The Daughters of St. Paul who visited the people Nuing for the Bible seminar and to distribute Bibles had to cross ten rivers and pass through winding roads for nine long hours! Yes, that is how they were from the convent in Davao city. Most of the people in the area belong to indigenous tribes: Manobo, Bilaan, Lumad, Mandaya, Kaulo and migrants from Sanger, Indonesia. These people are already Catholic, thanks to the mission of the PME (Society of Foreign Mission) priests and later under the diocesan priests of Digos, and the Capuchin Fathers.
The sisters and their companions rejoiced with joyful thanksgiving upon arrival in spite of the tiring journey because of the beauty of the place and the people who were simply amazing. They were greeted with garlands of flowers by the ladies and “buko,” fresh young coconut drink and some ‘suman’ and other ‘kakanin’ (rice cakes).
