a text message woke me up again......" as d sun kiss u awake, did u hear God whisper, "i love u, 2 ur ear?"... Hope d noise of d day won`t drown his voice as he repeats this words to you all day... gud morning!"
Indeed today is wonderful sunshiny day... no trace of typhoons from last week. (sana wala muna...) Hubby and me have so many "things to do" in mind.
like:
- running to the meralco office to pay our electric bill this month. Thank God sobrang bumaba after getting rid of the old airconditioners. We hope to buy brand new ones soon. Sabi nila hindi daw matakaw sa kuryente ang mga bagong gamit. Grabe, nagtiis kaming walang aircon for over a month. If you know how humid and hot here, you too would agree with us na its "sheer sacrifice", lols.
- paying the telephone, and water bills also.
- of course finding someone to fix the car.... ayaw na talagang umandar! Wala pa yong pinapangarap na bagong sasakyan... naudlot!! I still believe God will provide in His time..
- to talk and arrange with the owner of our property that she would renew our rental contract and give us another 20 years to leash so that we could start the renovation project of the church. Kailangan na talagang mapalitan ang bubong.... nahirapan kami kapag umuulan..
new excitements:
- Our worship team is getting better and better. We love the new worship songs that dave teach us every week.
- we plan of starting the feeding program and sunday school for the neighborhood children.
- more and more of our people are cooperating and embracing our prayer program. We open the church everyday for people to pray. And they come everyday!
Hubby is working on the seminar lessons that we are using to new contacts for bible study. We got several new good contacts around the area.
About my children:
i like charis` new get-up everyday. always in shirt ( long sleeves) and tie. He looks very handsome, agree with me? hehehe..
Si verniel naman, got something to thank the Lord for this week. It is about his P.E. class. Nag-usap na kami na i-drop na lang muna niya kasi ayaw niyang sumali sa mga sayaw. Kasi ba naman yong sayaw nila parang macho dance. ma-prinsipyo kasi, sbi niya mawawala ang christian testimony niya. Ang pinaka-exam kasi nila last week ay magsayaw sa stage ng school kasi contest yon. Pero noong kausapin niya ang teacher niya, explain niya ang faith niya, kung bakit hindi siya sumasali, sabi ng teacher niya `wag daw siyang mag-drop kasi bibigyan na lang siya ng ibang assignment bukod sa pagsayaw para magkaroon siya ng grade. so, deal!!
May bagong invitation si dave from indonesia again. To speak in their headquarters church and two youth emphasis services. This will be on November. All expenses paid.
at anak, thanks nga pala for going with me to the supermarket and buying things (simple joys) for the family... you know i always love it..
It`s always a moving on with God..
guess this is all for now.....:)
love you all...
ate gie
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
paalam uncle...
Hinatid namin si uncle Cardo sa kanyang huling hantungan. Nagkaroon ng service at one`clock ng hapon bago ang libing. It was good to meet some of our relatives who came, but sad to say, madami ding hindi nakarating. Of course kayo na nasa malalayo ay expected na hindi talaga makapunta. I mean, maraming andito lang sa manila na hindi rin nakarating.
The cemetery is just nearby and we just walked our way there. It was so amazing to know the fact that so many people loved my uncle. Its not surprising sa isang kalahi ni papa. Ang daming sumama sa libing, I guess the whole neighborhood na yata... Ang daming umiiyak doon sa pagpanaw niya, hindi ko nga mga kilala ang mga yun. Perhaps people that he touched when he was still alive.
Once more, i felt a sense of pride because of my heritage... Sana maipasa natin sa mga anak natin ang mga qualities ng mga matatanda natin. They were meek, quiet, good people.... na kahit na they love to be in the backgrounds only yet they shine everywere they go...
bye uncle. we will always remember you. a part of you, will always be in our being.
i slept soundly while reflecting the events of this day....see you in my dreams uncle...
( i will post some pictures or maybe remie will maybe next week)
ate gie :)
The cemetery is just nearby and we just walked our way there. It was so amazing to know the fact that so many people loved my uncle. Its not surprising sa isang kalahi ni papa. Ang daming sumama sa libing, I guess the whole neighborhood na yata... Ang daming umiiyak doon sa pagpanaw niya, hindi ko nga mga kilala ang mga yun. Perhaps people that he touched when he was still alive.
Once more, i felt a sense of pride because of my heritage... Sana maipasa natin sa mga anak natin ang mga qualities ng mga matatanda natin. They were meek, quiet, good people.... na kahit na they love to be in the backgrounds only yet they shine everywere they go...
bye uncle. we will always remember you. a part of you, will always be in our being.
i slept soundly while reflecting the events of this day....see you in my dreams uncle...
( i will post some pictures or maybe remie will maybe next week)
ate gie :)
Thursday, August 16, 2007
bad day?
i guess i get the colds this morning... woke up headachy and my nose "a-runnin". hehehe! While on our way home from uncle cardo`s wake in Binangonan, heavy rains came ( we learned later it was a typhoon).Umabot kami ng Makati sa kahahanap ng daan pauwi na walang baha.... But all streets in Makati leading home were all flooded, we didn`t risked our car, but all the same tumirik pa rin. Hubby tried his best to make it run, doing repairs not mindful of the heavy downfall because all we wanted was to reach home. We had a long day and we were beginning to feel exhausted, tired and sleepy... lol. But before we did reach home, we faced several difficult situations, like kumain kami sa jollibee, nagpatila muna, but when we were ready to go, naiwan pala ang susi sa loob ng sasakyan, hindi namin mabuksan, so natagalan na naman kami. Puro kalikot....sundot ang ginawa ni hubby. Ang hirap kaya....I wonder how those car thieves opens locked cars in a blink of an eye, lols!
Yesterday was a total mess. Also my patience was really tried to the utmost by people who don`t know how to keep promises to other people`s disadvantage. Di ba tawag dyan ay mga trucebreakers? Nangangako hindi naman tinutupad... We had an appointment with two people who owed us money and promised to return it to us that very day. ( names i won`t disclose) Diyos ko po, taon na po ang binilang hindi pa binabalik. I pleaded that we were in dire need this week and that money would really be the solution and answer to our predicaments. But they failed us again. Never even showed up. Dinedma ang mga text messages ko. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? hmmm, somehow, the fruit of the spirit in me still prevailed.
For a while i can`t help to consider people like these as my enemies. Of course it`s not a good feeling. Not God would want us to feel because what He says is we must love our enemies. Let them bring out the best in us, not the worst. That when someone gives us a hard time, we must respond with the energies of prayer for by doing so we are working out our true selves, our God created selves.
This is what God does. He gives his best - the sun to warm and the rain to nourish, to everyone, regardless - the good and bad, the nice and nasty, trucebreakers included.
Grow up, i told myself. I am a subject in His kingdom. I must live like it. I must practice my God-created identity by living generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward me...
Talaga ngang may " masasamang" araw. Not good situations came our way in only a day..But glad that the Word of God is in our hearts to remind us and always in hand if we need it. However bad a day maybe God can turn it around and make it good..
and He did it for me yesterday....
:) :) :)
Yesterday was a total mess. Also my patience was really tried to the utmost by people who don`t know how to keep promises to other people`s disadvantage. Di ba tawag dyan ay mga trucebreakers? Nangangako hindi naman tinutupad... We had an appointment with two people who owed us money and promised to return it to us that very day. ( names i won`t disclose) Diyos ko po, taon na po ang binilang hindi pa binabalik. I pleaded that we were in dire need this week and that money would really be the solution and answer to our predicaments. But they failed us again. Never even showed up. Dinedma ang mga text messages ko. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? hmmm, somehow, the fruit of the spirit in me still prevailed.
For a while i can`t help to consider people like these as my enemies. Of course it`s not a good feeling. Not God would want us to feel because what He says is we must love our enemies. Let them bring out the best in us, not the worst. That when someone gives us a hard time, we must respond with the energies of prayer for by doing so we are working out our true selves, our God created selves.
This is what God does. He gives his best - the sun to warm and the rain to nourish, to everyone, regardless - the good and bad, the nice and nasty, trucebreakers included.
Grow up, i told myself. I am a subject in His kingdom. I must live like it. I must practice my God-created identity by living generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward me...
Talaga ngang may " masasamang" araw. Not good situations came our way in only a day..But glad that the Word of God is in our hearts to remind us and always in hand if we need it. However bad a day maybe God can turn it around and make it good..
and He did it for me yesterday....
:) :) :)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
sing with me.....:)
I am in my soft spot,( music) when i wake up this morning, yet hubby is still getting ready for bed. yes, ganyan kami.. pag gising na ako, siya matutulog pa lang..:) As i helped him dozed off, as usual making "hilot" para makatulog siya, this words from this song i put in my blog keeps ringing in my ears..
sentimental na naman ako.... pls. emote with me as you go over its lyrics.......please linger a bit, let this song soothe you for awhile...
Tomorrow morning if you wake up
And the sun does not appear
I will be here
If in the dark we lose sight of love
hold my hand and have no fear
`coz i will be here
will be here when you feel like being quiet
when you need to speak your mind
i will listen
And i will be here
when the laughter turns to cryin`
through the winning, losing and trying
we`ll be together
i will be here
Tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the future is unclear
I will be here
Just as sure as seasons were made for change
Our lifetime were made for these years
i will be here
I will be here
you can cry on my shoulder
when the mirror tells us we`re older,
i will hold you
And i will be here to watch you grow in beauty
and tell you all the things you are to me
i will be here
i will be true to the promise i have made
to you and to the one who gave you to me
tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the sun does not appear
I will be here
oh, i will be here...
sentimental na naman ako.... pls. emote with me as you go over its lyrics.......please linger a bit, let this song soothe you for awhile...
Tomorrow morning if you wake up
And the sun does not appear
I will be here
If in the dark we lose sight of love
hold my hand and have no fear
`coz i will be here
will be here when you feel like being quiet
when you need to speak your mind
i will listen
And i will be here
when the laughter turns to cryin`
through the winning, losing and trying
we`ll be together
i will be here
Tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the future is unclear
I will be here
Just as sure as seasons were made for change
Our lifetime were made for these years
i will be here
I will be here
you can cry on my shoulder
when the mirror tells us we`re older,
i will hold you
And i will be here to watch you grow in beauty
and tell you all the things you are to me
i will be here
i will be true to the promise i have made
to you and to the one who gave you to me
tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the sun does not appear
I will be here
oh, i will be here...
Sunday, August 12, 2007
sad news...... again?
pagpasok pa lang ng year 2007 ay puro sad events ang dumadaan sa pattsland. Early part of January, my grandfather, Elias passed away. At the later part of the same month my dear father left us and gone to be with the Lord. Before we could breath a sigh of relief, another dear loveone died, my brother -in-law`s beloved mother.
But just when we could recover from all the pains of loss, just now our dear uncle (papa`s younger brother, uncle Cardo) breath his last breath of life, after suffering long enough from complicated sickness.
I fear going there now, but we have to pay him our last visit. It`s really painful when a loveone dies. But this is life. This earthly bodies will not last. It will go back to where it came from. Dust. Everytime someone goes ahead, we are again reminded to prepare the real man in us, our spiritual being, because it is the one who will face eternity. If we strived to live for God here on earth, even though our earthly bodies will vanish and life here is over, we will remain in Christ and will continue to live through eternity with Him. Yes, only one life will soon be past, only what`s done for Christ will last'......
Uncle Cardo, we will not forget you........ I guess many times you wondered if we ever loved you....... if we cared....but if you could only read our minds and see what`s in our hearts, though the answer remained unspoken and unexpressed, we do, in our own little way, love you and cared more than words can say.
goodbye uncle.... At last you could now rest and leave this cruel world with all its pains and sorrow behind. For now, the angels are welcoming you home.....
niece,
virgie
But just when we could recover from all the pains of loss, just now our dear uncle (papa`s younger brother, uncle Cardo) breath his last breath of life, after suffering long enough from complicated sickness.
I fear going there now, but we have to pay him our last visit. It`s really painful when a loveone dies. But this is life. This earthly bodies will not last. It will go back to where it came from. Dust. Everytime someone goes ahead, we are again reminded to prepare the real man in us, our spiritual being, because it is the one who will face eternity. If we strived to live for God here on earth, even though our earthly bodies will vanish and life here is over, we will remain in Christ and will continue to live through eternity with Him. Yes, only one life will soon be past, only what`s done for Christ will last'......
Uncle Cardo, we will not forget you........ I guess many times you wondered if we ever loved you....... if we cared....but if you could only read our minds and see what`s in our hearts, though the answer remained unspoken and unexpressed, we do, in our own little way, love you and cared more than words can say.
goodbye uncle.... At last you could now rest and leave this cruel world with all its pains and sorrow behind. For now, the angels are welcoming you home.....
niece,
virgie
bit of good news!
charis sent me this message while he was in his office: " hey mom, di na po ako teacher. Binigyan ako ng on the spot promotion. Mga korean boss ang nag- pinpoint ng pangalan ko, Praise God".
It`s clear favor from the Lord. He`s barely three months with this company, to think he`s still a trainee and it is yet after 3 months he will become a provisional employee. Pero nilampasan niya lahat yan at biglang akyat pataas. He`s now third from the top. Now in the trainors department. Yong mga pamumunuan niya ay mga 2 or 3 years na sa kompanya, ngayon siya na ang boss nila. Many will be skeptical, i know, because he`s the newest guy around, but their boss said, don`t worry, you deserve the position, stay there, you rightfully fit there..... and boy, you are good!
of course, dagdag sahod and better benefits.... "grin".. cool....
It`s clear favor from the Lord. He`s barely three months with this company, to think he`s still a trainee and it is yet after 3 months he will become a provisional employee. Pero nilampasan niya lahat yan at biglang akyat pataas. He`s now third from the top. Now in the trainors department. Yong mga pamumunuan niya ay mga 2 or 3 years na sa kompanya, ngayon siya na ang boss nila. Many will be skeptical, i know, because he`s the newest guy around, but their boss said, don`t worry, you deserve the position, stay there, you rightfully fit there..... and boy, you are good!
of course, dagdag sahod and better benefits.... "grin".. cool....
Thursday, August 09, 2007
thankful..
This day we started in a happy note because of a major excitement we received today. Dave had an unexpected phone call from Singapore saying they have already arranged for him to go to India and be the main speaker during nightly and day sessions of their youth camp there. Before they even informed him of this good news, his visa has been taken cared of, all expenses paid, round trip ticket from phil. - singapore, from Singapore to india and of all surprises, five star hotel accomodations. I know he has long been praying that somehow God would open opportunities for him to be able to travel and minister to countries in Asia.... but not this soon! Surely God is already at work with regards to this heavy burden burning within him to work with the youths in these countries........ it is shaping and starting to be actually materialized.
as i listened to my boy, disclosing how excited he is, i too feel a number of emotions, i just can`t help thinking how amazing our God is. Biro mo, kung kami ang gagastos, siguro kulang kulang a hundred thousand ang kakailanganin. India is not in his iterinary this year, i know he`s going back to Malaysia on December, but this India thing is sooner than that because that is to be on September, a month ago from now. When God says GO, then go that is!!
Even in this sin cursed world that we are in, God`s love abound. And today I choose to be thankful.
- i am thankful that our God is faithful, never leaving us.
- i am thankful for His grace that gets me through each day.
- i am thankful for good health and sound mind.
- i am thankful that He is bigger than any temptations, trials and hardships that we face in our everyday lives.
- i am thankful for a loving husband that loves me unconditionally.
- i am thankful for the children He has given me, and for keeping them in His will, keeping them under the protection of His precious blood.
- i am thankful for His church that He has entrusted us to lead, and the loving fellowship of the brethren.
- i am thankful for another day to breath, live, to serve God and others.
- i am thankful for the promises of God that gives hope, joy and peace that passes all understanding.
- thankful for my family (pattsclan) and its heritage that we are keeping and pass on to our children and this family`s generation to come.
Thank you Jesus!!
:-) ate virgie
as i listened to my boy, disclosing how excited he is, i too feel a number of emotions, i just can`t help thinking how amazing our God is. Biro mo, kung kami ang gagastos, siguro kulang kulang a hundred thousand ang kakailanganin. India is not in his iterinary this year, i know he`s going back to Malaysia on December, but this India thing is sooner than that because that is to be on September, a month ago from now. When God says GO, then go that is!!
Even in this sin cursed world that we are in, God`s love abound. And today I choose to be thankful.
- i am thankful that our God is faithful, never leaving us.
- i am thankful for His grace that gets me through each day.
- i am thankful for good health and sound mind.
- i am thankful that He is bigger than any temptations, trials and hardships that we face in our everyday lives.
- i am thankful for a loving husband that loves me unconditionally.
- i am thankful for the children He has given me, and for keeping them in His will, keeping them under the protection of His precious blood.
- i am thankful for His church that He has entrusted us to lead, and the loving fellowship of the brethren.
- i am thankful for another day to breath, live, to serve God and others.
- i am thankful for the promises of God that gives hope, joy and peace that passes all understanding.
- thankful for my family (pattsclan) and its heritage that we are keeping and pass on to our children and this family`s generation to come.
Thank you Jesus!!
:-) ate virgie
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
on being a mom
somebody sent me this message through text this morning, who ever she is, her number is not in my phone book but i would like to share the message..
" a mom is God`s love in action. She looks with her heart and feels with her eyes. A mom is the bank where her children deposit all their worries and hurts and withdraws strenght and love. She is the cement that keeps her family together and her love lasts a lifetime".
its true. From a mother`s point of view it`s true in the truest essence of the word. I`m glad that God supplied us moms with all the love in the world for our children, a love that demands nothing in return, pure, unconditional love! Everytime i approach God in prayer, I ask HIm to protect my children, plead the blood of Jesus to keep them from anything that can harm, not just physically..... but from perils that would take them away from walking in the will of God...
These words from a song is true and very touching. That a mother`s love is.... "faithful always trusting. It can stand the test of time". Endures through all, in good and bad repute. In the face of adversities, the world`s condemnation, a mother still lives on, and still hope that her child may turn from his evil ways, and repent; still she remembers the infant smile that once filled her bosom with rapture, the merry laugh, the joyful shout of his/her childhood, the opening of promise of his youth: and she can never be brought to think him all unworthy...... what a love!!
Being a mom is a joy. It`s not something that we should merely endure. We are missing out on so many precious moments and blessings if we choose to merely endure our children until they grow up.
I know I am far from perfect. I have so many flaws. I will fall and make mistakes but I believe that God has called me "to be a mom", to the children He has entrusted me with. I thank Him for allowing me to take this noble task to be one.
My children, in their own way have given me joy and fulfillment. They have made me a better person - someone I could never be without their love and respect in return.
I pray that I will always look as good in the eyes of my children as they also look into mine. "Fit me oh Lord, to love and be loved and be imitated by my children....
I guess that`s it for now..... i just feel my being a mother today!!
" a mom is God`s love in action. She looks with her heart and feels with her eyes. A mom is the bank where her children deposit all their worries and hurts and withdraws strenght and love. She is the cement that keeps her family together and her love lasts a lifetime".
its true. From a mother`s point of view it`s true in the truest essence of the word. I`m glad that God supplied us moms with all the love in the world for our children, a love that demands nothing in return, pure, unconditional love! Everytime i approach God in prayer, I ask HIm to protect my children, plead the blood of Jesus to keep them from anything that can harm, not just physically..... but from perils that would take them away from walking in the will of God...
These words from a song is true and very touching. That a mother`s love is.... "faithful always trusting. It can stand the test of time". Endures through all, in good and bad repute. In the face of adversities, the world`s condemnation, a mother still lives on, and still hope that her child may turn from his evil ways, and repent; still she remembers the infant smile that once filled her bosom with rapture, the merry laugh, the joyful shout of his/her childhood, the opening of promise of his youth: and she can never be brought to think him all unworthy...... what a love!!
Being a mom is a joy. It`s not something that we should merely endure. We are missing out on so many precious moments and blessings if we choose to merely endure our children until they grow up.
I know I am far from perfect. I have so many flaws. I will fall and make mistakes but I believe that God has called me "to be a mom", to the children He has entrusted me with. I thank Him for allowing me to take this noble task to be one.
My children, in their own way have given me joy and fulfillment. They have made me a better person - someone I could never be without their love and respect in return.
I pray that I will always look as good in the eyes of my children as they also look into mine. "Fit me oh Lord, to love and be loved and be imitated by my children....
I guess that`s it for now..... i just feel my being a mother today!!
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
welcome home!!
hehehe, i am welcoming myself home today....here , after i`ve deserted this home for quite awhile.
today is Tuesday, somehow i get the blues, that`s because i don`t like prolonged rain, has been raining since yesterday. They said there`s typhoon going on in some areas far from Manila, pero malakas ang ulan dahil sa "hanging habagat"... I can`t deny, please don`t oppose me, anyone, but i get really gloomy in times like this...
it`s been over a month now that hubby and me starts our day at 4:30 in the morning. Charis got to be in his workplace at 5:00 and if he takes the commuter that would probably take him more than 30 minutes to arrive in Makati, if that will be the case, then he is LATE, that is a thousand pesos off from his salary.... sayang di ba? So here comes his loving parents, ahh you could guess how the story goes, took the responsibility of driving him to his precious workplace. Somehow i find it satisfying, and realized that as the days passed we find it enjoyable too. I learned to look forward to it everyday, nice seeing the streets of manila still quiet but very bright and free of traffic during the wee hours of each morning. Most of all, i love these drives with hubby beside me.
my days are very quiet din ngayon. Dave is out most of the time and hubby. Verniel, as i`ve told you is back to college, si dondon, if not working is also in school, and jeff is in school too kaya ako lang lagi dito sa bahay... mga house chores ang kasama ko. Hindi na yata ako ga-graduate dito....
pero...... i must admit, i`m happy with this ministry of mine. My loveones just keep me on my toes....... and on my knees. I know they needed me to do this to keep them on their feet too. I`m thankful that i have a great God to entrust them with because I know He knows what`s best!!
welcome address lang po itoH.... i hope everything goes well in pattsland..
huhuhu, i think this rain would go on for 3 to 5 days. that means until Sunday. ......with the look of it!!
your ate gie reporting.....
today is Tuesday, somehow i get the blues, that`s because i don`t like prolonged rain, has been raining since yesterday. They said there`s typhoon going on in some areas far from Manila, pero malakas ang ulan dahil sa "hanging habagat"... I can`t deny, please don`t oppose me, anyone, but i get really gloomy in times like this...
it`s been over a month now that hubby and me starts our day at 4:30 in the morning. Charis got to be in his workplace at 5:00 and if he takes the commuter that would probably take him more than 30 minutes to arrive in Makati, if that will be the case, then he is LATE, that is a thousand pesos off from his salary.... sayang di ba? So here comes his loving parents, ahh you could guess how the story goes, took the responsibility of driving him to his precious workplace. Somehow i find it satisfying, and realized that as the days passed we find it enjoyable too. I learned to look forward to it everyday, nice seeing the streets of manila still quiet but very bright and free of traffic during the wee hours of each morning. Most of all, i love these drives with hubby beside me.
my days are very quiet din ngayon. Dave is out most of the time and hubby. Verniel, as i`ve told you is back to college, si dondon, if not working is also in school, and jeff is in school too kaya ako lang lagi dito sa bahay... mga house chores ang kasama ko. Hindi na yata ako ga-graduate dito....
pero...... i must admit, i`m happy with this ministry of mine. My loveones just keep me on my toes....... and on my knees. I know they needed me to do this to keep them on their feet too. I`m thankful that i have a great God to entrust them with because I know He knows what`s best!!
welcome address lang po itoH.... i hope everything goes well in pattsland..
huhuhu, i think this rain would go on for 3 to 5 days. that means until Sunday. ......with the look of it!!
your ate gie reporting.....
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