LALAG SU L A DS J our na l July - September 2015
Cluster 3 Reporting
Back to my People
No Tears Allowed
SULADS
reaching the unreached feature 10 COVER STORY
BACK TO MY PEOPLE Clohonon Udelen
12 THE MOTORCYCLE CONVOY Jiffrey Silmaro
14 DOLPHI
Nemsie Luad
16 THE BULLET
David Payaron
Editor
columns 3 EDITOR’S NOTE Our Neighbors
4 NEWS 7 REPORTS 18 H.E.A.L. CORNER Herbs of Faith
20 STAFF SPACE
A Fruit that Bears Fruits
22 SULADS TONGUE 22 MR. CULTURE SAYS
Liz Darnelle Ang
23 PRAYER LIST
Layout and Design
24 SNAPSHOT
Liz Darnelle Ang
Contributors
Bethel Jane Ranarez Clohonon Udelen Jiffrey Silmaro Nemsie Luad David Payaron Rogelio Ebaga Lowel Limbagan Brayan Taglos
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about the cover This photo was taken by John Launois in the 1970’s depicting the old primitive cave lifestyle of the Tasaday people in South Cotobato.
EDITOR’S NOTE Our Neighbors Every person on planet Earth who is suffering is our neighbor. There is no reference to race, color, or class. Every wondering soul caught in the slavery of Satan who needs our help is our neighbor. Our neighbors are not merely those who belong to our community or are like-minded as we are. We are to do good to the whole human family, our neighbors. Don’t allow an opportunity to pass by where we neglect to visit those who live near us, and with kindness try to reach their hearts. Today, God has given us an opportunity to share the stories from South Cotobato and Davao del Sur of how we are called to love our neighbors. “All who commune with God will find abundance of work to do for Him. Those who go forth in the spirit of the Master, seeking to reach souls with the truth, will not find the work of drawing souls to Christ a dull, uninteresting drudgery. They are charged with a work as God’s husbandmen, and they will become more and more vitalized as they give themselves to the service of God. It is a joyous work to open the Scriptures to others.” Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 118.
LALAG (Manobo term meaning Message) is SULADS Journal published triannually by SULADS, Inc., a non-government and non-profit charitable educational institution in the Philippines which aims to educate and inspire the unreached indigenous people. SULADS come from the Manobo term sulad which means brother or sister. It is also an acronym for Socio-ecomic Uplift, Literacy, Anthropological, and Developmental Services. SULADS, Inc. Mountain View College Mt. Nebo, Valencia City, Bukidnon 8709 info@suladsasia.org
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NEWS SLONG Celebrates Nutrition Month SULADS volunteers, Redith Jane Gumobao and Mailyn Calago, headed the success of July’s Nutrition Month Celebration at Slong SULADS Literacy Center, Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. A day’s finale program had given them a better view of NEWSTART and the importance of healthy lifestyle. The vegetarian and seasoning-free cooking contest highlighted the special celebration that had opened the villagers’ minds and of the students’ on how some seasonings could be harmful to their physical bodies. The village was able to be opened to the possibility of a delicious meal or dish without any kind of artificial seasonings. “We praise God for giving us this great time to share this informative knowledge we have in NEWSTART.”
Food prepartion
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Mailyn standing by the decorative wall
Pots of diverse dishes without seasonings
Different dishes made
Getting vegetables ready
NEWS Dep - Ed Accredits Abnate SULADS Literacy Center On August 4, 2015, Lowel Limbagan, Cluster 3 Supervisor, with Jiffrey and Fema Silmaro, the pioneers in Abnate, and other Main Office Staff visited the Division Offce of Davao del Sur. The intended visit was to ask the permission from the Department of Education to credit the earned merits of students who are studying in Abnate SULADS Literacy Center. By the help of the SULADS Supervisor, the clean and pure intentions of the SULADS work was made clearly known to
the Department of Education. After some discussions and stating the agreement of terms with the Division Superintendent, the Abnate SULADS Literacy Center was given the approval. Their students will be officially enrolled under the accreditation of Davao del Sur Dep Ed. Supplies of books and teaching materials will then be given to Abnate SULADS Literacy Center by the Dep Ed of Davao del Sur. We thank God for working so quickly in helping this school.
Supervisor explaining what is SULADS
Paperworks Signing of the paperworks
Group Picture with Dep - Ed Personels
Group Picture with Dep - Ed Personels
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NEWS SMM accommodates Cluster 3 Reporting Twelve SULADS volunteers from six different territories of South Cotabato and Davao Cluster and four Main Office Staff met on July 30 - August 1, 2015, in Southern Mindanao Mission (SMM) Guest House to hold the first reporting of Cluster 3. The reporting started on Thursday night through the morning of Friday and facilitated by their Supervisor, Mr. Lowel I. Limbagan. The report consisted of the “Health, Education, Agriculture, Livelihood” condition of the village with the added “S” which is the spiritual aspect. Both partners took their turns in sharing all the detailed information that relates to the H.E.A.L. Method and the work they are doing in the village.
During Sabbath, SULADS volunteers and staff were divided into 3 churches: Atis, LB Tabo, and Lanton. The different locations had allowed them to promote, inspire, and encourage young and old to support the SULADS ministry. A very generous church member gave the whole group boxes of supplies that would truly sustain them in the mountains. The SULADS volunteers went home with gladness and deep gratefulness of God’s ways for making provitions for them. This was made possible by the kind accommodation of the SMM administrators headed by Pastor Sagabay, the SMM SULADS Coordinator.
Everyone listening to the reporting
Unpacking boxes given to be distributed
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REPORTS H.E.A.L.S. Report ABNATE (Pioneering) Jiffrey and Fema Silmaro Abnate, Kiblawan, Padada, Davao del Sur Village Status
Total Population: 61 households
Health
Common Illness: Goiter, colds, skin diseases Lifestyle: Coffee, can goods, and noodles are part of their diet Water Source: Spring Water 26 Families with Garden 24 Families with toilets
Education
Enrolment Status Number of grade level: Grade 1- Grade 5 Total number of enrollees : 65 students
Agriculture
Corn Plantation
Livelihood
Mainly Farming
Spiritual
SULADS pioneering work. Our hope for the village to hear the Gospel is through the children. We are teaching them to be responsible church goers and members someday.
BUHONG (Pioneering) Rogelio Ebaga and Gideon Mangin Buhung, Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotobato Village Status
Total Population: 35 households
Health
Common Illness: : Abdominal pain, cough , colds, headache Water Source: Cave/Spring Only 1 family has a toilet
Education
Enrolment Status Number of grade level: Grade 1- Grade 4 Total number of enrollees : 56 students
Agriculture
11 Families with garden Farming
Livelihood
Gathering Uway (Ratan) and Abaca Fibers They are very fond of gambling
Spiritual
It is the children that are really so eager to attend our daily worship. We train the kids how to sing and speak in the pulpit during church services.
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REPORTS KAFOK Diodulo and Nemsie Luad Kafok, Akmonan, Tupi, South Cotobato Village Status
Total Population: 79 households
Health
Common Illness: Skin diseases Lifestyle: Very unhealthy lifestyle of drinking coffee and eating can goods Water Source: Spring We use Guyabano (Sour Sop) leaves decoction in treating common complaints
Education
Enrolment Stutus Number of Grade Level: Children’s Class and Adult Class Total number of enrollees : 54 School supplies are in abundance. People downtown always climb up in Kafok to send School supplies
Agriculture
Big Farms but little produce We conducted lectures on agriculture from our personal experience as farmers and from what we learned during the training.
Livelihood
Farming
Spiritual
There are so many backsliders because of looking unto the flaws of other church members . We are struggling to keep their eyes focus on Jesus. We did sleep over in their homes and did family worship program for every Adventist and non-Adventist and made them see the beauty of a family in Jesus through our family. The sleepovers has a real great effect on the village people.
LAMBILA Mr. and Mrs. David Payaron Lamibila, Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotobato Village Status
Total Population: 118 21 Households
Health
Common Illness: Cough and colds, Scabies, and skin diseases Lifestyle: Poor Water Source: good water source - Spring
Education
Enrolment Status Number of grade level: Grade 1-2 and Grade 4-5 Total number of enrollees: 61
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REPORTS LAMFITOK Clohonon and Jocelyn Udelen Lamfitok (Tasaday), Ned, Lake Sebu, South Village Status
REP Health
Total Population: 22 households Common Illness: Scabies, cough and colds, headache Lifestyle: primitive We aroused the whole village to make a garbage/ compost pit and herbal garden
Education
Enrolment Status Number of Grade Level : Grade 1 - Grade 6 Total number of Enrollees : 36 Two classrooms were newly erected
Agriculture
We have adlai, cassava, corn and camote (sweet potato) garden in the school
Livelihood
Farming and hunting
Spiritual
We visit houses every day after class and do our regular worship in the church
SLONG Redith Jane Gumubao and Mailyn Calago Slong, Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotobato Village Status
Total Population: 291 52 households
Health
Common Illness: Cough and colds, Fever, headache, Skin Disease , and Iron Deficiency Lifestyle: The village use artificial seasonings Water Source: Spring
Education
Enrolment Status Number of grade level: Grade 1- Grade 3 Total number of enrollees : 67
Agriculture
Sticky Corn Plantation
Livelihood
Farming
Spiritual
The death of the Datu has caused so much trouble and discouragement in their faith. We shed tears for the very lukewarm condition of the village. My partner and I are doing our best on our knees to lead them back into the fold and to revive in them the spirit of service and faith.
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COVER STORY
BACK TO MY PEOPLE
When the Presidential Authority and National Minorities (PANAMIN) of the government came in our village, they started to give supplies of food, clothing, farming tools, and slowly the forest was opened to a more stable form of living condition. A house to live in and some piece of land to farm. Our forest became a little village in the deep jungle. But during the 1980’s, the government support stopped. It was a big lose to my people, but still we survived and went back to the old ways. During the 1990’s, an NGO from the America called “Friends
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of TASADAY Foundation (FOT)” headed by John Nance, gave my people an educational program grant, farm culture, and livelihood projects. After 10 years of implementation before it stopped, there were two who were able to finish college. The program stopped when John Nance died on March 8, 2010. And one of the two who finished college was me. Now I’m so blessed to be given the chance to become a SULADS volunteer with my wife. I never have dreamed to be in the Lord’s work. I was converted to Adventist faith last November 29, 2009 and have never been an active member of the church, not until I dreamed of seeing Jesus in the clouds of heaven saying, “Come, Follow Me.” When I woke up in the morning, I told my wife about the dream, and right there and then, the Lord worked in my heart in so many tremendous ways that has led me to develop this passion to help my own people see.
Photo taken by : John Launois
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belong to the Lumad Tribe of Tasaday and from a poor family. My parents were living in the cave in the middle of a very thick forest. They looked for food in the wild, hunted wild animals, and fished in the rivers for the family’s food. There are twelve children in the family - four girls and eight boys.
Little by little, my spiritual life had been revived. There was no other thing I have thought of but to do what was best for my people for my life with Jesus. With the education I was blessed to have, I also wanted the other members of my people to have the same great opportunity to be educated. I hoped to see an army of people from my tribe - Tasaday to be in the field working for God. March 28, 2014 came and I was recommended by the church to join SULADS training. Sadly, I did not have all the essential things to join the missionary training - no shoes, no clothes, no money, and other needs. During that time, God proved His power to provide for me and even leaving my wife and my two-month-old child in the womb, I went to be trained as a SULADS volunteer. In the training, my faith was tested severely by different trials that came to my family. My mother got sick, and my child was not able to eat anything. At that time, I only had prayer as my only strength. I had proven the power of kneeling in prayer to keep my family safe despite the challenges. With gladness in my heart of the Lord’s goodness, I was able to
finish the training; and my family stood strong with me. Going back to my people, I encountered great difficulties and hardships - demon possession, lack of food and money. In all these dealings, God showed Himself faithful. After every sincere prayer, His care and provisions were given immediately. I have seen the eyes of God for my people and for me in my desire to bring them to faith and salvation. I am a witness of what is stated in Mark 11:24, “What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them.” I am only a recipient of God’s mercy and goodness. I am only but His servant. And being His, I have not lacked anything. This I truly hope that my people and I be one in our hearts’ journey towards that great celestial kingdom. I am a SULADS volunteer to my own people. I am a missionary to my tribe, and I pray to have more from Tasaday be working for God for Jesus’ soon return. Clohonon K. Udelen and his wife, Jocelyn, are serving in Lamfitok (Tasaday), South Cotobato.
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THE MOTORCYCLE CONVOY
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e decided that day to go downtown, so my wife and I convoyed on two motorcycles. Her motorcycle went ahead of us. We had ran around a kilometer away or so when we felt a very strong wind blow where in front my eyes I saw the corns stalks in the field fall down and some trees on the road were uprooted and flew over our heads. My wife, Fema, and their motorcycle had gone ahead of us and was out of sight. Seeing the horrible weather condition in front of me, I was
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wondering how Fema’s motorcycle was able to go through these trees in the midst of the road. I started to be worried about my wife. The driver of the motorcycle started to worry too of what has happened to the motorcycle ahead of us. We really forced our motorcycles to pass under those fallen trees. I could not stop to wonder how in the world my wife had passed this road without any hassle. After a few minutes, we were able to catch up with Fema. We could not stop thanking God
for He protected us from that storm. There was a vicious storm that day that we did not know of. It was a great witness to our two motorcycle drivers that nothing had happened to us. They were so amazed on how it was possible for us to pass safely through seeing how the angry winds were trying to uproot all plants on the road and in the fields. The people in our village where we served also have testified how come we were not harmed. It seemed that we had some special protector because we were always kept safe in our every single travel. The travels that were impossible
for them to do because of fear of the bad elements around - we just took it so easily and happily. It seemed that we had some special protector because we were always kept safe in our every single travel. The Lord shall always be faithful to sustain the lives of His people who are working in His vineyard. As long as the Lord still has a work for His people to do, their lives will be kept safe; and our lives will continue to be a witness to those in darkness around us. Jiffrey and Fema Silmaro are serving in Abnate, Davao del Sur.
We would be glad to read your mission stories, comments, and suggestions! You can share it with us at pub@suladsasia.org.
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here is an eager student named Dolphi. He is always the center of the attention in my class since he’s the slowest to learn but the most active participant. Though he’s the oldest among my students, 36 years old, he has never gone to school before not until we arrived to the village. He understands things slowly; the whole community treats him as “abnormal” (person with special needs). They think he has some psychological problems. He may be having those limitations, but he has become our inspiration. In a number of consecutive classes, I noticed that Dolphi wore the same clothes. As a mother, I
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felt that maybe something was wrong at home. So I asked his classmate who happens to be his neighbor, “Can you tell me what you know about Dolphi?” And the neighbor replied, “Ma’am, Dolphi is an orphan and lives with his brother who has the exact same disability like he has.” “Oh?”, my heart was pierced by what I heard. I then told my husband about Dolphi and his situation, and right away we decided to visit him. We brought our two girls with us to take a look at Dolphi’s home. When I reached his hut, I could not hold back my tears when I saw the very pitiful condition of Dolphi’s house - “a pig pen is
even better than this.” My husband could not contain his disgust for no one in the village had thought to help Dolphi. How were they able to survive this horrible situation? We learned later that they don’t have even a blanket to cover themselves in the night. With only one set of clothing, no blanket, no house to shelter them well enough during rainy and cold seasons. I wanted to cry really hard for Dolphi and his brother’s terrible living condition. The only means of their survival is to haul 70 kilos of bananas every other day to town for their rice sometimes they eat, sometimes they don’t.
Dolphi is on the right side of the door
Dolphi dreamed and wanted to be a pastor, this maybe a very impossible dream for him to achieve with his mental ability, but I am determined with my husband as long as we are here in the village to help him become one. People may laugh at his dream, but I don’t know how the grace of God will work in Dolphi’s heart. Diodulo and I believe that for this soul Jesus has died for. We are building Dolphi a better place to stay, and this step has opened doors for the whole village to also assist. By the act of sympathy, the village was awaken to the true essence of “loving thy neighbors as thyself.”
Ma’am Nemsie teaching class
Nemsie and Diodulo Luad are serving in Kafok, South Cotobato with their 2 girls.
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could never forget that specific date, December 29, 2009, my cousin and I decided to go to hunt for some deer in the forest for the New Year. In the forest, we did not see any deer, but instead a group of monkeys. So we decided to get the monkeys instead. But the monkeys ran and got scared and hid quickly when they noticed our presence. So when silence came back, my keen cousin carefully hid in some trees and watched out for any of the monkeys that would come back again. Then suddenly, he noticed something moving in a far distance from where he was standing. He was feeling so excited to have thought it was a big catch of
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deer. So carefully he placed himself at a location so that to gain a good target on the deer, and he then fired on the very thing he thought was a deer. After he fired, he ran straight to the catch and to his surprise he saw not a deer but me. It hit my head. Immediately, he brought me to his hut and treated the bleeding. He checked on the bullet in my head, and it was just right underneath my skin. I thought I would just be fine, but days later, it got swollen and was very painful. My cousin then brought me to the midwife to be checked, and she recom-
mended having me be checked up by the doctor. So we went to town and had my head be checked by the doctor. The doctor said that I needed an operation to get the bullet out of my head, but he could not do it because the wound was extremely swollen. The doctor agreed that he would come back when the wound was not swollen anymore. I am not asking for a miracle, but I am asking that my faith may be strengthened... Coming back to our village, there were times when I had really terrible headaches. Many times, I couldn’t recognize people that I have known in the past. I believed my memory was slowly leaving me due to the bullet in my head. This was so strange for me, but I could not help but just live with it. Time passed and until now the bullet is
still in my head. My cousin could not afford the operation, and my family could not either. God allowed that event to happen for me to know Him better and for me to have a closer walk with Him. In the year 2012, I met SULADS volunteers who asked me to study the Bible with them. With my physical condition with the bullet still in my head, I never had any doubt that I wanted to know the Jesus who will do great and wonderful things for His people. I am not asking for a miracle, but I am asking that my faith may be strengthened and be made purer each day that my life be committed always to Him. I was not shot dead because God wanted me to meet His Son through the SULADS volunteers. And now I am still alive - every day seeing the light God has given me through living in Jesus.
* A story of DATU WEN MATANG of Lambila, Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotobato. David Payaron is serving in Lambila, South Cotobato with his wife and child.
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H.E.A.L. CORNER
Health | Education Agriculture | Livelihood
Herbs of Faith I know that I am a real worry wart especially when it comes to caring for the sick. I just can’t stand the danger and the stress while dealing with ill people. But at that time, I did not have the choice but to attend to the need to help the patient. With a worried look I asked my partner, “What shall we do with this?” The only thing we could do was to pray.
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uddenly our lunch was halted by a call to help a patient in the village; I could’nt understand what I was feeling. This patient was already suffering for ten days from abdominal pain and when he could not stand the pain anymore, we were called for duty.
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After the prayer, we rushed to the patient’s house. We did not bring anything but a liniment to rub on his tummy, 1 tablespoon of sugar, a small piece of ginger, and five lemongrass leaves to make some herbal tea. The patient was lying like a dead man on his bed. He was feeling deep excruciating pain in his abdomen that made him motionless. His father assisted him to sit up. We earnestly prayed and had him drink the decoction of those herbs we brought.
H.E.A.L. CORNER After that time, we weren’t able to check on the patient for long time. Two years had passed by when we were surprised that Jonel, the patient, went in front during our church service and gave a wonderful testimony on the healing given to him by God through prayers and the herbs. Jonel was blind to the truths. He did not know of God and all the wonderful things He is able to do. Because of that event, his eyes were opened to receive the truths. Many more are like Jonel in our village. We never know what to do, but God could surely use any instrument. By faith, He can give what is necessary. We are pioneering in the village of Buhong, South Cotobato. There are great things to come that God will use us to make the spiritually blind see, the spiritually deaf hear, and to make the spiritually crippled walk straight. I may not like to attend to the sick, but I have seen that in their ill state I can surely make them know God. And because of this, I am willing to be used, not just in taking care of the sick, but also in any line the Lord will use me for them to know more of our awesome God. Rogelio Ebaga is serving in Bohong, South Cotobato.
Tanglad (Lemongrass), Andropogon citratus DC Stapf, is a grass cultivated throughout Asia used for culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic purposes. It has the ability to repel insects and bugs. In India it also is used as a snake repellent. Its oils are medicinally. It’s often helps in treating digestive tract (gastrointestinal) spasms, stomachache, cholestorol, high blood pressure, pain, vomiting, cough, achy joints (rheumatism), fever, the common cold, and exhaustion. It is also used to kill germs. When symptoms persist or irritation happens when using lemongrass tea, stop the use and consult your doctor. References: http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-719-lemongrass.aspx?active ingredientid=719&activeingredientname=lemongrass http://www.medicalhealthguide.com/herb/lemongrass.htm http://www.filipinoherbshealingwonders.filipinovegetarianrecipe.com/tanglad-lemon-grass. htm
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STAFF SPACE
A Fruit that Bears Fruits
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ow, amazing! How come these wonderful children learned so many songs and Bible memory verses when the volunteers were just only here for just over a month as their teachers? Many questions came in my mind as I learned that it’s because of Sir Marvin! Who is Marvin? Marvin Ginang is from the Bohong Village. He was one of the first students who learned in the SULADS Literacy Center in Slong, Ned Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. This school was one among the first opened in South Cotabato. After some years, the volunteer teachers brought some students to the SULADS High School in Bukidnon where they could go further in their education. One of them sent was Marvin. I could still remember how these Tiboli students tried to get acquainted with the other tribes and worked
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hard because they were the pioneer students of SULADS High School where at that time the school was still being built. Yet after years of sacrifices and hard work, they finished High School and from the four Tiboli only Rustom and Marvin survived to graduate. After the graduation, I heard that Rustom and Marvin proceeded to college in Adventist College of Technology located in South Cotabato, but Rustom got ill and went home. Marvin, after two years in college, applied as a Volunteer in SULADS and was assigned to Tawi-Tawi; but after a few months, Marvin also got sick and was sent home. After some years, I did not have any news about Marvin and what he was doing. One time, I asked one of the students from Slong inquiring about Marvin - he only said that Marvin joined the rebels.
When I was assigned as a supervisor in Cotabato Cluster last year, I visited the Literacy Centers. I heard reports from the people that Marvin was doing missions in his own village as a volunteer teacher and was active in the church. I have not yet met him personally; but the people and children already knew him as a teacher and they called him, “Sir Marvin”. During my second visit, I met him. He was so happy telling me about what he was doing in his own village. He also told how he tried to join the rebels but stopped because he knew it was not good. He shared how his sickness made him unable to work full time as a teacher. He invited me to visit his village and asked for SULADS teachers. I was not able to accept his invitation because his place was too far and only told him I’d visit next time. Marvin attended the Cluster Jamboree in Slong and kept on telling me to visit his village. So I decided to go with him and see the village. I was touched when I saw the many children. The Datu
(Chief) told me that these children have already learned some through Sir Marvin, but he was sick and cannot teach them full time. He was also their town representative since he was the only one who had been educated. He could only help the SULADS teachers whenever there was a need to process papers in town. I did not promise them that I could give them any of the SULADS teachers, but only told them to wait. Deep in my heart, I was assured that God would send them help. Thank God! The SULADS has sent two volunteers to them this year. How happy and surprised I was seeing how the students were so eager to learn and worship. How happy the people were in sharing their food with the teachers. Above all, how amazed I was hearing the songs of the children sung so loud and clear as if they had sung it for years. How many more fruits will bear from another fruit if SULADS Volunteers would continue in their mission? Lowel I. Limbagan is Cluster 3 (South Cotabato/ Davao del Sur) Supervisor.
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SULADS TONGUE Confused what to say when you encounter our Lumads? Here’s some helpful greetings that you may use. GOOD MORNING, BRETHREN. Blaan – “Fyu flafus flanok.” Tiboli – “Fyu flafus tuwoli.” WHAT’S YOUR NAME? Blaan – “Git da giteum?” Tiboli – “Bonboloyum?”
MR. CULTURE SAYS
NO TEARS ALLOWED When one dies in the T’boli tribe, the love ones may cry. But once the crowd from the village and others come to their home, they are not permitted to cry. No tears are allowed for they do not want the funeral to be filled with sorrow and grief. The elderly women will pick up their skirts and chase after the men and boys making the squeals of laughter be heard throughout the village. They bury their dead on the same day of death and quickly burn up the hut where the dead was last staying and the belongings of the dead making it difficult for them to keep stationary in one location in the mountains.
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PRAYER LIST
Prayer of Praise
“Count the mercies! count the mercies! Number all the gifts of love; Keep a daily, faithful record Of the comforts from above.”
Success of GC Session and Dr. Panes’ Going to the States. New SULADS President - Dr. Benonie Llanto Continues the Mission. Secretary’s Computer Donated Office Phone Donated Office Supplies South Mindanao Mission’s Support Davao del Sur Dep-Ed’s Support Kind Faithful Hearts that Keep Us in Prayer
Prayer Request/Needs LED Projector New Digital Cameras Revival of the Blue Jeep Unity in Service for God and Mankind Coming Up Evaluations of the Literacy Centers YOU TOO CAN HELP! Banco de Oro (BDO) Dollar Account Account Name: SULADS, INC Account Number: 103-2100-35355 Swift Code: BNORPHMM Banco de Oro (BDO) Peso Account Account Name: SULADS, INC Account Number: 321-001-8337 Kindly notify us at care@suladsasia.org about your donation details.
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SNAPSHOT
SULADS volunteers enjoy mingling with the villagers after class and spending their pastime talking with the adults, playing games with the children, and taking lice out of each others heads as illustrated in this picture. Irene Alboria was assigned in Datal Kadi, Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotobato in 2012 - 2013. We would be glad to see your photos in the mission field with the story behind it. Send it to pub@suladsasia.org.
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