God bless the PHILIPPINES

The Philippines has its new President and I wish him all the best in his gargantuan task to lead this country to healing and recovery. I’m sure he will be needing the best anti- wrinkle creams because of the many problems our country is facing right now.

I pray he will do something to at least alleviate the POVERTY in this land.

I pray he will keep his promise-that he will not be a corrupt President that he will give to people what is due to them.

It’s time to move on and to forget the ugly thoughts and words during the campaign period.

GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES

Mother's day @ the church

So this is how we celebrate the Mother's day today at the church, All the children who have moms there were called in the front then they gave flowers (some have cards) to their moms and all the moms were also asked to come to front with their kids and then they hugged and the Leaders prayed fro mothers. I cried for two things :

1. I miss my mom so much
2. I have yet to be called a mom

You can not measure how great a mother's love is, I can tell how big their heart is for their children.

My mom whom I call Nanay did things for me even when I am already grown up and working,she will wash my office uniforms I am too tired to do that, she will prepare my food and even now that she's old (she's 71) she's never too tired to serve us all. I really miss her.

I can imagine her asking me what I want to eat whenever I go home to our home province and I'm sure if she's with me right she'll ask what I need and chat with me while I am bloging, surfing ,playing games and reading this lipozene reviews in the net.

She's very hardworking and I love her very very much. She's coming here on the 17th and we hope to have a belated Mother's day celebration by then.

How about you? How did you celebrate Mother's day today? Did you call your mom? didi you sned her gifts?

Praying for Thailand

This is next in line for our short mission trip. The husband has been praying for it years ago. It started when someone prayed for him at the church and saw a vision of him in Thailand. Since then, he has been praying and he's been longing to see what God has planned for him in that country.

We are praying that the trip will happen this year, probably on the last quarter of the year. I've also been reading a lot about Thailand and I know for a fact that the weather there is also very humid. Just like in Sabah where temperature is also super warm and humid, plain walking will get you all sweaty , a natural belly fat burner I must say.

Here are more facts from the CIA world factbook:

RELIGION : Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)

LANGUAGE:Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects

CLIMATE: Current Weather : tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid

Please join us in praying for Thailand.

Aquarium Fish I like

Me and my husband are considering getting ourselves an aquarium fish/es since we can not have dogs or any pets in the house we are renting we thought fish/es would do good. A friend actually encouraged us to have one. He said aquarium fish is not hard to maintain, there are variety of fish that are not expensive and fish food I think is not that costly too.

But what made me thought about it seriously is the benefits you can get for having such. Like the following:

1. It is a good therapy
2. Studies say that gazing at it reduces stress (i need that)
3. It lowers blood pressure

and a lot more. But for the "reduce stress" benefit, I think I'm gonna go for it.

Do you have an aquarium fish? How do you take care of it? Is it expensive? How many times do you clean it?

Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful for the good heart of two people from other country who is going to support our "BACK TO SCHOOL-HYGIENE DAY" program. In times where need is great and ministry funds are low, the Lord knows whom to send. They are going to give money for the stuff we need, we are giving each kid a health kit which contains toothbrush, toothpaste, bath soap, shampoo, face towel, cotton buds and some band aids.

This ministry aims to teach the kids the value of cleanliness and health especially those kids that are living in shanties in the Urban poor areas of Metro Manila.

Thank you Lord for bringing people into this ministry. Bless them a thousand fold.

What are you thankful for this week? Share it with us, let's meet up at Laurie of Women Taking  A Stand Blog.

The last days

Way back year 1999 was quite a year for us.. or for me as a person. It was the time where I took serious relationship with Jesus. It was the time when our youth group at church did was pray and fast and share the good news of Jesus to people of every age in the streets near. The reason why we were like that? …was because it was said that it’s the end of the world.

Remember Y2K? people said it’s the end of the everything, the end of the world, the second coming of Jesus, the tribulation, the apocalypse. It is said that the last days are critical times. There would be plague, war, famine and all sort of agonizing moments the human being could think about. Some religious group said it’s the appointed time written in the Bible. Unforeseen occurrence will happen. So everyone was scared and there was even a panicked… religious groups where everywhere preaching the coming of Jesus.

Some even predicts the day and time. It was ridiculous, looking back. No one really knows when is the end of time or the last days. All we know is that there is end and we know that when end is near there’s turmoil everywhere for that is the sign but to know the exact time? .. uh uh! God only knows.
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I have seen loads of movies about the last days and sure they are scary, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, global warming and all, but guess what? If you are sure of what you hope for, there is nothing to be afraid of.Why be afraid? when in fact last days actually means the coming of our SAVIOR!!

Goodbye Rachael

Today we said goodbye to our dear missionary from UK, RACHAEL JACKSON.

It was actually a week long of goodbyes and tears and to say that the church is sad is an understatement. Rachael is not just a visiting missionary, she has become part of our ministries here, she has become family to many of us. Sending her to airport tonight, seeing her enter that door and at the same time trying to withhold tears is tough. But we did let her go because we know God has the best plans for her future and we know in our hearts that we will always be a part of her life. We shared tons of memories for the whole year she stayed with us, from laughter to tears, from victories to disappointments, from planning to executing, from meetings to ministries, from coffee to dinner, from swimming pools to beaches and from embracing to letting go.

We spent many hours planning about the "Praisin Kid's Town in October 2009"

We spent lots of coffee time for hygiene days. Thinking of what to include in the health kit we will give to kids and from buying all the stuff in Divisoria.

We talked about almost everything from make -ups to movies, from baking to laundry, almost everything, i guess we even talked about hair loss cure. It was a year filled with memories that will be kept in every heart that has become part of Rachael's life.

Again, we thank you my dear for being such a HUGE blessing to the FISHNETS ministries and to LJBC Church. Rest assured that we will never ever forget you. We look forward to seeing you here again soon!!

May the Lord bless you a thousand folds in return. And always remember that your Filipino family will always be here for you. I LOVE YOU!

Quiet Waters

Psalm 23:2-3 (NIV). He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.......

Thoughts on This Verse... Some of us won't slow down for anything! Well, almost anything. ...When we get''too full ourselves'' and too caught up in our own plans, the LORD, our Shepherd, slows us down and makes us lie down. Our Shepherd knows we need rest, nourishment, and refreshment and helps us, yes and even sometimes makes us, find''green pastures'' and''still waters.'' He then leads us in the direction of his righteousness and holiness once we are rested and refreshed. Isn't it interesting that God's order for our life is always grace and then glory?

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God you are amazing!!!Thank you for this very timely message, Lord I pray that I'll be refreshed and rested in your presence today.

Giving up?

Nothing of value is ever accomplished by giving up. When you are tempted to give up, pray, "GOD HELP ME!" Take one more step and then another one more, and all will be enough. Quitting is not an option when you have a passion for success." 
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I read that in someone's status over a social networking site in time when I needed to hear it most. The last few weeks was chaotic and you guess I got tired and sometimes there is that feeling that you just want to give it all up, quit and walk away.

But thank you Lord for reminding me that I AM MORE THAN CONQUEROR. I AM VICTORIOUS and I should think and act like one. We should right?

We all do have our battles, some have small and some have big, some trivial and some are major battle. And we quit, we ca will never win, we don't even give our self to win if we quit. Like in losing weight, if you give up then you will not lose any pounds (which of course reminds me of the curvatrim review I just read and my own battle with the bulge.)

What are your battles? FINANCES? SICKNESS? FAMILY? whatever it is you facing right now I tell you if you don't give up YOU WILL WIN just think of  your self as MORE THAN CONQUERORS.

Thankful Thursday

Today is Thursday and as said by Lynn let us give thanks.

What am I thankful for this week? Here it is, please read on.

My brother in law who is also a missionary and who lives in our church was hospitalized last Tuesday morning.It was me and my husband who brought him to the hospital, he was experiencing abdominal pain and he was throwing up the whole Monday night so we brought him to the hospital.

The doctor found out that he has internal bleeding due to some pain killers he took for his toothache the last few days. Further lab test showed he has very low hemoglobin (red in the blood) so there was a need for blood transfusion. It was a major test again for me and my husband and for my brother in law because you know, missionaries aren't being paid and hospitalization means money here whether in government or private hospital.

But guess what? yes, missionaries are not being paid here on earth but surely God is taking care of them. He was out now from the hospital just this morning and he will be staying in our house for the mean time.I'm sure he will be able to rest well if he's in our home. Good thing we just fixed the bathroom light fixtures last week.

God has proven us His word again that "He will never leave us, nor forsake us" To God be the glory!

I also thank the Lord for giving us friends who are so supportive, my brother in law needed a blood donor and lots of them went to the hospital,very much willing to donate.

I thank God for sustaining me and my husband. My hubby donated also blood despite of the stress and sleepless night because he watched over his brother.

And through all these events..I still proclaim and I always will that GOD IS GOOD!!