Appendixes:

BIYAHERO DVD; Collection of Videos Used in this Manual

and Religious Songs

THE RECOLLECTION DIARY; A Writing Booklet for the

Participants. It contains all the activities of this manual for

easy writing.

References;

The New American Bible

Kalakbay, The Directory for Catholic Youth Ministries in the

Philippines

Youth Encounter Manual,

Job My Hero, Kathryn M. Cunningham, MAPS | Source:

Catholic.net

The whole reflection on Jobs Troubles is from Kathryn M.

Cunninghams article, Job My Hero.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I Rationale and Dedication 1

II Recollection Overview 3

- The Concept & Topics 3 III Recollection Considerations 5

- Venue 5

- Facilitators and Speakers 7

- Participants 8

- Suggested Schedule 8

IV Umpisa ng Paglalakbay

Station 1: Lets Buckle Up - Preparatory Talk & Orientation 13

- Jobs Troubles; What Comes in a Journey 17

- House Rules 24

- Tara Biyahe Tayo 27

Activity 1: Bola-Gaan Game 27

Activity 2: Mapat Bagahe, Expectations and

Commitments 28

Station 2: The Bumpy Ride - Cycle 1: Me, Myself and I; Misconception

and Personality Communication 37

Activity 3: Ako? Hindi, Sila, Sila! 37

Activity 4: Please Listen, This is Me 45

- Cycle 2: Its All that I Have? Counting Blessings

Not Sheep. 47

Activity 5: My Likes and Dislikes 47

Activity 6: Theres More than I Have 55

- Cycle 3: God, Me and My Every day; Finding God

In Every Day 57

Activity 7: Kabataang Pinoy 57

Activity 8: My Daily Schedule

Station 3: The Final Stop - Activity 9: At the Crossroad with Jesus;

An Encounter with God 70

- Activity 10: The New Journey; My Commitment to God 80

My Redeemer Lives 84

I: RATIONALE AND DEDICATION

Martha burdened with much serving, came to Him and said,

Lord do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the

serving? Tell her to help me. The Lord said to her in reply, Martha,

Martha, you are anxious and worried about many thing. There is only a

need for one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be

taken from her. Luke 10:40-42

Martha and Mary are sisters, youth and active. Both of them share the

same love and passion in serving God that they gained the friendship of Jesus

that is as what many scholars suggest even to a personal level. They had been

so close to the Lord, that when He is travelling nearby He sees to it that He pass

by their house to take His rest. Maybe because the Lord feels comfort in the way

the two women extend love to Him that He likes to dwell in their presence.

But in the story, a clear contrast appears between the two siblings, and

the Lord seemingly favors one. One, Martha busy herself with the domestic labor

whereas her sister, Mary reclined by the foot of the Lord to listen to Him teach.

Mary becomes overwhelmed that she complained yet the Lord persuaded her.

The story of the two siblings is a manifestation of the two divided world

of the youth nowadays. Many young people though living in the same

generation, portrays two or more distinct way of life. Some get so sucked up by

modern technologies that it controls them in ways unimaginable even to their

parents; others are so influenced by the ideas of liberalism that it consumes their

morality and values; yet many still brought by the growing gap between them

and the older generations around them ends up confused and unguided

resulting to a life with no direction at all; vises and many mundane pleasures

also grip the youths way of life that their future is being compromised. Only a

handful youth could be seen with deep self-realization and a strong spiritual

foundation making them resilient with the factors that destroys the life of their

fellow youth.

In this changing times, it is but stringent that the youth are redirected to

the path of righteousness, morality and spiritual stability. The youth should be

given an utmost attention and dedication to be guided with the values that the

church, as in Christianity, uphold in order to make them once again disciples of

the Lord Jesus. Like the story of the sisters Martha and Mary, the youth should

be reminded that there are things in life that are more important than what

many of them perceive.

The topics are divided into three stages called Stations. The First Station is

composed of four minor topics that opens up the retreat and lays the mood for the

main cycles. The second station on the other hand contains the main body of the

retreat and is again divided into three topics called Cycles for each topic has a

revolving nature ending with the same idea that it begun but with a challenge for

redirection for the participants. Each cycle prepares are connected to one another,

with the next much deeper than the previous leading to the final stage of the

recollection. The third and final stage is the climax of the retreat, it will start with a very

high atmosphere preceded by three cycles and will end with a summing up activity

that serves as a call for commitment for the participants.

The stages are as follows;

Stages Topic Title and Subtitle Description Duration

Stage 1: Lets Buckle Up 1 hour

Talk 1

JobS tROUBLES:

What comes in the Journey?

- A preparatory discussion laying the foundation

for the succeeding cycles. It uses the story of

Job as a jump off point.

45 Minutes

Talk 2 House Rules - The participants will be oriented with the dos

and donts during the entire retreat. 10 Minutes

Talk 3

Magkasama Tayo - The getting to know each other activity. The

participants will be paired at this stage before

the retreat formally start.

30 Minutes

Talk 4 Mapa at Bagahe - discussion of the expectations and

commitments of the participants. 20 Minutes

Stage 2: The Bumpy Ride

Cycle 1

Me, Myself and I:

Misconception vs Personality

Communication

- A discussion of how deep is the self-realization

of each participants leading to the deepening

on how ones action and the perception of

others will create bitter misconception.

1 Hour 45

Minutes to

2 Hours

Cycle 2

Is it All that I Have?

Counting Blessings not Sheep.

- The personal evaluation part of the retreat on

a much wider coverage. In here the

participants will discover the grace and

blessings given by God in their Life.

1 Hour 30

Minutes

Cycle 3

God, Me and My Every Day:

Finding God in Every Day.

- The last of the cycles, it serves as the pre climax

activity. Slightly mellow in gravity of thoughts for

it deals with the ways on how to live with God in

a daily basis using the story of sisters Martha and

Mary as the jump point.

1 Hour 45

Minutes to

2 Hours

Stage 3: The Final Stop

Activity

1

At the Cross Road with God!

Face to Face with Jesus

- The highlight and climax of the retreat. The

participants will be given the chance to talk

face to caf with God through a controlled

Taize Prayer Activity.

1 Hour 45

Minutes

Activity

2

Ang Bagong Byahe:

Committing to Walk with

Jesus.

- A culminating and evaluation activity. Through

a ceremonial dance, Pilgrims Dance the

participants will be asked to commit for a new

journey with Jesus.

45 Minutes

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In this changing times, it is but stringent that the youth are redirected to the

path of righteousness, morality and spiritual stability. The youth should be given an

utmost attention and dedication to be guided with the values that the church, as

in Christianity, uphold in order to make them once again disciples of the Lord Jesus.

Like the story of the sisters Martha and Mary, the youth should be reminded that

there are things in life that are more important than what many of them perceive.

A growing life, rooted in Christs teachings and is fueled by the grateful

heart for Gods blessings. A life that has a deep understanding of ones self, family,

life situation and goals able to withstand test and condemnation.

It is of this regard and the love for the authors fellow youth that this

manuscript is created. To serve as a simple and humble guide in providing an

arena for the youth of today to once again look deep into themselves and

evaluate their very existence. May this guide, together with the wise counsel of

those who are to interpret them and with the intercession of the Holy Spirit be able

to make those who are to be part in it realize that the Grace and Mercy of God

abounds in their lives. And that may with the loving compassion of Jesus, the youth

once again find true friendship in the one true God, for He says,

You are my friend if you do what I command you. I no longer call you

slaves for a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends,

because I have told you everything I heard from my Father. It was not you who

chose me, but I who choose you John 15:14-16

Biyahero a Tagalog term for traveler sums up a personal context of being

on a journey. A Biyahero is constantly on a move to reach his target destination.

Along the way he experiences a lot of obstacles, challenges and

discouragements but pushes onward.

This term, Biyahero profoundly supports the type of lifestyle that the youth

of this generation must take. To be on constant movement to reach their goals,

their dreams and aspirations and most importantly, live a life rooted with God.

That is why, this book bears that title. Considering that a recollection

activity involves journeying towards the deepest confines of the participants life

towards realization and renewal. A journey that welcomes every youth to take

and join and move on towards a life with God.

May this manuscript reach the youth who needs the induction to take a

journey to find life and be a Biyahero, Kabataang Naglalakbay Kasama si Kristo.

Growing Through Gods Blessings.

II : RECOLLECTION OVERVIEW

THE CONCEPT AND TOPICS

The next day John was there again with two of his disciples, and

as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, Behold, the Lamb of God. The two disciples

heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them and said to

them, What are you looking for? they said to him, Rabbi (which translated to

teacher), where are you staying? He said to them, Come and you will see. John

1:35-39

Many of us says, that life is nothing but a journey. That is true, for life involves

real journey, be it geographically, anthropologically, socially, spiritually and many

more. We take our first step in life the moment we were conceived and only ends

the moment we breathe our last. Thus, it is important that along the journey that

each of us take we are prepared and is accompanied by trustworthy guides.

In the journey of the youth through this recollection, they are to be

introduced to the one true guide that is the Lord Jesus. Like the two disciples of

John the Baptist, the moment they heard their master proclaim that Jesus, who

passes by them is the Messiah, they followed Jesus. Though they are of little

understanding with the nature of Jesus, they took the effort to just follow. In time,

when the Lord noticed their pursuit of Him, He asked them, What are you looking

for? Their reply is but a question still, Rabbi, where are you staying? so Jesus

replied, Just come and see.

This is how the Lord guides us, the moment we decide to follow Jesus, He

doesnt tells us where to go, or go to this place at this address and there you will

find me. Instead, Jesus simply tells us, Come, you will see. This means that God

Himself will be with us in that journey, He will be our guide. He will lead us in ways

we might find uncomfortable or even unconventional but still, it is the way to go.

Such is the guiding inspiration in the topics that are herein presented. Inspired by

stories in the Bible that gives profound lessons in life especially for the youth. Stories

like that of Job and the sisters Martha and Mary. The topics will revolve in the lessons

behind their lives and is redirected to the connections in the participants own life.

But just as the Lord uses many visible references we find in our day to day life, the

topics will be supported by video clips created by individuals with the intention of

opening up someones mind. The author does not claim ownership in these videos

but highly recognizes their publishers. Also, to further provide a personal reflection

setting, the participants will be active in writing down tasks that aims to extract from

them deep and stored thoughts that is just treated with conventional reflection

methods of meditation, would not be fully achieved.

These together with other dynamic activities aims to provide the

participants a continuous journey through themselves with God.

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II: RECOLLECTION CONSIDERATIONS

when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray

to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

Mathew 6:6

The Lord Jesus teaches us that prayer as a form of communication with

God should be done with utmost caution. It should be treated with solemnity and

respect even of the simplest form. For, if done otherwise or with no respect and in

the intention of adoration from other people, just as the Pharisees is Christs time,

those prayers are but uttered chants.

Such is the treatment to a retreat activity, of which the intention if to

provide an avenue wherein the participants could connect with God as they take

their journey deep into their selves. The entire retreat or recollection activity,

regardless of how small or great, short of span or lengthy should be treated with

sanctity.

That is why, in this activity, there are some listed considerations to be

executed in order to create a holly atmosphere all throughout the affair. It is but

important, especially for the facilitators to impose them strictly at all cost.

1. For the Venue

The success of the activity lies in the venue in as much as it

does with the speakers who will talk. For a well prepared place can

set the mood and outcome of the entire activity. Though it is not

necessary that the venue should be of a high class retreat facility

such as resorts, retreat houses hotels and the like, with all amenities

already available for the comfort of the participants, although it

would be advantageous. But nonetheless, any venue will do

provided that the following considerations are taken into account;

1, Privacy; There should be intimate privacy in the vicinity. If

the venue is held within a school compound, see to it that the

participants will be contained that contact with other individual

not involved in the activity is limited or if not, totally cut off during

the entire activity. A compromised privacy can result to the

participants to have reservations and not being totally open to the

intentions of the retreat.

1. For the Participants

The success of a retreat also depends on the volume of participants

and the way they are oriented and prepared. Aside from the house

rules that they must observe, the following considerations should also

be accounted for.

a. A good and effective retreat is a game of numbers. The

greater the participants are in number, the more that they

turn out to be a crowd. Thus, the number of participants

should be controlled in a number that is easy for the

speakers and facilitators to handle. An ideal group of 50

participants should be observed with a maximum of 80.

More than that, the participants should be divided into two

or more batches.

2. Other considerations

The considerations presented above are not fixed. They can

be modified or added by the organizers depending on the situation of

the retreat to be conducted.

3. Suggested Schedule of Activities

The entire retreat is scheduled for a 12 hours activity but can

be extended depending on the situation. Ideally, it should begin in the

morning and run until the early evening. Here below are two suggested

programs.

Set 1: One Day Retreat

Time Topics/Session Venue Persons

Involved

07:00 07:30 AM Arrival and Registration Receiving

Area Secretariat

07:31 08:00 AM Settling Down Designated

Area

Stage 1: Lets Buckle Up

08:01 08:15 AM Job and Me: What comes in the Journey?

Lecture Room

The

speakers &

facilitators

08:16 08:20 AM House Rules

08:21 08:40 AM Bola-gaan Game

08:41 09:15 AM Tara, Byahe tayo! Expectations and

Commitments.

09:16 09:30 AM Snacks and Toilet Break

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2, Solemnity; Solemnity is the consideration for silence. The

venue should be at an area wherein there is limited or if not totally

secluded from outside noises such as vehicles, loud music from

neighbors and other distracting noises. If cant be assured, the

organizers should cover up these noises by playing low tone calming

songs, melodies and music during intimate activities. This will

enhance the mood keep the participants in focus.

Aside from the above considerations, the following physical requirements should

also be provided.

a. Lecture Room; any room wherein all of the participants can be

accommodated comfortably and treated to set the mood for

retreat. If possible, the room should have no visible eye-catching

decorations that would distract the participants. Classroom

decorations should be temporarily hidden or concealed and

replaced with visual cues that would enhance the mood such as

religious paintings etc. Chairs can be provided but not necessarily

needed.

b. Prayer Room; a separate room, that will be used for the taize prayer.

Just as the lecture room, any form of distracting decorations should

be concealed and hidden out of site. Within the room, there should

be an altar with a photo of Christ, (see attachment), with either the

Holy Eucharist or an average size Crucifix. The room should be dark

and lighted only be candles set strategically around. There should be

a sound system set inside that can be used for the voice over. This

room will be restricted from the participants until the prayer activity

and be open until the moment the recollection ends.

c. Facilitators Quarters; a room located not so distant from the lecture

room to serve as the facilitators rest area, preparation room and etc.

d. Mess Hall & Kitchen; In cases that it will be the facilitators who are to

provide for the food of the participants it is necessary to allot a space

for cooking and dinning. Again, the location must still conform to the

two primary considerations.

If the venue of the recollection is a chapel or a church, the organizers must

see to it that it still conform with the two primary considerations. If not, an alternate

venue is prescribed. It is not necessary that the retreat is held within the church,

this is in respect also for the not catholic participants.

2. The Facilitators and the Speakers

A perfect venue can be spoiled by an un-organized group of

facilitators. Thus, it is important as the organizers, they must uphold the

utmost character during the entire event. The following reminders

should be considered by the facilitators.

a. There should be a limited number of facilitators with an ideal ratio of 1

facilitator is to 6 participants. This is in order to minimize the crowd

within the group. The logic is that, for the listening activity, that involves

sharing, the more private it gets the better it is for the participants to

open up. If there are too many strangers looking at them and

watching, listening, the more reserved that they become.

b. There should be an organized working group in structure headed by a

Team Leader acting as the chief facilitator. Under him/her are the rest

of the organizers. The team leader is both the over-all in-charge and

the time keeper. He can also be one of the speakers in cases may be.

c. Committees like, secretariat, logistics, finance and kitchen committees

must be created within that limited number of facilitators although,

can be modified in the wisdom of the team leader. The tasking shall

be assigned also by the team leader.

d. During the entire duration of the retreat, the facilitators must refrain

from doing unnecessary noise, actions and etc. All preparations, like

that of the food, next talks and activities and others must be done far

and away from the visual notice of the participants. More so, it should

only be the speaker for that moment that should only be exposed to

the participants except of that facilitator he need. Other facilitators

can only be exposed to the participants and join the group in the

activities that requires their presence. This is in order to maintain

sanctity and privacy in the retreat.

e. For the speaker, it is ideal that there should only be one or two speakers

handling the entire retreat. This is in order to maintain a continuity of

ideas from one topic to the next. The two of them must collaborate,

meaning both of them should know how to deliver all of the topics and

activities that are to be executed. Collaborative speaking means that

at any given part of the talk, the other speaker can continuo the talk

with the consistency of the idea not compromised but elaborated. This

needs training and practice and mastery of the topics.

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Stage 2: The Bumpy Ride

09:31 11:30 AM

Cycle 1: Me, My Self and I; Misconception

and Personality Communication. Lecture Room

Speakers &

Selected

Facilitators

11:31 12:00 NN Lunch Break / Rest

12:00 01:45 PM Cycle 2: Its All that I Have? Counting Blessing

not Sheep. Lecture Room Speaker

01:46 02:00 PM Snacks and Toilet Break

02:01 04:00 PM Cycle 3: God, Me and My Everyday: Finding

God in Every Day Lecture Room Speaker

Stage 3: The Final Stop

04:01 05:45 PM At The Cross Road with Christ Prayer Room The

speakers &

facilitators 05:46 06:30 PM Ang Bagong Byahe. Lecture Room

06:31 PM Pack Up and Home-Sweet-Home

Set 2: One Day Retreat with Overnight

Time Topics/Session Venue Persons

Involved

12:00 12:30 NN Arrival and Registration Receiving

Area Secretariat

12:31 01:00 PM Settling Down Designated

Area

Stage 1: Lets Buckle Up

01:01 01:15 PM Job and Me: What comes in the Journey?

Lecture Room

The

speakers &

facilitators

01:16 01:20 PM House Rules

01:21 01:40 PM Bola-gaan Game

01:41 02:15 PM Tara, Byahe tayo! Expectations and

Commitments.

Stage 2: The Bumpy Ride

02:16 04:00 PM

Cycle 1: Me, My Self and I; Misconception

and Personality Communication.

Lecture

Room/Design

ated Area

Speakers &

Selected

Facilitators

04:01 04:15 PM Snacks and Toilet Break

04:16 06:15 PM Cycle 2: Its All that I Have? Counting Blessing

not Sheep. Lecture Room Speaker

06:16 06:45 PM Rest, Dinner and Toilet Break

06:46 08:30 PM Cycle 3: God, Me and My Everyday: Finding

God in Every Day Lecture Room Speaker

08:31 08:40 PM Toilet Break

Stage 3: The Final Stop

08:41 10:00 PM At The Cross Road with Christ Prayer Room The

speakers &

facilitators 10:00 10:45 PM Ang Bagong Byahe.

Prayer Room

and Open

Field

10:45 11:30 PM TAPS (Time for All Person to Sleep) Preparation

11:30 PM TAPS / Lights Off

05:45 AM Rise and Shine

05:45 06:15 AM Morning Prasie

06:15 PM Pack Up and Home-Sweet-Home

Speaker: A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John.

All: Glory be to you Oh, Lord.

Speaker: (Read John 1:35-39) The Word of the Lord.

All: Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ.

1. After the reading, the speaker shall place the Bible, open, in the pedestal

in the altar and offer a prayer. (Below is a suggested prayer)

Heavenly Father, Our God. Through Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ,

have proclaimed to us that Anyone who gathers in the name of Your

Son, Jesus, You shall be among them Father, we acknowledge You

today as we gather by the name of Your Son. A humble gathering of

young hearts aiming to reconnect with you in your mercy. Dear God,

before you stand your children. We are your children Heavenly Father

once again coming and calling before you. As we conduct this

activity, we start a journey towards deep within ourselves aiming to

find its roots in you. A journey towards you, Our Father, aware of the

uniqueness that you made every one of us, thankful of the gifts You

bestow upon as and anxious to start a day t day life with you as our

constant companion. We know Father that you had been with us

ever since, but our weakness and proud hearts drives us away from

your side often times. With this Lord, we ask for your forgiveness.

Forgive us dear lord, our faults, our shortcoming, our malicious

thoughts and our sinful perverted ways. Father, in you life begin and

in you life finds its fullness.

Dear Lord, as we share to one another our life and our

experiences, allow Father that it be heard with respect and

understanding. As we offer this activity to you lord, grant that its goals

are achieved. Bless Father our families we left at home hoping that

through this activity, change will come to our ways. Father bless our

speakers and facilitators that they may be filled by your Holy Spirit

and be able to guide us in truth. Father, bless all the participants,

touch their hearts Lord and open up their souls for you and reside

inside it. Lord, let this activity fuel the entire journey of life that each

of them are about to take soon. Father, be with them all the way and

show them how great it is to live by your presence day by day.

Heavenly father, this we pray, through the name of Your Loving Son,

Our Lord Jesus Christ, together with the Holy Spirit, the Blessed Virgin

May our Mother, all the saints and angels. To You be the Glory,

Forever and Ever, AMEN

2. The Activity concludes after the prayer.

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UMPISA NG PAGLALAKBAY!

How to start:

1) Before all the participants arrive, the facilitators should have already

prepared everything, venue, etc. As they arrive, it is advised that songs and

music be played in order to prepare the mood of the participants. (See

General Songs on DVD)

2) They must first register, indicating on the form their full name, their nickname,

age, section (if necessary) address together with the name and contact

number of their parent/s or guardian/s to be notified in case of emergency.

(See Forms Annex)

3) After a participant register and be given the recollection paraphernalia, he

should be directed to the holding room or area wherein he/she can drop

his belongings and wait for the start of the activity. Upon, registration, NO

PARTICIPANTS MUST BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE COMPOUND of the

recollection. This is for security purposes, tricky participant can leave without

notice after registering and not actually join the activity.

4) A few minutes before the start of the activity, the participants can now be

directed to proceed to the lecture room if the holding area is a separate

room.

5) In case of a late participant, as long as the lectures are not yet on the main

cycles, he can still join but he must be oriented of the topics he missed.

6) The narrative written here are suggested words for the speaker. He can use

them as if his own bringing the manual into life. But again, the speaker can

use his own words based on the ideas herein presented in order to elaborate

the points. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, he who shall speak on behalf of this book.

I: STATION 1; LETS BUCKLE UP!

Welcome and good morning, we are here gathered today for a special event

in your life. This is your recollection day, or retreat. Did anyone of you have an idea of

what is a recollection or a retreat? Any One? Or did anyone of you attended a

recollection already? Yes some of you do attended a recollection or retreat so some of

you know already what we are going to do. But for the benefit of those who do not know

and have not yet experienced a recollection, let me tell you first what a recollection is.

From the word itself, recollection or recollect it means

remembering, gathering, re-collecting or reminiscing memories and parts of

our life. It is an opportunity for anyone to once again look back into the past

and evaluate the things that had happened along that way. So a recollection

is basically evaluating our life hoping to understand more the things that we

do in order to start new. That is a recollection in its simplest explanation.

But nowadays, a recollection had become synonymous with a religious

activity wherein one, can be given the chance to evaluate his spiritual life and

know possible corrections and advancements. This type of activity is what we

are going to do in the next few hours. In this recollection, you are going to

connect to your inner self and extend it to God. Later, I will discuss to you the

coverage of our recollection activity. But for the meantime, allow me to ask

you first. Are you ready? Are you excited? Well, if you do, then let us start.

BIBLE ENTHRONEMENT

Before we begin, it is but right and fitting to start any activity with a

prayer. But since this is a spiritual recollection wherein we will be encountering

God, we are to elevate our prayer. We will ask God to join us here in our

humble hall. What we are going to do is a Bible Enthronement, it is a symbolic

ritual wherein we shall acknowledge Gods presence through His words that is

the Bible. As the ritual is being done, please observe silence and be one with

the activity.

For the Facilitators:

Bible enthronement is a symbolic ritual done in religious activities. It is holy and

sacred for it replicates the Liturgy of the Word during a Holy Mass. This is how it is done.

3. The Facilitators must prepare within the venue/lecture room a simple altar

wherein the Bible can be honored. It must be lit by a candle throughout

the activity.

4. Entrance of the Bible: the facilitators will play/sing Thy Word while an

assigned facilitator will carry the Holy Bible, opened to John 1:35-39, high

up in his head. He will be accompanied by another facilitators with a

candle. They shall walk in a slow pace across the room, preferably, if the

participants are sited in a U shape, the two shall trace their sits.

5. After covering the entire hall, the two shall proceed to the altar wherein

the Bible bearer shall give the Bible to the speaker who will read the theme

Gospel of the recollection.

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PREPARATORY TALK AND ORIENTATION

At this point, we are now ready to begin our recollection activity, or

should I say, your Recollection activity. I will ask you now, to settle down, be

quite and listen attentively to everything that I will say and be participative on

what we are going to do.

Who among you here loves to travel? To go on a trip? Like picnic,

Outing, shopping, vacation? Most of us loves to travel right. Actually, we all

travel from time to time or even regularly. All of you travel almost every day.

From your house going to school. From your house to your friends house, or to

the market when asked to buy goods, or to do some errands, we often travel.

But those are usual travels, or the travels we do in a regular basis. There are

those travels that we do occasionally for some, or seldom to others. These are

travels involving long distances. Like going to manila or somewhere during

Christmas breaks or summer vacations. These are long distance travels. Who

among you here do that?

Lets talk about those trips. Long distance trips. When you are going to

a trip, what do you do first? (ask the participants and work out their answers).

The first thing you do, is of course make choices? Right? What kind of choices?

(For the speaker, note and write on the board the numbered points using the

arrangement on figure 1) 1) We choose where to go first. 2) Then what mode

of transportation to take. Choosing where to go is always the easiest part, yet

it is the most vital. Often, our destination is fixed. Pre-determined by either of our

self and by the one who obliged us to travel. So its fixed, seldom do we travel

with no direction at all. It always starts with choosing where to go.

After knowing where to go, we then decide what mode of

transportation to take. Yes? We choose from an array of transportation system

and services. But basically there are two forms. First is either we commute or

take the public transport or we travel privately by our own vehicle. Either of

which, we arrive at our destination.

Talking of public transportation, what are they? (ask them for their most

common transport service taken) we have three basic categories. By land, by

sea or by air. What are the examples of land transportation system? (note their

answers) Yes, we have busses, trains, jeepneys and many more. How about sea

travel? We have boats, cruise ships, hydrofoils, hovercraft and the like, right.

And by air, we have airplanes, helicopters, balloons, jet planes and many more.

These are all modes of travel available to us nowadays.

Next is we had also identified the possible problems. The same problems

here written on the board will be the same problems that you will encounter in this

journey. Now that we identified them, we will prepare for them so that even if you

do experience it, it would not be irritating for you.

There is one thing though that we missed to identify? What is that? Or

should I say, who are they? One is, the Driver. Right? The Bus driver or the plane

pilot or the ships captain. Then, there are the crew. Or in a bus, the kundoktor,

or in a plane, the stewardess and on the ship, the staff. All of them are essential

parts of our travel right? Without them, the journey could not begin. So in our

journey, who are they? They are us. The Facilitators, speakers and crew.

The speakers will be the drivers. We hold the direction of this trip of yours.

Although the destination is fixed, later we will know where it is, the directions, how

fast to get there, the turns and cross roads depends on the speakers.

In this nature, the same way that you put your trust on the abled hands of

the driver of the bus when you are travelling, we also would like to request from

you that you place your trust on us. Remember and consider that, the mere fact

that we stand here in front of you signifies that we know something that you dont

but you must know. Be assured that, we are going to do our best in bringing you

to the destination of this recollection.

Also, the facilitators shall be the stewardess or crew of our trip. The same

way that they ensure the comfort of the passengers will be the same way that they

will ensure that you are comfortable in your journey. They are here to assist you in

the vital parts of our travel wherein you would be needing they help.

Also, they are here to be your friends. What we ask from you is respect.

They will ensure that you will enjoy your journey and that altogether, we will arrive

at our destination contented. Will that be ok?

So let us now proceed. As what we had talked about just a few minutes

ago, what is the first thing that we should choose before starting a journey? A

destination. Right. So we will now know where our destination in this recollection is.

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Again, whatever mode of transportation we take we will arrive at our

destination. There are only a few, variations. One is time. Have you ever consider

that, travelling by buss takes longer than that of riding by plane. A 12 hours ride

by buss only takes 45 to 50 minutes by plane. And travelling by the sea takes

much longer than that. An hour plane ride is often a day of sea travel. So this is

the third option we consider. 3) Time. How long do we want our travel be?

Then this is followed by another consideration. The comfort. If you travel

by any means, you will be given options of comfort by the travel companies. In

busses, there are ordinary ride, air-conditioned with onboard wifi, tv and toilet

and there are the sleepers buss wherein the chairs can be extended to form a

bed. If by the plane, there are business class for with high budget travelers,

economy class for average budgeted travelers and the deluxe wherein all

comforts are given to the passengers. And travelling by sea also have variations.

All these comfort options comes with a price. Right? The more comfort it

provides, the more expensive it becomes. This leads us to the fourth

consideration. 4) Comfort at a Price. How much can we spend, for the ride we

choose?

So those where the first four points that we consider to choose from

before we take our journey. Lets write it on the board.

Before Travelling:

1. Deciding where to go.

2. By what means do I get there?

3. How long thus it take?

4. How much comfort can I take?

These are the first four points we often consider when we go on travel,

right? Now, how about if you are already on travel? You decided already and

youre inside the transport vehicle. What now? We now experience some

problems or untoward events right? Like what?

The first one is, 1) Delay. Sometimes the buss takes too long before it drive

or the plane flight just get cancelled or delayed due to some circumstances.

These makes some of us grumpy and irritated right?

Second would be, 2) Uncomfortable seat. Who among you here

experienced seating in an uncomfortable seat? Maybe, you want to seat by the

window but youre at the aisle. Or maybe your seatmate is too noisy, smelly, or

moves a lot. A one wonderful, perfectly planned ride turns out to be a long

agonizing torture for some isnt it?

Then, there comes, 3) Hunger, thirst or stiffly bored. Because some of us

gets too excited travelling, they did not get the chance to bring food, snack,

water or something to pass time while on the ride. Or how about when you are

called by nature and you need to do the thing and yet the next stop is hours

away? What do we feel? Frustrated right?

So those are the simple troubles we encounter when we are travelling.

Troubles that could have been prepared for that even if they do happen, we

wont get so irritated and frustrated and not enjoy the trip.

So lets write it again on the board next to the first four. Figure 1

Ok, so now we have identified some points when we are in a journey.

Now, would you agree that we are now on a journey? This activity that we will

be doing for the next few hours of this day is a journey. As a matter of fact, our

recollection is entitled, Biyahero! Kabataang Naglalakbay Kasama si Kristo.

This is now your journey. To what? To yourself. Deep into yourself. For you to know

and realize that for 15 or 16 or 17 years of your life, there is more in life than what

you had been accustomed to. That life itself is a journey and if you think that

you know all about it, you are wrong. For there is more to life than what you had

already seen and what you had already experienced. A life with Christ, a life

with God.

Are you ready? The same things that you have identified a few minutes

ago that are inclusive in travelling are the very same things that you will

experience in this journey. So it is important that we identified them first for us to

be prepared. Right? Now let us return to what we have written on the board.

First we identified that we are to make choices. Choices involving where

to go, what to take us there how long can do we want it to take and how much

comfort do we want. In this journey, your recollection we will also start it with the

same questions. We will first settle our self by providing for those considerations.

Later on, there will be an activity wherein you will do that.

Before Travelling:

1. Deciding where to go.

2. By what means do I get

there?

3. How long thus it take?

4. How much can I take?

Troubles Upon Travelling:

Delays

Uncomfortable Seat

Natures Call

Hunger, Thirst or Boredom

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TALK 1: JOBS TROUBLES: What comes in the Journey?

As what we had talked about a few moments ago, we must first identify

the destination. Where are we going? Or what do we want to achieve in this

recollection? To help us get to that, I will show you a video. Of a man, who

experienced life to the worst that it can offer. This man is named Job. Do you

know Job? To some, they do. Job is a person whos life is written in the Old

Testament of the Holy Bible. To some of you who do know Job, you would say

that it is a story of tragedy, misfortune and tests that we would never wish to

experience.

If you would read the story of Job in the Bible, you would need a few

days to finish it and still it would be hard to understand fully because of its poetic

and very long prologue in presenting its points. So to make it easier for us, we

will watch a short video that sums up that entire story. Here it is. (show Jobs

Troubles Video on DVD)

(The speaker can replay the video the second time if the participants

were not able to grasp the story clearly. After the video, the speaker can give

some comments, jokes and ad leave about the video and the characters to

tickle the attention of the participants. )

Is it not a good story? Yes it is, so now from the video you had just

watched, what do you see? Can anyone give me a short reflection and

interpretation of the story, its characters, its plot, the climax and the end? (work

with their answers)

Narration of Reflection

But there is actually more to the story than what you have just seen.

Lets take a closer look at the Book of Job as well as the man Job himself. Job

was an oriental chieftain and fabulously wealthy. He had seven sons and three

daughters who likewise shared in his prosperity. He was not Jewish, a chosen

one, but his faith, none the less, was a source of pride for the Very God himself.

But God persists, noting that since Job has been asking all the questions,

which in reciprocity, God also has a right to question Job; Would you refuse to

acknowledge my right? Would you condemn me that you may be justified (40: 8-

9)? More unbelievable questions follow: Have you an arm like God, or can you

thunder with a voice like his? Can you lead about Leviathan [the crocodile]

with a hook or curb his tongue with a bit can you play with him as a bird? Can

you put him in leash for your maidens (40:9-29)? Job finally relents and admits I

have dealt with great things that I do not understand. He apologizes and

assumes the action of mourning, covering himself with dust and ashes.

At this point in the narrative God turns to Jobs friends who approached

Job with their wisdom about why he should just admit guilt and appease God. He

instructs them to go to Job and make sacrifice for their groundless accusations. If

they can get Job to pray for them they will not be severely punished! He does,

God accepts Jobs prayers and then restores all that he has lost in a double portion.

As you can see, the story of Job is much more than a narrative about how

God punishes. As a matter of fact the story of Job is not about punishment at all.

The story of Job is about relationship with God. By no choice of his own Job

became a living example, to all, of what it is like to love God unconditionally.

Nothing that happened to Job could induce him to curse or abandon God. Not

even his good friends who railed at him to just give up and admit his guilt. Job

knew that he didnt do anything wrong and that he respected and loved God.

These two things are consistent throughout the narrative.

Job did, however question the logic of the whole thing. Amazingly, God is

so moved by Jobs faith that instead of zapping him with a lightning bolt or simply

striking him dead he actually dialogs with him! Isnt this the typical behavior of a

frustrated parent? When a child has committed an act of particularly bad

judgment, all the while questioning the parents rules or logic, the parent resists the

temptation to simply ground the kid until the age of 30 and be done with it. A

loving parent knows that a discussion will bear more fruit. So God discusses.

Job listens and finally admits that maybe his questioning came from a

place that lacked understanding. But more than the final discussion and

restoration, Jobs demeanor during the entire ordeal is amazing. His attitude

toward the God of the Universe is at all times open.

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When Satan appears before God, fresh from his patrols of the earth, God

actually asks him Have you noticed my servant Job, and that there is no one on

earth like him blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil (Job 1:8

NAB). This obviously is a source of aggravation for the devil and he taunts God

and supposes that the only reason Job is good is because of the benefits that

God has given him. So they strike a bargain, the devil intent on proving God a

fool. Satan may tempt Job in any way he wishes but he may not lay his hands

on him.

So we see that Job is not cursed of God but well beloved by him and

even though he does not know it he will be the instrument that tangibly proves

Gods generosity and love. As some say, most things are not what they appear

to be.

The devil takes family, wealth and health from Job. But perhaps the worst

thing that happens to him is the people close to him start to make assumptions.

His wife complains that he must be guilty of something and that he should curse

God and die. His friends weep at his condition and cant even speak to him

because they are so shocked at his appearance. But Job does not waiver in his

innocence and ponders We accept good things from God; and should we not

accept evil? (Job 2:10 NAB) He simply refuses to speak ill of God. The book

continues as various other friends dialog with Job, begging him to repent and

admit his wrong doing.

Each time Jobs reply is a window into his mind and how he regards God.

Each of his replies is beautifully poetic and contains not one iota of complaint.

Job offers nine separate replies to his critical friends who insist that he should just

admit guilt and make retribution to the Lord.

Job concludes with a tenth Summary of His Cause. He never waivers,

he did nothing wrong, but contemplates much regarding the situation he is in

now compared to what he used to have: Oh that I were as in the months past!

as in the days when God watched over me, While he kept his lamp shining

above my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; As I was in my

flourishing days, when God sheltered my tent (Job 29: 2-3 NAB). His refusal to

be bitter and blaming of the Lord is simply extraordinary. However, he clearly

acknowledges that something has changed and that his relationship with God

is not the same as it used to be and he has no idea why.

At no time does he vow to cut off communications with God or refuse to

recognize that God is God, powerful, generous and maker of the universe.

But in his final summary, he does insist that God make clear to him what

is the cause of his distress: Oh, that I had one to hear my case and that my

accuser would write out his indictment. Surely I should wear it on my shoulder or

put it on me like a diadem; this is my final plea; let the Almighty answer me

(Job 31: 35-37 NAB)! He does not ask for a solution but states that knowing

what he did would be good enough for him and maybe even a source of pride.

Remember that Job was most beloved by God. Jobs fervent request to

hear from his accuser is answered! God enters into an amazing dialog with

Job. Gods immediate address to Job lays out the fact that God Himself knows

things and has experienced things that it is impossible for any human to

experience. God points out the extraordinary experiences that are his alone, as

well as pivotal to the existence of our very world.

He points out that there is a bigger existence a divine plan or order of

which is really impossible for one human to comprehend although we are still

part of it. He asks Job: Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of

ignorance (38:2)? And in a rather funny line he tells Job Gird up your loins like

a man, I will question you, and you tell me the answers (38:3)! This is similar to a

modern equivalent that would go something like this: Hang on to your pants and

get ready to back up the statements youve been so sassy about making, big

shot! [Personal interpretation]

God proceeds and offers a series of breath taking questions: Were you

there when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you have an understanding. Who

determined its size; do you know? Who stretched out the measuring line for it?

.And who shut within doors the sea when it burst forth from the womb. When I

made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? When I

set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door. Have you ever in your lifetime

commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place. Have you entered

into the sources of the sea or walked about in the depths of the abyss? Tell

me, if you know all: Which is the way to the dwelling place of light, and where is

the abode of darkness. Out of whose womb comes the ice and who gives the

hoarfrost its birth in the skies, Who puts wisdom in the heart. (Job 38: 4-36

NAB)?

Job is literally struck speechless during this session. Who wouldnt be?

God continues: Will we have arguing with the Almighty by the critic? Let him

who would correct God give answer (40:2). Job then admits that he has

questioned God once and then twice but no more, there is no human answer

for the questions that are being asked, no matter how smart you are!

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He never turns his back or opts for other Gods. He does not use any of

his resources to seek an alternative solution. He addresses and aims his

comments and complaints at God the entire time. He does not look to his own

understanding to solve his dilemma. He questions God and only God with

honesty, albeit tinged with his frustration. Job realizes that whatever is

happening, no one or nothing else in the universe can fix it.

He is not distracted by the incredibly strong presence of people around

him who have influence. He knows, in his being, that God is the provider and

the rescuer no matter what is going on or how much he doesnt understand

what is occurring. These qualities, in essence, are the demeanor of a child who

knows that the parent is with them no matter how crazy things get. No wonder

that Job is so favored by God that the Father proudly singles him out in the

beginning of the narrative!

Well then, taking this into account, what can we learn? Can we say that

it is challenge? A challenge from God, for us to follow the same faith that Job

had in his life? Is it a challenge for us to have the same unshaken relationship of

faith with God that no matter how bad things end up in our life, we have no

right to question God or more so, to blame God? Is it a challenge for us to have

that greedy attachments to earthly wealth that even if we gain or lose it we still

have the composure to be faithful? Is it a challenge for us to think not just wisely,

but with a faithful understanding when it comes to being someone to others

more so in giving them comfort? Is it a challenge to have that kind of relationship

with God that God Himself, grants the human being, Job a dialogue on where

the two of them could actually speak together? Are these our challenge? The

answer my dear brothers and sisters is a big yes. It is our challenge.

Therefore, this concept of life will shall be the destination of our journey.

Not just for this recollection but hopefully for the rest of your life. For life itself is a

journey and our lifes eventual ending is with God, for we are Gods property in

the first place.

After our analysis with the life of Job and his relationship with God, we can arrive

to four individual yet succeeding points. They are;

1. Job, know who he is, and he knows himself well. 2. Job, knows what he has in life and know that it all came from God. 3. Job, shows who he is to people around him in truth, which even if

they see falsely he knows what the truth about him is.

4. Job, so loved God and served God day by day that God Himself favors him.

TALK 2: THE HOUSE RULES

(After the introductory and orientation talk, the speaker can call another

facilitator or speaker to discuss the house rules although, it is preferable that it is

the Team Leader that should deliver. But if the Team Leader is the first speaker,

another member of the group should be called.)

In every game, activity, experiments or what so ever, there will always

be rules. Rules that must be obeyed. They are set, regardless of how harsh they

may seem, in order to facilitate a successful activity. In our recollection, there

will also be set of rules for you to follow. Any violation of which will not be

tolerated. They are;

During Sessions/Talks:

* Talk When Asked, if Not, Dont!

* Write if asked, be honest and true!

* Hear with your Ear, Listen with your Heart!

1. This room will be your lecture room. All talks and activities shall be

done inside this room except for those activities requiring other

venues.

2. Before the talk will begin, a music Itodo Mo will be played. Once

heard, every participants must hurry up to finish anything that they

are doing and proceed to the lecture room before the music end.

NO ONE MUST BE LATE! If any of the buddies are late, they shall do

a punishment to be given by the speaker. (Punishments can include

singing or dancing in front of all the participants.)

During Breaks:

1. There will only be breaks for snacks and dinner and all have time

limits. Thus, other necessities like going to the toilet, retouching and

others must be done within this time period.

2. Once the Session/Talk begun, no one will be allowed to go out until

the next break.

3. Toilet breaks during talks will not be allowed except on emergency

cases.

4. Snacks and Dinner are packed, this instruction had been given

before the recollection so it is expected that everyone is prepared.

No one will be allowed to leave the vicinity to buy any food. For

those who do not have any food packed, please inform the

facilitators.

5. There will be a designated Mess Area (Eating Area), everyone, by

buddy are expected to be in that area only.

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These are the four important lessons that we can learn from the story of

Job. These are principles that must serve as our guide in seeking a life with God.

And for our recollection, these four shall serve as the main direction of our

recollection. Simplifying them into our purpose, we have the four main direction

of our recollection leading to our ultimate destination. (the speaker can write

the following on the board one by one in the order presented or prepare an

early visual aid. After this talk, the visual aids prepared must be posted on a side

of the board and left there until the end of the recollection to serve as reminder

for the next topics.))

Take a look and read them carefully. Are you amenable to these? Do

you want this to be our destination? We must. Therefore, let us see to it that we

arrive on this destination.

I am sure you want to know what are the topics, arent you? But, I cannot

tell you. Instead, there is someone who will tell those to you. Do you want to know

who he is? Lets watch this video.

(Show Come and See Video. After the video, build the excitement in the

participants by telling them that, if Jesus just tell the disciples to just come and

see, they too must just come and see. A separate discussion of the video shall

be given after the entire recollection.)

Four Station Points

1. A realization of who we are, as a person in truth.

2. A realization of the things we have in life as gifts from

God.

3. A realization of who we are to others and how we must

show ourselves to them. And,

4. Understanding how to establish a daily life with God.

Leading to,

The Main Destination

A Life in Faith, Growing Through Gods Blessings

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Activity 2: Mapa at Bagahe; Expectations and Commitments

Now that you have your travel buddies do you think you are now

ready to go on a trip? Is everything set? We already have our destination right?

(Do a recap) Now do you think we are ready to start the journey? No, we are

not yet ready. There are still three important things that we must prepare. Any

guess?

In any vacation, say you are going to a new place that you have not

been yet before, what do you do? What do you need? (Ask them) Of course,

we need first a Map, A luggage/baggage, and a drivers mindset. Right?

So we have here THE MAP. (The speaker shall

prepare a drawing of a map but with only the

roads shown and an empty travelling bag the size

of a one whole cartolina. See sample.)

Now this map will serve as our guide as we go

through this recollection. But as you noticed, it is

empty, there are no markings of any sort. It is

because, you will be the one to fill it up. This map

shall hold your expectations in this recollection.

Now, returning to your buddy sharing just a while

ago, what are now your expectations in this

recollection.

For the speaker: Working out first with the map, the speaker must prepare a set of colored papers/bond paper cut into 3 inches by 6 inches and a marker. He then will ask the

participants of their expectation. After working out with the given expectation, he will

then interpret the answer into an establishment, building, landmark or any structure and

draw it into the piece of paper. Example, if a participant answered that he expects to

have a deeper spiritual growth, it can be interpreted into a drawing of a church. The

following can be the their expectations and the corresponding interpretations;

1. Spiritual Growth = A Church

2. Personal Growth = A Beauty Parlor

3. Family Relations = A House

4. To Meet New Faces and Friends = A Bar

5. To start a new journey with God = A Bus Stop/ A Bus

6. To Unwind and Have Peace of Heart and Mind = A Park or Tress

7. For Experience = A Bike

8. To Have a Change of Old Ways = Two Arrow pointing at opposite direction or a U-

turn sign.

9. Other expectations will depend on the participants. In case that the participants

gives very little answers, the speaker must be the one to add other vital

expectations.

For Personal Belongings:

1. NO CELLPHONES, iPAD, MP3 MP4 PLAYERS, WRIST

WATCH, TABLETS OR ANY GADGET WILL BE ALLOWED!

During the entire recollection. Anyone who brought

them any of the mentioned items must be surrendered

to the facilitators during registration. It will be returned

after the recollection. In case that your phone rings, a

designated facilitator will answer the call for you and

if the matter is important or an emergency, you will be

notified. Text messages will not be read.

2. Digital cameras are tolerable, but still must be

surrendered to the facilitators in some activities. There

are activities that must not be taken any pictures for

your privacy.

3. In order to avoid anyone losing any item, NO ONE will

be allowed to enter the holding room where your

personal belongings such as bags are kept except

during breaks. Still, a facilitator will be of watch.

4. Only ball pens, towels, handkerchief and water bottles

are can be brought during the sessions.

Sleeping Rules (For Module 2):

1. Everyone is expected to bring with them their own

beddings. No one will be allowed to go home

regardless of how near the house may be.

2. There will be a designated and separated sleeping

quarters for both genders. Gays can sleep with the girls

as well as lesbians.

3. Lights Off will be at 11:30 in the evening. Before that

time, there will be 30 minutes of preparation. After that,

everyone must be on their quarters and ready to sleep.

4. In the military service, anyone caught doing any

monkey business after TAPS is punished by standing by

the hallway until morning.

Other rules can be set by the organizers depending on the

situation present.

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TALK 3: TARA, BIYAHE TAYO!

Activity 1: Magkasama Tayo; The Bola Gaan Game

In every journey, it is always more fun if you are travelling with

someone else. A travel buddy so to speak. Someone who you can share your

experience with and workout the challenges along the way. Thus, in this journey

of yours, you are to have your own travel buddies. We will identify who that

would be through a game. Here are the mechanics.

1. The Facilitators have a box filled with compound words like Kape-

Gatas, Putot Dinuguan, Marian and Dingdong, Etc.. You shall pick

one and in a given time, you shall find the other participant that

completes the word.

2. The buddies shall be the partners during the activities of the entire

recollection. They must sit side by side during talks and even during

breaks. Each buddy must be responsible for his buddy.

3. After everyone got their buddies, (in case of an odd numbered

group, a trio can be made.) you will be given five minutes to know

each other by answering the following questions.

a. I am _____________.

b. Who lived at _________________.

c. I am expecting in this recollection that _____________.

d. I am willing to contribute ______________.

4. After the given time, the game can begin.

5. Settling down the participants, all of the facilitators shall now line up

in front. The team leader will hold a ball, and starting from him/her,

he must introduce himself by answering the same questions. Then

after his turn, he shall pass the ball to the next facilitators doing

thereafter the same introduction and the cycle shall continue until

all the facilitators had introduce themselves.

6. After which, the ball will now be passed to the participants but now,

with a music played. The ball shall be passed around while the music

plays, but when it stops, the buddies holding the ball shall stand and

introduce themselves with the same format. And the game shall go

on until all are done.

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Now that we have our map, the

next thing that we need is a luggage or our

TRAVELLING BAG. Now just like any travel,

we bring a lot of stuff. We bring clothes,

hygiene kit, money etc. in our recollection,

we too shall bring with us our travelling bag

filled with our belongings. And as you can

see, our bag is also empty just like the map.

It is because you will fill this up by your

commitments.

In your sharing again with your

buddy, what are the things that you are

willing to contribute for the success of this

recollection? What are the things that you

are going to do? What are the things that

you can offer?

For the speaker:

Just like what is done with the map, the same concept will be done in

here only this time it will be the participants commitments that will be given a drawn

interpretation. Examples are;

1. Contribute time = A watch or a Clock

2. Contribute Himself = Clothing or Clothes

3. Con his heart / attention = A Heart Shape Figure

4. Con his prayers = A Bible

5. Con his experiences in life = A Book with the word Diary written

on it.

6. Con his food with other participants = A Lunch Box

7. Con his Ears for Listening = A Speaker or Headset

8. Other answers of the participants contribution.

After the discussion on the commitments, the speaker will proceed to another

aspect of travel, the Sign Posts.

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Right now, we already have our map with

your target locations to visit that are your

expectations and our travelling bag filled with

our belongings needed for our travel that are

our commitments. But if you think we are ready

to move forward, there is still one thing that we

have to consider. In every journey, no one can

arrive to their destination if they are not mindful

of the signs on the road. Unmindful, we might

get lost.

Road Signs are important reminders as you

drive in the road. They provide us with safety

tips that ensures an accident free and hustle

free travel. In our recollection, we also have

similar signs. These are reminders to keep us

aware of the things that we have to consider in

our journey. Reminders such as, (the speaker

must show the individual signs one by one as it

is discussed).

1. Listen, first on our sign post is the sign Listen. And listening involves

more than just the ears but also the heart. Remember that in this

recollection we are to discuss topics that are designed to evaluate

your life, your status, and direction. That is why, we want you to listen

carefully and understand every bit of idea we are giving you.

Listening does not only include listening to us speakers but also to

your co participants. There are activities wherein you will be asked to

talk and share, thus it is important to listen carefully.

2. Silence, listening involves silence. The session will be effective if you

know how to be silent in times that you are asked. Silence, when

someone is talking is a sign of respect to the speakers and the

activity.

3. Respect, next to silence is respect. Respect to co participants, the

speakers and the facilitators. It can be shown by not doing any

unnecessary and annoying actions during the sessions. Also, this

room we are in is holy, we have just made it holy by the ritual we

made inviting God to join us. Thus, you must respect this room every

time you are inside.

4. Honesty, we also want you to be honest, in what you say and in

what you share for it is the only way that this recollection will be

effective.

5. Time, another is we want you to be conscious of time. Be punctual

during every session.

6. Togetherness (the crossing man sign), in this recollection be mindful

that you have your buddies. Meaning you are to journey in this

recollection together. Do not let your buddy be alone. He should

be your companion in this activity.

7. 100%, in this activity we demand your 100 percent attention and

participation. All of the activities are designed to reach our goal,

they can be uncomfortable for first timers but be assured and trust

us that these activities are necessary to help you.

8. Confidentiality, of all reminders, this is the most important. We

expect that you will treat everything we do here to be private and

with confidentiality. Since we will deal with your life and the life of

your co participants, it is important that what you have heard and

experienced be kept inside your hearts and not be vulgarly shared

in malice.

There, we have the sign post, we expect that you will be kept reminded

by these pointers. At this point, to further deepen your consciousness of what

we are going through, we would like to show you this video. (Show Over

Speeding Video) (After the video get the participants reaction on what they

have seen and work out on that with the following pointers)

The video is TV Advertisement circulated in Australia after an alarming

increase of roadside accidents involving negligence of the drivers and over

speeding. In Australia, more people are killed in road accidents every year just

because of the drivers negligence of road safety measures and signs. It is

evident that negligence or not being focused on where you are going as well

as speeding up towards it will actually lead you to nowhere.

As we have talked about, you are now in a journey, this recollection is

your journey through your life. We know that maybe you are thinking that you

have other more fun things to do outside. And this is but a boring requirement

for graduation but we ask you to reconsider. At this point, make the decision.

Will you be negligent and over speed?

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Also, there are those actions that we know we are doing. Like, always

saying bad/foul words and being rude to others end up being interpreted as a

bad guy. Like, not saying po or opo, not greeting someone, not saying

please and thank you and others makes others say that we are ill-mannered

walang ugali. (Sight other examples.)

Also, even the simple acts we think unrecognizable becomes big

pictures in the eyes of sensitive persons. Like, not helping during group activities,

clean ups, waking away when a work is to be given turns out to be irresponsible

acts for others. Even mannerisms like, picking up your nose, raising eyebrows,

scratching unlikely parts of your body and many more all creates an opportunity

for others to say something. All actions we do turns out to be reflections of our

personality being seen by others and given interpretations.

This makes the comments we heard from others to be relatively true of

who we are. But still, relatively.

This will now lead us to the issue of Personality Communication.

What is Personality Communication? It is an idea based on how we make

others understand our true personality by way of communication true actions

and words.

From the two words,

Personality: Your attitude, essence of ones self, morals, values or The

fullness of who you are

Communication: the process of exchange of ideas, thoughts,

information between two or more individual via an understandable media.

Therefore, Personality Communication is the exchange of someones

fullness as a person between two or more individual. The truth about the person

is the one being shown by the person, the truth reflects in his actions thus, the

interpretations made by others ends up to be the real meaning. No

Misconception.

We can now say in logic that,

Misconceptions are based on actions we do, seen or heard by others.

Then, the actions we do are reflections of who we are.

Therefore, Misconceptions are the reflections of who we are to others.

II: STATION 2; THE BUMPY RIDE

CYCLE 1: ME, MYSELF AND I? Misconception and Personality

Communication

For the Speaker: Before starting this talk, it would be good if you would

ask the participants to recall and try to discuss what was the previous talks was

and work on that for a few minutes.

We are now in the real part of our recollection. The previous topics are

preparation for the next three topics and subsequently, it will lead to our climax.

The next three topics will revolve on the evaluation of yourself, the way you see

your life and your relationship to God. Just like in any bus ride, theres always

that bumpy ride and in our recollection, the next topics will be bumpy. So I

hope that you are ready to take it.

Before we start we are going to have an activity, this is entitled Ako?

Hindi! Sila Sila! in the first activity that we did, you introduce yourselves to your

buddies and to the rest. Now, we are going to have a different form of self-

introduction.

Activity 3: Ako? Hindi, Sila Sila; Turn the Table Game.

Mechanics:

1. The participants will be grouped into 5 to 6 pairs or buddies. Each

group will then be given a designated area within the lecture room

to sit down and form a small circle.

2. They will then face the center of each of their circles and look at

every one of their group mates for a few minutes.

3. Then, opening up the first page of their Recollection Diary on the

page with the title What I See, is What I Say. In there, they are to

fill the blank phrase What I See of ________________? With the

owners name.

4. Once done, the participants will now pass the diary on that same

page opened, to the participant sitting next to him clockwise. Then,

on the diary on their hand, the participants are to write a One

Word or a Short Phrase about their initial impression of the owner

of that diary. Just one word or phrase. Be it negative or positive.

5. Then, the paper will be passed to the next participant on the group

turning clockwise and the one holding the paper will again write his

impression of the owner. Continue and repeat the process until the

paper returns back to the owner.

6. To make it exciting and faster, a lively music can be played. The

participants should be done before the music ends.

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DEEPENING

For the speaker: the next discussion will be a deepening of the activity just made.

There are suggested guide questions below, you can use them to extract the

participant answer and impose unto them the logic of the activity. It will be up

to you on how you will work out with their answers. It is important to get the deep

emotions of the participants as the questions are asked. For some of the

questions, you can ask one participant to defend his/her point and allow that

to be rebutted by another. At some point, the discussion can end up to a

debate or argument, it is ok, but control their reactions.

Let us now analyze what are written on your diaries. Let me ask a few

questions.

1. What can you read from what your group mates had written

on your diary?

2. Are there flatteries, or are there good to hear comments?

3. Are there criticisms or a little bit negative to read?

4. What are more numerous, the flatteries or the criticisms?

5. What do you feel about it?

6. Do you accept what was written? Why?

7. Do you agree to their impressions? Why?

8. Do you think that what they had written means you or does it

support who you really are? Why?

9. If not, Why?

The words we hear or read about our self affects us so much is it not? We

feel bad every time we hear negative comments about ourselves. Or any

comment that we find not exactly true, or in contrast to who we think we are.