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Places to Go. | People to See. | Stories to Write. | Moments to Capture. | Songs to Sing. | Food to Taste. | Books to Read. | Driving to the Beat of the Good, Good Life. | Oh, The Sweet Life!

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Thursday: more family time, the bigger cousins taking care of the younger ones aka my kids haha. Andrei washing the dishes. Zion taking care of Jacob and cleaning up playroom. Gwammy and ate Krich teaching Corinne how to drive manual. Piano practices. Mulberry picking. Kiaree's Math that is math, reading and spelling in one activity.

Friday: home again, savemore grocery fun, xavi's playtime at home and just bonding as a fam ♥️ missing my pogi husband

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🦗"Insects have their sense of taste to protect them, for the most part, from eat- ing something that is bad for them. Mankind can no longer rely upon our senses completely to tell us what is good for us. Many things that would taste good to us are not healthful.

🦗We have to learn to eat (study) by faith in God's word which tells us what things are good for our bodies and by faith obey what God says.

🦗Joseph, by faith. accepted the bitter experiences that came to him as being allowed by God to bring him a blessing. In this way he developed a very healthy Christian experience."

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Saturday night to Sunday: NWC outing at pansol and jail ministry. Thankful for fellowship always and the food and being able to share our blessings as a church ♥️🙏

Monday: driving with the kids to WHA graduation watch party 💙 happy to see families and witness the graduation!

Tuesday: some piano melody conposing and chores. Zion, ate Rona, Andrei are here by night! Fuuuuuun 😁

Wednesday: Home all day but kids had lots to do 🥰 thankful our home is everyone's home 🏡

God is good!

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"Unselfish I will be, and give to others freely." This was our Family Bible Lesson poem from the story of Joseph as the governor during the famine.

From prison to palace, through Joseph's life and his beautiful, unselfish character, we know that God is real and He is powerful.

The girls and I love composing melodies and I'm so happy to witness Kiaree enjoy writing and playing it in the piano. 🎹🎶

Likewise, it is heartwarming to be able to participate in the jail ministry facilitated by our church. Bibles, hygiene kits, snacks and meals were distributed with love and prayers! I saw the hardwork of the church members who took time and energy to prepare and cook for more than 50 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) and jail officers and staff.

What tugs in my heart the most is that these PDLs are those who are not or seldom being visited by their relatives, as a church, we pray that our simple gift will bring light and hope. ♥️

May God bless this act of unselfishness and cheerful giving, and may its effect ripple and reach more souls 🙏

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30 May 2026 || Happy Sabbath!

Blessed Sabbath! Thankful to be teaching the kids today. It's all about Joseph, from prison to palace 🙏 thankful that there are opportunities where we can show others that God is real ♥️

Thankful for the message to pray that God will teach us to number our days that we may set our hearts unto wisdom 🙏

Fellowship lunch is always fun ♥️

Thankful!

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Homeschooling week and a little business for babyntrepreneur Jacob 💚

My love is home after 12 days! 😍 praise the Lord!

Lovin' Jacob's car seat too, and yes, bigay lang yan ulit. Blessed!

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Sunday: cooked tinolang manok for us and gwammy and gwampy, but sister invited us over for lunch at their house so we brought the food there. Stayed there til afternoon where I left sleeping Jacob with Andrei and left the girls with Corinne. --- ma, ate and kuya archie were fast asleep, and pa was in a meeting. Hahaha I had me time doing grocery again 😁

Monday and Tuesday: the girls and I were a team doing chores, taking care of Jacob and having our homeschooling activities. So proud of my girls! Thankfully too, ma and pa come to visit and take care of us 🥰

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23 May 2026 || Happy Sabbath!

Home and in a far away home. Missing our dzadzi this Sabbath, but hopeful to be together again. ♥️🙏

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Wednesday: I had a little cold treat for them. Ice rescue! 🩵 and then gwammy, gwampy, corinne and drei came for sleepover for 2 nights and were with us til Friday afternoon. Bonding, playing, movietrip, walking and eating. ♥️♥️♥️ missing zion!

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🎼Joseph's integrity was once tried when his master's wife tried to get him to sin. He answered "How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?"

🎼God sees and hears all we do and say. Always act with integrity!

🎼Even with Joseph in the prison, God did not leave him. Whatever he did, God made to prosper.

🎼 May it be that when we go through trials, we surpass them all with integrity and come out as gold. ✨️

🎼"But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold." Job 23:10

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Applying what Kiaree learned in the recent Suzuki Camp 🤗 thankful for her teachers!

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Today's fun activity is smelling and tasting while blindfolded. This made us ponder on the amazing things our bodies can experience through our senses. Only God can create such a complex being! So cool!

👀👃👅 remember, like all the other senses, Satan can use our sense of sight, smell and taste to get us to sin! Guard them 🙏

But more importantly, we are thankful for our senses! 👏♥️ We see, we smell, we hear, we taste, we touch and enjoy this beautiful world because God designed our bodies wonderfully!

"Oh taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that trusts in Him." Psalm 34:8

Best Stories - Lesson 4 - Health

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Sunday:

• 3:40 am left house

4:43 am san pablo

5:01am tiaong

5:12 am candelaria

5:39 am lucena

5:51 am pagbilao - stopover

6:35 am bitukang manok

7:04 am atimonan

7:30 am gumaca

8:20 am calauag

9:02 am camarines norte arc

9:11 am tagkawayan

10:28 am ragay, camarines sur

11:02 am sipocot, cam sur --lunch and nap 238kms

12:46 pm san fernando

1:39 pm nabua

1:52 pm albay

2:13 pm ligao city, albay

3pm legazpi - legazpi city jail

Yep, my love travelled that far. I miss him always. But excited for all the adventures!

Ma and pa came too, and ate and fam in the afternoon. Thankful for the love always!

Monday: laundry day! And a surprise insect from the Lord hihihi

Tuesday: the girls memorized a poem and Kiaree put a melody on it. Love it!

Thankful for true education homeschooling! 🙏♥️

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16 May 2026 || Happy Sabbath!

God is good! Thankful for another Sabbath day with NWC 🥰 Pastor Greg Lagarile was the speaker and reminded us to remain faithful. Had fun chatting with him and Salazar fam during lunch!

Thankful!

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An appreciation post ✨️

So thankful to my mama and papa for accompanying us on the first day. They took turns taking care of Jacob while Aianna and I joined Kiaree's classes.

Thankful that for three days, we ate our packed lunches under a tree. We love picnics so even though it's a bit tiring to pack and unpack, load and unload stuff, the idea of food, camping chairs, picnic mats, small tables, mini fans, filled tummies and happy children make it worthwhile. 🤗

Thankful for all the classes and teachers. Kiaree learned so much and got to practice various pieces under the guidance of different teachers. We especially loved the musicianship class and masterclass! I found myself as a student and learned a lot too!

Thankful for teacher Lani, for giving Kiaree a good and strong foundation in music, honing her talent, and encouraging always.

Thankful that Aianna and Jacob got exposed to such beautiful music and performances, hoping they would one day decide to learn an instrument too 🥰

Thankful for the mommies (and daddies) all out supporting their children and each other. Our presence means the world to them ♥️

Thankful for new friends! Oh how I loved to see Kiaree and Aianna playing with their new friends and planning their future playdates 😆

Thankful for my loving husband and my partner in everything. Thanks for taking care of all of us! You da bestest dzadzi!!

Thankful for the Giver of all good things, our loving God and Creator. To Him be all the glory! ♥️

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14 May 2026 || Kauswagan: Luzon Suzuki Camp Day 3

Yey! Culminating concert was fun despite the crowd inside the hall. The venue was too small for both violin and piano concerts, but still blessed by the performances and hardwork of the children. ♥️

Kiaree and Ethan played Minuet 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach accompanied by Teacher Patrick Schallenberg in this piano ensemble. 🎹🎵🎼

If you notice, towards the end Kiaree failed to play a part, and they were taught to keep up where they can. She waited for the perfect time to keep up with Ethan without messing up the whole performance. Playing the piano not only teaches patience, perseverance and obedience. It teaches discipline and resiliency too. And yes, teamwork! ♥️

Bravo, kids! 🥳

Thank You Lord for the gift of music, the patience of the teachers and the hardwork of these children 🥰

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13 May 2026 || Kauswagan: Luzon Suzuki Camp Day 2

Musicianship class and Masterclass today are my personal favorites! 😍 happy to have our dzadzi be with us today.

Thankful for another day of learning!

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12 May 2026 || Kauswagan Suzuki Camp 2026 Day 1

Kauswagan means "progress."

Today, I am thankful for my parents. From 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, they have been taking care of Jacob while Aianna and I joined Kiaree's classes. Thankful for their love and sacrifices always! Thankful I got to cook a vegan meal last night (thanks to the sisters who took care of Jacob while I prepared and cooked). We had picnic style lunch and I'm so happy to see ma and pa join our activities 🥰

Thankful for day 1 and the things we learned especially from musicianship class! Ensemble classes are fun too! God is good!