Christmas 2018

My vacation -  Christmas 2018

Sige - i was back again - cause i lost my heart in ....
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peace            G A B I

Report Christmas 2018:

Mabuhay Pinoys – I am back again – for vacation only ☹ but 😊

Iam very thankful that i could spend 10 fullfilled days together with my PJSP Friends. At first weh ad to find each other at the Manila airport, which is already adventurous! But Jackie made it possible and we enjoyed the first halo halo meal/drink/dessert. Then the first day, cooking noodles at 5am for

CIW, the woman prison and we delivered them with tomato sauce, to Mabel, the most honourable inmate. And then driving to Muntinlupa to the Maximum Prison, Christmas lights and gifts in front oft he big memorial entrance, also with the Mother Mary Cave, iam just asking myself why the hell are the gifts (only decorations) outside the prison and not inside?
But I was able to go inside Maximum Prison, to see my old friends Donald, Christian, Love and some other 25000 mens, hellooo?! Yes, even more overcrowed then ever and more restricted, but still cigarettes are available for a lot of money, and you can buy them from the guards!

The PJPS Office with Fr. Eli Lumbo SJ was busy as usual in Christmas time, so i was looking how at the littering place, my volunteer work, the little garden is? Here one plant - no a tree survived - Papaya blooming - pagasa for 2019!

Then we joined Ate Gwen, she was celebrating with her children from the neighborhood the Rosary praying, then young mens came for carolin singing, we shared lumpia (springrolls), turong (Banana fries) =mmmmhhh. Maligayang = Happy feeling all over!

Next day: Big outreach in Minimum Prison. Ate Gwen and her good team came along with 1000 of gifts as noodles, chinellas, biscuits, soaps, napkin and and ….. Buf first she awaked the old mens with bible games and sporting exercices so they always could win a small price! And the opened up up up, it was big joy to hear them singing all different Christmas songs in tagallo, spanish, english!


Another exitement was in the modern Mall of Asia. Disney presented the show – Holiday on Ice – and PJPS got about 50 free tickets for poor families and staff. So to feel in a country which always has a temperature over 30degrees – holiday on ice, it must by like to live in a fridge!
The mouthes stands open when they saw all the diffent Disney stars from Snow White to the witsches, Mickey and Minnie of course and and …..

 Then the big Concert in Medium Compound. This was really a PJSP event for their volunteer people and benefactors. So the singers are members oft he collage and they had a very hard training to gain this great show. Congratulation dear inmates, you are very brave, very talented, please go go go, go for it. Thank you very very much! This make it really feel that in prison you have the time, the opportunity to learn something you could never afford outside!

So the days go bye – very fast. Special thanks to Precy and her Family were i could stay over all these days and she managed to bring me over neary everywhere I wished to!

So the last donated money from my friends and benefactors, SFr. 464.05 is gone to all these good Pinoy people: To the inmates, the mothers and children, to the staff and volunteers of PJPS and I am sure, it is not only the money which helps, ist the hope of our Christ Jesus. Salamat po panginoon. Tumawa long. Peace forever.

Love                Gabi 

 PS  Pagasa bumili  (Hope to come back)