This year, I decided to celebrate Thanksgiving Day in a
different way. Yes I’m not in the US
but since our project follows the US holiday its also a long weekend
for all of us in the office. Hurray for that!!!
I used to
travel during Thanksgiving Day. Two years ago, I went to Cebu, Leyte and Samar with my tita. Last year, I went to Coron, Palawan with my high school friends. This year, I went to
Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain in Antipolo, PRC at Morayta, I’ll attend a
seminar tomorrow for Canada
and on Sunday, I will be on church.
Due to
tight budget and other reasons, I decided not to travel or go somewhere else
where I have to spend a lot of money. This year, I choose to be practical and
celebrate it in a more meaningful way.
Its been a
challenging yet a rewarding year for me. Looking back since January, a lot of
things happened and I must say that there are a lot of things to be grateful
for. To Thank God for.
Yesterday
after work, me and Faith went to Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain just as we
planned. We went there to spend time with God and be alone with Him even for a short
period of time.
We started
our sweet escape/journey at around 9am and arrived there at around 12 noon. We
had our short stopovers that’s why it took us a little longer to get there. It
has been years since the last time I went to Touch of Glory and I didn’t expected
that it was actually a long jeepney ride from Sta. Lucia East Grandmall to
Paenaan. The jeepney ride was cool though, not that it was our first time but its kinda
funny.
They’ve
been playing old OPM songs from the time we hop in until we hop out. Faith and
I were teasing each other about the songs and making fun out of it. Passengers
come and go. We went from “kapatagan” to “kabundukan.” From “mainit at maalinsangan”
to “malamig na hangin.” Til finally we arrived with a little casualty… hair
that is all over our face and a very sticky face--à Girl thing…you know… J
After we
logged in, bought some mineral water and walked around the place we then went
inside the prayer cell to pray and spend time with God. It was a refreshing
experience. Singing songs of praise, talking to God, crying my heart out and
praying was such a great thing to do. We went home after 2 hours of staying
there. For me its still “bitin,” I still want to pray but we have to go home
already considering our travel time and Faith has to go home in Bulacan which
is really far from where we are and its her birthday yesterday, so I don’t want
to spoil her time with her family.
Its so
refreshing to be in the prayer mountain and enjoying my solitude with God. On
our way home I told myself that I would like to do it more often. Next time I
will stay there overnight.
Thanksgiving
is almost over but we shouldn’t be only grateful during this day but everyday
of our lives. Everyday God has been showering us with so much blessings that
sometimes we tend to ignore or do not acknowledge just because we see it in a
different perspective. Gratitude is Attitude.
P.S. Pictures to follow soon ^_^
