Adventist Training Center, Lake Sebu | Pastor Jaffet Legario

48 workers and wives of Davao Mission were exuberant and jovial after enjoying a 3-day retreat at Adventist Training Center, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato on November 9-12, 2025. They were made up of 37 couples and 9 singles including those who were not able to bring their spouses with them.

Ma’am Emelyn Merin under the Family Life Department spearheaded this event and Pastor Lito Magsico, the Ministerial Secretary. The administration and department directors were in full support of that program which was aimed at boosting marital relationship of the couples and of the entire Davao Mission family.

The games started on early afternoon of Sunday, after almost all participants arrived. Laughter would erupt from time to time as they enjoyed team building activities and ball games, cluster against cluster. While most of them were already good in their favorite sports, it was wonderful to see newbies trying other sports for the first time, with their spouses and fellow cluster members cheer for them. But nothing beat the basketball game of the women, divided into two groups, and played the game with all their heart, unmindful of basketball rules and regulations. Their scrambling and accidental shoots lifted their husbands off their seats the entire game.

Precious principles of marital relationship were integrated through the morning and evening devotionals, delivered by our able Mission leaders. A tour of the scenic Lake Sebu was an additional blessing to this event.

An awarding ceremony culminated the retreat on Wednesday morning, were clusters 5 and 6 got the championship award. But the highlight was in the relationships of the ministerial couples strengthened, as well as of the entire Davao Mission family. And as they left that beautiful place car after car, there was in their hearts a deep appreciation of that event, and the longing to have it again in the near future.

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