Marfeal Santiago When I enrolled for the Anthropology for Missions class, I did so because I did not want to have too much load for the Inter-semester because of a very important event in my life. I thought there would be less paperwork in Dr. Dizon's class. Well, not only was I mistaken, I was also surprised that there was a scheduled missions trip to Zambales, something I just couldn’t’ afford because of work and previous commitments. Nevertheless, when the Lord calls one person, He does so in ways that are not necessarily convenient for him. During the period of class lecture and discussions, I somehow acquiesced into the idea of going to the Aetas. Not that I am not used to going to remote areas occupied by minorities, I have had my fair share of cultural minority immersion and study trips myself in the past. But this time, it feels so much different because I would be going there as an observer, a tourist. Aside from that, the discussions on culture before the trip helped in instigating a desire to really find out what it is like in the mission field. So when the scheduled trip came, I only had one thing in mind—what can Adventism do to the Aeta community that is not offered by NGOs, government agencies (to which I used to be a part of), academic institutions (to which I also used to hail from), and other religious persuasions?
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