Pikit, Cotabato, Philippines: My first invitation was to Pikit, famous for the war that took place there in 2003. I joined 17 RNDM sisters (missionary nuns from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, New Zealand and Kenya) and one lonely male Catholic lay worker from East Timor. We were hosted by the Immaculate Conception Parish (the city's Catholic Church), which turned into an evacuation center in 2003 and was instrumental in the creation of the successful GiNaPaLaDTaka Zones of Peace. 1) One of the first things we did was to visit the small chapels in the barangays (villages) of Pikit; these are sites of base ecclesial communities (like those in Latin America, originating with liberation theology). 2-6) This is our jeepney - a great way to travel. I'll never forget all of us packed in, with the nuns singing beautiful church music in various languages I'd never really heard before. In pic 2, you see some members of the chapel groups would join us briefly as we rode from one barangay to the next. 7) The GiNaPaLaDTaka song, which was stuck in my head for weeks. 8) Our classroom for the 3 day workshop. 9) Fr. Bert Layson, the priest at Immaculate Conception. I've read his book! I told him he could have totally been an example in the religious actors section of my MA dissertation.