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Monday, July 31, 2006

Obsession: What The War on Terror Is Really About

If Loose Change blew your mind, just watch this. This movie explores what all Radical Islamic Extremists, who only make up 10%-15% of the Muslim population, are really trying to do, and how. You have to see this movie to get a real prespective of the problems we have in the world.

Friday, July 21, 2006

More kids for me!!!

Well, kinda.....I just received my two adoptions! Well, kinda again....hehehe no, no, no, Im not doing the Angelina thang and forming a United Nations center in my own backyard...

My hubby and I have decided not to have any more of our own kids. I was planning a family of four a few years back. If I were to have a boy, I would name him Skye and if I had a girl I would name her Sunshine. But now, plans have changed. We are answering a higher callling. Selfless and unconditional. There are still a lot of things we want to accomplish in life that's bigger than ourselves and we realized that having more of our own would mean, we would need to devote more time to our family rather than reach out to more needy childen and noble causes.

And so, the Seeds of Hope adopt a child program at church was the perfect solution! ( go to www.wordinternational.com to read more about the program) For a mere $20 a month, which isn't even enough to buy you a decent meal at Mcdee's or enough to throw that on a drink or two on a saturday night, you can send a deserving child to school! I am the official "ninang" to 2 kids right now that are not related to each other but are both from Tarlac , attend our Word International School over there and have tricycle driver fathers and housewife mothers. Thats only $240 a month per child! And so because of this somewhat miniscule but significant donation, they can have a decent Christian education! Who said philanthropy had to start with the rich? Everyone can spare 20 bucks if they really wanted to right?

It really warmed my heart when I got their pictures and their bio info this week! It made me feel like Im trully making a difference in someone else's life unconditionally, no strings attached. What a priviledge to be able to share such a blessing with the less fortunate ones. What an awesome way to give back! And this is just the start! I want to sponsor at least 10 kids by the end of the year. Thats still just $2400 a year! C'mon! Raising my own kids cost that much per month!

They are both 5 years old and are on a full scholarship (thanks to us) they are so cute and yet so frail you would cry just imagining what kind of life they live. I'm planning to pay them a visit when I come home this Dec or Jan on the way up to our vacation house in Baguio. I want to bring my kids to meet them. It is my hope and prayer that this occasion be a life changing event for them because they have NO IDEA what life is like outside of their very comfortable and blessed life here in Glendale, CA. Sometimes, I want to conk their heads because they don't understand what they have. My only heart's desire...if there was one thing my kids learn from me, it's to appreciate what they have because most children around the world DONT have even 1/4 of what they're currently enjoying and be able to give back to society unconditionally.

Its great to be blessed! Its even greater to bless others!!

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

In the ZONE!!

I've had another helluva week! Firstly, I went up to support our Church's youth group retreat last week and I was trully blessed. God totally moved mightly. I really went up there with a sincere desire to support the retreat and so I found myself interceding for a breakthrough; but at the same time, basking and enjoying my Father's presence! It was so real to me because of what Ive been through myself as a teen. I couldn't help but think how much more priviledged these kids are to come to know JC before they hit adulthood. I could feel my own pain as I prayed and ministered to a few of them. So much pain, struggles, and challenges...sometimes, as adults we forget what we go through as teens and ignore the kind of battle teenagers go through today. Its much worse these days.

After the week at Idlwyld I went straight into another 2 day boot camp called Vertical Leap by Al Hollingsworth. DANG was it the most POWERFUL workshop I've been to (and mind you, I attend a lot!). He is a family man, businessman, politician, selfmade millionaire, but most importantly SERVANT of GOD. He is my role model of what a modern day Christian looks like. He is at the top of his career and yet serves God with the humblest of hearts supporting his own ministry through his business profits.

His seminar teaches Kingdom Economics. He bridges the gap between God's Kingdom and Earth. Logic and Faith. Invisible vs Visible. The missing link so to speak. He used science, physics, psychology, biology and mathematics to prove that GOD is behind EVERYTHING. He explained it so clear that there is no way you can dissuade me of God's hand in the history of mankind. Something schools would never touch. Everything we SEE is just a manifestation of WHAT WE CANNOT SEE. So on and so forth. Pretty deep huh? You BET! His next seminar will be on Sept 9-10 and Im bringing droves of people to come and learn the TRUTH about LIFE and why it is the way it is. Trully a paradigm shift! I am not the same person I was a week ago. I have finally GOT IT! How the GLORY of GOD WORKS! How JESUS is the ULTIMATE SOURCE (LIGHT) of Everything! How to be in THE ZONE, God's favor and blessing zone, where you're directly in the path that he already finished for us since before the start of time. I do believe I'm in that path right now or getting close to it....its pretty overwhelming yet exciting at the same time! I don't expect you to grasp what Im saying because this could be pretty profound to someone who just dwells in the flesh. Hit me up if you're intrigued. I DARE YOU...This year, I should say, can be called my SPIRITUAL QUANTUM LEAP YEAR. AMen to that!