Reunions In Heaven

I received a text message just a while ago that a dear mother from the previous church I attended passed away. What got into my mind immediately was that a great reunion was instantaneously happening. A dear sister in Christ had passed away last May,too. I haven't blogged about it because it's not easy to say things or recall memories about how close you were to the person departed. Nevertheless, she was like a younger sister to me. The first person who welcomed me at the church where I used to attend. Her family welcomed me in their household without hesitations. She was very pretty, talented and most of all God fearing. You can always count on her to help you and would go out of her way if she could.

It's nice to think that they are both in heaven now. I wonder what they will talk about. I also wonder how they were welcomed by God. Life is only lived once. Live if it for God. You will never go wrong.

It's not too late to start a relationship with God. Know Him and accept Him as your personal Lord and savior. Knowing and accepting are different ways so accept Him and make Him rule your life.

I challenge you to ask for God's forgiveness and let Him sit in the throne of your heart. Read these verses in the Bible and let them guide you;
John 3:16, Romans 3:23 and Romans 8:28.

To Nanay Mayet, whom I have worked with in God's ministry for many years, enjoy life in heaven. We will miss you and thanks for all the help you've given to me, personally. Cristina or Tetay as I fondly called her, I love you. There is never a day I don't think of you. Thanks for being a wonderful sister and child of God.

Departing life on earth is a grief but knowing one day there's going to be a big reunion with the people we care most is much better to look forward to.

Heaven is God's place for His children's reunion.  Thank you Lord for taking great care of them.


Goodbye for now, Nanay Mayet and Tetay. I will miss you both so much.

THINGS

There are a lot of them to be done! They are driving us crazy but we know all of these will be over soon. Present things are challenging. Past things served as inspirations and teachers. Future things are the ones to be excited about. I can't wait! The Lord knows perfect timings,all the time!

My big day is on the 31st of this month and hopefully will get a positive outcome. It's been almost three years of being married and God has been really blessing me and hubby with so much. Relationships are being reconstructed and families have become closer. Spiritual life is hungrier for God's leading and best of all, God is in control of all THINGS!

God is awesome! :)


Pegs! :)

Taken two weeks ago.

Two nights ago. Cut it myself and had fun. lol.

Finally!

I have been wanting to write something but couldn't take time off from my two jobs and the mystery games I play. Hehe. :) I say, finally I have deactivated my Facebook account! I have been wanting to do it. Freedom from it totally is a big relief. Life is back to being slow paced and spent more in things that are worth my time. New friendship has sprung out and I am loving the life in our tiny self sufficient town. Life is back to normal. Normal means, I cook, clean, work,read, garden and play with my god-children!
I can't blame Facebook. I think I was to be blamed when I got so hooked up with it. The freedom from oneself out of that "social networking" fake friendly thing is a bliss! Finally I have accepted that if you don't want to be my friend then it's not a loss. I used to cling on too much to people I thought I value much but cared less of me, really.
Well, that's it for now. Hoping to become more creative and lucrative in anything my mind could come up with next time.

 Meanwhile, here's a lovely pic of "my handsome" and my cute niece. Aren't they adorable?! :)

The view from our window

It has been my handsome's habit to look outside the window every night. He likes the view of the ocean plus the tiny boats the fishermen lit as they go fishing. They all look like fireflies from a distance. I love it when his eyes sparkle every time he sees something in the water. We are blessed to be living near the ocean. Our house is situated up a hill where the water is over looking. You can actually see the coastal area of Marinduque. We have been hoping to go there soon with our pastor's family since they are from there. It will only take one boat ride they said. The trip should be planned soon! :)
Anyway, there was a night when he thought he saw a big ship sailing. He called me and said,"look, it's a big ship with many windows!" I was surprised to see the ship thinking there's no trip late in the evenings. And again it appeared the following night. He really got puzzled by it. We couldn't explain where the ship was going because every time we see it it seemed to be not moving. I started to wonder if it was a haunted ship, lol. Eventually, he found out that it wasn't a boat nor ferry. It was a reflection of a building with galvanized wall and the light from it illuminated. He was relieved somehow but still wished it would have been a ship. Haha! Poor hathome! (grin)
My point here only is that my handsome is really cute like a kid when he's fascinated with simple things. It makes me blush every time I think I am married to him. :) Ah, love.

Check out this song he shared on my wall on Facebook.

Fun time!

We were invited to a very special birthday party yesterday. I say it's special because it was Audriana Summer's birthday! The first baby of the circle, (the licerio, Enano and McGuffin) haha! We shared the feeling of being blessed for having this baby. We got all excited when we first learned that Joy missed her monthly visitor. We were like kids anticipating for a new member of the family. We went through all the stages with the mother, my gosh! haha! It was all worth it, I say. Audri almost went out when she was still 5 months old and we saw how she moved inside her mom's tummy. We even planned on how to carry Joy from work to the hospital. We were like a team, so coordinated! And then, the labor day came. I can't imagine Joy sending text messages informing us that she's reached the 5cm (whatever that is) warning. lol! She was like, I am still okay and not in pain at all. We waited and even stayed late until we got a confirmation that Audri has already arrived. :) It was a bliss! I'm pretty sure they felt much happiness than we did.
Joy and Jericho even formulated a game called "guess the name of the baby contest." Their friends and relatives had a blast guessing it. I can't believe it's been a year and seeing Audri yesterday running and making faces was just a confirmation on how God has been taking care of this wonderful kid. :)
Here are some pictures from the party:

The sunshine and the star of the party, Audri! :)

The Super family! Cuties! 

Children in costumes and having fun in the game

Joy made this and placed one on every chair.. i got a feathered one! ;) 

the uncles! Uncle Pewee on the right side won the drawing contest. 

Audri had a photo booth that surely was a hit!

At our table, being goofy. hehehe.. :)

I am not them

One thing I know in life is to not compare people with what they have and who they are. However, being married to a foreigner puts you in an inevitable situation. There have been countless encounters wherein I was always mistreated because some people think I am an imbecile who only have an American dream.Nothing more, nothing less. Well, I know I don't have to assert myself to anybody about what I do and what I have  it's just that at times I really needed to bite their heads off for them to actually respond to me in a way that they don't discriminate.
I have nothing against women who are having a great time in life because they're married to foreigners. That's their destiny. That's what they want and this is the life I want. Besides, they also have worked hard to attain that life. Although I can't blame other people who think, we, Filipino women only marry foreigners as a passport to a better life because a lot have done it. Therefore the snarling at judgmental and shallow minded people is inevitable.
Anyway, I promised myself to be more forgiving and understanding although if they would be needing a piece of my mind, I would gladly educate them, that some women marry foreigners because of LOVE not of MONEY!
All I wish now is that these people will stop accusing me of holding back money for my relatives and friends. They think I married a money tree.They are even surprised that I have two jobs, I am happy and I am content.

Oh well, like I said, I am not them.... I AM ME! Dish that! 

Two wonderful years!

This is a very late entry, I know. I have no excuse why I haven't been updating my blog. Anyway, last October 11 marked the two years of our marriage and it is going stronger because of God's untiring guidance and love. I believe the vows and covenants we made in front of Him are sealing this marriage just enough to conquer any challenges in life.
We didn't celebrate it with a fantabulous event because we are not in the position to be extravagant these days knowing the expenses of our upcoming trip. One thing we only promised to ourselves was to get a new pair of wedding rings. The ones we had  left dents on our ring fingers.
Here's a pic of the new ones.

I can say, with these rings we will grow old together... :)