My first #MarketFriday in the Philippines - Presenting stores/shops inside Divine Mercy Shrine
Intro
I had been working in Saudi Arabia for a total of 10 years and decided to go home for good 2 years ago. In that span of time I was not able to do hive and its one of my many regrets in life. Had I continue to be active in this platform or shall I say the previous one I should have been able to collect and save a lot of Hive Power by now.
I am telling you this because I remember I had been participating in #MarketFriday when I was still in Saudi Arabia, I am just too lazy to scroll back to be able to find my blogs relating to this topic (by the way I had this in mind since I started with hive a little more than a week ago, I observed that the search engine is not that quick or effective especially when searching for members, not sure if anyone here also notice that.)
Location: Divine Mercy Shrine, El Salvador City, Philippines
Anyhow so here I am with my new entry, these photos were taken at the Divine Mercy Shrine in El Salvador City. The place is considered sacred but you can find shops inside. Yes I can say in between those beautiful flowers around, you can find shops or stores offering basic needs like water, food and also clothing.
And yes knowing that the ever supportive person who initiated or started #MarketFriday loves flower or has a strong inclinations to flowers (if I'm not mistaken) I will do a different kind of photo presentation in this blog so it will be a photo of a shop with a photo of a flower or plant at the side or below.
The photos below were taken while we were travelling going to El Salvador City. My son was taking photos while sitting at the back of the car.
Duration of Travel
The travel time from Cagayan de Oro City (the City where I live) to El Salvador City is about 1 hour so my son had the chance to take pictures on things or views he finds interesting.
The one taking pictures in the photo below is my son, he loves photography and I can see he has potentials, it's actually his birthday today, FRIDAY July 10,2020.
First Shop
So upon reaching the place, this is the first shop that we saw first, it is located at the entrance. As you can see since this is a sacred place for Catholics, this store sells religious items from Rosary, Crucifix, Novenas, Scapular, Bible and a lot more. They also sell t-shirts with religious prints or Bible quotes. If you also notice the store is not made of concrete materials, it's because their presence there is just temporary, after sometime they can be out or when the area will be utilized for other purpose.
Another store adjacent to the one I posted above is selling water and also empty bottles.
Why they are selling empty bottles?
Devotees believe that the water found in the area is a healing water, so most of the visitors especially those who are visiting the Shrine for the first time buy empty bottles and filled it with the healing water and bring it home.
I know not all people believe in this but for its a matter of strong faith to God, if you believe that you will be cured on any disease that you are suffering by just drinking the sacred water then you will be healed.
When we went home we dropped by the Bakeshop of my sister eat a little and then heed back to our journey back home. Travelling for about an hour or more again depending upon the traffic.
So that's all for today's #MarketFriday, It is still 11:06 pm FRIDAY July 10, 2020 Philippines time so I am not yet late for the #MarketFriday post 😎.
My big thanks to the admin of the #MarketFriday community @dswigle for starting the #MarketFriday challenge, I can see you have a big and solid community now and growing, Congrats! I hope I could consistently contribute every Friday.
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Buena mano bro. I like it very much especially the story about the empty bottles. It would have been great if your son took pics of this water that they say was miraculous. Is it spring water? Or is it from a pond? or well? Thanks for the reblog bro. Doing same for you.
Not so sure pero murag spring siya gikan then gibutangan ug dako na tank para sa faucet na dayon magsalod mga tao.
Good morning! Welcome back! :) I can't imagine working in one place for ten years, leaving and go home. Well, not true. It must feel nice after all this time to go back home. Especially to be with family and friends and to reunite your kids with living in your country. I have moved very much with the job and it is fun and exciting, but, there are times I have missed out on things going on in the family.
I loved traveling with you, seeing the sights, and especially those tiny little shops on the side of a road. I am one of those tourists that bought an empty bottle! :) It's faith, I tell you! If you have faith, you have everything! I had a small bottle bought at the Vatican, after which it was filled with water and blessed by the Pope. I truly understand the nature of believing.
It reminds me of the pop-up shops here, only temporary, or until another location works better. The bakery looked very nice, stocked up full of yummy things! What did your sister have?? :)
I appreciate the love and support you are giving to #MarketFriday! All in all, it looks like it was a successful, and fun adventure. It is nice when you can bring your own photographer! Thank you for the beauty of the flowers, you also dropped some in @alwaysaflower, thank you for that! It is people like yourself that make this challenge successful! In case you forgot anything or anyone is reading this and is curious about it, this will clear that up!
Fridays are all about the #MarketFriday Challenge!
How to Participate:
Go to the market! Any market will do! Food, clothing, plant, or animal, if you wish. You can go to the zoo, an art auction, and restaurants. Anywhere or anything that you pay money for any kind of service.
Take pictures! Be creative! It’s fun!
Tell us a little bit about the market, what brought you here?
Post the picture.(s)
Don’t forget to use the MarketFriday Community #196308 to post from or hashtag it! #MarketFriday by @dswigle If you hashtag it, drop the link to your post here so I can easily find them.
As always, please remember! #MarketFriday loves you! Be well and know you are in our thoughts and prayers.
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Thank you very much @dswigle for reading and for your sweet comments knowing that someone spent time reading my post is already a victory for me.
I may not gain a lot of hives in all of my posts which were really devoted with time and effort at least its a relief to know there are few people who really spent time to read and leave comments.
Thanks again for your support, I will do my best to continue to participate in both #marketfriday and #alwaysaflower.
More power and God bless!
It is a pleasure! We will get you up and running. It is my pleasure to curate your post! Thank you for taking part in #MarketFriday!
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