Fortunate Life

(I have this blog drafted a few years ago and it was not published.. so I'm publishing it now :)) How it all started I got a call from a certain Col. Hernani Acosta and told me that he is the National Adviser of a group in Camp Aguinaldo (forgot to note and I don't remember the group name) Col Acosta was asking me for donations to help in "balik-eskwela". He said that it's a fundraising project to help children in the armed forces. I asked him how he got my contact number and he said that it's in their database. He gave me details on where to send the money and advised me that he will call me again to follow up. How I learned about the scam The organization I am connected to are serving in City Jail so I thought that they got my number from them but I doubled check just to be sure. I search for Camp Aguinaldo's number in the net and asked them about the program and If they know Col Acosta. They said that they don't know him and also a...

Working from home gave me the chance to arrange my schedule so that I can have time to attend or do the things that are close to my heart that ordinary employee can't do. (well, they can also do, but it would require great sacrifice because some of the things that I attended is during office hours) Last 2014, I have decided to be part of the Prison Ministry so I called my leader to volunteer my time.  Our service is on weekdays so the service team was mostly seniors who dedicated their time and effort to serve in prison. I was the youngest but they choose me to head the ministry. Serving in prison makes me understand our PDL (Person deprived of liberty) more. 1. They are a child of God and they deserve love especially from their family During our visits. Some PDL's would ask us a favor. Some would give us notes with a mobile number asking us to text the message. Most of the messages are a flea for a visit. (Of course, we ask the guard to check each note first to...