Buhay ka lagi sa aming puso't isipan!

(You'll live in our hearts and our minds for ever!)

It was just today, that I remembered this fine girl, which was working as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in the Philippines and was murdered in March/April 2007 in Banaue (Ifugao). Julia Campbell had already her ticket to go back home for April 2007. But there was an other way determined for her.

She was here in the Philippines for two fully years and was really well experienced. While Julia was travelling alone in the area of the famous rice terraces of Banaue, she was murdered by a man maybe because of money.

So I can not be quiet. I'll tell you, that she is really encouraging me with her life, because she was just doing the right thing! How poor are we? Sometimes we don't have the mood to go the right way. So we are poor. She had the courage to go and to start.

I'm sure, she is in heaven now and looking for us here down in the Philippines. Also her death was not senseless, because solving her case brought more security to all the missionaries and volunteers in the Philippines. She is teaching us from heaven and in our hearts. I really feel warm while thinking to Julia.

I'm not only sad about what happend there. I'm also happy to have her in my heart too!

Thank you Julia for being such an example and for being with us ngayon (today)!
Link to Julias Blog: juliainthephilippines.blogspot.com


Pic: Banawe Rice Terraces

My dear Julia! I know, you are in heaven now. And you are taking care of us here in the Philippines. I know that you can never die.
I never met you neither in Baguio nor in Banawe. But I'm here around. I'm a Bethlehem Missionary in Pangasinan, Philippines. I was in Baguio when people were searching for you. I was in Bontoc, when they found you - dead - in Banawe. I was close to you during that time: praying! Now I'm thinking of you because you give all of us strength! You are encouraging us to work for the poor and needy! You are a good example for us to do the work you did. You are with us with your prayer from heaven - I feel it!
Thank you so much to be with us! You'll never die! You are in our hearts!
Love
Martin