PEOPLE LISTEN, HOUSES OPEN

by: Elder Gorriceta

for: Elder Navarro

A walk down the street
Is a stroll down a road
Paved with gold.

People listen.
Houses open.

The seashore sings
Showering the coastline with
Music in her waves.

People listen.
Houses open.

Two brothers arrived,
Speaking with one voice,
Working with one heart.

People listen.
Houses open.

Elder Gorriceta served his mission in the Philippine Tacloban Mission from 2003 to 2005. At his second to the last area, Borongan, Eastern Samar, he felt that the success of the mission was due to a good companionship. When he got transfered to the Mission Office, he wrote this poem for his companion Elder Navarro. He originally entitled the poem "Nothing Beats Borongan" which best describes his gratefullness to every spiritual success he experienced in this place.

Until today, (Elder) Gorriceta and (Elder) Navarro are good friends and have constant communication with each other.