buti n lng.. the recollection i attended last sat, march 01 was just right in time..
the first recollection after a year or two i think na naattendan ko..
to think n muntik pa kong indi maka attend, pero siguro talagang GOD wanted me to be there.. to attend..
Friday, i worked not in our makati office to assist cleaning of our cavite office.. kasi nga, tsugi na ang cavite office.. before i turn over ang key ng house na nirent namin for two years.. might as well leave it clean..
so there.. right in time dn, kasi my rally sa makati that time.. so iwas traffic and hirap umuwi.. i am about to go home sa valenzuela sana after ng cleaning.. kaya lng, as in super traffic sa aguinaldo hiway and i decided not to go home that night instead the following morning n lng.. i let roshel, our youth leader know this and advise to alarm me the following morning..
MARCH 01 — SATURDAY — nagising ako sa ring ng cellphone ko.. si roshel.. and its almost 5AM.. ang usapan is 5:30am aalis ng simbahan sa valenzuela along with other youths from our vicariate.. hehehe.. so i told her to go on with the plan.. i’ll just follow where they are.. basta txt txt.. so there.. i prepared myself, the things i’ll bring.. in about half an hour im ready to go.. glad na indi ako nahirapan sumakay ng bus.. i take the mrt.. kamuning station ako bumaba… again.. nakasakay ako ng bus n direcho… direcho sa meycauayan.. where they told me to go first.. dahil may activity p dun.. arrived there at 7:30am.. katatapos lng ng mass..
There would be an activity that’s a part of the recollection.. they called it EXPOSURE AREA.. where they’ll expose us to what had happened to mother nature..
at first we go to a tannery.. they show us the process of making a leather.. from skin of animals like horse, cow, carabao.. the one who does the explanation is a company personnel, she told us everything from the time they get the animals skin to its finished product.. the leather used in making shoes, bags, belt and other leather made products.. from the wet division to the dry division.. and to its last process where it would be ready to be delivered to certain locations like marikina and others..
our next location is a dump site.. located in between is a river, which i think is very polluted, because the water is black and has many garbage.. and also has a bad odor..
as we go back to the chapel where we had our mass.. we had a small group sharing, by the way, before we go to the exposure area, we were grouped into 5.. and while having a tour in the tannery and dump site, we are required to have a small discussion with our group for all the things that we saw in the area… and in the chapel, to sum up what we notice by having a small group sharing.. where we answer one of the questions they gave us at the start of the activity.. then we go to the location of our recollection..
ADIARTE FARMS.. CAMANGYANAN, STA.MARIA, BULACAN.. — our vicariate arrived first.. along with the vicariate of meycauayan.. while waiting for the others to arrive, we had chat with other youths.. and also i do some errands.. when i came back, the speaker is being introduced.. LOIDA SAN DIEGO.. a free lance writer.. i learned a lot from her.. she really is a writer.. of love stories.. she’s in a hurry though, but still she shared what she has to instill in our minds as youth… after her talk.. we had our lunch.. a 30-min lunch break… then after.. the next speaker was introduced.. REV. FR. DARS CABRAL.. once a priest in FATIMA.. and also one of my favorite priests in giving homilies.. because for sure i will learn a lot.. his time was a dull time.. after lunch it should be siesta.. since we’re in a recollection might as well listen and not to sleep.. but still he carried it all well.. he really know how to make the crowd not to feel sleepy but listen to every word he say.. after his talk.. vicariates presented what we noticed and find out in our exposure areas.. our vicariate sing and dance… PARAISO chorus.. i belong to those who sing for the person who will dance..
then after that, to end the recollection.. a mass was held.. and they also gave us souvenirs that we needed to take care and bring on the next activity of the youth… the DCYM.. sometime in APRIL.. it was a plant.. they told us to take care of it..
DCY LENTEN RECOLLECTION.. COME BACK TO ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART…