Tree Planting at Don Salvador Benedicto

I was fortunate to have been invited by a friend of mine to go on a tree planting activity in the mountains of Don Salvador Benedicto. I have nothing to do over the weekend so I immediately said yes and happily joined the group of teachers from Fr. Gratian Murray Integrated School of Brgy. Granada. We left Bacolod City in the early morning with teachers from other government schools of the city.


I planted three (3) saplings of mahogany tree and I am so delighted to have done my share of preserving nature in the mountains of Negros. 

CHOOSING MY SAPLINGS

CAN YOU SEE THE TREE I PLANTED?

THE HILL WHERE WE PLANTED OUR TREES
I WONDER IF THE 1,000 SAPLINGS PROVIDED FOR
THIS ACTIVITY WERE ALL PLANTED...HMMMMM

MY FRIEND MARILYN CHOOSING HER TREE

AFTER THE TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY, PICTURE TAKING AT THE
 PINE TREE FARM WHERE WE ATE OUR LUNCH WITH MARILYN AND LYZA

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20 Things I Am Grateful of in the First Quarter of 2012

A lot of things had happened in my family and personal life for the first three months of 2012. I am grateful to God for granting me answers to prayers, blessings, unexpected happy events and much more than I expected. So here it goes... Thank you Lord for --

1. The school family day - much to my joy, the 2 younger kids stayed with me over the weekend during this school activity.

2. The bonding time with the mothers of my kids' classmates. I don't always have the luxury of time to be with them - mothers who chose to be homemakers instead of career women.

3. The realization that my son is already on the verge of manhood when I caught him having a chat with an older girl student who happens to have a crush on him ^^

4. The continued safety of my family when all I can read in the daily newspapers were hold-ups, accidents, rape, killings.

5. The financial help that comes from out of nowhere. I was able to hurdle the end of school year expenses and utility bills.

6. The food on our table.

8. My daughter Michelle's high school graduation. I guess its one down and two more to go.

9. The continued tuition support for Michelle's college tuition from my employer. Thank you Lord!

10. The bonding moments with my cousins and friends ^^

11. My Daddy's checking up on me.

12. Yan-Yan's getting 3rd place in the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Search for Hara 2012 without not much expense on our part, and the support of neighbors, friends and family during this event.

13. The peaceful death of my brother in law.

14. The graceful demeanor of my sister in her sorrow.

15.  The gift of family presence when death and health problem comes.

16. The tree planting activity with my friend Marilyn in the town of Don Salvador Benedicto. 

17. The bonding moments with my friend Marilyn and co-teachers at the town of Don Salvador Benedicto such as eating lunch under the pine trees.

18. The gift of time, renewal and healing.

19. The gift of love and friendship.

20. The presence of someone whom I lost, somehow had been there all the while, taking the time to renew ties, processing emotional hurts, possible ending of an unfinished chapter and a start of a new one. 

Thessalonians 5:16-18 

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: 

for this is the will of God. 

    

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