After three weeks in Loyola House, and now that they have settled down smoothly in their new quarters for the coming six months, it is time this week for the Tertians to get out of their new "comfort zone" and experience another aspect of Filipino life. They will now spend eight days with poor Filipino families in the squatter area of Navotas in order to have a "feel" (schola affectus indeed) of simple family living and see how lived faith gives hope and slowly brings about justice. When they come back home, it will be time already to move into the direct preparation of the Long Retreat, which is due to start on October 27 in Sacred Heart Novitiate. The past three weeks have been spent in a general orientation to the country and its history and culture, and in multicolored presentations by each Tertian of his background and personal story. It is always an amazing discovery for all to see how diverse we are, coming as we do from such different countries and cultures, and yet called to this one Society.