip "The Bridge" as part of my Lenten Blog Special.

Last Monday, April 6 '09, my family and I went to Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) to have an over night stay. We started our trip around 4:00 in the afternoon and got there (in Kaputian, our first destination) around 7:00 pm. It is a very long trip actually. We had to passed through the sea, rocky mountain, forests, etc. I'll just put the pictures here to summarize everything. =)

Click the pictures to view them clearly. At the barge. From Sta. Ana Davao Barge going to IGACOS barge. At Kaputian Beach Resort. Early in the morning swimming (6:00 am) Kaputian's Dugong. This preserved Dugong was found dead at the beach's shore. With my brothers and nieces. The bluer part of the water is already deep about 100-800 below ( i guess). It's a little creepy below . I just posted this for you to see the island's curve. (Don't mind my post) See the shades of blue? The darker the shade means the deeper. At Hagimit Falls. At the very top of the falls. My brother sat on the rock above the falls. The Falls. Wonderfully made by GOD. Haha. =) i know you will be smiling in this picture. This is the small part of the Hagimit falls. Dimple and Angel. Nice view right? Show me your post Angel. What a nature behind her.

Hope you like my pictures. hehe.. Actually, I have a lot of pics from our vacation. Hopefully, we will still have one, two, three or more vacations. hehe... By the way, we spent our night at Kaputian and went back home on the very next day around 6 in the evening. So, you? Where will you spend your vacation?

Summer is here! Beaches, swimsuits, slippers, umbrellas, beach balls, etc - are some of the most memorable stuffs when we think of summer.. try to look at the image below.. is it wonderful to spend your summer vacation there? a beautiful paradise that makes our hot summer cool... well, one of the summer getaways is no other than the beach..i dont know why people love to go to beaches where in fact the sun is very hot that it could burn your skin.. maybe one of the reason is this... uhmmm, am i right? maybe yes. especially for most young men.. hahaha .. well, i considered summer as the THE HOTTEST SEASON OF THE YEAR yet the most enjoyable to spend your time with your family and friends. As the summer season starts, i know there are a lot of people spend their time together not only in beaches but somewhere else. That's the real mania about summer : bonding and spending one's time to one another. have a great summer!!!! xiao!!!!!