Bulakenyos pray with the nation, for Angat Dam

by Minde Nyl Dela Cruz

SAY A LITTLE PRAYER. Bulakenyos praying as one nation.

Bulakenyos gathered last January 20 in Mini Forest within Bulacan Provincial Capitol Grounds for a morning of prayer.

This is in connection with the National Day of Prayer and Solidarity initiated by President Benigno Aquino III in commemoration of the lives lost to many disasters that occured in 2013.

Comelec provincial officer and pastor, Atty. Elmo Duque graced the event as the guest speaker and delivered words of God to the crowd with the theme "If...Then."

UNITED IN PRAYER. Atty. Pastor Elmo Duque, Bishop Edilberto Chan, Pastor Cesar Sacdalan, Bishop Efren Perez, Reverend Joel Lombon and Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado linked hands as they lead the prayer with the Bulakenyos.

Bishop Edilberto Chan who chairs the Baptist Church, Pastor Cesar Sacdalan of ABSP, Interfaith of Bulacan president Bishop Efren Perez and Reverend Joel Lombon lead a group prayer with the local government unit employees fronted by Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado and the students of Bulacan State University (BulSU) who participated in the said rally.

"'Yung prayer kasi, 'yan ang connection natin sa Panginoon. Parang 'yung anak, naglalambing sa tatay," Duque said in an interview after the prayer rally. "Napakahalaga [ng prayer] kasi ipinapaalam natin ang ating saloobin sa Panginoon."

Duque: "This province is a blessed province because there are Godly people."

The reported possibility of Angat Dam break was emphasized in the assembly.

"Isa sa mga kritikal na isyu (Dam Break) dahil dam 'yan e. Anytime, 'pag hindi na-repair 'yan e isang malaking disaster ang idudulot niyan," the pastor and Comelec official stated.

"Via social network siguro other than this prayer rally, sa mga peer grouping ninyo ay pwede nating ipaalam sa kanila, [imulat sila tungkol sa] danger na nakaamba diyan sa issue ng Angat Dam," he added.

Because of this, Duque encourages the political leaders, the students and the youth to be prayerful.

Gov. Sy-Alvarado, meanwhile, revealed in his speech about the plans to have larger prayer assembly in February to call the attention of the national government and have the Angat Dam repaired immediately. ###