Padre Burgos:Huntington Beach 2018

 Another day at the beach!Where time is slow and food abounds!Laughter at small things and amazement at God's favor is the theme!
This year we headed to -Huntington Beach at Padre Burgos, Quezon Province.This resort is a bit new with huts just constructed recently. Karaoke was the worst part because some people who got drunk just can't stop. But inspite of that, my husband slept noisily. There was a drizzle during the night, so it was cold and damp in our tent LOL!
Our group this year was composed of 3 families with their kids -15 in all including me and hubby and the other group from the singles were also 15 -they were separate from us though.
The beach was big and we rented 2 boats to go see the other islands -Borawan and Dampalitan (we went there last 2016). Nanay Cela and Tatay Bert told us about the place because their relatives worked there.
There's electricity in the cottages, you can charcoal-grill,and roam around. There are small white- spotted jellyfish which aren't harmful but there can be the other kinds of jellys so you have to be careful. If you have kids they must stay in the netted area for safety.
The water is very shallow,the highest level at half kilometer is just probably knee deep.The part we stayed at is just ankle deep.
prices as of Mar 2018
Hut: 1000 day/1300 overnight
Entrance:100
Water:1 drum 150php
Cottages: 500day/800overnight
Seafoods: Crabs/Squid 300-450 /kilo
Convenience stores available
Banca Rentals 800++

we just stayed at our tent. Pitch for free

your bahay kubo -no beddings nor bed bring your own  

the cottage so you can eat all together 500 day/800 overnight

boulders for your pictorials

White-spotted jellies have very mild venom and do not pose a threat to human beings

in low-tide around 2 pm you can play at the sandbar

Positive Choice Program HOPEWW

As part of our community service the ICOC-Lucena ran a workshop called Positive Choice.Some of its objectives are:
- Increased positive attitudes towards practicing abstinence until marriage.
- Enhanced refusal and negotiation skills necessary to resist sexual urges, advances, and offers to participate in high-risk activities such as drug use and alcohol consumption, which may make them more vulnerable to sexual advances and urges

It has four modules which can be used individually, but it is recommended that they be used as a series in order to fully benefit from the program.Because the facilitators wanted to not break the continuity,all four modules were compressed in a whole day of workshop.

Postive Choice Program audience -13 and Up

The audience were teenagers,parents, and church members and their families.There were group rules that were reviewed at the start of every module,one of which is active participation.

Positive Choice-4 Modules

The overview of the 4 modules were discussed,and each module was indeed very engaging because of the activities consisting of worksheets,group discussions and role plays on the scenarios about sexually transmitted infections and negotiation strategy.

Positive Choice Facilitators

The facilitators attended the training held in Manila early this year.They also shared about their own life experiences and were very much able to transfer what they have learned to the participants in the day long program.

Workshop activities

Participants showed enthusiasm during group discussions, and paid attention to the role plays. It was really awesome to hear the teens and parents respond to questions during the discussions.

A very alarming reality about the prevalence of HIV in the country:

BIR Tax Exemption Application

After several attempts starting 2015 I was finally able to submit all the necessary requirements for filing for tax exemptions.

2015 - RDO was unable to release Certified True copies of ITR and AFS for the year 2012 and 2013
(due to the previous manual entries/change of chief and other reasons)
2016 - Was given a Tax Clearance Certificate,however RDO was unable to release Certified True copies of ITR and AFS for the year 2013
2017 - CTC of ITR&AFS from 2014,2015 and 2016 were released,however Authorized Agent Banks had erroneous entries (i.e payment for the month of June was entered for December) and other system issues.
2018 - Submitted all requirements to the RDO

We are a SEC registered church-I see some negative comments about it. Why is there a flak over this? Generally,it is because some people view it as a phony church.I love my church family,where I got baptized and came to an understanding of faith in Jesus. The church is simply not a building. As Christians- followers of our Savior Jesus Christ, we practice what He preached and commanded. It can only be done through a church setting-a community of fellow believers who studies the scriptures together and works together in unity to grow the faith of each other.

Tax clearance

ITR and AFS CTC

Counter #6 RDO

Assessment of requirements