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Below is an email that i wrote my dear friend Danny Moran who was in the USA, regarding my plans to go on the campaign road. I am beginning these Campaign Diaries with this one because it is this email that confirms I was going for it. September 28, 2007 Hi Dan, Here is the continuation email about The Sign i got for the campaign. Well, since deciding that i would consider running for the pff presidency last July, i've been looking at some religious statues of the Baby Jesus and Virgin Mary and Christ on the Cross which i have on top of a bookshelf at home but never prayed to them. They were always there for display (for protection of the family and home). I decided about a month ago to fix up and clean up the shelf and well, pray for guidance. Little did i know that these prayers would become more meaningful day by day. After the kids would leave for school and work, i'd sit down and talk to my 'altar'. From a few seconds a day, to as much as two hours of just talking about everything. I was beginning to feel good and comfortable. Therapeutic. It was like a retreat. In fact, its like i'm on a retreat right now. It's like a preparation for the final battle. Yes, it does get heavy. sometimes i do tear and cry a bit talking to the three statues in my bookstand.
Two weeks ago, i set up another 'praying area'. this time in my front garden / courtyard. i put a Baby Jesus i found around the house and a cross on top. I have a table and chairs in front of it...i also write, plan, and pray there. I now have two prayer areas were i sit down and relax and let-it-all-hang-out. I light candles and talk to God in these prayer spots. In fact, i plan to put a prayer spot in my favorite relaxing areas on the property.
The altar in my family room, the bookshelf, has a print/poster of a Laughing Christ. It is something given to me by an old friend in the music industry about 20 years ago. I really loved that print and so i had it mounted. It was so 'Pop'. But I never prayed to it though. Till 30 days ago. The Laughing Christ has since been the Jesus Christ that i pray to. A few days ago, in one of my prayer sessions i asked my Laughing Christ for a 'sign' that i should pursue this 'Presidency'. I was telling him that it would be expensive to campaign and other stuff related to campaigning like travelling and hotels and lonely days without the kids because i do plan on staying on the road. So i asked for a sign that only i could identify. Well this is what happened yesterday morning. I decided to make a list of things i wanted to bring on the campaign trail/tour. I decided kasi that i would visit all 17 provinces in Mindanao in one tour. That could mean 15-20 days away from home. Especially since i wanted to see the Governors as well. So i started writing the list of things to take on the tour. I decided i wanted to bring a bible. But the one we have is quite bulky. So i looked into the old bookshelf and to my surprise, i found a little mini-bible. It was called, The Travelling Companion. My hair stood because this was something i had never ever seen in my bookshelf. (eventually my youngest daughter rebecca said it was given to her by a cousin). And of course, the title of the bible was, Travelling Companion (something i was looking for). As i turned the pages, i saw prayers and stuff and, even Christmas Carols printed on the latter pages. You know what the sign was? In the very last page, actually in the inside of the back cover....there it was.....a colored print drawing of The Laughing Christ. That was my sign. I never ever knew there was such a thing as a Laughing Christ. I always thought that my Laughing Christ Print was a novel and pop idea that no one else but me had. It was cool to have it. But When i saw it in the mini travelling bible, i froze and started to cry. Never in my wildest dreams did i dream that. I went on my knees and said, Thank You. To me Dan, that was the Sign. He wants me to go out there and campaign for this presidency. So i'm going for it. Best. Ed |
