TIME is the greatest gift

I have heard and watched about Child Haus in TV last quarter of 2010. Child Haus is a temporary shelter for indigent patients from the different provinces who have cancer or other dreaded diseases and have no place to stay in Metro Manila while undergoing medical evaluation and treatment. It provides free room and board to all its residents.

Currently, Child Haus has in its care 71 sick and less fortunate children, some of whom are cancer patients. Recently, they are being evicted in their Quezon City facility due to the sale of its property to a big corporation. 

I was one of Divine Lee's volunteers last December 10, 2010 where we brought them to Newport Cinema of Resorts Word Manila and watched Narnia. 

Divine Lee gave our specific roles over breakfast (copied this photo from her blog).

The smiles and giggles of the children were priceless, hopped from one lazy boy chair to another and their countless press of the buttons for unlimited popcorn and sodas even before the movie started.

 the late Joseph with Renz all smiles and having fun with their lazy boy seats and unlimited popcorn experience

Bleesie and Kenneth to my right and the late Joseph to my left

The Divine Diva, Miss ZsaZsa Padilla joined us also in this activity with two more showbiz personalities (they arrived when the movie started already so I have no pictures of them).

the kids were so excited to see Ms. ZsaZsa and immediately hugged her

I am so blessed to have this opportunity of serving them because I was also touched and inspired by their stories of HOPE, FAITH and MIRACLE. I was able to talk to the father of the late three year old Jackie. At the time of this activity, Manong Benjamin proudly told me that Jackie was able to surpass chemo and had positive results. She is due for her last battle, the radiotherapy which was supposedly last January 2011 but then little Jackie did not make it anymore. 

Manong Benjamin and the late Jackie

I had a heavy heart when I heard that Joseph and Jackie lost their fight against the big C one month after this activity. But I know that they are in a better place now with our Loving Creator. 

I am also glad to look back and recall that we were able to make Jackie and Joseph happy and gave a wonderful experience before they went to Heaven.

Victor Basa and Divine Lee with Child Haus patients

God is so amazing in His ways! I was supposed to have our Christmas Party in our office last December 10, 2010. Lo and behold, just a week before December 10, I got a call from my manager that we will have our Christmas Party a day earlier. I thank God for clearing my schedule and so I was able to serve in this activity with the kids in Child Haus. 

Let me end this by sharing with you one of my favorite quotes from Rick Warren: "Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your TIME."

As we enter Holy Week, let us give TIME to our dear Lord by Prayers and Reflection, Fasting, Abstinence and Almsgiving (or Charity). 

And before we will go off the internet this Holy Week, let this be your Almsgiving: by visiting and vote our Easter Egg for Child Haus. 

Megaworld Lifestyle Center celebrate the spirit of giving with the Easter EGGxhibit. They will donate Php100,000 to the corresponding charity for the winning Egg. This amount will go a long way for the treatments of children in Child Haus.

This is Divine Lee's egg for Child Haus:

These are the two pages in Facebook where we must click our votes. Here are the four steps and just click Eastwood City, Child Haus egg and Newport City, (all the colored words below) they will lead you to the sites:

1. Like Eastwood City

2. Like Child Haus egg of Divine Lee 

3. Like Newport City

4. Like Child Haus egg of Divine Lee

Last day of voting for this contest will be on May 12, 2011.

Thank you very much for your time in reading this blog and liking the sites of Child Haus Eggs. God bless you all!

Have a meaningful and peaceful Holy Week!