Baguio is a chartered city in the northern Philippines, on northern Luzon Island, geographically in Benguet Province. It has an elevation of 1372 meters (4500 feet) and with hot springs nearby. It is also the chief mountain resort and the summer capital of the Philippines. Baguio is also called the City of Pines. It is the center of the chief gold-mining region of the country. Many handicrafts are produced in Baguio, and the City Hall Museum displays artifacts of the local Igorot people. The city is the site of the Philippine Military Academy, the University of Baguio (1948), and Saint Louis University (1911). Baguio was designed in 1905 by the American architect Daniel H. Burnham. Today, the population has reached to 300,000 approximately.

After nine years of experience as a Community Development Worker with World Vision, I sought to apply community development principles in rice bowl countries in Greater Asia but instead, the Lord led me back to the Navigators. God spoke to me in Isaiah 51:1-2, which says, "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him." Community Work has been my passion. With our new direction, I get excited to pioneer in the formation of Small Biblical Communities (SBCs) applying the principles of Community Organizing/Community Development (CO/CD) in the process to effect holistic transformation in the hearts and lives, families and nations in Baguio City. While, I teaming up with young professionals and provide them with training and mentoring as they too form their own Small Biblical Communities (SBCs).

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