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Keeping Alumni and Friends in Touch
MVC Website: http://www.MVCollege.edu.ph/
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Editor/Coordinator: Eddie Zamora
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After the message, the life story of Dr. Agripino Segovia, former MVC president, was shown through a video presentation prepared by Prof. Erasmo Gauzon, MVCiana curator, and Mr. Oscar Vidal, Computer Lab Systems Administrator.
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Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Family of 4: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.
Keeping Alumni and Friends in Touch
MVC Website: http://www.MVCollege.edu.ph/
MVC E-mail Address: mvcollege@eudoramail.com
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Editor/Coordinator: Eddie Zamora
Riverside, California
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February 29, 2008
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February 29, 2008
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IN THIS ISSUE
Editor's Thoughts
Announcements
News From The Campus
News From Other Alumni
Things to Think About
Letters
The Garden of Your Daily Living
The Lighter Side
Prayer Requests
Acknowledgment
Editorial Staff
Closing Thoughts
EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
CHANGES
I read part of the news articles that Nelson Madriaga sent before writing this. My attention was caught by that piece on the Valentine party that the faculty had. The part that I thought was interesting was when pictures of the faculty couples were shown in the "Then" and "Now" feature. I imagine that the first was a picture of the couple taken maybe several years back, then a recent picture of them. I could imagine the chuckles from group about comments given by fellow teachers regarding noticeable changes. Probably the clothes showed a different period of time, maybe the head of the man showed evidence of "HIV" (hair is vanishing) and the lady had some ridiculous hairdo (which was the IN thing at that time), maybe there was a change of weight, etc. Changes.
Changes take place everyday. In fact some things change so fast. For example when one buys electronic items, it is suggested that buying an extended warranty is not practical because by the time the item may have a problem it may not be worth the money to get it repaired. By then several generations of that item had come and. I bought a laptop a year ago which I passed on to my son Kevin. By the time I got another one, the properties of the other laptop were "obsolete."
We change as time goes by. The way we were several years back is not what we are now. This does not refer to appearance only (some former students of mine did not recognize me at the alumni reunion in Arlington, Texas), but there are several factors which we could consider. Have we become more knowledgeable about modern things? Can we work with gadgets for the home, instruments in hospitals and other work places, computers, digital things, etc.? How are we now with regards to how we relate to friends and strangers? How about how we relate to our spouse? How well do we serve our fellow men? Are we better stewards of our talents, money, and time? And above all, how is our relationship with our Lord?
No one can answer those questions better than you. I hope our answers are more on the positive, that we have grown better as the years pass and changes take place in our lives.
Eddie Zamora
Riverside, California
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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NEW ADDRESS FOR MVC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WESTERN USA
The Alumni Association Western USA Chapter has a new mailing address. The chapter executive committee voted to authorize the treasurer to rent a mailbox at the Loma Linda post office. So if you wish to send something by mail to the Alumni Association chapter use this mailing address:
MVC Alumni Association Western USA
P.O. Box 1811
Loma Linda, CA 92354
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WE ARE SHORT OF SOME AMOUNT IN OUR FUND-RAISING
A few weeks back the executive committee was presented with the need of an MVC alumna, Lowelyn Dumapig. She was terminally ill and wanted to go home to the Philippines but did not have the funds. So the committee voted to advance the needed amount as some type of a loan to help her with the trip home. To repay that loan some officers were to make presentations at Filipino churches to inform alumni of the help given and to encourage them help repay the loan. As of this writing the association still needs $500 to cover the advanced amount. It would be greatly appreciated if alumni would be kind-hearted enough to give some amount to cover that loan.
UPDATE FOR MVCSN CONVENTION
CEU -- Lunch will be provided for those who pre-registered early.
To make Hotel booking: Phone no. is: 1-800-327-0363. Pls. mention Mountain View School of Nursing
or Philippine School of Nursing
We are in the process of updating the MVCSN alumni roster.
Pls. e-mail Pel Bautista at Ropel27@embarqmail.com the ff. information:
Name, Address, E-mail (if applicable), Phone no., and Year Graduated.
Attention to the class presidents:
Pls. let us know if you like to reserve tables for your respective classes.
Thanks.
Pelvina Bautista
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NEWS FROM THE CAMPUS
(Sent by Nelson Madriaga)
CATARATA IS MVC 55TH FOUNDATION DAY SPEAKER
Valencia City Mayor Leandro Catarata spoke during the Thanksgiving Service commemorating MVC’s 55th Foundation Day, February 26, at 5 p.m. Dr. Daniel Dial, college president, introduced him.
Mayor Catarata expressed his admiration for the ideals MVC stands for and her accomplishments. He especially commended the School of Nursing because one of its graduates, Pierre Florendo, got the third place in the 2007 Licensure Exam for Nurses. “The Valencia City government,” he said, “is proud of MVC. It has also become a tourist destination in Bukidnon.”
After the message, the life story of Dr. Agripino Segovia, former MVC president, was shown through a video presentation prepared by Prof. Erasmo Gauzon, MVCiana curator, and Mr. Oscar Vidal, Computer Lab Systems Administrator.
The musical numbers were provided by the Strings in Harmony, Faculty Alumni Voices, and Hilltop Chorale. During the Barrio Fiesta/Thanksgiving Meal sponsored by the MVC administration in coordination with barangay captains and members, special numbers were presented by the MVC Faith Elementary School Band, the Bangkakawan Cultural Group, and the MVCA.
At 4:30 a.m. on that day, a serenade and a Diana went around the campus. It was followed by a morning devotional at the Grandstand. The speaker was Pastor Felipe Caballero, retired president of Valencia Sanitarium & Hospital and an MVC faculty member in the 1960s. After his talk, Professors Sarah Decelyn Gauzon, Gemini Asok, Glady Pagunsan, and James Sumagaysay led the “Shebashe Exercise” that left everyone breathless.
From 8 a.m. to 12. p.m., the Physical Education students under Prof. Evangeline Pomoy presented Rhythmic Activities 1 & 11. In between the presentations, the Reach-out Gymnaires performed acrobatic stunts.
At 2 p.m. Mr. Rene Biclar, MVCA teacher, coordinated the Laro ng Bayan. Some of the games played were: Chicken Catching, Egg Throwing, Sack Race, Chinese Garter, Tug of War, Pole Climbing, Water Polo, Walkathon, and Karang.
Chaired by Dr. Daniel Dial and Prof. Arceli Rosario, the Foundation Day program focused on three themes: Recounting the Leadings of the Lord, Reviving the Spirit of the Pioneers, and Reviewing the Legacy of Dr. Agripino C. Segovia.
A painting exhibit by the Painting 1 class of Dr. Juliet Fancubit and a Photo Gallery featuring Dr. AC Segovia was held at the MT Oliverio Foundation Conference Hall.
FACULTY ASSOCIATION HOLDS VALENTINES PARTY
FACULTY ASSOCIATION HOLDS VALENTINES PARTY
On the evening of February 17, the MVC Faculty Association members held a Valentines Special at the Hotel Valencia with the theme “Love in Retrospect.”
The emcees, Mr. Ebenezer Malilay Jr. and Prof. Sarah Decelyn Gauzon, welcomed the faculty who came in their ‘60’s and ‘70’s attire. After the prayer of Prof. Royvel Alburo, Prof. Arceli Rosario gave a remark on the importance of Valentine’s Day.
While eating dinner, pictures of faculty members and their spouses showing their “then and now” poses elicited much laughter. Shown on their faces were telltale signs of the passing of time.
Mr. Mathitias Aviles serenaded the group with his rendition of “You’ll Be in My Heart.”
Mr. Mathitias Aviles serenaded the group with his rendition of “You’ll Be in My Heart.”
Highlighting the evening’s affair were the Balak, Best in Costume, and Serenade contests. The prizes for the Balak went to: Pastor Ultimino Rivera Jr., first; Dr. Ian Abordo, second; Pastor Rogelio Nomus, third.
The Best in Costume prizes were given to: Dr. & Mrs. Abelardo Era whose attire were in matching color and print, first; Mr. & Mrs. Martin Pomoy, second; and Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gerapusco, third.
The first prize for the Serenade contest was won by the members of Barangay Jamandre who called themselves Jamandrigals. The Pine Wood Chorale from Pines Drive got the second prize. Barangay Ranch Drive was third.
In his closing speech, Pastor Clyde Sumatra, Faculty Association president, thanked the association officers for organizing the party. He also welcomed Dr. Daniel Dial who arrived from Australia that afternoon
--Reported by Mr. Ebenezer Malilay Jr.
ORBOC, OLOGUIN BAG 1ST & 2ND PRIZES IN BFJPIA QUIZ BOWL
Clean War Orboc and Richiel Gay Ologuin, second and first year accountancy students, respectively, won the first and second prizes of the general accounting category of the quiz bowl during the Bukidnon Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountancy (BFJPIA) held at the Bukidnon State University, Malaybalay City, February 17.
--Reported by Mr. Ebenezer Malilay Jr.
ORBOC, OLOGUIN BAG 1ST & 2ND PRIZES IN BFJPIA QUIZ BOWL
Clean War Orboc and Richiel Gay Ologuin, second and first year accountancy students, respectively, won the first and second prizes of the general accounting category of the quiz bowl during the Bukidnon Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountancy (BFJPIA) held at the Bukidnon State University, Malaybalay City, February 17.
Delegates from Bukidnon State University, Central Mindanao University, San Isidro College, and Mountain View College, attended the convention. Mr. Moises Panganiban, Philippine Institute for Certified Public Accountants president, and Region 10 and Caraga Region JPIA president, Ms. Rowena Veloso, gave the messages.
The School of Business congratulates Clean War and Richiel Gay for their accomplishment. The SB is equally proud of the MVC accountancy students who hold important offices in the BFJPIA. Lester Ryan Elcana, president; Betty Lou Empuesto, social manager; and Lizzie Aufranc Rosalita, Ambassador of Goodwill, were elected during their meeting in July last year. They hold the offices for one school year.
The MVC delegation was headed by Mrs. Angie Aguillon, chairperson, BS Accountancy.
ISA HOLDS BANQUET
Sixty members of the MVC International Student Association held a Valentines/Friendship Banquet at Chilli’z Restaurant, Valencia City, February 14, from 6:30 – 11 in the evening.
ISA HOLDS BANQUET
Sixty members of the MVC International Student Association held a Valentines/Friendship Banquet at Chilli’z Restaurant, Valencia City, February 14, from 6:30 – 11 in the evening.
Leading the ISA are the following officers and the countries they represent: Blake Napwatt, president (Vanuatu), Westgaard Toribiong, vp religious (Palau); Rita Gillete, vp social (Belize); Nikka Roca, secretary (USA); Ken Likert Rosendo, treasurer (USA); Ernesto Go, PIO (USA); Lucky Girl Baliton-Munson, artist (USA); P. Joshua Go, artist (USA).
The MVC international students come from Mongolia, the USA, Korea, Vanuatu, Peoples Republic of China, Indonesia, Palau, East Timor, Belize, the Marshall Islands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Germany, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
NEWS FROM OTHER ALUMNI
GENERAL CONFERENCE AUDITING SERVICE (GCAS) HOLDS SECOND INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
All roads lead to
More than 440 auditors and their spouses from all parts of the world attended the historic
meeting. It was historic in the making as it was the first time that a Seventh-day Adventist meeting in
The theme “Delivering Excellence!” is so timely as each auditor strives to deliver excellence to the
The seminar was attended by GCAS Board members, GC Vice Presidents, GC Treasurer, Division Treasurers and of course GCAS auditors and their spouses.
The Seminar is also a kind of
One of the highlight of the meeting is the introduction of the new GCAS Director, Paul Douglas who replaced Eric Korff who just retired from GCAS after many years of service to the auditing department of the
Romy Halasan,
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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
I am learning……
that a good sense of humor is money in the bank. In life. On the job. In a
marriage.
that a good attitude can control situations you can’t. That any bad
experience can be a good one. It all depends on me.
to slow down more often and enjoy the trip. To eat more ice cream
and less bran.
that you can do something in an instant that will give you a heartache
for life.
that bitterness and gossip accomplish nothing, but forgiveness and love
accomplish everything.
that it takes years to build trust and seconds to destroy it.
to always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time
to see them.
that if I am standing on the edge of the cliff, the best way forward
is to back up. That you don’t fail when you lose, you fail when you
quit.
that too many people spend a lifetime stealing time from those who
love them most, trying to please the ones who care about them least.
that money is a lousy way of keeping score. That true success is not
measured in cars, homes, or bank accounts, but in relationships.
that having enough money isn’t nearly as much fun as I thought it
would be when I did not have any. That money buys less than you
think.
that helping another is far more rewarding than helping myself. That
those who laugh more, worry less.
that you cannot make anyone love you. But you can work on being lovable.
that degrees, credentials and awards mean far less that I thought they
would.
that I will never regret a moment spent reading the Bible or praying. Or
a kind word. Or a day at the beach.
that laughter and tears are nothing to be ashamed of. To celebrate the
good things. And pray about the bad.
and I am learning that the most important thing in the world is loving
God. That everything good comes from that.
Submitted by Raylene Rodrigo- Baumgart from “The Big Book of Lists to live by”
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AN ADVICE FROM WARREN BUFFET
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity.
Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share of stock at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same, small 3-bedroom house in midtown Omaha that he bought after he got
Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share of stock at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same, small 3-bedroom house in midtown Omaha that he bought after he got
married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not
have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the
CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on
a regular basis.
He has given his CEO's only two rules.
Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your shareholder's money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His pastime after he gets home is to make
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His pastime after he gets home is to make
himself some popcorn and watch television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man, met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man, met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think
he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So, he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour.
But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of
Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people: "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and remember:..
A. Money doesn't create man, but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say. Just listen to them, but do what makes you feel good.
D. Don't go for brand names. Wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things. Spend on those who really are in need.
F. After all, it's your life. Why give others the chance to rule your life?"
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people: "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and remember:..
A. Money doesn't create man, but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say. Just listen to them, but do what makes you feel good.
D. Don't go for brand names. Wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things. Spend on those who really are in need.
F. After all, it's your life. Why give others the chance to rule your life?"
From the Internet--Shared by Ruby Capalad
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This was passed to me. Click on the link and you may also enjoy the message.
This was sent to me, and I feel that it shold be passed along. Please click on, or copy and paste the link below, and don't forget to turn up the volume and be blessed!
http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy/specials/blessed.htm
http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy/specials/blessed.htm
(This was sent to me by Irene Artigas)
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THE COST OF FOOD
A comparison of the food expenditure per week by families in different regions of the world.
(Contributed by Beb Sunega)
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Family of 4: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States: The Revis family of North Carolina (Sure hope most American
families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.)
Family of 4: $341.98
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Family of 5: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Family of 5: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.)
Family of 4: $341.98
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Family of 5: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Family of 5: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Family of 5: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Family of 12: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family of 5: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Family of 12: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Family of 9: $31.55
Family of 9: $31.55
Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Family of 13: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Family of 6: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Family of 13: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Family of 6: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Don't know about you, but right about now, I'm counting my blessings!
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LETTERS
Dear Jessie,
A shorter article was published in the Southwestern Union Conference' magazine (Southwestern Union Record, January 2008 issue page 29). You can log on to www.swurecord.org/texas to read it. It is about the scholarship fund that I established at Adventist University of the Philippines last July 17, 2007.
It might be of interest to CyberFlashes readers that an MVC graduate (1979) was able to put up a fund to help even just one student (to) finish a degree.
I better introduce myself. My name is Levi De Ocampo, a BS Agriculture graduate of 1979. I am married to the former Emerencianita Demafiles, 1977 BSN graduate. We are living in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston. I am could send the history of the Fund, a list of applicants and other information to interested readers.
Thank you very much.
Levi De Ocampo
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Dear Bill & family,
This is the worst news, indeed, for you to lose two members of the family at about the same time, and not long after an earlier death. Some things in life we will never understand now, and we just have to bear the deep sorrow. Even if it comes close to crushing us, we just have to trust that God is aware of it all, that He suffers with us, and that He, too, wishes it didn't have to be.
We are very sorry and are saddened. May you feel the comfort of God through His promises and Jesus' soon return.
Sincerely,
JunBien Nebres
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THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING
(How To Plant Your Garden
First, you Come to the garden alone,
while the dew is still on the roses....)
while the dew is still on the roses....)
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another
NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another
TO CONCLUDE, OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.
There is much fruit in your garden because you reap what you sow.
NOT BAD, HUH?!
Now, share the fruit of your garden with other people.
(Contributed by Beb Sunega)
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THE LIGHTER SIDE
Someone saw a billboard that said,
"Need help, call Jesus."
1-800-005-3787
"Need help, call Jesus."
1-800-005-3787
...Out of curiosity he called the number.
'A guy showed up with a tow truck.'
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NEW DEFINITIONS
BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye.
CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people.
CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.
COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
DUST: Mud with the juice squeezed out.
EGOTIST: Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.
HANDKERCHIEF: Cold Storage.
INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
MOSQUITO: An insect that makes you like flies better.
RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn.
SECRET: Something you tell to one person at a time.
SKELETON: A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.
TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction.
TOMORROW: One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.
YAWN: An honest opinion openly expressed.
WRINKLES: Something other people have, similar to my character lines.
(Contributed by Cesar Decolongon)
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PRAYER REQUESTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I'd like to express my gratitude to the following persons for sending contributions which make this issue possible: Irene Artigas, Raylene Baumbart, Pel Bautista, Ruby Capalad, Cesar Decolongon, Levi De Ocampo, Romy Halasan, Nelson Madriaga, Ebenezer Malilay, Jr., Bien and Jun Nebres, Beb Sunega.
This issue is edited and coordinated by Eddie Zamora. Next week's editor/coordinator will be Bien Nebres. Please direct all entries and contributions to her at her e-mail address. You may also contact the other editors/coordinators at their addresses below who compose:
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Eddie Babao ebabao2 at cox dot net
Jessie Colegado jesscole at filipinoadventist dot org
Evelyn Tabingo etabingo at comcast dot net
Bienvisa Nebres bnebres at missioncollege dot edu
Eddie Zamora ezamora594 at aol dot com
Please check these other websites:
1. http://www.MVC.edu.ph/
2. http://www.mvcollege.info/
3. http://www.MVCollege.org
4. http://www.virtualMVC.com
5. http://www.filipinoadventist.org
6. http://datutigas.googlepages.com/home
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Let us include in our prayers:
God's comforting presence to be with the Asher Barrientos, Natalia Santiago, and Tambalque families as they grieve the passing away of a loved one. We pray for God's Comforter to surround them in their moments of sadness.
God's comforting presence to be with the Asher Barrientos, Natalia Santiago, and Tambalque families as they grieve the passing away of a loved one. We pray for God's Comforter to surround them in their moments of sadness.
Wynona Ligsay, who was involved in a vehicular accident in Arizona,USA, and Cyrus Claveria who was also in an accident in Tupi, South Cotabato. May God give them His healing touch.
MVC alumni and friends who are sick: Pastor Japhet Legario, the church pastor of the MVC Alumni Church, who recently had bypass surgery, (let us give thanks for his recovery); Linda Sumalnap-Alcorin, and Jevelyn "Jingbie" Frias, an MVC alumna working as a missionary physician in Kathmandu, Nepal. Let us pray for their complete recovery.
The evangelistic project called Share Him and General Youth Conference with ASI (NAD) in Central Philippines and the evangelistic reaping campaign in May 2008.
Our missionaries and their families who serve in different parts of the globe, those in African countries where their lives may be in danger. We pray for their health and safety, especially in places where the situations are perilous.
The leaders, faculty, and staff of MVC. May the school continue to "Shine On Till Jesus Comes".
MVC alumni who are leaders at different levels of the Adventist denomination from the General Conference down to the local churches, as well as those who support MVC in various ways.
The work of the SULADS and the students enrolled in the SULADS high school.
Each other as we share God's everlasting love to those around us.
MVC alumni and friends who are sick: Pastor Japhet Legario, the church pastor of the MVC Alumni Church, who recently had bypass surgery, (let us give thanks for his recovery); Linda Sumalnap-Alcorin, and Jevelyn "Jingbie" Frias, an MVC alumna working as a missionary physician in Kathmandu, Nepal. Let us pray for their complete recovery.
The evangelistic project called Share Him and General Youth Conference with ASI (NAD) in Central Philippines and the evangelistic reaping campaign in May 2008.
Our missionaries and their families who serve in different parts of the globe, those in African countries where their lives may be in danger. We pray for their health and safety, especially in places where the situations are perilous.
The leaders, faculty, and staff of MVC. May the school continue to "Shine On Till Jesus Comes".
MVC alumni who are leaders at different levels of the Adventist denomination from the General Conference down to the local churches, as well as those who support MVC in various ways.
The work of the SULADS and the students enrolled in the SULADS high school.
Each other as we share God's everlasting love to those around us.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I'd like to express my gratitude to the following persons for sending contributions which make this issue possible: Irene Artigas, Raylene Baumbart, Pel Bautista, Ruby Capalad, Cesar Decolongon, Levi De Ocampo, Romy Halasan, Nelson Madriaga, Ebenezer Malilay, Jr., Bien and Jun Nebres, Beb Sunega.
This issue is edited and coordinated by Eddie Zamora. Next week's editor/coordinator will be Bien Nebres. Please direct all entries and contributions to her at her e-mail address. You may also contact the other editors/coordinators at their addresses below who compose:
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THE EDITORIAL STAFF
Eddie Babao ebabao2 at cox dot net
Jessie Colegado jesscole at filipinoadventist dot org
Evelyn Tabingo etabingo at comcast dot net
Bienvisa Nebres bnebres at missioncollege dot edu
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CLOSING THOUGHTS
Never take for granted every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day and realize that you have lost a diamond because you were too busy collecting stones.
HAPPY SABBATH DAY TO ALL, AND HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. ENJOY YOUR EXTRA DAY OF FEBRUARY
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Mountain View College
The School of the Light
Shine On Till Jesus Comes!
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Editor/Coordinator: Jessie P. Colegado
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January 20, 2012
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‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of Hosts (Zechariah 4:6, HCSB).
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IN THIS ISSUE
“I Know What I’m Doing”
Very Important Announcement
Recreating The Youth Is Theme of CSC Days
List of Scholarship Recipients Released
Advent Philomels Reach Out to Sendong Victims
DXCR Is Finally Back on Air
SOE Holds Dedication Ceremony
One of The Street Children
Mark Your Calendars
The Story of Freedom and Jeff
Smiles
I'm Still Carrying the Pizza
Prayer Requests
Department of Recognition
Editorial Stuff
Websites and Links
In Closing
“I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING”
The year 2012 has barely begun and it seems that we have been thrown violently into it. At least, for me that is how it seems because we began the year with a major meeting of our organization. The last two weeks had been very hectic for us in this corner because we welcomed about 160 delegates to our constituency meeting. The amount of preparatory work had been tremendously heavy, including the work needed in order for us to function as proper hosts.
In the midst of all that stress, the devil threw a monkey wrench into the whole setup. (You can count on him to make real surprises without warning.) It came in the form of a notice saying that the place we had planned to use as lodging places for the delegates would no longer be available because the government wanted to use it as an examination center. And that notice came right in the middle of January 1 before the euphoria of the New Year had worn off. Intense negotiations were then conducted with all important players and, to make the story short, relief came when the government agency backed off but at the expense of some ill feelings on their part.
On the other hand, when that information came on January 1 we put on hold all preparations because we began to formulate an emergency Plan B. To begin with, we did not put together an alternative plan because we were certain of everything falling into place since we had informed the school administration six months ago. As late as the middle of December, they told us that everything had been arranged and there was no issue that should concern us. It was green light all the way. But not quite.
On hindsight, it was Murphy’s Law in full force. This humorous axiom actually sounds fatalistic and it has proven to be an effective deterrent to many good plans. However, that law does not operate with our Heavenly Father. He says, “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out -- plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for” (Jeremiah 29:11, Message).
Although it was spoken thousands of years ago, yet it has not and will not fade away. We can rely on it.
Happy New Year.
--jesscole
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**Very Important Information**
If you have sent donations for the typhoon/flood victims in northern Mindanao to the accounts of the South Philippine Union Conference (SPUC) at Banco de Oro and have not informed anyone in that office:
Please call or send a text message to Loida Paglinawan-Aggabao on this mobile number: [63] 917-706-1054.
Or email SPUC using this email address: spucmail at yahoo.com.
Or call SPUC: [63] (88) 858-6389 and talk to the receptionist.
Or do all of them. They need to know your name, the date you sent your help, and the amount that you sent so that they can apply and account for all donations properly. If you want to send more financial help, you may continue to use the following information:
BDO
Account Number: 08700-27999 (Peso)
Account Number: 100870028022 (Dollar)
Account Name: South Philippine Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Incorporated
Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City 9000, Philippines.
(From Jade Y. Soreno)
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RECREATING THE YOUTH IS THEME OF CSC DAYS
The Central Student Council is holding the CSC Days with a revival and reformation theme -- Hudyaka: Recreating the Youth. The program started on Tuesday night, January 17, with a devotional at the grandstand. A torch parade going to the front of the administration building followed. The activities will end on Sunday evening, January 21.
Noel Lagunday, CSC president, officially declared open the CSC Days, which was highlighted with the introduction of the Miss CSC contestants and a fireworks display.
The five-day activities include the following games.
· Major games: basketball, volleyball, soccer, and softball.
· Minor games: sipa takraw, swimming, table tennis, track and field, dodgeball, lawn tennis, and badminton.
· Mind games: game of the general, word factory, play for fun, scrabble, spelling bee, quiz bowl, and domino.
· Parlor Games: palosebo, bunong braso, chicken catching, sack race, karang, tug-of-war, limbo rock, Maria went to Town, and patintero.
The list of the evening activities is as follows:
· Wednesday evening -- Kakasa Ka Ba sa Grade 5?, Ms. CSC Talent Show, Filipiniana Attire, Awarding of Special Awards, Elimination Round (from top 10 to top 3), Question and Answer Portion (for the top 3), and the Coronation.
· Thursday night -- School of Nursing Night. Also featured was En Masse, a musical program participated in by the MVC singing groups.
· Saturday night -- Gymnastic Exhibition by all PE 2 classes under Prof. Evangeline Pomoy.
The closing ceremony will be on Sunday evening. It will feature Song Interpretation, Pinoy Henyo, Victim Video showing, and the awarding of prizes.
Leading the activities is Noel Lagunday, CSC president. Helping him are Anchie Veh Mariano, vice president, Crysthia Lorcyl Sistoso, acting secretary, Phil Clinton Carbonel, acting treasurer, and Azor Garlet, PIO.
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LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS RELEASED
Mrs. Chona Ramos, Registrar, has released the names of students who received scholarship grants during the first semester of Academic Year 2011-2012.
The scholarship titles and the recipients’ names are:
Full Academic Scholarship -- Wena June Acson, Jeff Khener Angga, Glysl Jee Edrolin, Vina Roze Engcy, Angelica Lumbab, Lorivelle Maabol, Maniya Faye Monta, Mercy Naguita, Sheila Mae Opeda, Sunshine Pangatungan, Glazen Mae Tijing, and Marlyn Joy Yacon.
Half-Academic Scholarship -- Ayesha Albert Abarca, Sunshine Yvonne Bacamante, Shella Dello, Terrence Jacob, Diama, Aica Quinoviva, and Christin Sescon.
Battle Memorial Scholarship -- Marilyn Abajon, Rosalie Simborio, Roland Vaflor Jr., Lowell Arquizo, James Lotilla, Maricel Labucay, Cleyron Criscini, Rodolfo Pascua Jr., MN Je Vasquez, Phobie Love Balasabas, and Sherwin Figura.
(Full) Earned Scholarship -- Cherry Mae Ampo, Ronnie Flores, Emmy Lou Isidro, Alfred Labadisos, Cherry Faith Labtang, Donna Pearl Rubino, Crythia Lorcyl Sistoso, and Rodolfo Tangente.
(Half) Earned Scholarship -- Klarrellyle Abellana, Wendie Jade Agmata, Pinky Lou Aguillon, Sol Christine Almocera, Ben Patrick Bacus, Kathleen Kay Bayogos, Vonjeeranz Budiongan, Ladylyn Butalid, Phil Clinton Carbonel, Brylle Datoy, Manilyn Dumaguit, Vashti Blez Encila, Vem Lorraine Fernandez, Jezreel Ganapin, Lovely Hernandez, Carol Jane Homez, Belle Gay Limbago, Cheryl Luceñara, Asor Mañabo, Zerra Jade Noval, Lorie Paronda, Eliazar Peniton, Eden Eve Robantes, Jonard Rodriguez, Harlen Sande, Sheena Mae Sausa, Meben Faith Tupas, and Dece Blanche Natividad.
MVC Charity Scholarship -- Marchie Decano, Catherine Sotto, Cherry Anne Sotto, Elroy Tagaca, Armante Alquizar, Darlene Jean Caliso, Alzonry Edpalina, Robelyn Eslit, Jonathan Fernandez, Jester Maglasang, Joey Mamacang, and Jacquelyn Mendoza.
De Angel Scholarship (For Education Students) -- Cherry Mae Besas, Julie Ann Catigay, and Delite Sagnoy.
FAAS (Financial Assistance for Agriculture Students) Scholarship -- Idel Abanes, Marvin Abanes, Elmer Ayad, Jeamly Gay Caliso, Roy Canales, Danny Catigay, Roberto Eslit, Lorena Lopez, Bryan Lusterio, Rue Jay Miro, Eser Morala Jr., Marissa Nanca, Godofredo Oftona, Gabriel Oyao, Dave Sagnoy, Salome Lyn Salubre, Redem Testa, and Benjie Villaruben.
CHED for Agriculture Students Scholarship -- Idel Abanes, Marvin Abanes, Santiago Abendan,Maximiano Abreo, Mahalaleel Aguda, Elmer Ayad, Aloja Barnuevo, Shenrel Baylon, Roy Canales, Clifford Candog, Danny Catigay, Gene Lou Cornelio, Eric Costorio, Mark Juniel Cullano, Venus Star Curilan, Junie Escuadro, Roberto Eslit Jr., Rowena Eslit, Joel Estabillo, Katherine Gift Fabellar, Jason Gesta, Lorena Lopez, Asher Lumayag, Bryan Lusterio, Rue Jay Miro, Gabriel Oyao, Ted Jay Ramonal, Jeff Rosalita, Marlon Lloyd Rosalita, Dave Sagnoy, Salome Lyn Salubre, Aaron Sotelo, Ritchie Ruth Talaid, Eljin Tamala, Rashid Truta, Jonathan Valdez, Joseph Vegare, Jimmy Villanosa, and Jaime Villasan.
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ADVENT PHILOMELS REACH OUT TO SENDONG VICTIMS
After performing Concerts-for-a-Cause last Sabbath, January 13-14, at the MVC Alumni Church, MVC Annex, Bagonta-as and Valencia Central Churches, the Advent Philomels went to Iligan City on Sunday to deliver relief goods to Typhoon Sendong victims who are members of the Adventist Church.
In coordination with Mr. Joel Dalaguan, the Heavenbound Association President, and the Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital College (MSH) administrators, a special gathering at the MSH College basketball court was called. The APs performed a mini-concert and handed out the goods to the people.
A total of PHP 70,000 in cash and rice packs were given to the families who were severely affected by the flood. Used clothing, shoes, and kitchen utensils that were donated during the APs’ concerts were also handed out.
Mr. Gil Micua, MVC Public Relations Director, distributed sixty sets of new blankets, sleeping mats, and mosquito nets from the money given by several donors. The family of Mrs. Joan Saladaga-Talose also gave out bottled water and served snacks. The event was a grand occasion in the name of Mountain View College.
The APs and the goods were loaded in an MVC hauler truck. With the group were Mr. Bart Poce Brondo, AP director, Ronel Fernando, Mr. and Mrs. Jovan Talose, Pastor and Mrs. Jim Adil, Mr. and Mrs. Rosario Fernando, Mrs. Isabel Panes, Mrs. Mary Ann Tanamal, Mrs. Eurica Ferrarin, and Miss Naoko “Pinky” Fujitani, Niponggo/Japanese teacher. Pinky gave a short message in Japanese, which was translated by Pastor Adil in Cebuan. She encouraged the people to move on despite the tragedy and the loss. She mentioned that what the victims went through was similar to what the Japanese people experienced when some parts of Japan were hit by the tsunami the other year. “Life goes on with God whose love never leaves us,” she concluded.
The MSH cafeteria provided free supper, after which the group returned to MVC arriving at around 1:00 A.M. Despite the hard work, the APs and the faculty members were thankful for the fun and experience in doing service for the inspiration and blessing of those suffering among us.
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DXCR IS FINALLY BACK ON AIR
The DXCR radio station finally went on the air at four o’clock in the afternoon of January 13, 2012 and is on test broadcast for two weeks after it bogged down because of an electrical problem.
The personnel and staff at present are composed mostly of volunteers -- Pastor Ultimino Rivera, Operations Manager; Mr. Jimmie Solis, Program Director; Mrs. Sarah Decelyn Gauzon, Traffic Controller; Mr. Job Tanamal, Radio Operator; and Mr. Allan Tanamal, Radio Technician. Some students have volunteered as broadcasters.
Last January 9, the personnel and staff met for the first time and discussed DXCR’s status. The group unanimously voted to recommend to the MVC Administration through the MVC Community Extension Service Office (CESO) that DXCR be placed under the jurisdiction of the CESO. The group also agreed to conduct a seminar-workshop for the new Kapisanan ng Mga Brodkasters (KBP) license holders and interested students and faculty on January 28 and 29.
Recently, DXCR was chosen by the Department of Education Region X, Division Valencia City, Valencia City District 11, Bagonta-as, to host the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Radio Based Instruction (RBI) program every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, twice a day, for all ALS students in Bukidnon. These students are the out-of-school youth and adults who had no opportunity to study because of the distance of the school from their homes and because of the economic conditions of their families. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between Mountain View College represented by Dr. Daniel Dial, College President, Mr. Erasmo Gauzon, CESO head, and Pastor Rivera and the School Division Superintendent of Valencia City, Dr. Bertilla Rayos, who is an Adventist Church member.
DXCR is still doing minor renovations on its building and upgrading its equipment after having been off the air for six years. It is now capable of sending the Good News to the surrounding barrios, municipalities, and cities in Bukidnon through its 8-10 thousand kilowatt power transmitter.
(News release by Pastor Ultimino Rivera, Jr.)
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SOE HOLDS DEDICATION CEREMONY
The School of Education (SOE), under Dr. Olivia Vasquez, Dean, will hold a Pre-service Teachers’ Dedication Ceremony with the theme “Jesus Christ: Greatest Model Mentor” at the M.T. Oliverio Foundation Hall, at 6:30 PM, January 20.
Dr. Daniel Dial, College President, will speak during the ceremony. Arbe Jane Joy Galarpe, BEEd, and Dann Merck Arellano, BSEd MAPEH, will be the song leader and pianist, respectively. Shelomi Faith Tampus, BSEd MAPEH, will render the meditation music before Eden Eve Robantes, BEEd, will give the welcome remarks.
Prof. Carthy Joy Aguillon, Language instructor, will read the litany of wisdom and Prof. Marie Valenciaco, BEEd instructor, will offer the invocation. Joy Gupit, BEEd, and companions will give the special song. Prof. Leodegario Elona, Mathematics instructor, will introduce the speaker.
Emelita Paronda, BSEd student teacher principal, and Rushsell Dimson, BEEd student teacher principal, will respond to the message of Dr. Daniel Dial. Dr. Olivia Vasquez, SOE Dean, will present the pre-service teachers and Dr. Ian Abordo, BSEd Chairperson, will lead the pledge. Prof. Alin Selidio, SOE Assistant Chairperson, will lead the litany of sending. The Candle lighting will follow. Dr. Don Leo Garilva, School of Theology Dean, will offer the dedicatory prayer and Dr. Herma Banzuelo, BEEd Chairperson, will close the program with a prayer.
The 16 pre-service teachers who will be dedicated include eight BEEds -- Cleene Apsay, Alma Beloy, Cherryl Cañete, Marlyn David, Rushsell Dimson, Socorro Eslit, and Thelma Payod and eight BSEds -- Eunice Alipan and Lormilyn Grace Bais, TLE majors; Cristy Panes, Maria Fe Olivar, Emelita Paronda, and Lorimer Lumindas II, English majors; Jemer Estrera, Mathematics major; and Zaldy Angcog, Values Education major.
(All news articles are submitted by Nelson Madriaga)
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One of the Street Children
By Samuel Tambunan
Aling is a girl who was orphaned when she was only seven years old. Due to poverty, her father left her with one of her aunties in Koronadal City where they lived for a period of time. Her father went to his relatives in the mountainous part of T’boli to seek for a living and to find food for his children.
Aling felt bad because her auntie was constantly quarreling with her husband. There were times that she could not eat even one meal in a day so she decided to run away from her auntie’s house. She went to the bus terminal and boarded a bus. As she rode, she hid herself in the back seat so that the conductor of the bus would not notice her. When the bus reached the destination in Davao City, the driver and conductor of the bus told her to get down and look for her companion. They assumed that she was one of the “Badjaos” (a Muslim tribal group looked down by others). She pretended to be a Badjao so that the bus personnel would not scold her.
She sat down beside the street looking for somebody to go with. By and by, she heard the sound of a can being beaten rapidly. She saw young kids dancing and asking alms after performing the dance. She joined these Badjao kids so that she could have something to eat. They also slept under the bridge during nighttime and hunted for their food in public places.
She survived like this for six years until she determined to go back to Koronadal City to change her course of life. When she reached Koronadal, her father who had been looking for her for a long time happened to see her. Her father took her to his house in the T’boli municipality and she was sent to the nearest public elementary school.
When Samuel Tambunan visited their village, she was very interested in listening to the lectures about the love of God. She remembered her experiences. She realized that if it were not for God’s protection she would not have been able to survive all the trials that came to her life.
She is now sixteen years old but still in grade five but she is hoping that she can enrol at the SULADS high school when she finishes her elementary level. Aling and her father together with her younger brother and sister were among the 152 baptized people last October 31, 2011 at the beach in General Santos City.
If you would like to support this mission program dedicated to taking the Gospel to the people of Mindanao, please write a check to Gospel Outreach. Mark it for the SULADS and send it to:
Gospel Outreach
P.O. Box 8
College Place, WA 99324
You may also donate to the SULADS using your credit card by logging on to Gospel Outreach's donation site (http://goaim.org/giving-2/) and follow as directed. Again, mark it for SULADS.
If you would prefer, you may write your check to the General Conference of SDA and mark the donation for SULADS and send it to:
General Conference of SDA
Donations
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Thank you for your support of this very important project.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
A very important announcement to all MVC Alumni Association of Florida Members, Friends and supporters:
Please mark your calendars and be sure to be there. Our yearly convocation will be on March 9, 10 and 11 at the Pine Lake Retreat Center in Groveland, FL. Pastor Dale Barizo, an ex-MVCian and a retired minister from San Diego, California will be our featured speaker.
For reservations of accommodations, please contact Gerry Aggabao at these numbers:
Mobile (863) 414-4520
Home (863) 382-0143
Email: swartzki@yahoo.com
Fred Niere
Mobile (863) 257-4974
Home (863) 453-4001
Email: zig0442@yahoo.com
I urge each member to make their reservations early, to make it easy on themselves and to those who are working on the programs. For suggestions, comments, or questions, please call the names and phone numbers provided above. Please pray for the success of our retreat for this year 2012.
Submitted by Fred Loriezo
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This is a beautiful story! Hope you will enjoy it!
THE STORY OF FREEDOM AND JEFF
Not many people get a picture of this proud bird
snuggled up next to them!
Freedom and Jeff
Freedom and I have been together 11 years this summer.
She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings.
Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery,
it was broken in 4 places.
She's my baby.
When Freedom came in she could not stand
and both wings were broken. She was
emaciated and covered in lice. We made the
decision to give her a chance at life, so I took
her to the vet's office. From then
on, I was always around her. We had her in a
huge dog carrier with the top off, and it
was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to
lay in. I used to sit and talk to her,
urging her to live, to fight; and she would lay
there looking at me with those big brown eyes.
We also had to tube feed her for weeks.
This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still
couldn't stand. It got to the point where the
decision was made to euthanize her
if she couldn't stand in a week. You know you don't
want to cross that line between torture and
rehab, and it looked like death was
winning. She was going to be put
down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in
on that Thursday afternoon. I didn't want to go
to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't
bear the thought of her being euthanized;
but I went anyway, and when I walked in everyone
was grinning from ear to ear. I went
immediately back to her cage; and there she was,
standing on her own, a big beautiful
eagle. She was ready to live. I was
just about in tears by then. That
was a very good day.
We knew she could never fly, so the director
asked me to glove train her.
I got her used to the glove,
and then to jesses, and we started
doing education programs for schools
in western Washington .
We wound up in the newspapers,
radio (believe it or not) and some
TV. Miracle Pets even did a show
about us.
In the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I had stage 3,
which is not good (one major organ plus
everywhere), so I wound up doing 8 months of
chemo. Lost the hair - the whole
bit. I missed a lot of work. When I
felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey
and take Freedom out for walks. Freedom would
also come to me in my dreams and help me fight
the cancer. This happened time and time again.
Fast forward to November 2000
the day after Thanksgiving,
I went in for my last checkup.
I was told that if the cancer was not
all gone after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last
option was a stem cell transplant. Anyway, they
did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for
the results. I went in Monday, and I was
told that all the cancer was gone.
So the first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and
take the big girl out for a walk. It was misty
and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her
up, and we went out front to the top of the
hill. I hadn't said a word to
Freedom, but somehow she knew. She looked at me
and wrapped both
her wings around me to where I
could feel them pressing in on my back
(I was engulfed in eagle wings), and she
touched my nose with her beak and stared into my
eyes, and we just stood there like that
for I don't know how long . That was a
magic moment. We have been soul mates ever
since she came in. This is a very special bird.
On a side note: I have had people who
were sick come up to us when we are out, and
Freedom has some kind of hold on
them. I once had a guy who was
terminal come up to us and
I let him hold her.
His knees just about buckled and he
swore he could feel her power course through his
body. I have so many stories like that..
I never forget the honor I have of being so close
to such a magnificent spirit as
Freedom.
Hope you enjoyed this!
But they that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
Cancer is a strange cell.
You can go along for years in remission
and then one day it pops its head up again.
If you ever have it you will never be free of it.
Pray for the day there will be a permanent cure.
A SMALL REQUEST...
Dear God,
I pray that You will guide someone to find a cure for cancer in 2012 .
In Jesus Name, Amen
All you are asked to do is keep this circulating.
Even if it's only to one more person.
In memory of anyone you know who has been
struck down by cancer or is still living with it
Sent by Tess Caballero
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SMILES
A pastor goes to the dentist for a set of false teeth. The first Sunday after he gets his new teeth, he talks for only eight minutes. The second Sunday he talks for only ten minutes. The following Sunday he talks for 2 hours and 48 minutes. The congregation had to mob him to get him down from the pulpit and they asked him what happened.
The pastor explains that the first Sunday his gums hurt so badly he couldn't talk for more than 8 minutes. The second Sunday his gums still hurt so much he couldn’t talk for more than 10 minutes. But the third Sunday, he put in his wife's teeth by mistake and he couldn't stop talking.
All right ladies; this is just a joke! Put down those rolling pins!
(Shared by Eric Korff)
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When a customer left his cell phone in my store, I scrolled through his saved numbers, stopped at "Mom" and pushed send. His mother answered, and I told her what happened.
"Don't worry," she said, "I'll take care of it." A few minutes later, the cell phone rang. It was "Mom."
"Martin," she said, "you left your cell phone at the convenience store."
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Environmentalists and the U.S. Forest Service were presenting an alternative to Wyoming ranchers for controlling the coyote population.
It seems that after years of the ranchers using the tried and true method of shooting or trapping the predators, the environmentalists had a "more humane" solution to this issue. What they were proposing was for the animals to be captured alive. The males would then be castrated and let loose again.
All of the ranchers thought about this amazing idea for a couple of minutes. Finally an old fellow wearing a big cowboy hat in the back of the conference room stood up, tipped his hat back and said, "Son, I don't think you understand our problem here... these coyotes ain't having sex with our sheep... they're eatin' 'em!"
The meeting never really got back to order.
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When my wife had to rush to the hospital unexpectedly, she asked me to bring her a few items from home. One item on her list was "comfortable underwear". Not sure what she considers comfortable, I asked, "How will I know which ones to pick?"
"Hold them up and imagine them on me," she answered. "If you smile, put them back."
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While I sat in the reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat there, alone and silent.
Just as I was thinking I should make small talk with him, a little boy slipped off his mother's lap and walked over to the wheelchair. Placing his hand on the man's, he said, "I know how you feel. My mom makes me ride in the stroller, too."
(From cybersalt.org)
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I'm Still Carrying the Pizza
By Saralee Perel
Last week at the supermarket, a young gal named Tara who was bagging my groceries said, "Can I help take these to your car?"
As always, for the eight years since my spinal cord injury I said, "No thanks." But that particular day, I was in trouble. I had overdone exercise the day before. Hence, I couldn't lift my feet to walk and had to shuffle instead. Tara could tell I was hurting. "Let me just help," she said sweetly.
When I finally said, "I'd love your help," I should have felt a great sense of liberation because it was the very first time I had agreed to someone helping me in all of these years. Instead, I felt like a failure.
On our way to my truck, Tara and I became friends. But at my truck, 19-year-old Tara became my teacher.
When I eventually agreed to her suggestion to sit in the front seat while she loaded the groceries, I put my head in my hands and cried. "I feel like a two hundred year old helpless wreck. I hate that someone's putting my groceries in the truck."
She stood by the open door where I was sitting. "I know you could have done this yourself," she said. "But it was so much easier to let me do it." And then she said a life-altering sentence, "Getting help should never make you feel bad. It should always make you feel good."
I will never forget her words.
She tentatively moved her arms to hug me. When we hugged, it was one of the most meaningful hugs of my life.
At home, I plunked myself down on my favorite "plunking" spot. It's in front of the fireplace where I hang out on large pillows. My husband, Bob, came in and plunked next to me. When I told him about the groceries, he tenderly brushed away my tears with his fingers.
"Sweetheart," he said. "Why is it so hard for you to ask for help?"
"Probably denial about my physical state."
"I think it's two other things," he said. "One -- asking for help makes you feel inferior and two – you think you're bothering somebody. And three --"
"You said 'two.'"
"I just thought of a third."
"I'd so love to hear it." I covered his face with a pillow.
He took the pillow away and said, "If you do that again, I'll --"
So I did it again.
He managed to say, "Is this subject a tiny bit touchy?"
"I can handle it," I lied.
"The third is that asking for help reminds you of all the things you have a hard time doing or can no longer do at all."
This time I covered my own face with the pillow and said, "I hate this!"
"I know." And with that, he helped me to a standing position. That's something he's done hundreds of times. Yet I have felt guilty every single one of those times . . . until now.
It was because of Tara that I changed. I told Bob my new conclusions: "By asking for help, does that make me inferior? Of course not. Am I bothering someone? Who knows? But if I am, whose problem is that? Will asking for help remind me of the things I can't do? Heck, yes." Bob knew my crusade was successful because of a pizza.
When he opened the pizza box I brought home the next day, he was astonished and said, "It's round! You asked for help!"
You see, before I met Tara, I'd never let anyone carry a take-out pizza to my truck. Instead, using my cane with my right arm, I'd awkwardly carry the pizza box with my left, resulting in the box constantly tilting one way and then the other. By the time I'd get home, that round pizza would be a smushed pile of cheesy red gunk in the corner of the box.
Bob and I plunked down in front of the fireplace and ate.
"How did it feel to accept help?" he said.
"Well, my new way of thinking helped. But the part about reminding me of things I can't do? Like carry my own pizza? That didn't feel good."
He took cheese off my chin and ate it. (We eat like monkeys.) "Sweetheart, you may never get used to the things you can't do. But it's better to be aware of that, than to hide under the pretense of 'I don't need help.'"
And so, I have learned the following:
1. It does not diminish me to ask for help.
2. A 19-year-old gal was more influential than the shrink I saw for two years.
3. A round pizza doesn't taste nearly as good as a pizza all smushed up into a luscious gooey pile of cheesy doughy gunk in the corner of the box.
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Award-winning columnist/novelist, Saralee Perel, can be reached at sperel@saraleeperel.com or via her website: www.saraleeperel.com. She welcomes friends on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SaraleePerel. Please click Like on her Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/4footedcoach. Her award-winning novel, "Raw Nerves," is now available as an e-book. Take a look at it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0060LNUKK/mikeysfunnies-20
Copyright 2011 Saralee Perel. Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.
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PRAYER REQUESTS
Let us pray for:
* The family and friends of Joy Luna Baliton, 57 years old, who passed away on January 12 at 1:00 P.M. in Loma Linda. Memorial service will be at 2:00 P.M., January 21, 2012, Saturday, at the Waterman Filipino-American SDA Church, 882 S. Waterman Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92408.
(Sent by Gwendolyn Ferraren Cabrales)
* The bereaved families left behind by Richard Charles “Dick” Larson, Agapito Aplaon, Jr. Marilyn Malabanan, Martha Nianga, Pastor Armando Tiangha, Rubie Fetilo Pelayo, and others who passed away recently.
* Our fellow alumni and friends who are ill or receiving treatment:
Minerva Arit-Penaranda
Nen Aviles-Carpena
Heber Carbon
Betsy Costanos-Wooljer
Nefre Dichoso
Cajilwayan Fadri
Evelyn Flores-Ronquillo
Gerry Hill
Doug Holstein (husband of Dayah Roca)
Evelyn Lipay-Florendo
Ave Catalon-Loriezo
Yve Clyde Lumasag Nadal (daughter of Edgar Nadal)
Norman Tagalog
Zelle Zamora
* The health and safety of our missionaries and their families in different parts of the world.
* The leaders, faculty, staff, and alumni of MVC as they “Shine On Till Jesus Comes”.
* The leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
* The work of the SULADS and Gospel Outreach.
* Each other while waiting for the Messiah’s coming.
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DEPARTMENT OF RECOGNITION
We wish to thank the following contributors and sources for this issue: Nelson Madriaga, Ultimino Rivera, Jr., Jade Y. Soreno, Samson Tambunan, Fred Loriezo, Gwendolyn Ferraren Cabrales, Tess Caballero, and Eric Korff. Many thanks to all of you!
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EDITORIAL STUFF
Next week’s editor/coordinator is Ed Babao. Please send your articles, essays, or any entry for the CF to his email address below.
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RELATED WEBSITES AND LINKS
1) http://www.MVC.edu.ph/
2) http://www.mvcollege.info/
3) http://www.MVCollege.org
4) http://datutigas.googlepages.com/home
5) http://www.sulads.net/
6) http://www.suladsinternational.org/
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IN CLOSING
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. -- William James
Worry is stewing without doing.
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Sunset in Juba, South Sudan
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January 20, 2012
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‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of Hosts (Zechariah 4:6, HCSB).
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IN THIS ISSUE
“I Know What I’m Doing”
Very Important Announcement
Recreating The Youth Is Theme of CSC Days
List of Scholarship Recipients Released
Advent Philomels Reach Out to Sendong Victims
DXCR Is Finally Back on Air
SOE Holds Dedication Ceremony
One of The Street Children
Mark Your Calendars
The Story of Freedom and Jeff
Smiles
I'm Still Carrying the Pizza
Prayer Requests
Department of Recognition
Editorial Stuff
Websites and Links
In Closing
“I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING”
The year 2012 has barely begun and it seems that we have been thrown violently into it. At least, for me that is how it seems because we began the year with a major meeting of our organization. The last two weeks had been very hectic for us in this corner because we welcomed about 160 delegates to our constituency meeting. The amount of preparatory work had been tremendously heavy, including the work needed in order for us to function as proper hosts.
In the midst of all that stress, the devil threw a monkey wrench into the whole setup. (You can count on him to make real surprises without warning.) It came in the form of a notice saying that the place we had planned to use as lodging places for the delegates would no longer be available because the government wanted to use it as an examination center. And that notice came right in the middle of January 1 before the euphoria of the New Year had worn off. Intense negotiations were then conducted with all important players and, to make the story short, relief came when the government agency backed off but at the expense of some ill feelings on their part.
On the other hand, when that information came on January 1 we put on hold all preparations because we began to formulate an emergency Plan B. To begin with, we did not put together an alternative plan because we were certain of everything falling into place since we had informed the school administration six months ago. As late as the middle of December, they told us that everything had been arranged and there was no issue that should concern us. It was green light all the way. But not quite.
On hindsight, it was Murphy’s Law in full force. This humorous axiom actually sounds fatalistic and it has proven to be an effective deterrent to many good plans. However, that law does not operate with our Heavenly Father. He says, “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out -- plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for” (Jeremiah 29:11, Message).
Although it was spoken thousands of years ago, yet it has not and will not fade away. We can rely on it.
Happy New Year.
--jesscole
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**Very Important Information**
If you have sent donations for the typhoon/flood victims in northern Mindanao to the accounts of the South Philippine Union Conference (SPUC) at Banco de Oro and have not informed anyone in that office:
Please call or send a text message to Loida Paglinawan-Aggabao on this mobile number: [63] 917-706-1054.
Or email SPUC using this email address: spucmail at yahoo.com.
Or call SPUC: [63] (88) 858-6389 and talk to the receptionist.
Or do all of them. They need to know your name, the date you sent your help, and the amount that you sent so that they can apply and account for all donations properly. If you want to send more financial help, you may continue to use the following information:
BDO
Account Number: 08700-27999 (Peso)
Account Number: 100870028022 (Dollar)
Account Name: South Philippine Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Incorporated
Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City 9000, Philippines.
(From Jade Y. Soreno)
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RECREATING THE YOUTH IS THEME OF CSC DAYS
The Central Student Council is holding the CSC Days with a revival and reformation theme -- Hudyaka: Recreating the Youth. The program started on Tuesday night, January 17, with a devotional at the grandstand. A torch parade going to the front of the administration building followed. The activities will end on Sunday evening, January 21.
Noel Lagunday, CSC president, officially declared open the CSC Days, which was highlighted with the introduction of the Miss CSC contestants and a fireworks display.
The five-day activities include the following games.
· Major games: basketball, volleyball, soccer, and softball.
· Minor games: sipa takraw, swimming, table tennis, track and field, dodgeball, lawn tennis, and badminton.
· Mind games: game of the general, word factory, play for fun, scrabble, spelling bee, quiz bowl, and domino.
· Parlor Games: palosebo, bunong braso, chicken catching, sack race, karang, tug-of-war, limbo rock, Maria went to Town, and patintero.
The list of the evening activities is as follows:
· Wednesday evening -- Kakasa Ka Ba sa Grade 5?, Ms. CSC Talent Show, Filipiniana Attire, Awarding of Special Awards, Elimination Round (from top 10 to top 3), Question and Answer Portion (for the top 3), and the Coronation.
· Thursday night -- School of Nursing Night. Also featured was En Masse, a musical program participated in by the MVC singing groups.
· Saturday night -- Gymnastic Exhibition by all PE 2 classes under Prof. Evangeline Pomoy.
The closing ceremony will be on Sunday evening. It will feature Song Interpretation, Pinoy Henyo, Victim Video showing, and the awarding of prizes.
Leading the activities is Noel Lagunday, CSC president. Helping him are Anchie Veh Mariano, vice president, Crysthia Lorcyl Sistoso, acting secretary, Phil Clinton Carbonel, acting treasurer, and Azor Garlet, PIO.
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LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS RELEASED
Mrs. Chona Ramos, Registrar, has released the names of students who received scholarship grants during the first semester of Academic Year 2011-2012.
The scholarship titles and the recipients’ names are:
Full Academic Scholarship -- Wena June Acson, Jeff Khener Angga, Glysl Jee Edrolin, Vina Roze Engcy, Angelica Lumbab, Lorivelle Maabol, Maniya Faye Monta, Mercy Naguita, Sheila Mae Opeda, Sunshine Pangatungan, Glazen Mae Tijing, and Marlyn Joy Yacon.
Half-Academic Scholarship -- Ayesha Albert Abarca, Sunshine Yvonne Bacamante, Shella Dello, Terrence Jacob, Diama, Aica Quinoviva, and Christin Sescon.
Battle Memorial Scholarship -- Marilyn Abajon, Rosalie Simborio, Roland Vaflor Jr., Lowell Arquizo, James Lotilla, Maricel Labucay, Cleyron Criscini, Rodolfo Pascua Jr., MN Je Vasquez, Phobie Love Balasabas, and Sherwin Figura.
(Full) Earned Scholarship -- Cherry Mae Ampo, Ronnie Flores, Emmy Lou Isidro, Alfred Labadisos, Cherry Faith Labtang, Donna Pearl Rubino, Crythia Lorcyl Sistoso, and Rodolfo Tangente.
(Half) Earned Scholarship -- Klarrellyle Abellana, Wendie Jade Agmata, Pinky Lou Aguillon, Sol Christine Almocera, Ben Patrick Bacus, Kathleen Kay Bayogos, Vonjeeranz Budiongan, Ladylyn Butalid, Phil Clinton Carbonel, Brylle Datoy, Manilyn Dumaguit, Vashti Blez Encila, Vem Lorraine Fernandez, Jezreel Ganapin, Lovely Hernandez, Carol Jane Homez, Belle Gay Limbago, Cheryl Luceñara, Asor Mañabo, Zerra Jade Noval, Lorie Paronda, Eliazar Peniton, Eden Eve Robantes, Jonard Rodriguez, Harlen Sande, Sheena Mae Sausa, Meben Faith Tupas, and Dece Blanche Natividad.
MVC Charity Scholarship -- Marchie Decano, Catherine Sotto, Cherry Anne Sotto, Elroy Tagaca, Armante Alquizar, Darlene Jean Caliso, Alzonry Edpalina, Robelyn Eslit, Jonathan Fernandez, Jester Maglasang, Joey Mamacang, and Jacquelyn Mendoza.
De Angel Scholarship (For Education Students) -- Cherry Mae Besas, Julie Ann Catigay, and Delite Sagnoy.
FAAS (Financial Assistance for Agriculture Students) Scholarship -- Idel Abanes, Marvin Abanes, Elmer Ayad, Jeamly Gay Caliso, Roy Canales, Danny Catigay, Roberto Eslit, Lorena Lopez, Bryan Lusterio, Rue Jay Miro, Eser Morala Jr., Marissa Nanca, Godofredo Oftona, Gabriel Oyao, Dave Sagnoy, Salome Lyn Salubre, Redem Testa, and Benjie Villaruben.
CHED for Agriculture Students Scholarship -- Idel Abanes, Marvin Abanes, Santiago Abendan,Maximiano Abreo, Mahalaleel Aguda, Elmer Ayad, Aloja Barnuevo, Shenrel Baylon, Roy Canales, Clifford Candog, Danny Catigay, Gene Lou Cornelio, Eric Costorio, Mark Juniel Cullano, Venus Star Curilan, Junie Escuadro, Roberto Eslit Jr., Rowena Eslit, Joel Estabillo, Katherine Gift Fabellar, Jason Gesta, Lorena Lopez, Asher Lumayag, Bryan Lusterio, Rue Jay Miro, Gabriel Oyao, Ted Jay Ramonal, Jeff Rosalita, Marlon Lloyd Rosalita, Dave Sagnoy, Salome Lyn Salubre, Aaron Sotelo, Ritchie Ruth Talaid, Eljin Tamala, Rashid Truta, Jonathan Valdez, Joseph Vegare, Jimmy Villanosa, and Jaime Villasan.
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ADVENT PHILOMELS REACH OUT TO SENDONG VICTIMS
After performing Concerts-for-a-Cause last Sabbath, January 13-14, at the MVC Alumni Church, MVC Annex, Bagonta-as and Valencia Central Churches, the Advent Philomels went to Iligan City on Sunday to deliver relief goods to Typhoon Sendong victims who are members of the Adventist Church.
In coordination with Mr. Joel Dalaguan, the Heavenbound Association President, and the Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital College (MSH) administrators, a special gathering at the MSH College basketball court was called. The APs performed a mini-concert and handed out the goods to the people.
A total of PHP 70,000 in cash and rice packs were given to the families who were severely affected by the flood. Used clothing, shoes, and kitchen utensils that were donated during the APs’ concerts were also handed out.
Mr. Gil Micua, MVC Public Relations Director, distributed sixty sets of new blankets, sleeping mats, and mosquito nets from the money given by several donors. The family of Mrs. Joan Saladaga-Talose also gave out bottled water and served snacks. The event was a grand occasion in the name of Mountain View College.
The APs and the goods were loaded in an MVC hauler truck. With the group were Mr. Bart Poce Brondo, AP director, Ronel Fernando, Mr. and Mrs. Jovan Talose, Pastor and Mrs. Jim Adil, Mr. and Mrs. Rosario Fernando, Mrs. Isabel Panes, Mrs. Mary Ann Tanamal, Mrs. Eurica Ferrarin, and Miss Naoko “Pinky” Fujitani, Niponggo/Japanese teacher. Pinky gave a short message in Japanese, which was translated by Pastor Adil in Cebuan. She encouraged the people to move on despite the tragedy and the loss. She mentioned that what the victims went through was similar to what the Japanese people experienced when some parts of Japan were hit by the tsunami the other year. “Life goes on with God whose love never leaves us,” she concluded.
The MSH cafeteria provided free supper, after which the group returned to MVC arriving at around 1:00 A.M. Despite the hard work, the APs and the faculty members were thankful for the fun and experience in doing service for the inspiration and blessing of those suffering among us.
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DXCR IS FINALLY BACK ON AIR
The DXCR radio station finally went on the air at four o’clock in the afternoon of January 13, 2012 and is on test broadcast for two weeks after it bogged down because of an electrical problem.
The personnel and staff at present are composed mostly of volunteers -- Pastor Ultimino Rivera, Operations Manager; Mr. Jimmie Solis, Program Director; Mrs. Sarah Decelyn Gauzon, Traffic Controller; Mr. Job Tanamal, Radio Operator; and Mr. Allan Tanamal, Radio Technician. Some students have volunteered as broadcasters.
Last January 9, the personnel and staff met for the first time and discussed DXCR’s status. The group unanimously voted to recommend to the MVC Administration through the MVC Community Extension Service Office (CESO) that DXCR be placed under the jurisdiction of the CESO. The group also agreed to conduct a seminar-workshop for the new Kapisanan ng Mga Brodkasters (KBP) license holders and interested students and faculty on January 28 and 29.
Recently, DXCR was chosen by the Department of Education Region X, Division Valencia City, Valencia City District 11, Bagonta-as, to host the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Radio Based Instruction (RBI) program every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, twice a day, for all ALS students in Bukidnon. These students are the out-of-school youth and adults who had no opportunity to study because of the distance of the school from their homes and because of the economic conditions of their families. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between Mountain View College represented by Dr. Daniel Dial, College President, Mr. Erasmo Gauzon, CESO head, and Pastor Rivera and the School Division Superintendent of Valencia City, Dr. Bertilla Rayos, who is an Adventist Church member.
DXCR is still doing minor renovations on its building and upgrading its equipment after having been off the air for six years. It is now capable of sending the Good News to the surrounding barrios, municipalities, and cities in Bukidnon through its 8-10 thousand kilowatt power transmitter.
(News release by Pastor Ultimino Rivera, Jr.)
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SOE HOLDS DEDICATION CEREMONY
The School of Education (SOE), under Dr. Olivia Vasquez, Dean, will hold a Pre-service Teachers’ Dedication Ceremony with the theme “Jesus Christ: Greatest Model Mentor” at the M.T. Oliverio Foundation Hall, at 6:30 PM, January 20.
Dr. Daniel Dial, College President, will speak during the ceremony. Arbe Jane Joy Galarpe, BEEd, and Dann Merck Arellano, BSEd MAPEH, will be the song leader and pianist, respectively. Shelomi Faith Tampus, BSEd MAPEH, will render the meditation music before Eden Eve Robantes, BEEd, will give the welcome remarks.
Prof. Carthy Joy Aguillon, Language instructor, will read the litany of wisdom and Prof. Marie Valenciaco, BEEd instructor, will offer the invocation. Joy Gupit, BEEd, and companions will give the special song. Prof. Leodegario Elona, Mathematics instructor, will introduce the speaker.
Emelita Paronda, BSEd student teacher principal, and Rushsell Dimson, BEEd student teacher principal, will respond to the message of Dr. Daniel Dial. Dr. Olivia Vasquez, SOE Dean, will present the pre-service teachers and Dr. Ian Abordo, BSEd Chairperson, will lead the pledge. Prof. Alin Selidio, SOE Assistant Chairperson, will lead the litany of sending. The Candle lighting will follow. Dr. Don Leo Garilva, School of Theology Dean, will offer the dedicatory prayer and Dr. Herma Banzuelo, BEEd Chairperson, will close the program with a prayer.
The 16 pre-service teachers who will be dedicated include eight BEEds -- Cleene Apsay, Alma Beloy, Cherryl Cañete, Marlyn David, Rushsell Dimson, Socorro Eslit, and Thelma Payod and eight BSEds -- Eunice Alipan and Lormilyn Grace Bais, TLE majors; Cristy Panes, Maria Fe Olivar, Emelita Paronda, and Lorimer Lumindas II, English majors; Jemer Estrera, Mathematics major; and Zaldy Angcog, Values Education major.
(All news articles are submitted by Nelson Madriaga)
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One of the Street Children
By Samuel Tambunan
Aling is a girl who was orphaned when she was only seven years old. Due to poverty, her father left her with one of her aunties in Koronadal City where they lived for a period of time. Her father went to his relatives in the mountainous part of T’boli to seek for a living and to find food for his children.
Aling felt bad because her auntie was constantly quarreling with her husband. There were times that she could not eat even one meal in a day so she decided to run away from her auntie’s house. She went to the bus terminal and boarded a bus. As she rode, she hid herself in the back seat so that the conductor of the bus would not notice her. When the bus reached the destination in Davao City, the driver and conductor of the bus told her to get down and look for her companion. They assumed that she was one of the “Badjaos” (a Muslim tribal group looked down by others). She pretended to be a Badjao so that the bus personnel would not scold her.
She sat down beside the street looking for somebody to go with. By and by, she heard the sound of a can being beaten rapidly. She saw young kids dancing and asking alms after performing the dance. She joined these Badjao kids so that she could have something to eat. They also slept under the bridge during nighttime and hunted for their food in public places.
She survived like this for six years until she determined to go back to Koronadal City to change her course of life. When she reached Koronadal, her father who had been looking for her for a long time happened to see her. Her father took her to his house in the T’boli municipality and she was sent to the nearest public elementary school.
When Samuel Tambunan visited their village, she was very interested in listening to the lectures about the love of God. She remembered her experiences. She realized that if it were not for God’s protection she would not have been able to survive all the trials that came to her life.
She is now sixteen years old but still in grade five but she is hoping that she can enrol at the SULADS high school when she finishes her elementary level. Aling and her father together with her younger brother and sister were among the 152 baptized people last October 31, 2011 at the beach in General Santos City.
If you would like to support this mission program dedicated to taking the Gospel to the people of Mindanao, please write a check to Gospel Outreach. Mark it for the SULADS and send it to:
Gospel Outreach
P.O. Box 8
College Place, WA 99324
You may also donate to the SULADS using your credit card by logging on to Gospel Outreach's donation site (http://goaim.org/giving-2/) and follow as directed. Again, mark it for SULADS.
If you would prefer, you may write your check to the General Conference of SDA and mark the donation for SULADS and send it to:
General Conference of SDA
Donations
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Thank you for your support of this very important project.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
A very important announcement to all MVC Alumni Association of Florida Members, Friends and supporters:
Please mark your calendars and be sure to be there. Our yearly convocation will be on March 9, 10 and 11 at the Pine Lake Retreat Center in Groveland, FL. Pastor Dale Barizo, an ex-MVCian and a retired minister from San Diego, California will be our featured speaker.
For reservations of accommodations, please contact Gerry Aggabao at these numbers:
Mobile (863) 414-4520
Home (863) 382-0143
Email: swartzki@yahoo.com
Fred Niere
Mobile (863) 257-4974
Home (863) 453-4001
Email: zig0442@yahoo.com
I urge each member to make their reservations early, to make it easy on themselves and to those who are working on the programs. For suggestions, comments, or questions, please call the names and phone numbers provided above. Please pray for the success of our retreat for this year 2012.
Submitted by Fred Loriezo
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This is a beautiful story! Hope you will enjoy it!
THE STORY OF FREEDOM AND JEFF
Not many people get a picture of this proud bird
snuggled up next to them!
Freedom and Jeff
Freedom and I have been together 11 years this summer.
She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings.
Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery,
it was broken in 4 places.
She's my baby.
When Freedom came in she could not stand
and both wings were broken. She was
emaciated and covered in lice. We made the
decision to give her a chance at life, so I took
her to the vet's office. From then
on, I was always around her. We had her in a
huge dog carrier with the top off, and it
was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to
lay in. I used to sit and talk to her,
urging her to live, to fight; and she would lay
there looking at me with those big brown eyes.
We also had to tube feed her for weeks.
This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still
couldn't stand. It got to the point where the
decision was made to euthanize her
if she couldn't stand in a week. You know you don't
want to cross that line between torture and
rehab, and it looked like death was
winning. She was going to be put
down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in
on that Thursday afternoon. I didn't want to go
to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't
bear the thought of her being euthanized;
but I went anyway, and when I walked in everyone
was grinning from ear to ear. I went
immediately back to her cage; and there she was,
standing on her own, a big beautiful
eagle. She was ready to live. I was
just about in tears by then. That
was a very good day.
We knew she could never fly, so the director
asked me to glove train her.
I got her used to the glove,
and then to jesses, and we started
doing education programs for schools
in western Washington .
We wound up in the newspapers,
radio (believe it or not) and some
TV. Miracle Pets even did a show
about us.
In the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I had stage 3,
which is not good (one major organ plus
everywhere), so I wound up doing 8 months of
chemo. Lost the hair - the whole
bit. I missed a lot of work. When I
felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey
and take Freedom out for walks. Freedom would
also come to me in my dreams and help me fight
the cancer. This happened time and time again.
Fast forward to November 2000
the day after Thanksgiving,
I went in for my last checkup.
I was told that if the cancer was not
all gone after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last
option was a stem cell transplant. Anyway, they
did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for
the results. I went in Monday, and I was
told that all the cancer was gone.
So the first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and
take the big girl out for a walk. It was misty
and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her
up, and we went out front to the top of the
hill. I hadn't said a word to
Freedom, but somehow she knew. She looked at me
and wrapped both
her wings around me to where I
could feel them pressing in on my back
(I was engulfed in eagle wings), and she
touched my nose with her beak and stared into my
eyes, and we just stood there like that
for I don't know how long . That was a
magic moment. We have been soul mates ever
since she came in. This is a very special bird.
On a side note: I have had people who
were sick come up to us when we are out, and
Freedom has some kind of hold on
them. I once had a guy who was
terminal come up to us and
I let him hold her.
His knees just about buckled and he
swore he could feel her power course through his
body. I have so many stories like that..
I never forget the honor I have of being so close
to such a magnificent spirit as
Freedom.
Hope you enjoyed this!
But they that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
Cancer is a strange cell.
You can go along for years in remission
and then one day it pops its head up again.
If you ever have it you will never be free of it.
Pray for the day there will be a permanent cure.
A SMALL REQUEST...
Dear God,
I pray that You will guide someone to find a cure for cancer in 2012 .
In Jesus Name, Amen
All you are asked to do is keep this circulating.
Even if it's only to one more person.
In memory of anyone you know who has been
struck down by cancer or is still living with it
Sent by Tess Caballero
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SMILES
A pastor goes to the dentist for a set of false teeth. The first Sunday after he gets his new teeth, he talks for only eight minutes. The second Sunday he talks for only ten minutes. The following Sunday he talks for 2 hours and 48 minutes. The congregation had to mob him to get him down from the pulpit and they asked him what happened.
The pastor explains that the first Sunday his gums hurt so badly he couldn't talk for more than 8 minutes. The second Sunday his gums still hurt so much he couldn’t talk for more than 10 minutes. But the third Sunday, he put in his wife's teeth by mistake and he couldn't stop talking.
All right ladies; this is just a joke! Put down those rolling pins!
(Shared by Eric Korff)
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When a customer left his cell phone in my store, I scrolled through his saved numbers, stopped at "Mom" and pushed send. His mother answered, and I told her what happened.
"Don't worry," she said, "I'll take care of it." A few minutes later, the cell phone rang. It was "Mom."
"Martin," she said, "you left your cell phone at the convenience store."
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Environmentalists and the U.S. Forest Service were presenting an alternative to Wyoming ranchers for controlling the coyote population.
It seems that after years of the ranchers using the tried and true method of shooting or trapping the predators, the environmentalists had a "more humane" solution to this issue. What they were proposing was for the animals to be captured alive. The males would then be castrated and let loose again.
All of the ranchers thought about this amazing idea for a couple of minutes. Finally an old fellow wearing a big cowboy hat in the back of the conference room stood up, tipped his hat back and said, "Son, I don't think you understand our problem here... these coyotes ain't having sex with our sheep... they're eatin' 'em!"
The meeting never really got back to order.
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When my wife had to rush to the hospital unexpectedly, she asked me to bring her a few items from home. One item on her list was "comfortable underwear". Not sure what she considers comfortable, I asked, "How will I know which ones to pick?"
"Hold them up and imagine them on me," she answered. "If you smile, put them back."
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While I sat in the reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat there, alone and silent.
Just as I was thinking I should make small talk with him, a little boy slipped off his mother's lap and walked over to the wheelchair. Placing his hand on the man's, he said, "I know how you feel. My mom makes me ride in the stroller, too."
(From cybersalt.org)
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I'm Still Carrying the Pizza
By Saralee Perel
Last week at the supermarket, a young gal named Tara who was bagging my groceries said, "Can I help take these to your car?"
As always, for the eight years since my spinal cord injury I said, "No thanks." But that particular day, I was in trouble. I had overdone exercise the day before. Hence, I couldn't lift my feet to walk and had to shuffle instead. Tara could tell I was hurting. "Let me just help," she said sweetly.
When I finally said, "I'd love your help," I should have felt a great sense of liberation because it was the very first time I had agreed to someone helping me in all of these years. Instead, I felt like a failure.
On our way to my truck, Tara and I became friends. But at my truck, 19-year-old Tara became my teacher.
When I eventually agreed to her suggestion to sit in the front seat while she loaded the groceries, I put my head in my hands and cried. "I feel like a two hundred year old helpless wreck. I hate that someone's putting my groceries in the truck."
She stood by the open door where I was sitting. "I know you could have done this yourself," she said. "But it was so much easier to let me do it." And then she said a life-altering sentence, "Getting help should never make you feel bad. It should always make you feel good."
I will never forget her words.
She tentatively moved her arms to hug me. When we hugged, it was one of the most meaningful hugs of my life.
At home, I plunked myself down on my favorite "plunking" spot. It's in front of the fireplace where I hang out on large pillows. My husband, Bob, came in and plunked next to me. When I told him about the groceries, he tenderly brushed away my tears with his fingers.
"Sweetheart," he said. "Why is it so hard for you to ask for help?"
"Probably denial about my physical state."
"I think it's two other things," he said. "One -- asking for help makes you feel inferior and two – you think you're bothering somebody. And three --"
"You said 'two.'"
"I just thought of a third."
"I'd so love to hear it." I covered his face with a pillow.
He took the pillow away and said, "If you do that again, I'll --"
So I did it again.
He managed to say, "Is this subject a tiny bit touchy?"
"I can handle it," I lied.
"The third is that asking for help reminds you of all the things you have a hard time doing or can no longer do at all."
This time I covered my own face with the pillow and said, "I hate this!"
"I know." And with that, he helped me to a standing position. That's something he's done hundreds of times. Yet I have felt guilty every single one of those times . . . until now.
It was because of Tara that I changed. I told Bob my new conclusions: "By asking for help, does that make me inferior? Of course not. Am I bothering someone? Who knows? But if I am, whose problem is that? Will asking for help remind me of the things I can't do? Heck, yes." Bob knew my crusade was successful because of a pizza.
When he opened the pizza box I brought home the next day, he was astonished and said, "It's round! You asked for help!"
You see, before I met Tara, I'd never let anyone carry a take-out pizza to my truck. Instead, using my cane with my right arm, I'd awkwardly carry the pizza box with my left, resulting in the box constantly tilting one way and then the other. By the time I'd get home, that round pizza would be a smushed pile of cheesy red gunk in the corner of the box.
Bob and I plunked down in front of the fireplace and ate.
"How did it feel to accept help?" he said.
"Well, my new way of thinking helped. But the part about reminding me of things I can't do? Like carry my own pizza? That didn't feel good."
He took cheese off my chin and ate it. (We eat like monkeys.) "Sweetheart, you may never get used to the things you can't do. But it's better to be aware of that, than to hide under the pretense of 'I don't need help.'"
And so, I have learned the following:
1. It does not diminish me to ask for help.
2. A 19-year-old gal was more influential than the shrink I saw for two years.
3. A round pizza doesn't taste nearly as good as a pizza all smushed up into a luscious gooey pile of cheesy doughy gunk in the corner of the box.
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Award-winning columnist/novelist, Saralee Perel, can be reached at sperel@saraleeperel.com or via her website: www.saraleeperel.com. She welcomes friends on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SaraleePerel. Please click Like on her Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/4footedcoach. Her award-winning novel, "Raw Nerves," is now available as an e-book. Take a look at it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0060LNUKK/mikeysfunnies-20
Copyright 2011 Saralee Perel. Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.
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PRAYER REQUESTS
Let us pray for:
* The family and friends of Joy Luna Baliton, 57 years old, who passed away on January 12 at 1:00 P.M. in Loma Linda. Memorial service will be at 2:00 P.M., January 21, 2012, Saturday, at the Waterman Filipino-American SDA Church, 882 S. Waterman Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92408.
(Sent by Gwendolyn Ferraren Cabrales)
* The bereaved families left behind by Richard Charles “Dick” Larson, Agapito Aplaon, Jr. Marilyn Malabanan, Martha Nianga, Pastor Armando Tiangha, Rubie Fetilo Pelayo, and others who passed away recently.
* Our fellow alumni and friends who are ill or receiving treatment:
Minerva Arit-Penaranda
Nen Aviles-Carpena
Heber Carbon
Betsy Costanos-Wooljer
Nefre Dichoso
Cajilwayan Fadri
Evelyn Flores-Ronquillo
Gerry Hill
Doug Holstein (husband of Dayah Roca)
Evelyn Lipay-Florendo
Ave Catalon-Loriezo
Yve Clyde Lumasag Nadal (daughter of Edgar Nadal)
Norman Tagalog
Zelle Zamora
* The health and safety of our missionaries and their families in different parts of the world.
* The leaders, faculty, staff, and alumni of MVC as they “Shine On Till Jesus Comes”.
* The leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
* The work of the SULADS and Gospel Outreach.
* Each other while waiting for the Messiah’s coming.
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DEPARTMENT OF RECOGNITION
We wish to thank the following contributors and sources for this issue: Nelson Madriaga, Ultimino Rivera, Jr., Jade Y. Soreno, Samson Tambunan, Fred Loriezo, Gwendolyn Ferraren Cabrales, Tess Caballero, and Eric Korff. Many thanks to all of you!
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EDITORIAL STUFF
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RELATED WEBSITES AND LINKS
1) http://www.MVC.edu.ph/
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3) http://www.MVCollege.org
4) http://datutigas.googlepages.com/home
5) http://www.sulads.net/
6) http://www.suladsinternational.org/
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IN CLOSING
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. -- William James
Worry is stewing without doing.
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Sunset in Juba, South Sudan
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