Learning Verses and 2nd day of surveying Barangay Arboretum

Mandaluyong, Philippines
I’ve been constantly coming across the same verses, both in learning, and sending to others to encourage them. I am going to begin memorizing these, as they have been precious in my learning of the faith and to lift others up. Some of the ones that have been coming across are:

• Titus 2:6 – 8
  “Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.”
• Colossians 3:1 – 4
  “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
• Galatians 5:16 – 18
  “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.”
• Galations 5:22 – 26
  “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”
  

Tomorrow will be the 2nd day that Extra Mile Foundation will visit Barangay Arboretum in the Philcoa region of Quezon City and Diliman. I’m still trying to get used to knowing the areas and actually familiarizing myself with what is considered a municipality, a neighborhood, a region, a barangay, etc. We will be meeting with Clarita, the barangay’s representative and coordinator and possibly meeting with some mothers or parents to find out more information of the current issues or needs of the barangay. After that, we may go to a different part of Manila called Antipolo to do some training for medical missions, lead by the Extra Mile Foundation lawyer Diana Lee.