I turned 30 yesterday and this blog is to honor the 30 people who have shaped me. Since I am not use to writing long blogs I’ll be describing the influence of each person in less than 5 words. To the people in this blog, thank you very much. This is in no particular order except number 1.

1. My wife Thammie – bestfriend, wife, confidant, unconditional love.

2. My parents – teamwork, handling finances

3. Ferdie Cabiling – 1st mentor, discipleship, ministry, trust

4. Joey Bonifacio – relationships, marriage, church government, leadership

5. Steve Murrell – humility, next generation, level 5 leadership

6. Paolo Punzalan – family, marriage, humility, silent leadership

7. Jojo Chan – bible teacher, love, discipleship

8. Nowell Marzo – homeroom teacher, fatherly love, math

9. Corazon Bullecer – teaching, passion, social sciences, RIP.

10 Nick Dichaves – basketball, books, love songs, politics

11. Chinkee Tan – faith, finances, leadership

12. Larry Uy – friendship, responsibility, family, raising boys

13. Randell Tiongson – finance, investments, stewardship

14. Carlo Ople – internet, marketing, personal branding

15. LA Mumar – campus ministry, love for students

16. Jenn Punzalan – marriage, spouse support

17. Carlos Antonio – ideas, communication, insights

18. Robert Hern – communication, preaching

19. Luther Mancao – preaching, humor

20. Steve Sy – courage, initiative, fearless

21. Randy Te – perfect father-in-law, health

22. Susan Te – generosity, love for people

23. Vinay Daswani – disicpleship, history

24. Henry Gula – purity, trust, accountability

25. Juray Mora – tithing, faith, finances, BIG GOD

26. April Lee – fitness, discipline, excellence

27. Ariel Marquez – overcoming faith, hardship, pastoral

28. Victor Tan – money is just money, overcomer

29. Stephen and Helen Roxas – humility, servant leadership, business savvy

30. John Leung – discipleship, leadership, pastoral