The past year 2010 was an unforgettable year for me and my family. Too many things happened that year and too many memories that will always stay in my mind. I can’t forget my aunt’s sudden death and my sister’s suffering of her illnesses for a few months that led to her death. The memories are still fresh but I know that as time goes by, God will heal all the wounds and griefs of losing our loved ones. It’s also during the past year that we started our ministry in Anis and then we decided to hold our Sunday services there. The Lord provided a house for us to meet on Sundays and I praise God for that. I also thank God that He blessed us physically last year and also He provided our financial need. Being missionaries here in my homeland with only our sending church who is supporting us is not that easy but God is faithful. We had foods on the table, clothes to wear, and a house to live. Though we have many wants but the Lord provided our need. We didn’t lack the basic necessities in life. Praise God for His faithfulness and provisions. Whatever happened in 2010 is in the past but it doesn’t mean that I will forget it. It’s a past chapter in my life that I can always look back.

I’m happy to welcome 2011 and so excited to see what the good Lord has in store for me to do this year. I pray that this will be a good year and that God will bless our ministry so more souls will be saved. We are looking forward to celebrate our church’s 2nd year anniversary on the last Sunday of this month. Thank you Lord for all the things you’ve done and for all the things you’re going to do in our lives. I give you back the glory, honor and thanksgiving.

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My hubby and I just celebrated New Year quietly at home. When the clock hit 12:00 midnight we’re still awake. We were watching the New Year’s celebration at Times Square on TV. People there were really happy and excited in welcoming 2007. I said a silent prayer to God and thanked Him for all that He has done to us the past year and I asked Him to take care of us this year like what He did the previous years. I entrusted Him my life and my future and so does my hubby. We both love God and we put Him above everything else.

We didn’t go anywhere on New Year’s day, just stayed in the house and just being together makes us happy. We watched movies and my hubby had watched again his favorite movie, Baby’s Day Out. This movie is really one of his favorites and even though he watched this many times before, he still laugh out loud whenever he watch this movie. I lost count of how many times he watched this movie but this one really amused him. It’s a cute comedy movie. Of course John Wayne’s movies are still in his top list and he has a lot of collections of his movies. He watched it everytime he gets the chance. He watched 4 different movies yesterday and that’s what kept him busy the whole day. I don’t watch that much movies though. I had to do other things and also cook our food to sustain us for the day in addition to the pancit and fruit salad that I prepared on New Year’s eve. After that I just rested and relaxed and spent quality time with the love of my life.

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Thank God for another year. God has been so good to us with his countless blessings and provisions this past year. I can’t thank Him enough for all that He has done in my life. This past year, I became closer to Him and my daily walk with Him is a sweet adventure. I’m almost done reading my entire Bible and as I read His Word, my faith in God went deeper. He is my Healer, my Provider, my Comforter, my Father and most of all He is my Lord and Savior and my coming King.

Yesterday morning I had the chance to talk to my family in the Philippines. They were preparing foods for the New Year’s eve when I called. That’s one thing I missed there. When I was there we really celebrate New Year with a bang with the entire family and with lots of foods and also karaoke or videoke singing. Everybody are awake and waiting for the clock to hit 12:00 midnight. Then my brothers will light the fireworks and firecrackers and a lot of people really made noise in the streets. After that we then eat the foods we prepared and then we aIso share to our neighbors some foods and they do the same to us. It’s a nice way to welcome the New Year there and I really miss it especially my family. I talked first to my nephew Kenneth Rey (Ken-Ken). How time flies. He turned 9 years old this past year and then I talked to my sister and my brother-in-law. They just celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary last Dec. 28 and of course they invited their friends, neighbors and co-workers to celebrate with them. They prepared lots of foods and I really wished my hubby and I were there too to share their happiness and joy. Their youngest son Mark Wendell (fondly called Mak-Mak) will turn 7 this year. Then I talked to my brother Celso and he is getting married on the 21st of this month. I congratulated him and I told him it’s about time. He is the last one in the family to get married. He said he had a hard time convincing her GF to get married because she wanted to go and work abroad first but her parents won’t let her. It’s a good thing that they finally agreed to tie the knot and be husband and wife for life. I promised my brother we will be sending our gift before their wedding.

Yesterday afternoon we had a songfest and preachfest in the church and I enjoyed listening to all the songs and preaching rendered by all the participants. We do this every 5th Sunday of the month and after the program, we had foods prepared in the dining hall. We really enjoyed the fellowship and it’s a good way to end the year 2006.

Jesus Christ did not yet come this past year maybe to give chance to those who are not yet ready for His coming. We don’t know the hour when He comes but one thing is sure, He will come to get His children who are saved to be with Him in Heaven forever. He came before as a Savior but when He comes again he will come as a Judge. So are you ready for heaven in 2007?

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