To my best friend... ♥

♫ I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

I'm lucky we're in love in every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday♪

Wala lang, that song is playing and I automatically thought of you... Hehe! Miss you! Love you! Mwuah! ♥

Philippians Sermon series

3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. -Philippians 1:3-8

Our Senior Pastor, Dr. Larry Pabiona preached on that passage last Sunday.
 
And every Sunday talagang blessing for me, kasi sobrang personal ang pag-speak sa akin ng Panginoon and I really thank Him for that!  He speaks well through His servant, Pastor Larry...
 
And so I want to share it here. You can watch last Sunday's GCF sermon here.
 
Hope you're having a good day! :)
 
Blessings!

Tip # 5

I found a new blog worth reading and sharing... She posted an article entitled "20 Tips for Teen Girls" and this is just one of my favorite:

5. Dress fashionably, but modestly. You want to be remembered for your personality (which is unique) not your cleavage (which looks exactly like everyone else's).

Haha! So true, right?

Go check her blog here!

Kristin is a writer/comedian who bounces back and forth between Los Angeles and Dallas. She writes for Susie Magazine, a Christian magazine for teen girls, and does stand up all over the place. She loves Chipotle and cupcakes, slapstick comedies, and attempting to grow things in the pile of dirt she calls a garden.

Connect - Taguig :)

I just realized I haven't shared this here.

One of the newest Growth Group (or GG) of GCF Connect is Connect-Taguig. We meet up every Saturday 7am in Bonifacio Global City. The group started meeting last year, July 9, 2011 and since then the Lord has been using the GG to be a venue where people get to know the Lord Jesus Christ on a deeper, personal and intimate level, and for believers to have fellowship and accountability to strengthen each other...

Last Saturday was our first meeting for this year and we conducted it in our new "home" because the original place we conduct our GG last year closed down already (we miss you Dunkin Donut Cafe! We really do!).

Our GG has been going through a study of the Parables.  And last Saturday, we studied Matthew 13:44-45 with John (my beloved) teaching... It was a divine appointment! And I was really encouraged and blessed by that encounter with the Lord and the fellowship that we had. Add to that two first timer guest came! Whom I am hoping and praying to attend regularly. Praise God talaga for that day!

Anyway, you know me, I love pictures... So here are few photos during our Growth group / Bible study fellowship.

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting, Connect-Taguig:

beautiful day. great place. nice weather.

The Word of God is our main and special "dish"
Burp!

Salvation is as precious and as hard to discover as the hidden treasure and pearl of great worth in the parable...
True! :))

Tree of life. Hehe. :)

John explained the parable and shared the Gospel.

Praise God for ministry opportunities like this! All for His glory! :)

Photo credits: Jonas Acorda and yours truly. :)

Look at me

Blessing na hindi naman halata sa hitsura ko na stressed ako... Would you agree? Hehe!

Anyway, for my fourth blog entry of the day... Here's some vanity pics taken last Saturday and yesterday, Sunday.

Taken last Saturday morning, while waiting for other GG members.
Thank you Jonas Acorda for this photo. :)

Taken yesterday after our Bible study.
Pa-cute at pa-tweetums. Felling teenager? lol
Thank you Sai Dapitan for this pic and the rest below.

Sisters in blue.
How do you like my earrings?
Special thanks to my sponsor, Analyn Santiago, for these pretty, pink and circle dangling earrings! :)

And one last time...
Raya and Rajsh.
Beautiful! :))

Pagbigyan na, Monday naman eh! lol! Anu daw? :D

Hope you're having a good one! Blessings!

What is half a decade?

January 2, 2012

I turned 5 years old working in JP Morgan Chase Bank! Yey!

Ano nga ba naman ang half a decade? Well, achievement yun! Hehehe... And blessing! I really am so thankful to the Lord for placing me where I am.  A place where He showers His provision for me and where He is using me for the furtherance of His Kingdom though I know very well that I'm not worthy...

Thank You, dear Lord for being faithful to me for the past 5 years... I pray that You will continue to bless me and make me a blessing to the people around me, that You will continue to protect me, sanctify me and preserve my testimony in accordance to what is pleasing before You... Thank You, because I have my work to feed me and my family... Thank You for Chase, my employer! :)

That night I had dinner with three of my wavemates in Dencio's - Paseo Center, Makati.

Yes, apat na lang kaming natira after 5 years! Hehe. Mike, Divine, Jenn and myself.  When we started, if I remember it right, 19 kami sa batch eh... And then habang lumulipas ang araw, linggo, buwan at taon, may mga umaalis. But we still remembered and we missed them that night.

So to all Wave 20 peeps, let me share with you few photos of our dinner date:

Mike, Divine and Jenn

Mike, Rajsh and Jenn

Divine, Mike and Jenn

and now... kaming apat na!
Hahaha! Wala akong ibang maisip na captions! lol

Medyo nakakapanibago lang na few photos talaga ano? Busy kasi ako sa pakikipag-kwentuhan sa mga kaibigan ko kaya konti lang... :p

Happy 5th anniversary to us! :))

See also:

Happy Anniversary 2009 and Happy Anniversary 2010

2011 Holiday higlights

Indeed, the holiday is the time for families to gather and celebrate together. Minsan lang naman sa isang taon ito kaya dapat hindi palagpasin...

The past 3 years have been a challenge for me kasi I have to make sure I will make time for both my family and John's... Tamang balance lang.

Prior to going to my family on Christmas eve and to John's on New Year's eve, umattend muna kami ng service sa GCF. Will share photos as well.

Spent the Christmas in Laguna with my family, though hindi kami kumpletong magkakapatid at pati yung mga pamangkin ko kulang din... Keri lang! Saya pa rin. I'm happpy that our Lola was happy we were there.

Then on New Year, I was with John's family in Cainta. Hindi rin kumpleto silang magkakapatid kasi hindi nakauwi yung kuya nya na nasa SG pero masaya pa rin.

And just like my previous posts, blog-pics (blog na picture heavy) entry uli ito. Let the photos speak for themselves! ;-)

GCF Christmas Eve Worship Service.
Here is Sai Dapitan, my closest guy-friend and accountability partner namin ni John.  

With my Missionary friends Tita Joan and Tito Will Feuerstein and our Senior Pastor, Dr. Larry Pabiona

Now with John and his Mom.

GCF friends, standing: ate Lea, Ingrid, Mommy Bbeth
Seated: Biboy, Jv and Khryz

lagi kaming wacky mode pag nagpapa-picture kaming magkaibigan.
Everyone, meet my wedding planner and future wedding emcee. :) 

Dinner muna after service

Sizzling beef pepper. Yum-yum!

After the dinner I travelled na to Laguna... At wala pala kaming picture nung eve kasi hindi pala nakapag-handa si Lola ng pang Noche Buena dahil sa kapaguran. So nung 25 na lang mismo kami nagsalo-salo.

L-R: Grae, Mama, Raya, Diwa, Lola and Uncle Al
Not in photo: Papa, Majar, Strong, Kuya, Dayaw and Kaya

Good morning to my Kuya Lakan and his kids Dayaw and Kaya na nasa may pinto...
What yah doin there baby boy?

Here's Diwa talking to Nonggie who is in Las Vegas.

with Julia Sabio, the golden retriever :)

my Kuya's family: Diwa, Kuya, Kaya, Grae and Dayaw

this time with Lola...
ay bakit naiyak na si baby boy?

Kami naman ni Raya with Lola

Raya and I attended in Jonas' (the guy with the guitar) church 

left Laguna to meet with John and his family to eat out in Eastwood...
And uhm look at this? A gift from his ate, a casual DRESS!
Hindi ako ito! Haha! But I like it! Thanks ate! :)

L-R: Ate Alynna, Ma Edith, Jane, Erwin, Noel, Kate, Myself, Nikki and John

Nikki took this photo. ;-)

This kid was my playmate that night... or rather I was her playmate...? Haha! :)

New Year Eve came...

One of the passages that was read and pondered on that service. A favorite passage!

I attended with my baby brother Majar

Cheers for the New year ahead!
I was with John's family that night. :)

and then photo ops with the Velasquez family...

dalawa kasi ang camera nyan kaya magkaka-iba tingin namin. Haha!

sobrang love ko itong bata ito... so touched that she wanted to have an exclusive photo with me.
And I miss her na!
Hello Nikki in Australia! :)

but of course, hindi pwede wala kaming pic ni Love ko...
Ewan ko lang ba at bakit kailangang may Santa na kasama. Hmp. lol

Cluedo game night with John, Noel, Erwin, Sai and Mae! Walang tulugan ito!

So that's how I spent my holiday! Pretty special spent with two families. Aylabet!!!! :)