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CDO LIFELINE MINISTRIES IN LIBJO, BATANGAS CITY , OCT. 09-12, 2009

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christian school international acquaintance party, julu 4, 2008

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P A I D

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CDO LIFELINE MINISTRIES IN POTUNGAN, DAPITAN CITY, MAY 16, 2009

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OLAVIDES FAMILY PICTURES

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Church Among the Palms, 94th anniversary

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csi sports fest openning ceremonies, cheer dance competition

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CSI CHOIR PERFORMS AT THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES

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CDO LIFELINERS IN DINAGAT ISLAND PROVINCE

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A little late for this post but I would like to highlight this mission since the next phase we will endeavor to go out of Mindanao Island and go to other islands of the Philippines. We are praying for financial support for this phase. Please visit our website- cdolifelineministries.blogspot.com.

UNITED NATIONS DAY CELEBRATION AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL

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CDO LIFELINERS IN ILOILO

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Family Day at Christian School International

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Christian School International - Medical Mission, Los Baños, Laguna

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Last Sept. 19, I got this privilege of covering in photos the medical mission of the Christian School International of Los Baños, Laguna, where my daughter is studying now.It is so heart-warming to see the dedication of the school faculty, students , volunteer nurses, doctors and dentists serving the people of Los Baños. Rev.Emilio Puerto, the school director was on hand to serve and announced that there will be another mission this coming December and they will go outreach to the community. I felt nostalgic with my own group back in Cagayan de Oro City which is now preparing for the medical mission in Iloilo, an out-of-Mindanao mission for the group which has transcend now from the 5 years of missions around the far-flung areas of Mindanao. My wife who is going with the group will have to pitch in documenting the 5-day missions in Iloilo.
I have included in this blog a photo story of this medical mission which is in my point of view as documentation photographer of my own group to be very orderly in a gymnasium setting which we rarely do because of our outreach and rural settings and as a crowd control man, I find the people so manageable and so trusting.
In all of these wonderful works done by the people of God of the Christian School International, Makiling Medical Society and Los Baños Dental Association, God is blessing you all.

CDO LIFELINERS IN DAMPALAN, LOPEZ JAENA, 6/28/08

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CDO LIFELINERS IN BALINGASAG, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, MAY 10, 2008

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THE ARMOR OF GOD
Ephesians 6:10-18

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand ground, and after you have done everything , to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”

A total wrecked of a brand new Toyota Grandia, triple somersaulting ,lost bag and celphone, two stitches and a cracked bone, thrown out of the van’s window, doing a superwoman flying like a frog. All these, cannot deter the CDO Lifeliners from doing the Lord’s command to reach out to the lost….
As the picture tells all, we are reminded to put on the full armor of God… The battle line is drawn.. The enemy is not pleased with what we are doing, and has devised schemes to hinder, distract, confuse, cripple and even death… But our God is powerful , more than enough to protect us… We ask for our prayer partners to constantly pray for our team.

Be Glorified LORD in what we are doing..!!!

Schedule for May Medical Mission- CDO Lifeliners, May 10, 2008

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For CDO Lifeline Ministries members, schedule for May medical mission is on May 10, 2008, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, assembly time is 5 a.m., departure for Balingasag is at 6 a.m. The uniform is Orange t-shirt... Get excited for this opportunity once again to serve with the Lord..

Touch A Life / Paglaum Project - May 5, 2008 at The Hub

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Another victorious afternoon touching lives with the Paglaum Project of GCAF.. more than 200 people were recipients of spiritual and medical free gifts from God thru evangelists, medical doctors, youth and kids ministers serving joyfully…

CDO Lifeliners in Tag-abaca, Basilisa, Dinagat Island Province,April 12.2008

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see slide show at cdolifelineministries.blogspot.com

Touch a Life... in Talisayan, Misamis Oriental

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Touching Lives Indeed!!! A little girl holding the book of John...Child Evangelism as well as Adult in action with Atty. Aurora Chiong and Pastor Francis Sy of the Golden City Alliance Fellowship's Touch a Life Foundation medical-dental mission in Talisayan, Misamis Oriental, sponsored by Talisayan Rural Bank on its bank anniversary last March 9..This is the first mission for the year 2008 in support of the local GCAF church in Talisayan. Praise God for the refreshing way He has provided us to serve in His Kingdom building...He has always provided as with the Holy Spirit in caring for the sick and needy people even though we were only few this time in our mission. Let us pray for more workers in the field of missions...

These pictures were taken using MP4 made in China..it is also video capable but the quality of the picture is not so desirable but can be corrected in photoshop which I am trying to catch up studying and experimenting, who knows, God will provided me with a better camera and the necessary skill to upgrade.

WAITING...

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WAITING... that is what I have been doing for blogger to finally let me upload pictures, it seems that it is all fixed at their end since I noticed a new multiple browser in the upload section..it might not be my slow connection after all since today I only have 24 kbps whereas last was 38 kbps.. does this mean anything? anyone can enlighten me on the comment portion please?... so next , I will now go on posting.

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good morning...

for the past few days, I've been wanting to post my blogs but it seems my connection is so slow I cannot upload photos and write-ups. It seems that I have to be content with just post text blog ( I am not sure if I can post this) I am still on a dial-up connection at home.
Anyway, I am informing that the official blog for the CDO Lifeline Ministries, Inc is at cdolifelineministries.blogspot and this blogsite is purely my personal blog and I intend to blog also my experiences in my other group of medical mission which is the Golden City Alliance Fellowship's Touch a Life Foundation that is also doing medical mission for church planting. I intend to publish the photos which I took with my MP4..I am recalling the conversation we had with my son, raymond who prodded me into blogging, that I should have a faster connection and not a dial-up, but I reasoned that I am still slow in computers and the computers will have a hard time waiting for me... well, now I know better. But the question now is I cannot afford the faster connection. I am praying for this provision and also a better camera to capture the images of God's Kingdom and His people's service to hasten His second coming.

meantime, try to surf to preachtoday.blogspot site, it's worth our while reading this blog.

update : still cannot upload photos today, March 29, 8:21 am (manila time)

Schedule for March medical mission moved to April 12-13, 2008

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As announced by Dr. Rueben Sedigo, our mission to Basilisa, Dinagat Island Province is moved to April 12-13, 2008...This will be a two-day mission since we will be crossing over the Surigao strait to Dinagat Island, which is already a full-pledge province apart from Surigao del Norte since Dec. 2006. Members are called for a meeting this April 5 at Sedigo's residence for instructions and prayers..

Meanwhile, I am quite amazed at what I learned this past few days...if you look at the picture above, it is a merging of two pictures, actually 3 including the logo.. Technically, I am a moron on computers and programs but what a wonderful thing to just be patient and tinker... and viola...

"Made Alive In Christ"----2nd Medical-Evangelism Mission '08, Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte, Feb. 23 2008

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Ephesians 2:8-10..For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship. created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do..

James 2 : 14 , 2: 26, ..Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.. As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

God is good all the time!!! He has provided all our needs in the success of the 2nd medical-evangelism in Brgy. Marapong, Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte.. a week before, apprehension and anxiety were felt because of the peace and order situation in the surrounding area due to the rallies against the balikatan exercises conducted by the US-Phil governments in the Lanao areas where our convoy will pass thru and the depletion of our finances.. but in the end, ..we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him..

God has provided us with supporters like the Ministry To The Poor, a US based help group headed by Bro. Carlitos Ochoa, his sister-in-law, Lani Ochoa who came from Pampanga to assist us, sent medicines to augment ours and Marapong Barangay Council headed by their Barangay Captain, Ferdinand Balisado with his very hospitable wife, the Balisado sisters and brothers from Dapitan and Dipolog Cities , the Balisado patriach who is a councilor of Dapitan City made the event a huge success..a bonus side-trip to Dakak resort was accorded for our tired bones. special mention also to the 1st Light Armor Battalion and 55th Infantry Battalion, with Major Dalman and a Colonel, which I failed to get his name, provided us security details for the entire duration of the mission..And Pastors from Alliance churches of Carupe, Roxas and nearby area helped in the evangelism and will follow-up the people of Brgy. Marapong.

A great harvest of souls is expected in the area!!! And to the members of the Team CDO LINELINERS, A FAITH IN ACTION INDEED!!!

Up next is our mission to Surigao, east side of Mindanao...continue praying.

(for the complete photos of the event, visit my other blog, www.a-matter-of.blogspot.com/ )

"I Will See The Goodness Of The Lord.."

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This weekend will be our second mission outreach for the year.. We are praying for His traveling mercy and provision for this medical-dental-evangelism mission since we will be traveling about 400 kilometers from our home base to Zamboanga del Norte and will stay overnight since it will be too hectic and late to catch the last trip barge from Ozamis City. We also pray for the co-sponsors for this mission that will come from Manila via Dipolog City for a safe travel..We are grateful for these people for co-sponsoring us for this one mission since our resources are now depleted just to last us for a few more mission trips. We are earnestly praying for donors and benefactors to share in His Kingdom Building.

On a personal note, I have been praying for God for a specific relief of my situation which has me in great anxiety and trouble but yet God has not answered...but I still cling to His promises ..that He will not leave me nor forsake me... that our God is a loving, graceful, faithful God. I find inspiration in His Word which lead me to Psalm 27...in verse 13, I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.. I will wait for your answer Lord..Amen.

I am reprinting what I surfed from Paul Tripp Ministries on Psalm 27, Why Would God Ever Answer Me? :

1. Because of his love. He's the ultimate wise, patient, kind, gentle, and forgiving father. He delights in his children. Because of his great love, his eyes look out for us and his ears are always attentive to our cries. Because of his love, he invites us to bring our cares to him and he assures us that he really does care for us. He's never too busy, or distracted, or too tired to hear and answer. He doesn't refuse to answer because of our weakness and failure. He doesn't get impatient because we have to come again and again. He is love and he loves to exercise his power and glory to meet the needs of his struggling children.

2. Because of his grace. Grace provides the whole structure and standing of our relationship with him. If it weren't for the grandeur of his forgiving grace, we would have no relationship with him at all. Because of his grace, he's unwilling to rest until the work of transformation is complete. In grace he looks on us and knows that this work isn't done. We've not yet been completely formed into the likeness of his Son. Although the power of sin has been broken, he knows that the presence of sin still remains. He hears our prayers because, when we pray, we confess that we still need the grace of forgiveness and deliverance, and in so doing, place ourselves in the center of what he's committed himself to complete; his work of redemption.

3. Because of his faithfulness. He doesn't change his mind. He doesn't ride the roller coaster of the rise and fall of emotions. His heart isn't a battle-zone of conflicting motivations. He doesn't get bored, exhausted, or distracted. He won't quit what he's begun. He won't forsake those upon whom he's placed his love. He won't harden his heart, shut down his mind, and turn his back. He won't take a break or go to sleep. He will never tell you that you've asked too much or you've come to him too often. You never have to work to figure him out. You never have to wonder if his response to you will change. He's absolutely faithful to every promise he's made and every provision he's offered. Your hope in prayer is rooted in his faithfulness, not yours.

4. For the sake of his kingdom. As I come him in the patterns laid out by Christ and pray, "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven," I pray words that bring him delight. He loves the exercise of his will. He finds joy in the success of his kingdom. The spiritual growth and prosperity of his children means the growth and prosperity of his kingdom. He is King and he delights in his children recognizing his lordship and submitting to his rule. Every good thing he does for his children is done to rescue them from their self-focused kingdom of one, and to welcome them into the expansiveness of his kingdom of glory and grace. And his ears will continue to be attentive and his hands will be active until his kingdom has been fully and completely established forever.

5. For the sake of his glory. The thing that God is most committed to is his own glory. But here's what you need to understand. His commitment to his own glory is your only hope. Because he's committed to his own glory, he's committed to draw to himself a multitude of people who forsake their own glory and do the one thing that they were created to do; live for his. So his commitment to his own glory causes him to listen and respond, listen and respond until all of his children no longer look to the shadow glories of creation for their satisfaction, but rather look to him. Because he's committed to his own glory, I can go to him in prayer knowing that he'll hear and he'll answer.

So even though you've nothing to bring to the Lord that would commend you to him, you can approach him with confidence. He really does delight in hearing and answering his children. Your hope in prayer is never found in you, it's always found in him.

1st Medical Mission '08 "Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples,For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise."

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Another glorious day !!! In Panoloon, Sapad, Lanao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines, January 26, 2008..CDO Lifeliners with the barangay council members and workers, led by barangay captain Virgilito M. Bienes, holdings hands, praying and praising Almighty God for the wonderful things He has done in this place.. More than 500 patients were served medically and spiritually during this mission which was postpone twice last year because the peace and order situation was not favorable at that time.. Praise God for today , we were victorious!!! We are also grateful for the hospitality accorded to us by the barangay council members , workers, and Alliance people in the place for sharing the Good News to the people.

Next month,our mission is in Zamboanga del Norte.. Please pray for provision and protection... GOD is able to supply all our needs! Amen.

CDO LIFELINERS IN BOHOL, highlights in pictures, (click the overlapping pic to view)

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Proverbs 20:18,, 2Corinthians 10:3-5

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Today, January 26, 2008, is another victorious day in Panoloon, Sapad, Lanao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines, Earth...The first of the planned 11 missions for the year of our LORD, 2008...I will feature this victorious day with the Lord next blog because I have to catch up with the events last November and December to put a chronological perspective of my blog.

The picture above was at our year-end retreat and planning at Bohol Plaza Hotel, Panglao Island, Tagbilaran City with Bro. Ed de Guzman as our speaker. This was on November 30 to December 2 . We left Cagayan de Oro port on November 29 at about 6 pm at the height of the Manila Peninsula Seige in Makati. Co-speaker was supposed to be Bishop Dan Balais, but begged off due to the near-standoff in Makati. We were already in the ship's cabin where we watched the tank smashed the glass door of the hotel on Channel 2 TV. A limited area curfew of 12 midnight to 5 a.m.in Metro Manila and suburbs was declared. Many of us calmly called loved ones in Manila to caution..We then gathered around in prayer for our nation and our trip to Tagbilaran City.

Highlights in pictures of the retreat, planning and side trip I will post next blog. As to Proverbs 20:18, "Make plans by seeking advice,if you wage war, obtain guidance"
the leadership of our team are guided with these from the Bible.. " For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" Personally, as a former subversive prisoner during martial law years , I now know the folly of them without the Living Word.

What a Wonderful God we have!!!!

KOINONIA

2008-01-24T17:16:00.000-08:00

This picture taken during our mission at Marilog District, Davao City, where our team hiked almost 3 kilometers to reach an outpost for the tribal community to gather for medical, dental and evangelism outreach.. In this photo,our team leader, Mrs. Jiji Sedigo is distributing food stuffs to children.. Their elders were in separate area for consultations and dental extraction which were not so many patients, mainly because there is not much availability of candies or sweets whereas in more populated areas in Mindanao there are many patients for tooth extraction.. In our observation, highlanders are prone to goiter where iodine is less available and sickness related to malnutrition. During this mission, we were able to cater to many medical cases yet we were still longing to come back for there are still many who were not able to come because of difficult terrain. A picture can tell a thousand story...which brings me to Acts 2; 42-47.

..."They devoted themselves in the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."

How I wanted this model of a community to be in this place!!! There are already headway in this area where an evangelical church is already established but due to the remoteness, difficulty is experienced by the outreach pastor.. Our team founder, Dr. Reuben Sedigo, envisioned our group to establish this kind of a community as our base camp , which I personally has been quite passionate to start but start-up resources are still not available or other support group to assist. I pray that someone will answer this.

Tomorrow, we will have our medical mission to Sapad, Lanao del Norte, we ask our prayer partners to pray for a successful mission..Praise God.

Our God A Great Provider!!!!

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This is the bus provided by our Great Almighty God thru the Barnabas Ministry of UK...

On March 2006, three of us members of CDO Lifeline Ministries,Inc. went to Subic, Zambales, Luzon, Philippines, to inspect and buy the bus with Mrs. Jiji Sedigo, co-founder of cdo lifeline. The plan was to transport the bus through the Maharlika Highway, three islands, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, to our base city in Cagayan de Oro. Bebot Mabelin was the driver, Tony Montesclaros, mechanic on board and me, navigator and spare driver. The bus is a Mitsubishi 38-seater with front and middle entrance which is suitable for our 45 man-team and can lessen our expenses for the 5 vans we usually hire during our medical missions.The procedure in buying the bus at Subic is "Look, Pay, Test drive" as in "as is , where is " basis. After paying the bus, we were able to test drive the bus in and around the compound. The verdict by Tony was that it is able to travel to Mindanao but we have to buy 4 brand new tires and change oil for the 1,500 kilometers travel to Cagayan de Oro City.

It tooks us 3 days and 3 nights of adventure and exciting trip with land slides, Tsunami alerts, travel money shortage and insights on travel...All these with God's presence we succeeded in all.. I will blog on this adventure next time. But what is at hand with our bus is the concern.. Almost 2 years now, we have ably maintained the bus but as all things here on earth, decays, the bus air condition compressors conked out..Bright ideas were presented and discussed but one thing really is needed for a new unit of compressors.

Here's an appeal for donors. In Paul charge to Timothy : " Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life."

An appeal which I pray you will answer. Amen

"How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Those Who Bring Good News"r

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Sitio Maluan, Marilog District, Davao City, April, 2005.

"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news" Indeed, so beautiful, and physically strong also to hike downhill and uphill just to reach a tribe in sitio maluan, marilog, davao city.. about three kilometers of gravel road that only our medicine 4x4 pick up can navigate to reach the nearest outpost which we gathered the tribal people of three other sitios which are reachable only by horses or on foot.

Roadblocked!!!!

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Roadblocked!!! It was raining hard the night before our mission to Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. at about 4 am our convoy of five vans and a toyota hilux pick up carrying the medicines started out for mission to the western side of northern mindanao. I was on the front seat of the first van following the pick up.. We usually hire vans before we acquired the bus we are using now.. As our standard operating procedure, we do our travel in convoy form without leaving sight of one anothers vehicles although we have walkie talkies in each assigned person in a van and ready cellphone numbers of each member. We were just past the boundary of Lugait and entering the city of Iligan ,except for the driver and me, all were fast asleep in our van. I was steadily looking at the red tail light of the pickup which was fading out in the distance and just suddenly this big tree on the left side of the road came crashing down in front of our van. I let out a sudden cry waking my companions inside. The driver was quick to brake just barely 10 meters away.. A loud hizzing sound and a big thud in front of us...A quick sound of relief vibrated in our group...Prayers of thanksgiving were offered and lessons experienced from our constant prayer of protection before leaving for a mission...we were blocked and yet with protection from Great God Almighty, we succeeded in our mission....

Medicines for the Poor, .. in Camalan, Lala, Lanao del Norte,Philippines

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The picture was taken during our mission to Barrio Camalan, Munincipality of Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines two years ago.. the barrio is located along Panguil Bay which can be reached by banca during high tide and along fish pen pathways...

Today, January 5, 2008, We are going to do a mapping survey of our first medical mission for the year... to a remote barrio in Sapad, Municipality of Lanao del Norte.. Our supposed schedule for the year is in Basilisa, one of island towns in Surigao del Norte, but our contact warned us of bad weather in January so we have to pospone it to a better day. Mapping for the site is very crucial in any event which many forego that can lead to unsuccessful mission... We usually timed our departure from base to the site..meet with hosts in the area for venue preparation and scheduling, gather information for expected patients and medicine requirements, crowd control arrangements and security.. I will go on details with this subject of mapping next blog. .so now, we are leaving for Sapad, to do God's work...Pray for us.

The REASON for the Season

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" For to us a child is born,to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end."
Isaiah 9:6-7

We have to go back to the real reason for the season, the real meaning of this wonderful occasion, rejoicing for what God has done, providing us the way, the only way for the salvation of the world...God is with us.

Know Death, Appreciate Life

2007-12-18T21:39:00.001-08:00

I took this picture during a medical mission in Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines sometime in Feb. 2006. I have the priveledge of serving the Lord, Jesus Christ, in two Christian medical-dental-evangelism outreach groups. One is church-based, composed of church members in medical professions and some pastors and lay professionals , dedicated to support church planting within the Alliance Churches. The other group which I do the documentation and crowd control assignment, is an inter-denomination,evangelical, dedicated medical practitioners that caters to medical-spiritual needs of a community in and outside Mindanao.The team has already done three years of medical missions which were scheduled at least once a month.

This particular photo which is also featured in our website,www.cdolifelineministries.org has a story... It was during the medical mission in Lapuyan that i got to know this boy.. He was brought by his mother to our surgeon for operation but after a thorough consultation with other doctors present,it seems a more hospital-equipped type of medical surgery was needed. The doctors made necessary referrals for the boy to be brought to Pagadian City or in Cagayan de Oro where modern medical facilities are available and the local pastor was advised to facilitate the transportation. I took pictures of the boy during this time, making myself as dispassionate observer as i can but my heart really went out for this child. I have learned from his mother that he has not eaten solid for a month already, only liquids using plastic straw and even that is very hard for the boy to swallow. The swollen cheek and tongue, according to his mother, started from a mosquito bite and got infected. They did not have money to go to a rural health unit in the area which is far from where they live, they resorted to go to a quack doctor....After giving the mother some medicines for boy to take away the pain temporarily, our group prayed over the boy for His highest Will..Many cried. Later on the day I saw the boy sitting by himself, thats when I took this picture..his look has eerie effect as if he knows that his time on earth is fast ending..He has smelled death, and I can say literally because he really smelled..Just recently we learned from the local pastor that the boy died one month after..we were all sad upon hearing but the pastor told us that the boy was definitely in a better state now because he has heard the goodnews, and the only salvation is from the LORD..Amen

And as a way of a dedication, I celebrate this blog from hereon to post our medical missions every week or as often as I can. May God be glorified..

2007-08-20T15:39:00.000-07:00

!! that was a long sleep.. actually, it was a long time learning to walk thru the world of cyberspace.. at first, i was kind of wobbling around, my feet got accustomed to stopping at the most interesting which was the news sections..many happenings around the world which i have to catch up..one time i got engrossed at the comments portions that got me so involved i went around the entire map of earth..finally back to square one of my crib..there's really a whole lot to learn here.. first, i have to learn the lingo..many times i get confused, words are not the same anymore.. then, i have to familiarize the gears, qwerty is no longer that simple..the commas and question mark are no longer in the same place...i have to learn the new ways to simplify this... and the time just flies by...i got couching from my son, just do it! i will just be natural , like riding a bike.. you fall but just go on.. never mind the hecklers.. also, the interruptions, like its " dinner time".. well, think about it, you have to eat to live...

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...starting to familiarize my crib now,..a little bit hard on my bottoms,..getting to see the bright colors, some shapes and friendly faces... got to find ways of making this fun...meantime, back to basics...food..then sleep. .

first moment

2007-07-25T18:49:00.000-07:00

my first blog... a new found thing to do in life... like the first cry of a baby...well, let me explore first.... maybe you could help me..