From Tuesday, December 24 to Wednesday, December 25, 2013, the Foundation held the biggest Christmas party in the Philippines during its Annual Overnight Family Appointment with El Shaddai at Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila, the affair was beamed live nationwide via satellite sa IBC TV-13 at PTV-4.
The close to five million attendees from 42,028 barangays in 143 cities and 1, 491 municipalities of the Philippines, 50 states of the United States and 200 countries of the world feasted on thousands of fried chicken, hamburgers, spaghetti, lasagnas, palabok, pizzas, roasted calves, pigs and chickens.
The place was made very colorful by the holding of the Twenty-First Christmas Lantern Festival, wherein the attendees brought home-made lanterns of different sizes and designs as instructed by Bro. Mike.
Just looking at the stage design, one can feel the Christmas season, wherein a giant Christmas tree were placed. The was made up of piled-up boxes with 5 in. x 5 in. x 7 in. in size covered by colorful Christmas wrappers. This is the same box, called Miracle Vision Prayer-Request Wish Box, which the attendees brought in the affair as instructed by Bro. Mike. The box had ribbons with color gold, symbolizing the virtue of faith; yellow, symbol of love; and white, symbol of good works. It had a hole to like a money-box, where the attendees put a duplicate copy of their 200 prayer-requests.
During the Holy Mass, 999+ junior and senior couples from Metro Manila, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Abra, Santiago City and Isabela, Tuguegarao City and Cagayan, Basco and Batanes, Cabarroguis and Quirino, Bayombong and Nueva Vizcaya, La Union, Baguio City and Benguet, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Apayao, Kalinga, Dagupan City and Pangasinan, Tarlac City and Tarlac, Cabanatuan City and Nueva Ecija, Olongapo City and Zambales, Baler and Aurora, San Fernando City and Pampanga, Balanga City and Bataan, Malolos City and Bulacan, Batangas City and Province, Lipa City, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Lucena City and Quezon, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Palawan, Naga City and Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Catanduanes, Legazpi City and Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Aklan, Antique, Roxas City and Capiz, Iloilo City and Province, Guimaras, Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental, Cebu City and Province, Bohol, Tacloban City, Leyte, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Biliran, Southern Leyte, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani Province & General Santos City, Cotabato City and Maguindanao, North Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, Bukidnon, Sultan Kudarat, Basilan, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Bukidnon, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Camiguin, as well as in Dipolog City and Pagadian City, Butuan City, Surigao City, Bislig City, Tandag City, Bayugan City, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Dinagat Islands, Zamboanga City, Dipolog City and Zamboanga del Norte, Pagadian City and Zamboanga del Sur, Isabela City and Basilan, Ipil and Zamboanga Sibugay, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi who had been living outside the grace of God finally tied the knot.
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