"I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done..."

I think thas a great quote to end the year off with. It's true i have left this year with so many great projects left unfinished. Though ill talk bout them later. So the year is over and ive gone through all the emo cycles there are. Sorrow, joy, anger, excitement, emburrsment, contentment all of it ive somehow witnessed this yurr. Ive made some new friends, while developing closer relationships w/ol ones. As much as ive tried to serve more, i also learned the more trials and persecution came. I learned that you may try to be the nicest person in the world, only wanting to shurr GOd's love w/people you come across, but there are others who will get jealous, insecure and totally misjudge and interpret those intentions. So let me take a look back as these past 12 months and highlight the trials and joys of 2003.

January~2003 starts off pretty rough. Its like coming to class the first day and your instructor giving you an assement pop quiz/test. Same way w/God, exactly what happened to some of us at the very beginning of the year. THough w/His grace and mercy broken bones were able to be healed. Thas also the month we visited 3 different missions up in the central valley, great times for bonding w/community and great times praying together. FOr the first time UpRm formed the Ultimate Megaroom and rushed to aide of fellow uprmer strider.

February~The month of love, ahh yes we fell more in love w/Jesus during valentine's day. Spending valentines day w/your community and Jesus is the best valetines day present anyone could receieve. Flossing our uprm gear at the SOL sadies was a blast. I think this was the month of groovin.' Dancing to lisa lisa at SOL sadies, then at lyn²'s birfday party the dance competition. AHh yes sweat galore that month, i could probably of filled up a whole cup of all the sweat i broke out in over juss dancing and laughing. ha i know sick!

March~Ahh lent begins, for the first time ever in my life i decided to make a different type of lenten promise. Instead of sacraficing and giving up stuff like candy and sweets, i dedicated myself to getting up to go to mass @ 8am each day. I think i had messed up twice that whole season. I was quite proud of myself. THat same month Holy Spirit sat. was dabomb.com. I got to play the role of Jesus in the suicide skit. That was fun!

April~Youf Rally was fantizzle with our music min. performance. Following through w/fred's orders of bringing girls on stage to dance. Youf rally was d0peness. Thas the same month liwang had their spirit rally. Ha too bad i dont remember any of them that im friends w/now. Thas i think the same month we met mike g. and ju ju be. Yeah they had came ot jeanne's 21st birfday @ the spectrum. Thas the nite i ran into travis from blink 182. Mike has it on footage too! SOon before i knew it a dark cloud came upon me and i was in a dark place called, 'exile.'

May~I became involed w/the 1st ever SCRC young adult core ministry. Going to westco errweekend for mass and meetings. Thats the same month banne and i both received special gifts from GOd. Met a lady who was a answered prayer for bof of us that helped us realize wha we were called to do. Through all bad times comes good times. I was able to get out of exile and things were all good in the hood again. V2 was probably the biggest adventure of may. Confessions, buffets, dressing up, pictures and a whole lot more. Oh yeah and who couldve forgotten that special moment on the trip back home. I know i wont ever forget it.

June~Man birfdays and graduations galore! I dont think ive ever been to so many different graduations in one month. Accomplished another great one day mission adventure @ san juan cap. Pentecost picnic at my work was tizzight. Then oh man graduations one right after the other and birfdays too. That same month i decide to join in on something new, called SFC CLP. By GOd's grace SH was able to have their 1st ever Eucharistic Seminar. It brought a lot of people to come to know and love more the true meaning of the EUcharist.

July~Wha else can i say, except that i turned 21. The big isda finally becomes a real adult haha. The boys of the uprm taking me out for Fridays that nite. Getting sick and leaving a sweet strawberry smell in fred's curr. Not feeling well at all the very next day and having a bad headache for 2 days. Then being suprised later on with a suprise birfday party thrown by jennif! awww Then going to vegas w/the fam bam tribe and gambling till i was pretty much broke. Had an adult LSS for the first time in a while too. Small group people, but produced good fruits. HOw bout that nite after pat & oscars when errone was hyper like crazy and dancing till the cows came home.

August~Met a really cool group called, YFC that month and started to join up that ministry. I finished the SFC CLP and became a real member of the SFC ministry. Wow huh! OUr music ministry started to sing at the sun. masses for weeks straight subbing for the different groups that were on vacation. Reirich had his debutuan balll too that month, while i got into my first major car accident. SCRC came and gone, but it impacted so many young adults lives. Praise God was all we could say after a tiring but fruitful weekend.

Septemeber~Threw a suprise baby shower for jaymee, as she was preparing for the coming of baby joshua. My grandpa praise God turned 97 that month and God still continues to bless him. What a blessing it is to see all the great fruits he has blessed my family with. Like jaymee said, family must be really important if he lets you choose them. While with errone else you could choose.

October~SH had their first ever SH cafe, which was juss huge! We had people coming from all over to sing and praise God. It was juss so great to see all the different ministries come together to give all glory and praise to God. OCtober will always be a special month for me. God answered a certain prayer that i had asked for. He picked a rose from his garden and sent it down to me w/love. SH celebrated their 6th anniversary also. We coloborated w/a liwang and helped them w/their annual homeless outreach on skid row. Truly a humbling experience.

November~I volunteered my time helping out w/the special olympics. IT was real fun and a great experience. Again there was birfdays galore! I went to my first jars of clay concert also. THat was d0pe! NOvember started the planning of the 1st ever Spirit Games planned to be held in Aug. Seeing all these leaders from errwhurr come out to serve is like sitting at the table w/superheros. SH got to participate in liwang's benefit concert, now that was d0pe! Liwanag rocks the hizzouse! Thanksgiving was yummy!

December~Wow so were back at one, december. This has been an extremely busy month, especially this past week. Work was real hectic which took up 90% of my time. We did our 2nd annual caroling fundraiser which was a lot better then last yurr. IT was a month of service and bonding. IT made me realize how fun caroling was. The music, the dancing and the smiles on the people's faces. Saw the final conclusion to LOTR-REturn of the KIng 3x! Great movie, makes you look at a lot. The birf of Christ comes and provides a shinning light to us, reminding us to be that shinning light to others. To bring his birth into errone we come across, so they may know and love the joy he gives us.

SO thas my year run down for ya. As you can a lot of was accomplished, but the buck defienetly does stop hurr. There's a lot more left to do and i will keep on truckin until the job is completely done. I guess as the quote says, lets not focus on wha has been done already, but move our energy to wha needs to be done. So that's the lesson and goal for the new upcoming yurr. I must go for now, until then take curr and be safe today! I pray this new year will only bring out more great fruits for all of us!


The clock is ticking...

"Every move i make, i make w/you, you are my way Jesus..."im done, im out God bless!