Howdee? This is "how are you" in Texan language. June and I came for a women's conference but at the same time did a few things on the side. LEO also came with us.Here is a summary of what transpired there:
Sept 21- arrived a DFW airport at 5:15 p.m. visited the beautiful Gaylord hotel which features miniature famous texas spots and cities. It is an outdoor beauty inside a big dome. Pretty, pretty pretty. Manny Gundran, a friend from wayback flew in from new Jersey to see us. We were hosted by Lou and Jordan, our very hospitable hosts, who took time off form their work the whole week just to take us around and fellowsip with us.
Sept 22 -went to our appointments and carried with us some friends...there is so much catching up to do, it has been more than ten years. We made three visits and all of them fed us like we were gonna be hanged the following day.
Sept 23 - Gerry came from Houston with Hope and Gerry, jr. (Geraldine). We all headed to FRISCO, where a former Crispa PBA player is hosting a brithday for his daughter. Leo led the Bible Study for the Filipinos, it was such a refreshing experience having imparted our vision for the workplace. Again there was so much foooooood. We visited Deo and family then went back to Mequite past midnight. The boys did not sleep, it was like the last tnight of "Convergence"(Our annual conference for pros back in Manila).
Sept 24 - Manny left fot NJ. The girls went to church while the boys slept. It was a simple service where the people are so warm and friendly . The Pastor is animated but makes sense.In the afternoon, we all went to the Vesper which allowed for favorite hyms to be requested. The Song "Mansion Over the Hilltop Made Me Cry". It made me homesick for Pinas and heaven...I miss my Ate whom I sang that song with when we were small, in our own Tagalog version.
Sept 25-27 - visited more contacts and stayed for a day with Deo and Family. He cooked a gourmet feast for us.
Sept 29-30 - June and I attended a Women's retreat, it was a refreshing treat and an encouragement to keep on coming alongside women in the workplace. Most of those who facilitated were working women who had issues in their lives and yet serves the Lord with all their heart.
October 1 -visited Butch Diwa and his church - short but equally encouraging, had a quick sandwich at Subway then headed to the DFW airport.
Overall, the journey was a blast. It re-affirmed a lot of things for me personally.
Manny emailed us immediately and here is :
Leo, It's a blessing ang pagdating ninyo dito sa US. You reinforced and reaffirmed our vision of reaching out in the marketplace. The task is big but we have a bigger and able God. We need a fulltime Staff just like you and Nina and the rest of the team in CA here in the US, Manny
