Takbo Maharlika Run ends

Rejoice with us in praising God! At 7Am today Takbo Maharlika team reached Zamboanga City Port ending a 7 month run of 2,387 km (83% of Maharlika highway allowed to TM) covering 11 regions, 30 provinces, 13 chartered cities outside Metro Manila with EDSA from Valenzuela to Muntinlupa.

Visit to Fuente Street Kids

A fun afternoon with our friends in Fuente. :) Enjoy your weekend! :)

Takbo Maharlika in Cebu

TM's Cebu Run with the CPNP. A run jived with PDG Nicanor Bartolome's call to Bishop Joe Palma. About 500 PNP, AFP and civilian runners started at 3 different ppints merging at the finish line, the Mandaue Sports Center.

Monday, April 28, 2008

HCCLP PNP RTS 7 (ALPHA GROUP)



After their physical workout, the trainees did their morning devotions. They end the day with their evening devotions. Seminar-workshops are sandwiched between these two prayer times. The trainees are part of the 5-day heroic Christian citizenship and leadership program (HCCLP) offered by Dilaab in partnership with the Police National Training Institute (PNTI) in charge of training police personnel. The same event is being planned for Cagayan de Oro and Pampanga. As they say, prevention is better than cure. Beyond this, one could say that a leaven for transformation is emerging among the ranks of the police. The HCCLP has five components: a three-day sensitivity and teambuilding module; a two-day Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS); a two-day S Leadership (i.e. God-centered leadership); a one-day Jacobs Well (discerning the signs of the times from a biblical perspective); and a one-day Spaces of Hope (a good Christian is also a good citizen). We end by reenacting baptism (not celebrating) in the early Church to stress that baptism is the point of unity among Christians and that Christian life is a journey needing support. The HCCLP is the result of collaborative effort between Dilaab and other renewal groups. A closer look reveals that there is an effort here to integrate and align personal conversion, family renewal, and social transformation. To put it another way, we are trying to address what seems to us at Dilaab to be the missing link in social transformation: faith-impelled solidarity. We seemed to have touched a chord in the hearts of many Filipinos outside the PNP community. Donations of blankets, plates, rice, etc. for the said training is coming in from various quarters.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

MANILA TRIP: MET AMONG ED PANLILIO

PRAISE GOD!




On Sunday (April 20) the team met Among Ed of Pampanga and his team to discuss the book launch of Luid Ka (“Hail to you”) in Cebu on June 12. There is a convergence of energies in this book with Puede Pala. The good news that change is possible in politics is part of the good news in the evangelization of our political culture. But how does the silent majority in the Philippines encourage and support other good leaders in the likes of Among Ed to be in politics without encouraging men of the cloth to run for office?

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Friday, April 18, 2008

MANILA TRIP: JACOB'S WELL AT PNTI





Spent the whole day of April 18 giving the Jacob’s Well module in Pansol, Laguna to key personnel of the Police National Training Institute. While their Tagalog was rusty, the insights came through with very positive feedback from the participants, many of whom suggested they give the same to other government agencies, including the PNP and AFP.
Jacob’s well is a day-long module that aligns and integrates personal conversion, family renewal, and social transformation. God has indeed formed a good Dilaab team for this purpose. Back in Manila that evening, we spent time watching the play, “Altar Boyz.” It was delightfully playful and contemporary, with lessons for the heart and head.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

MANILA TRIP: MEET ATE ANGIE (FORMER BARANGAY CAPTAIN OF KAMUNING)




The next day we met Ate Angie, a former barangay captain of Kamuning, for an interview. Her stories of how she lived out her accountability partnership with Col. Cesar Binag (and now with the present station commander) touched us deeply. Here was one who was an exemplary heroic Christian citizen and leader working meaningfully with another inspiring figure for the common good of her locality. Her story – their story – has to be told. This is part of the good news of social transformation. Dilaab is now documenting their partnership as part of our puede pala initiative.

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MANILA TRIP: COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION





In Manila, the team joined the launch of a media campaign of the Coalition Against Corruption (Tuesday 15 April). Someone who is now with the private sector but who feels called to serve once more in government, despite the excellent material remuneration the person is presently receiving. Public service is indeed a calling! A mid-afternoon meeting revealed a faith-impelled partner in Manila in the fight against corruption. Faith-impelled solidarity is the missing link in social transformation.

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