My wife called up one afternoon of November, 2009, to tell me about a trip to their province, Agbanawag, Nueva Excija. I reluctantly approved.

So that Friday night we went to Parkway Village in Quezon City to spend the night at the church parsonage. The old, sometimes spooky parsonage was near my wife's sister's home, so it was convenient to spend the night there, especially when we were to leave for Agbanawag early next morning, Saturday.

So, Saturday morning we were...