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Garcia Family in MGM Resort Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines

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Balikbayan 2005

I had flown in from the USA on March 26. Chesca was baptized the next day on March 27. Tess and the kids had been on vacation in the Philippines since December 2004. This was the first and last time the kids, Tess and I were in the Philippines together.

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