Category: PEACE WITH ONE’S BEING

Psycho-social transformation

BEING GRATEFUL ABOUT COFFEE FOR PEACE

I’m so blessed to enjoy a relaxing Saturday in a small coffee shop that — serves world-class quality coffee (Specialty Coffee Association of America, Specialty Coffee Association of Europe); has been evaluated as sound business in terms of five-pronged bottom line — people, peace, progress, partnership, planet (PriceWaterhouseCooper, Foundation for Sustainable Society Inc, Philippine Business …

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OUR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WAS SIMPLE, JOYFUL, AND MEANINGFUL

  The staff of PeaceBuilders Community and Coffee For Peace gathered for a special fellowship to celebrate Christmas 2015. Everybody participated to make this modest celebration a loving, just, peaceful, and joyful demonstration of our relationships as a community.   The Administrative Staff designed to make this event more memorable by being simple and yet meaningful. …

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I MISS HAVING ICE CREAM WITH ELIA AND EVE

    I’m grateful for the memories of deep joy with Elia & Eve. Just before I left for Manila, I had a date with them at the Richmond Centre Mall. Below is our time together caught in my video.   Wishing they are with us here in Mindanao as we celebrate Christmas.     …

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I MISS DANCING WITH KIANA AND KAYA

  Near the end of my one month bonding with my grandchildren, we had this evening of dance lessons. We never planned it. Our spirits just connected in love through music and dancing.   Kiana was listening to her music and I just danced in front of her, her sister Kaya, and her parents — …

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JOJI IS ENROLLED IN A MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  Joji is enrolled at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business at the Rockwell Campus in Makati City, Philippines. She actually started at the beginning of Fall 2015 but made an arrangement with the university to miss her initial classes due to our Canadian commitments and speaking engagements.   I enjoy listening to her. Here …

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HAVING FUN USING CANADIAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM

  I’m having fun using the Canadian public transport system while doing our 2015 North American Ministry.   Every three years, Joji & I report back to our sending agency, Mennonite Church Canada, in our capacity as lead peace and reconciliation missionaries at PeaceBuilders Community. During a NAM tour, we are assigned to speak at …

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A NEW LIBERAL CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IN OTTAWA IS ELECTED

  We have a new government in Canada. A young Prime Minister. A new cabinet: 15 women; 15 men; 3 Sikhs; 2 belonging to the First Nations/Indigenous Peoples; 2 with disabilities.   I applaud those cabinet members who affirmed their faith; who took an oath in the name of God.   Half of the new …

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact