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Roadblocks – Part 3 Editor’s Musings: ................................ “Roadblocks” ............ Melodie Mae Karaan Inapan, AB Eng’91

Featured Items: Overcoming Roadblocks in Life ......................................................... Salvacion Deocadin Ban, BSN’89 My Hobbies for Stress Relief ........................................................ Shirley Ardales Bangoy, BSBio’89 How to Overcome Challenges in Your LIfe ............................................................... from The Internet 7 Challenges Successful People Overcome .............................................................. from The Internet SULADS’ Corner: ........... “Saving to New Heights in God’s Service” ................. Sulad Rodolfo Cadano SULADS’ Corner: ................................ “Busy For God” .......................... Sulads Jedd & Jomary Calayco Path of Weeds: .............................................................................................................. Jesse Colegado Life of a Missionary:

Editor’s Thoughts: “Roadblocks” Melodie Mae Karaan Inapan, AB Eng’91

od sometimes positions roadblocks in front of you that call for your immediate decision to stop or go in another direction.

Some of the paths God will clearly mark out for you to follow, and others you'll have to choose direction according to what the Holy Spirit says. I’ve heard of people at railroad crossings who saw the red lights flashing, bells ringing, the train approaching, and still they attempted to race across the tracks. Those fortunate enough to survive being slammed into and pushed hundreds of feet thought they could outrun the train. The same is true of people who drive around roadblocks set up during flooding. These people see the water running over the road, but the water appears low enough to go across safely. Regrettably, halfway across, the vehicle they’re in stalls and they have to be pulled out by a rescue team. Or worse, the driver gets washed away. How many times have you and I been so headstrong and plowed ahead ignoring all the visible signs to stop? If you disobey the Spirit’s leading, the odds of ending in failure are greater than the odds of ending in success. When things aren’t working according to your plans, you must believe God has put the roadblock up for your own protection.

My pastor, Rick Godwin, says, “When you come to a roadblock take the detour. A detour could be an interstate highway to your dream. It’s not the end of the road; it’s a bend in the road.” God desired for the children of Israel to leave Egypt and return home to the Promised Land. After 400 years of captivity, the time came when Pharaoh let God’s people leave Egypt. Instead of God taking Israel the shortest way possible, He took them through the wilderness before reaching the Promised Land (See Exodus 13:17-18). Maybe the road of life you’re traveling seems off track from your desired destination. It may even look like you are going in the wrong direction. But, do not be concerned when God takes you on His detours because you will always arrive at the correct location. In another Biblical example, Paul and Silas were two men in the New Testament who traveled around preaching the gospel. Both of these men held true to the path of righteousness and went wherever the Lord guided them. On two occasions in Acts 16, the Holy Spirit blocked them from going where they had planned. Acts 16:6-10 tells us, “They went to Phrygia, and then on through the region of Galatia. Their plan was to turn west into Asia province, but the Holy Spirit blocked that route. So they went to Mysia and tried to go north to Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus wouldn’t let them go there either. Proceeding on through Mysia, they went down to the seaport Troas. That night Paul had a dream: A Macedonian stood on the far shore and called across the sea, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us!’ The dream gave Paul his map. We went to work at once getting things ready to cross over to Macedonia. All the pieces had come together. We knew now for sure that God had called us to preach the good news to the Europeans." (MSG) If Paul would have gone the way he and Silas were planning, God knows what could’ve happened. Wisely, they chose to heed the inner guidance of the Holy Spirit and because of their obedience, God revealed to Paul the correct path for them to follow. Paul knew the importance of making time to seek God in prayer. I’m certain that he called out to the Lord and asked Him for confirmation on the next move to make. Proverbs 16:9 says, “The mind of a man plans his way, but the Lord shows him what to do." (NLV) It’s easy to become irritated with God when you hit a roadblock. But, that isn’t fair because God only wants to keep you on the right path. He is not there to hinder you; He is there to assist you in knowing what avenue to take. So, the next time you’re faced with a roadblock, turn to your personal tour guide, God, and He will direct you on the rest of your journey. Source: http://www1.cbn.com/devotions/roadblocks

Overcoming Roadblocks in Life By Salvacion Deocadin Ban, BSN’89

oadblocks are temporary inconveniences in life that hinder you from growing and moving on. It can be new challenges, family, work and people we come in contact with every day. Roadblocks are always with us. They are important for our existence. When properly handled and managed, they push us to move forward and help us overcome new challenges in life every day. Let me share some effective methods to face life’s roadblocks. First and foremost, put God first. When you love God with everything, you are making Him your desire and you will find it easier to put Him first. Stop, meditate upon God’s promises, look and appreciate what He created and listen to His still small voice through prayer. King David wrote, "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God" (Ps. 42:1). Develop inherent talents and make these your greatest strengths. Manage your weaknesses, too. You can develop skills and manage your weaknesses by expanding your view beyond your own strengths and weaknesses. Spend more time with family, relatives, close friends and mentors. If you do, you will build confidence and self-esteem, create strong bonds, nurture positive behaviors and relieve stress. Mentors can provide guidance and encouragement, and support personal and professional growth which ultimately lead to improved work performance. Handle one problem at a time. Start with small challenges so you won’t be overwhelmed. Be patient. Don't let a challenge become a hindrance in your path to success. Lighten your baggage. The more weight you carry, the less likely for you to reach your destination. If you want to move forward spiritually, don't allow roadblocks to drag you down. Have God, first and foremost, develop your talents, cherish family, relatives and mentor sand handle challenges one at a time and God will sustain you and help you overcome roadblocks in your spiritual journey. Salvacion Deocadin Ban, BSN’89, works at the School of Nursing of Central Philippine Adventist College where she SHINES ON! as clinical instructor and level coordinator.

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Salvacion Ban with her family

Shirley Ardales Bangoy with her family

My Hobbies for Stress Relief Shirley Ardales Bangoy, BS Bio’89

tress has become a natural component of life after man sinned. However, God physiologically designed the human body to cope with stress the moment it comes. Stretching of blood vessels is one way of coping with everyday stress.

Each one of us has his/her unique stressors. Normally, our stressors are those that we hold dear to our hearts. In any aspect of life stress begins its toll when our expectations fail. I, too, have a good share of stress in my life. In the early years of my career I decided not to be affected by stress in the workplace. This did not hold true. As I look back, I can see a life that was in constant battle with stress which came from what I held dear – my career. Emerging victorious over stress was a daily goal for me. Rechanneling my thoughts and effort in doing a hobby finally did the trick. Every day, I had to do something that could boost my self-worth and at the same time divert my thoughts away from my stressors. My hobbies have taken me a hundred miles away from my stressors. During my teenage years cooking was a family responsibility I had to do. Being educated in a school away from home, I experienced family time only on occasional weekends or when school closed. I was fascinated with cooking because it made my younger siblings happy. I also love sewing. Being able to make dresses and uniforms made the family expenditure to clothes lesser than expected. Today, I dedicate my off-classroom time to hobbies as a way of managing my financial stressors. Other than the extra income I get, hobbies relax my mind. Ecclesiastes 9:10 says that whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. This is my moral basis for cultivating a hobby.

Shirley Ardales Bangoy, BSBio’89, works in Central Philippine Adventist College where she SHINES ON as professor in the Biology Department.

How to Overcome Challenges In Your Life Source: https://oureverydaylife.com/overcome-challenges-life-5058456.html

e all face tough and difficult challenges in life. Some become difficult to overcome, especially when the odds are stacked against us. Going against all odds, is something we're capable of doing. To overcome challenges, you need to have that "never quit" attitude in life. If you develop it, you'll overcome quite a bit. Motivate yourself. Say YES I CAN. The challenge should bring out the best of you in this situation. Slow it down, think that process though. Develop that swagger in saying there's no way you're going to fail at this. If you develop that mindset, you'll get it done. Stay calm and cool headed. When you're facing serious troubles and problems in life. You have recollect yourself, and calm down. You can't panic your way through it. Take a deep breath, relax, slow it down. Think things through calmly. Let failure fuel and fear you in a positive way. Most people will avoid any challenge, because they're scared of failing. Running from that challenge IS failing! Everyone fails at times. It's not how many times you get knocked down that counts. It's how many times you get up in life that matter. If you fail the first, second, or third time, don't give up. Pick yourself up, and learn from why you've failed, and move on in positive direction. Learn what made you fail at overcoming this challenge, or challenges.

Simplify the problem or challenge you're facing. Break it down into steps, and work your way to the top of it. You have to work from the grown up. Work through each step of the process of overcoming this challenge. Make the challenge easier than it. That starts by breaking it down into steps. As you get through each step, you develop more belief you can get it done, then you will. Maintain being positive and confident. Overcoming a challenge, you have to believe you can really do it. You have to find out all the ways you can overcome it, and put it to full use and effort. People overcome all kinds of challenges every day. I believe that challenges aren't nearly as hard as presented most the time. Depends exactly what this challenge is. It's our own mental stability that's the difficult part. When you get into the mind frame of doing it mentally, you'll actually be able to do it. You can't do it, until you get there mentally. Think the best, not the worst. What can really be the worst thing that happens if you don't overcome this challenge? Do you lose something extremely valuable? Are you afraid you'll be mocked? Labeled a failure? The most successful people have been labeled these things at one point or another. How do you think they overcome challenges in their life? They've been through the process of not doing it before. Instead of staying down, they use these parts of their life to help overcome them in the future. Don't let anything stick to you, then you'll be able to overcome all challenges you face in your life. Learn from watching professional sports. As silly as it seems, and I realize it's just a game. Sports are a great way to watch, learn, and understand how to overcome challenges. When you watch teams, players, all the time in tough spots. We get to see in these pressure situations them overcome quite a bit of challenges. Sports for us, are a way to experience and witness that anything is possible. That anyone can overcome a great deal of difficulty to succeed in our world. As the say goes, "anything is possible." Source: https://oureverydaylife.com/overcome-challenges-life-5058456.html

7 Challenges Successful People Overcome http://www.talentsmart.com/articles/7-Challenges-Successful-People-Overcome-2147446608-p-1.html

t’s truly fascinating how successful people approach problems. Where others see impenetrable barriers, they see challenges to embrace and obstacles to overcome.

Their confidence in the face of hardship is driven by the ability to let go of the negativity that holds so many otherwise sensible people back. Martin Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania has studied this phenomenon more than anyone else has, and he’s found that success in life is driven by one critical distinction—whether you believe that your failures are produced by personal deficits beyond your control or that they are mistakes you can fix with effort. Success isn’t the only thing determined by your mindset. Seligman has found much higher rates of depression in people who attribute their failures to personal deficits. Optimists fare better; they treat failure as learning experiences and believe they can do better in the future. This success mindset requires emotional intelligence (EQ), and it’s no wonder that, among the million-plus people tested, 90% of top performers have high EQs. Maintaining the success mindset isn’t easy. There are seven things, in particular, that tend to shatter it. These challenges drag people down because they appear to be barriers that cannot be overcome. Not so for successful people, as these seven challenges never hold them back.

1. Age Age really is just a number. Successful people don’t let their age define who they are and what they are capable of. Just ask Betty White or any young, thriving entrepreneur. I remember a professor in graduate school who told our class that we were all too young and inexperienced to do consulting work. He said we had to go work for another company for several years before we could hope to succeed as independent consultants. I was the youngest person in the class, and I sat there doing work for my consulting clients while he droned on. Without fail, people feel compelled to tell you what you should and shouldn’t do because of your age. Don’t listen to them. Successful people certainly don’t. They follow their heart and allow their passion—not the body they’re living in—to be their guide. “They follow their heart and allow their passion—not the body they’re living in—to be their guide.”

2. What Other People Think When your sense of pleasure and satisfaction are derived from comparing yourself to others, you are no longer the master of your own destiny. While it’s impossible to turn off your reactions to what others think of you, you don’t have to hold up your accomplishments to anyone else’s, and you can always take people’s opinions with a grain of salt. That way, no matter what other people are thinking or doing, your self-worth comes from within. Successful people know that caring about what other people think is a waste of time and energy. When successful people feel good about something that they’ve done, they don’t let anyone’s opinions take that away from them. “No matter what other people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain—you’re never as good or bad as they say you are.”

3. Toxic People Successful people believe in a simple notion: you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Just think about it—some of the most successful companies in recent history were founded by brilliant pairs. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple lived in the same neighborhood, Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft met in prep school, and Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google met at Stanford. Just as great people help you to reach your full potential, toxic people drag you right down with them. Whether it's negativity, cruelty, the victim syndrome, or just plain craziness, toxic people create stress and strife that should be avoided at all costs. If you’re unhappy with where you are in your life, just take a look around. More often than not, the people you’ve surrounded yourself with are the root of your problems. “You’ll never reach your peak until you surround yourself with the right people.”

4. Fear Fear is nothing more than a lingering emotion that’s fueled by your imagination. Danger is real. It’s the uncomfortable rush of adrenaline you get when you almost step in front of a bus. Fear is a choice. Successful people know this better than anyone does, so they flip fear on its head. They are addicted to the euphoric feeling they get from conquering their fears. Don’t ever hold back in life just because you feel scared. I often hear people say, “What’s the worst thing that can happen to you? Will it kill you?” Yet, death isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you... “The worst thing that can happen to you is allowing yourself to die inside while you’re still alive.”

5. Negativity Life won’t always go the way you want it to, but when it comes down to it, you have the same 24 hours in the day as everyone else does. Successful people make their time count. Instead of complaining about how things could have been or should have been, they reflect on everything they have to be grateful for. Then they find the best solution available, tackle the problem, and move on. When the negativity comes from someone else, successful people avoid it by setting limits and distancing themselves from it. Think of it this way: “If the complainer were smoking, would you sit there all afternoon inhaling the second-hand smoke?”

Of course not. You’d distance yourself, and you should do the same with all negative people. A great way to stop complainers in their tracks is to ask them how they intend to fix the problem they’re complaining about. They will either quiet down or redirect the conversation in a productive direction.

6. The Past or the Future Like fear, the past and the future are products of your mind. No amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of anxiety can change the future. Successful people know this, and they focus on living in the present moment. It’s impossible to reach your full potential if you’re constantly somewhere else, unable to fully embrace the reality (good or bad) of this very moment. To live in the moment, you must do two things: 1) Accept your past. If you don’t make peace with your past, it will never leave you and it will create your future. Successful people know the only good time to look at the past is to see how far you’ve come. 2) Accept the uncertainty of the future, and don’t place unnecessary expectations upon yourself. Worry has no place in the here and now. As Mark Twain once said, “Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.”

7. The State of the World Keep your eyes on the news for any length of time and you’ll see it’s just one endless cycle of war, violent attacks, fragile economies, failing companies, and environmental disasters. It’s easy to think the world is headed downhill fast.

And who knows? Maybe it is. But successful people don’t worry about that because they don’t get caught up in things they can’t control. Instead, they focus their energy on directing the two things that are completely within their power—their attention and their effort. They focus their attention on all the things they’re grateful for, and they look for the good that’s happening in the world. They focus their effort on doing what they can every single day to improve their own lives and the world around them, because these small steps are all it takes to make the world a better place. “They focus their effort on doing what they can every single day to improve their own lives and the world around them...”

Bringing It All Together Your success is driven by your mindset. With discipline and focus, you can ensure that these seven obstacles never hold you back from reaching your full potential.

God is my Salvation; I will trust and will not be afraid. Isaiah 12:2 God will not give you more than you can handle. If you face a big challenge You have a big destiny. - Joel Osteen

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you, and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too! - Will Smith

Sometimes God stirs us out of comfortable situations in order to stretch us and cause us to use our faith. We may not like it, and it may not always be comfortable. But God loves us too much to just leave us the way we are

“Saving to New Heights in God’s Service” By Sulad Rodolfo Cadano, GO-SULADS Volunteer & Teacher SULADS Comprehensive High School for Lumads (SCHSL)

ime and again, SULADS Ministry is on the move to minister to people and community and I am happy to disclose that, at last, I am serving at the SULADS High School which is a wish come true for me. At the school, I had been given greater responsibilities because of the intracultural population and social system. Currently, we have ten educators in our teaching faculty including our head Sulad Michelle Jison. The school ministers to learners coming from seven indigenous tribes coming from different provinces in Mindanao. We teach the basic required High School subjects plus teach some vocational skills like gardening. In addition, the school’s inspiring and nurturing program paves the way for students’ exposure to church services. It also boosts the spiritual upliftment of church members. We did the first visitation and nurturing in Liing SDA Church at Santo Domingo, Lumintao, Quezon. Our presence created ripples of happy influence and warmer fellowship among believers. To God be the glory!

“Busy For God” By Sulads Jedd & Jemary Calayco, GO-SULADS Volunteers & Teachers SULADS Comprehensive High School for Lumads (SCHSL)

ow! We are so busy with this,” my wife commented as most of our days at the SULADS High School is normally always busy. It was enrollment time. Many students flock congregated at the office to get enrolled, each one wanted to be assisted first. Even into the night, we still found ourselves doing paperwork at home. Besides enrollment, I also am responsible for the dormitory, I prepare lessons for every subject, counsel the students and do church work. But I count all these as being busy for the Lord. At times, I think back of the days when I was not serving God yet. And I compare those days with how busy I am today at the High School. But I count all these a joy and a blessing, not a sacrifice because I love what I am doing. Time is very important because God always has time for us.

Blue Booties

n the maternity ward of a hospital, newborn girl baby looks over at newborn boy baby and asks, "Are you a girl baby or a boy baby?"

The boy baby quickly chirps up, "I'm a baby boy!" "How can you tell?" asks girl baby. "Easy," says boy baby. And, with that, he threw off the blankets, hoisted up his itty-bitty nightshirt and proudly pointed downward. "See.....blue booties!" (from Cybersalt Digest)

Late

little girl, dressed in her Sunday best, was running as fast as she could, trying not to be late for Bible class. As she ran she prayed, "Dear Lord, please don't let me be late! Dear Lord, please don't let me be late!"

While she was running and praying, she tripped on a curb and fell, getting her clothes dirty and tearing her dress. She got up, brushed herself off, and started running again! As she ran she once again began to pray, "Dear Lord, please don't let me be late...But please don't shove me either!" (from Mikey's Funnies)

The Hair Cut

t the barbershop recently, a father came in with his two sons, about 10 and 12 years of age. He got both boys settled into barber chairs and then proceeded to tell the barbers how he wanted their hair cut.

The younger boy didn't pay much attention. But the older boy turned to his barber and said, "Make me look good for the girls, not for my dad!" (from Da Mouse Tracks)

Kiss Billy Brown

ittle Jennie, age six, proudly told her mother that Billy Brown had kissed her after class.

"How did that happen?" gasped her mother. "It wasn't easy," admitted the young lady, "but three girls helped me catch him." (from Mikey's Funnies)

Personal Identity

n one of my parishes," wrote a pastor, "there resided a school superintendent and his family. They lived through a time of great tension between the School Board and the teachers' union. They even received threats that their home would be burned. Their son David had the highest SAT scores in the school, a triple A rating on the tuba, was extremely active in school functions, had an almost 97% average, yet was blackballed from the National Honor Society because of the feud between the administration and the teachers. His parents were heartbroken, but after some brief moments of anger and resentment, David announced: "I don't need them to tell me who I am." "Neither did Jesus!" (from Homiletics, November 24, 1991)

Girls

fter Sunday school two little boys were standing in the church lobby. As they were talking a pretty little girl from their class walked by them.

One of the little guys said to the other, "When I quit hating girls, she's the first one I'm going to quit hating." (Excerpt from "The 10 Commandments of Love" by Larry Wynn via GCFL)

Violin Lessons

aven't I seen your face before?" a judge demanded, looking down at the defendant.

"You have, Your Honor," the man answered hopefully. "I gave your son violin lessons last winter." "Ah, yes," recalled the judge. "Twenty years!"

Lesson Learned

hen my son was around 4 years old, we went to the local drug store one afternoon. While in the checkout he noticed a bald-headed man behind us in line. I had, as good moms do, been teaching him manners, especially how important they are when in public. I noticed the man the same time my son did and just prayed that he would remember what I had taught him. Within seconds, at an unusually quiet moment in the store, my son proclaimed, "Look mama, that man ain't got no hair!" The man was understanding, and even smiled at my son. Next, without warning, my son shouted, "And look, he ain't got no teeth either!!" I couldn't get out of there fast enough. To make matters more awkward yet, while we were in the parking lot the man walked over and spoke very kindly to my son. He reached into his pocket, pulled out his false teeth, and said, "I do have my teeth, I just haven't brushed yet." My son has never had a cavity and he is now twenty years old. I guess some lessons are learned in the oddest ways.

Lesson on Plant Growth

e were doing a science lesson on how plants grow. The children all got a chance to plant their own seeds. After a few days of watching the seedlings, I secretly exchanged a few seeds for the children whose plants did not sprout.

Several days later one of my students said: "Look Mrs. Gilligan, it's a miracle, my plant is growing." I said: "Yes, seeds sprouting is very exciting." He said: "No, Mrs. Gilligan, that's not the miracle, I ATE the SEED and it is growing anyway!"

Sewing Lesson

y granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me, and I decided to teach her to sew.

After I had gone through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the machine, she stepped back, put her hands on her hips, and said in disbelief, "You mean you can do all that, but you can't operate my Game Boy?" (from GCFL)

Lesson

hile putting my 4-year-old daughter to bed one evening, I read her the story of the Prodigal Son. We discussed how the young son had taken his inheritance and left home, living it up until he had nothing left. Finally, when he couldn't even eat as well as pigs, he went home to his father, who welcomed him. When we finished the story, I asked my daughter what she had learned. After thinking a moment, she quipped, "Never leave home without your credit card!" (from Da Mouse Tracks)

Self Righteous Son Thanks to List member Dannette from Ohio for this true story about her son

hen my son was 4, I was in a Women's Bible Study group. They had classes for children as well, while we studied in our groups. One day, as my son and I were walking to our car, he said to me, "Mom, I'm not going to sin anymore."

You can imagine my pride at hearing this. Then I got to wondering why he said this, so I asked him. His answer was quick: "Jesus said if you don't sin, you can throw the first stone, and I want to throw the first stone." (from Cybersalt Digest)

Ice Fishing with Son

ne day my husband decided to take our ten-year-old son, Ben, ice fishing. It took two hours to pack a lunch, load the truck with gear and warm clothes, go to the store to buy fresh shrimp for bait, make a hole in the ice, and set up rods and

chairs.

It was finally time to bait the line. "Where's the shrimp?" Mike asked. "Gone", replied Ben. "I got hungry waiting for you."

Spelling

y son, Mitchell, a kindergartner, practices spelling with magnetic letters on the refrigerator: cat, dog, dad, and mom have been proudly displayed for all to see. One morning while getting ready for the day, Mitchell bounded into the room with his arms outstretched. In his hands were three magnetic letters: "G"-"O"-"D". "Look what I spelled, Mom!" Mitch exclaimed, a proud smile on his face. "That's wonderful!" I praised him. "Now go put them on the fridge so Dad can see when he gets home tonight." That religious education is certainly having an impact, I thought, happily. Just then, a little voice called from the kitchen. "Mom? How do you spell 'zilla?'"

The Perfect Son A: I have the perfect son.

B: Does he smoke?  A: No, he doesn't.  B: Does he drink whiskey?  A: No, he doesn't.  B: Does he ever come home late?  A: No, he doesn't.  B: I guess you really do have the perfect son. How old is he?  A: He will be six months old next Wednesday. (from Doc's Daily Chuckle)

Samson

Sunday school teacher asked her class to write a composition on the story of Samson.

One teenage girl wrote, "Samson wasn't so unusual. The boys I know brag about their strength and wear their hair long too." (from Da Mouse Tracks)

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In Closing … Announcements | From The Mail Bag | Prayer Requests | Acknowledgment Meet The Editors |Closing Thoughts

Alumni Announcements

Alumni Calendar When

What

Where

2018 Dec 14-15 NEW 2018 Dec 28- Jan1 NEW 2019 July 15-20

MVC Alumni Asso. Reunion GYC MVCSN 50th Anniversary Homecoming Reunion Int’l Pathfinder Camporee MVC Alumni Reunion MVCSN Alumni Reunion @ GC

San Deigo, CA Houston, TX MVC Campus

2019 Aug 12-17 2020 TBD 2020 July TBD

Oshkosh, WI MVC Campus Indianapolis

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www.gycweb.org Devaney Bayeta, Pres MVCSN Homebase Chapter www.camporee.org Dr. Gladden Flores

Prayer Requests FOR THE CONTINUED HEALING OF: Asher Himbing, Ellen Fabella, Ching Rivera, Virgie Osita, Oseas Zamora & Remelito Tabingo and for MVC Alumni & Friends who are sick. COMFORT FOR THE BEREAVED FAMILIES OF: Ellen Mae Anoche, Atty. Nick Baguio, Ruth Fabella, Rachel Tabaranza, Gabby Palapar, Honrado Pamintuan , Joe Cortez & his wife Ruth Generato Cortez, Bella Tawatao, Solpen Solilapsi Pierce, Lydia Hilado Ombiga, and other families who recently lost their loved ones.

PRAYER REQUESTS FROM SULADS THAILAND: Please pray that God will provide a. Solar panels for the church and parsonage. b. Clean water source for a village in Thailand. c. Supplies for health screening (free clinic) or funds to purchase the supplies. d. Supplies for a 3-day English Camp in Thailand PRAYER REQUESTS FROM SULADS CANADA: Please pray God’s blessings on this endeavor! • First Nations Wellness Coach Training – Part 1 (First of 3 intensive training sessions) 7 Days Intensive Training September 30-October 7, 2018 Camp Hope Lodge. Hope, British Columbia Open to First Nations people and those who are willing to work with First Nation people (Editor’s Note: First Nations is the tribe in Canada that has SULADS working with them) Topics: Spiritual Wellbeing, Natural Medicine and Herbs, Cultural Competency in Ministry, Health and Wellness Coaching Natural Home Remedies, Basic Business and Marketing Skills, Mental Health and Stress. PRAYER REQUESTS FROM SULADS USA: • PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING for the successful heart bypass of Asher Himbing.

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Acknowledgment A special thank you to the following who helped make this week’s issue of CyberFlashes: • Shirley Ardales Bangoy & Salvacion Deocadin Ban for their testimonies • Jessie Colegado for chuckles in “Jessie’s Patch of Weeds”, • The Sulads and Gospel Outreach for “SULADS’ Corner” • Eddie Zamora for editing; Joy Caballero-Gadia for the layout

Thoughts The Editor And finally, a prayer to help you overcome your challenges…