Noynoy Day

So tomorrow is Noynoy Day, which is also the day the new president Noynoy Aquino is inaugurated. There is no school tomorrow and no school on Thursday since it is Davao del Sur day. The Brothers and I will be heading off to Davao for an overnight for a community outing. It should be fun, we will have a pool and a beach to swim at as well as videoke. It will be our first community outing since I have arrived, so I am really looking forward to it.

Not too much happened yesterday. Since the fiesta is over, things are slowing down, so I have been able to take some much needed time for myself. Come to find out the Filipinos sometimes have a hard time trying to quiet themselves down, so at least we are in the same boat. I am in the process of getting some things made for me. Like some shirts for the school, an actual school ID as well as other things that require a tailor. I also like to visit some of the offices around the campus, my favorite being the Student Development Center, I will go daily to say hello to them. They are a great group of women. I have also started going to say hello to the security guards that are at the front gate. They are really super people. Today they put me in handcuffs for fun, it was awesome. One of the guys is much taller than me, which I do not see many tall Filipino's. However, he doesn't know english to well, but we can work on that.

This morning was very busy. It started out going over the evaluation each of us in Campus Ministry had put together regarding the fiesta. We had other duties as well. I presided at the blessing of the new Educational Technology center. It was really nice, but really hot. Some people might be reading this and be like oh you can't do blessings. Anybody can do a blessing if the water is already holy water. I was glad that I was able to help in the blessing. Then it was back to the evaluation, but as we were discussing some emotions started to dwell in me that really touched me during the fiesta. The main one was during the fiesta Mass. I told them that while I was standing on the stage right before communion and heard everyone singing, I wanted to cry. The feeling that I got from hearing all the voices was extremely overwhelming. Never have I had a feeling like this. The Holy Spirit was really present and I was so glad I was able to experience it. Music is very important here and music is important to me. For me it acts as a tool to cleanse my mind and to help me concentrate better. Sometimes the things you really need to know are playing on the radio as we speak.