Kamayan sa Palaisdaan in Lucban Quezon, Philippines blog

After we have been enriched by our spiritual journey at "Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center", we now have the need to satisfy our physical hunger.  And so the journey for food quest began.  Then finally, we reached our final destination for "food enrichment" =)... at the "Kamayan sa Palaisdaan".

Kamayan sa Palaisdaan can be described as a floating restaurant because the restaurant is surrounded by water, almost like a pond all around.  You can choose your nipa hut to dine in.  And the nipa huts are connected by bamboo rafts tied to each other as your walkway.  Truthfully, I under estimated the vastness of the restaurant.  As we walk along the bamboo walkway to find our nipa hut, we were greeted by people occupying each nipa hut we entered.  Of course, we chose the best time to experience dining here, that is during the Holy Week, and hohoho... what do you think greeted us?  A queue of people, just like us, wanting to satisfy our hunger.  So the journey of finding our nipa hut began as we trek the bamboo pathways.

It seems like the bamboo pathways were never ending, for each time we reached one, it was already occupied.  I almost thought we are going to go back on the road with empty stomaches to accompany us.  But you know what, we finally found a place to have our lunch.

Our nipa hut greeted us with these decorative ceiling ornaments.  Despite the fact that it was a very hot summer day,  the nipa hut seemed to provide us with the coolness we desperately need.  And so we sat and anticipated our food.

After what quiet seemed likes hours and hours of waiting.  We finally received our most awaited food.  A typical classic Filipino recipe of "lutong bahay" or "home cooked meals".  Yummy and scrumptious.  The one you keep going back to from time to time.

Our only regret was the fact that the food took a very long time to get served.  And we had our answer when the waiter told us that they were short of staff.  And with the onset of customers that keep coming they were really overwhlemed.  Maybe this dining experience is best experienced during off season.

Oh, and one more thing, there's one delicacy you should really try.  It's the cassava pilipit or "squash pilipit".  It looks like a sticky golden doughnut.  And it's not part of the restaurant's menu but there's a "manong" as we call him (vendor), who wanders around each hut selling this delicacy.  If by any chance you see him, buy some and I'm sure it will satisfy any sweet tooth cravings you have.  So deliciously good!  You cannot find it anywhere in any city only here!  And its best eaten on the spot.  It hardens overnight.

Enjoy! enjoy!

Related links:

-   Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center blog
-   Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center photos

Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center Photos in Lucban Quezon, Philippines

Entrance to "Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center" in Lucban Quezon

The Healing Church

The rock

The rock reads:

Upon this rock was built a dwelling place of love from the generosity of all those who have shared them blessings.

Worhthy are you, Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things; because of your will, they came to be and were created.

The entrance to this "Grotto" is through the Garden of Eden

Noah's Ark behind the children's playground in the Garden of Eden

Sculpture of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

The long line on the way to the entrance to the "Way of the Cross"

Still the line goes up...

Station I     Last Supper

Station II     Agony in the Garden

 Station III     Jesus is Condemned to Death

Station IV     Crowning of Thorns

V     Carrying of the Cross

VI     Jesus Falls

VII     Simon of Cyrene

A sculpture of Mary after Station VII

VIII     Women of Jerusalem

IX     Jesus Nailed on the Cross

X     The Forgiven Thief

 XI     Mary and John

XII     Jesus Died on the Cross

XIII     Jesus Laid in the Tomb

XIV     Resurrection

Finally, at the top...   Jesus is Risen

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Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center in Lucban Quezon, Philippines blog

Last April 2011, during the Holy Week, a relative took us to a spiritual journey through one of the popular destinations in Lucban Quezon.  That is the "Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center" which means "In the Hands of Jesus Healing Center".  To those who are familiar with the place, everybody knows how it was known to be one.  But to those who don't, it is said that it is a sacred and miraculous place founded by Fr. Joey Faller known as the healing priest.  He has healing sessions every Wednesdays and Fridays.  By the looks of the people milling around, that's how massive the devotees are.

Though we weren't able to have the chance to see Fr. Joey Faller,  we were able to have time for praying and meditation by the "Way of the Cross" or "Stations of the Cross" by going up its slopes.  A Catholic by birth until the present,  I will not be a hypocrite and say that I'm a very deep and ardent Catholic devotee, because I'm not.  But I am familiar with some of the ways of how we, as Catholics celebrate and commorate Jesus in our lives.

Seeing the picture, one might be intimidated at the height of the slopes.  Don't be.  Having been to Camiguin Island and prayed by Way of the Cross through its hill there, this is a far cry compared to that.  Believe me, this is only a short distance and a short pilgrimage at that.  But to those who really are not into this kind of exertion, you can be consoled by only one consolation.  That is experiencing the feeling of peace and traguility and the contentment of fulfulling the short journey to the top.  I think it's a worth it experience, don't you think?

There are 14 stations which are:

•   I              Last Supper
•   II            Agony in the Garden
•   III          Jesus is Condemned to Death
•   IV          Crowning of Thorns
•   V            Carrying of the Cross
•   VI          Jesus Falls
•   VII        Simon of Cyrene
•   VIII      Women of Jerusalem
•   IX          Jesus Nailed on the Cross
•   X           The Forgiven Thief
•   XI          Mary and John
•   XII        Jesus Died on the Cross
•   XIII      Jesus Laid in the Tomb
•   XIV       Resurrection

The stone sculptures are really works of art.  This is one way of letting us remember how Jesus sacrifices Himself just for us so that we will all be redeemed and saved.  If you have nothing else to do during the Holy Week; and questions like "Where shall we go?" and "What better to do?" keeps coming up; this is one way to do it.  But this is not only during the Holy Week, this center is open whole year round to whomever wants to give a part of our time to Him up there.

So where is this place?  Truthfully, we were driven by our relative to this special place so I haven't really have the chance to study its location.  But maybe this information below might help you.

I will post detailed Kamay ni Hesus Healing Center photos on my next blog.  Hope this blog will inspire you in more ways than one.  Because one way or another,  we do need God's healing hands and guidance in our everyday lives.