Faith, Hope, & Love...

"There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither love nor hope without faith..."

First off a very special happy birfday shout out goes out to my yfc brotha, randell. This guy is juss great, really he is. I remember first seeing this guy at a yfc core meeting. The first thought that came into my head was, he looked like donald faison. A filipino version of him at least. It was last oct. though on the way to big burr that we really connected. I was the co-pilot on the way up to the yfc camp at St. Ann's in the mountains. As turrd as I was I was able to stay up the entire drive up thurr, talking to him and juss getting to know him. Wha I love bout this guy, is he has an awesome personality. His faith is amazing and he's juss one of those really chill type of people. He's down to for whatever and is always has a smile on his face. Truly a humble servant of the Lord! Happy Birfday randell and may God continue to bless you, guide you, and keep him close to him.

I want to wish my sister cy a very special belated happy birfday. THe only thing I can say bout cyril is she's amazing. I love this sister cuz she's so open to God. Her passion to know, love, and serve him is inspiring. She's helped me out w/soo much this past yurr, I cant thank God enough for her. Whenever I get the chance to talk to her, I feel the spirit in her. Working w/her for spirit games, really helped me get to know her a lot more. Although she may have so much on her plate, she doesnt complain. No matter wha she's going through wether it be struggles or trials or whatever, she praises God. I can so see her as the future saint. Her love and devotion to the two hearts of Jesus and Mary inspires me even more. I really am thankful for her. Happy belated birfday cy, may God always be there for you to help lead you closer to him!

Now thats out of the way, I had a really good time laughing tonite. I thikn laughter is one of the many great gifts God gives us. I met Jesus in so many different people today, praise God! I met him through pj during praise & worship tonite. While singing 'worship the Lord,' Pj did the second voice and it sounded really good. Then when I looked over at him, I totally saw the spirit moving in him while he was singing. Juss giving it his all lifting up errthang to him. I met him through julie who juss makes me laugh at errthang. I met him through alaine last nite who left me a vmail juss to say good luck on the first day of confirmation. I juss really thank and praise God for all those people who hes put in my life.

Yeah thurrs more but im too tired...more to come later!


SH cafe in juss one day!!!

"Am I the sweet inventions of a lovers dream? Or are you really as wonderful as you seem..."im done, im out God bless!

One Body, One Spirit

"The time will come when there will be one flock and one shepherd, one faith and one clear knowledge of God..."

So that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy...1 Cor 12:25-27

This is one of the many fav. verses in the bible cuz it has soo much meaning in it. You know one of the goals of spirit games, was to emphasize how we ARE many parts as we are ONE BODY. That God has blessed each and errone of us w/different types of talents. We use those combined talents to help glorify God. Each member of the body is important, for the body needs all its purrts to function. Spirit Games couldnt of happened if it didnt have all its body purts. Yet at the same time, if one of the purrts is missing or if one of the purrts is hurting, the whole BODY suffers. The whole BODY shurrs its pain together. I can clurrly remember a perfect example of this, and im sure fred can as well. All I have to say is Mission San Gabriel 2003.

So during the retreat I took this leadership style test indicator and thurrs 6 different types of leadership styles. Pioneering, Strategic,Management, Team, Pastoral, and Encouraging. I ended up getting 'Team Leadership.' It's so funny cuz it totally described my style of leadership and my leadership personality, which it was suppose to do. Anyway, this is wha it said...

Here we include leadership in a group context, whether the leader has a formal leadership role in a group or not. For the church as 'the body'( 1 cor 12), working together is clearly important. The key strengths of team leaders are a desire to work with others, and an ability to trust them. Team leaders need great humility and servanthood-their sole aim is that the team achieves its goals. What they as individuals achieve is secondary. The greatest contirbution Silas made to the church was probably training and developing Paul's ministry so he could go on to achieve its greater things later. Team leaders are invaulable-if the church is truly to function as a body, team leaders are needed to ensure harmony and effectiveness in the way the team works.

Confirmation sturted last nite and oh boy its gonna be one interesting yurr. I have bout 30 kids in my class! Praise God for abe cuz he's gonna be my aide this yurr, im hoping cyril will be able also so in case I cant teach she can take over. Im excited but you know I realized something last nite. My kids are very dependent on me, which I dont know if its too good of a thing. Last nite during the orientation they kept calling me. Altough it was nice to see them all or most of them all again, some of them gotten taller, some of them are still the same. All in all praise God for its gonna be one great skool yurr!

Agh more to come later...



YFc sturrts tonite yay!


"We are many parts, we are all one body..."im done, im out God bless!

My Oh! My Oh! My Boooo!

"You must accept your cross; if you carry it courgeously it will carry you to heaven..."

I wrote this whole entry last nite and then right when I went to publish it, it got signed off. Oh why?! So now I gotta reblog, which I hate cuz you loose all your thoughts you had. Anyway, at work my boss asked me how my retreat went over the weekend, and I couldn't stop talking bout it. Its hurrd cuz thurrs only so much you can say cuz you can't give it away. It really is juss one of those things you gotta experience first hand on your own. Fo sho it will make an impact on the way you see the cross. You wont juss see two beams put together, it's more than that. Anyway, like I said I cant give it much away cuz, 'wha happens in big burr, stays in big burr!' hahaha!

Last nite I was on the phone w/julie and we juss couldnt stop laughing bout all the small stuff bout the retreat. All the inside jokes and fun times we had throughout the weekend. I made this new nickname up for her, 'st. julie of the mounatains.' haha Or the 'i lost my shirt in the boys cabin-victim 2004' hahaha I was able to get some really good pics from over the weekend, I keep looking back and thinking bout all the fun times. When I got home that nite, I finally opened my mailbag from the weekend. HA GP's so funny, so I get this note on the front w/a drawing of a fish w/it saying on the bottom 'jpfish187.' Then he put on the back, 'now you've got mail!' hahahaha Fun times fun times!

You know one of things that I got out of the retreat was a deeper understanding of humilty. On the way up thurr, Mark ANthony, Leo, and I had a great convo. bout this. Mark Anthony really gave this good analogy of being at the bottom of God's foot and him juss pushing his foot down on us. With that we can't do anything on our own, we need God. Sometimes we get curried away, and we forget who were serving, who were doing all this for. I think thas when God humbles us and tell us look hurrs a little reminder to send forf your way. In the end it should always be for the greater glory of God...Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

It was funny on friday I was at wal-murrt buying a notebook to bring for the retreat. ANyway, so one of my kids call me asking if I could pick him up from skool. I go over thurr and pick him from skool and since i had to run errands i took him w/me. Ha I felt like a parent for a little bit, picking up my child then saying were gonna go run errands. Anyway, we went to the westminister mall cuz I was looking for a sports bag to bring. The one I had was too small, so we go to the mall looking around. Inside the curr we had a good convo. he was telling me his 'girl' lived in westminister. I said oh you got a girl huh? he goes yeah ive had one haha

After all the chit-chat I asked him, 'so what makes your 'girl' so special?' He goes on to name some characteristics she has,' she's funny, blah blah..' Then I told him no those are so vague, those are juss typical things. Why is she so special to you? What makes her so unqiue that she stands out to you? Then he goes to say, she listens to me. I said how? He goes to give me an example of how thurr are times when thurr on the phone talking. It'll seem like she isnt listening cuz its all quiet on the phone. Then he'll ask her,' are you listening to me?' She tells him yeah then he asks her to repeat back wha he juss said. She'll go back and repeat errthang he juss told her. Aww isnt that swe3t! haha So then I posed the question, 'can you see yourself w/her later on down like say like 10-20 yurrs from now.' He said, 'yes.' GOod times w/my kids!

So yesterday at mass the 1st reading was on the book of Job. If you havent read this book before, I suggest you do. It's a real eye opener and it has a good lesson. In the book of Job, Job has been blessed with errthang. Then Satan comes and asks God, will JOb still praise you even if errthang is taken away from him. So God lets Satan test Job by taking away all his blessings, his crop, to even his children. At this point Job is stripped of errthang he's ever worked for, yet in the end, he still praises God and gives him thanks. The question is, 'do we praise God only in good times?' How often do we praise God for times of suffering and persecution?

Anyway, as of lately I've been feelin that song, 'my boo.' If you've seen the video too its tight! thurrs a lot of charisma between usher and alicia, I think they'd make a good couple. Thought I really do like that song, ha for some reason it has some type of er meaning to me. Which takes me to the next topic. Julie and I were debating bout the usage of the word. She was telling me people dont use it and blah blah. I told her yeah people still use the word, so we were going back and forth. Wha was so funny during one of the skits over the weekend the guy who was playing the role of bf came along. The girl saw her bf and was like, 'hey booo!' We bof looked at each other and wanted to bust out laughing! I told her see people still use the word I love it!

Okay busy week for me, please pray for the grace!



Yay confirmation sturrts today!!!


"Worshio the Lord, in spirit and truth..."

Home Sweet Home

"Once as a the tree of tortue known-now the bright gate to Jesus' throne..."

Wow Praise God for a nice get away for the weekend. As last friday was getting closer and closer, I started to get hesitant if I wanted to go. I started to fear and doubt, having feelings not of what I wanted to have. The excitement was sturrting to go away, and the thought of, 'should I back out and give my spot to someone else?' even came to mind. Though I'm really blessed that I went, cuz I received so much out of the retreat. Although thurr whurr times I was especially turrd and juss all in all felt dead, God juss picked me up back up again. I realized after the end of last nite, what the purpose of this retreat was for me. For each person, I think thurr was a different purpose and im sure they got something different from maybe wha I received.

For me personally, I truly became a victim of His love after this weekend. It helped me realize some of the stuff thas being going in my life as of the late. Juss this past week leading up to the retreat, God really tested me in so many different ways. At one point, I could feel myself falling to the ground hard. Praise God cuz as always He picks me right back up again and dusts the dirt of my shoulder(picture me singing the 'dust off your shoulder' beat, while doing the action at the same time). haha! I'm tired physcially and spiritually, Praise God! Honestly, the only thing you can really say is, 'praise God!' I think im not as turrd physically as I am spiritually, I caught up on a lot of sleep inside fred's curr. Praise God leo was thurr to keep him company and bond w/him, so I could sleep! hahaha

Anyhow, as much as I would loooove to go into details bout my experience, I can't. 'Wha happens in big burr, stays in big burr!' hahaha It's one of those things, whurr if this retreat comes up again, you gotta experience it on your own. You may come out w/a whole different perspective on certain things. I came out w/a huge smile on my face, cuz of the many graces God blessed me w/this weekend. The only way I can describe my experience, is probably through this article I found. It called, 'The Cross: Our Only Hope'

St. Philip Neri said: 'the cross is the gift God gives to his friends.' What is the cross? I suggest that the cross is anything in our life that we do not like and cannot change. It can be physical, emotional, mental or spiritual pain. It can be people in our life, who are obnoxious and make life uncomfortable. It can be circumstances in our life which we cant change and which obstruct our wants and needs: ex. driving in heavy traffic, and thus being late for an appointment. Many christians believe that if they live close to the Lord and try to lead a good life, then they will be able to avoid difficulities and hardships. Their life will then run smooothly. The truth is: the closer we get to the Lord, the more we will share in his passion and cross. What would happen to a child if its parents protected him from every danger and suffering? Obviously, he would grow up weak and undisciplined, and thereby unable to take care of himself. Likewise, without suffering in our life, we grow up weak spiritually.

Suffering is transcened through love. Pain without love is hell. Suffering with love is sacrifice. A mother can sit up all night w/a child and doesnt consider this suffering as much as love and sacrifice. This is what Christ meant when he said, 'my yoke is easy and my burden light.' A father sometimes gives bitter medicine out of love to a sick child. Our heavenly Father gives us bitter medicine for our greater good. Christ says, 'Unless you pick up your cross daily and follow Me, you cannot be my disciple.'

When the cross is embraced as a sacrifice and joined to the cross of Christ, the pain can liberate a soul, and turn a curse into a blessing. When we embrace our cross and join it to the cross of Christ, then we help to save souls. The cross empowers our prayer life. It is through the cross we learn humility and patience. The cross purifies us of our self-centeredness and pride. Who does a coach push the hardest and gives the greatest tests to? Obviously, those who have the most potential.

Who does God give the largest crosses to? Those with the most potential for holiness. Those who are sitting on the bench are the one's I am most concerned about...

So my brothers and sister's when it comes down to it all, its all about, 'denying yourself, and picking up your cross.'

Besides the whole growing more spiritually this weekend, it was also a time to laugh, sing, dance, and smile. Laughing at the stupid things we said and done over the weekend. Laughing at the retreat skits and commercials we did. The WWE, 'World Wide Evangelists' commerical, hannah from st. lucys oh man I couldnt stop laughing. The expression on matts face when he was yelling. Raymond laughing at me during, 'i swing my hips alleulia amen and praise the Loooord' haha The starfish from 'find Jesus' was freakin hilarious! And the crowd said, 'Do it again! do it again!' hahaha GOing from the cute and nice 'Jesus bunch' to the ghett0 'Jesus Walks!' hahaha leave it to me to come up w/a ghett0 idea for a skit. Ha the kids did really well though! The catholic eye for the secular guy, the rock group and so much more! THe eye of the tiger for the commerical...'mark, mark, mark, mark, marrk, mark' hahahahaha ahh praise God for laughing until your stomach hurts.

The singing and dancing to all the action songs for the weekend. Raymond and charisse pushing me to go to the front and action dance. Ha! Swing my hips alleulia amen and praise the Lord to Pam asking me to do the 'who builds the love of the looove loove loove.' haha The circle lulaley! haha i love singing that song doing the actions in the circle. Lu lu lu lu la ley left leg, right leg, over under neighbor! haha Watching people do mambola from up top. Singing the theme song for the weekend.

Who forget the many smiles we saw over the course of the entire weekend. This is wha helped make the retreat so fun was the many smiles I saw each day. Smile, God loves you!


Thas crazy leo's arm turned invisible!

















I loved the bonding experience I had also throughout this weekend. Having a really d0pe convo. fri. nite on the way up thurr w/leo and mark anthony. Stopping by abby's place and her family feeding us w/muffins and juice before going up the mountains. Today has been a long day for me, not going to sleep till like wha almost 2 oe 3 am. Going from big burr to irvine, from irvine back to bellflower, then to bellflower back to bPc. Ended up going to UCI Catholic Communities' Annual, 'Mass on the Plaza.' The big kick of celebration of mass whurr the bishop comes to celebrate mass for the catholic communities at UCI. Follwed by a nice bbq w/cake and all that good stuff. Praise God!

It was cool talking and seeing all my irvine friends again. I havent seen some of them in a long time. Angie and her, 'oh look its the titanic' hahaha that was so funny. Going to yfc's core meeting the whole 'im not in yfc core' t-shirt joke haha Then ending the nite on the way home w/anotha great convo w/mark anthony bout the weekend experience for him. Ahh its great to be home again! Though the buck doesnt stop hurr...looks like the only free day of rest is mon. and sunday. SRE sturrts up again this week, im praying sandy has teachers to fill the empty slots. This week is brought to you by, the letter 'S.'

Tuesday-SRE & SH

Wednesday-YFC

Thursday-SRE

Friday-SH Cafe

Saturday-SFC

Question to ponder: If you were on trial for loving God, would there be enough evidence to convict you?


Please keep SH Cafe in your prayers!

"I wish to be a living sacrifice of your love..."im done, im out God bless!

Let My People Go Friend!

"Courage! I too must learn to force myself. Even if I am tired, even if exhausted, at the end I can find rest at the heart of Jesus..."

So I must say, I finally watched the Prince of Egypt for the first time yesterday. We watched it at work w/kids, and I really enjoyed it actually. Its juss so crazy how God called Moses to free the slaves and moses juss surrenderd himself and said, 'yes' Lord. Obviously, cuz it was currtoon im sure it wasn't as easy as it was portryaed. Juss how much stuff moses went through trying to free them and the risks he had to take. The deliver us song in the very beginning, I think yfc did that dance for the youf rally 02. Anyway, it was good a movie and juss helped me to really focus on relying on God.

Last nite was the last time I was gonna lead prayer meeting until summer sturrts again. SRE sturrts next tues. and wow sandy's still short teachers. Man, thas gotta be hurrd and I guess thas when you really juss surrender it all to God. Trusting that as always He'll provide for you w/whatever you need. Its juss crazy cuz I dont think many people understand the many souls that are at risk thurr. The SRE program at sPv has gotten so huge, especially w/the whole change in the sacarment prep. Im praying that this will be a fruitful yur and productive one. I asked cyril to be my aide for tues. nite. I told her to pray bout it and let me know.

I found this little story on grace's blog and really makes you think...
One day, a man went to visit a church. He got there early, parked his car, and got out. Another car pulled up near and the driver got out and said, "I always park there! You took my place!" The visitor went inside for Sunday School, found an empty seat and sat down. A young lady from the church approached him and stated, "That's my seat! You took my place!" The visitor was somewhat distressed by this rude welcome, but said nothing. After Sunday School, the visitor went into the sanctuary and sat down. Another member walked up to him and said, "That's where I always sit! You took my place!" The visitor was even more troubled by this treatment, but still He said nothing. Later as the congregation was praying for Christ to dwell among them, the visitor stood up, and his appearance began to change. Horrible scars became visible on his hands and on his sandaled feet. Someone from the congregation noticed him and called out, "What happened to you?" The visitor replied, as his hat became a crown of thorns, and a tear fell from his eye, "I took your place."

So many great things coming up in the next few weeks. The Victim of His Love retreat this weekend, eh the only thing im not looking forward to is the drive. Agh I wish I could juss fly over thurr to big burr, then I wouldnt have to drive yess! Then after that SRE officially sturrts for me on tues. and thurs. SH Cafe happening next fri. which I cant believe is hurr already! After that is the 7th yurr anniversary for the community. Even though I've only been around for two yurrs, it feels like soo much longer. Praise God for community!

The other day at work, these two kids come in to do thurr hw. Theyre bof in HS, one goes to kennedy and the other one gilbert. It was funny as I was talking to them, I asked the guy how come he doesnt have hw. He was telling me he didnt really have any and that they dont let them take the texts home from skool. The gf was telling him he could borrow her texts at home. I could tell he wasnt very motivated to learn. The gf kept telling him that he needs to go to college, he needs to take the SATS. She said, 'im not gonna stay w/you, if you dont do well in skool.' I found that really cool how she was motiviating him to do well. Its coo to see how she really values her education and the importance of it for the bof of them. It turns out in the end, I graduated hs w/her brother. So of course I ask how he's doing and wha hes up to now. She tells me, 'oh he's doing real well, he's at CSUF and has either one or two more yurrs left.' Then the first thought that came to my mind...'oh why?! im never gonna be able to graduate!!!'

I have this on going issue going on w/my former boss. THis actually goes way back to july before the maui trip. I had borrowed her lap top for the week cuz as errone only knows how i cant sit still for anything!!! HA ate nariza asked me, 'do you want ritalin?!' hahahah anyway, so the deal originally was i'd pay to rent it out for the week. $100 to use the lap top for the week, she needed the $$ anyway to buy this printer. Then i came up w/a better idea, we'd switch computers for the week instead. WE agreed to that and so she came up w/this stupid contract and emailed it to me. I went over to her house that morning before leaving to hawaii, switching computers.

When I came back I gave her back her lap top and she was asking whurr the $$ was. We got into it and I told her we didnt agree to no $$. The deal was changed, well she got upset and insisted thurr was $$. I emailed her the contract and showed it to her, and she still didnt think it was furr but agreed. Well it took me a while to finally get my comp. back, praise God it works. So she borrowed $20 from me back at the end of july. She told me as she got paid back from the city she would give it to me. Well last week she finally got paid and I asked for the $20 back. WE got into it saying she doesnt feel I need to give her the $ cuz of the whole comp. situation. Claiming I took advantage of her and blah blah.

I didnt want to deal w/it, so I decided to forget bout it. Well she works at the city as a contracter, in fact I got her the job as a pre-skool teacher. Last week I was missing my paint bottles, brand new ones too!!! I knew she's notorious for borrowing stuff, not asking and then ont returning them. I finally came to the point whurr I was fed up w/it all. I wrote her a memo and told her from now on not to use any of materials for any of her classes. If she wants to use something of mine, then she needs to ask me first before taking it. The point of the long story is well...ha I'll let you figure that one out on your own. I think thurrs hidden lessons we can learn from, ha you juss gotta find it. Have fun friends! haha jk

As of lately as I've been running into a lot of people I had gone to hs with, kinda made me miss it all. With each person that I've come across, it brought back a lot of memories and yall know how I can remember things. Its funny how I can really remember certain things, and yet thurrs other things that I dont even remember saying or doing! Anyway, HS was a lot of fun for me...hurrs a list of the top 10 things I miss bout being in HS. yay!
1. Pep Assemblies
-Setting them up during 4th period
-Cleaning up during 5th period
-Getting free snacks at the student sturr after.
2. ASB-nuff said!
3. International Week
-I was the inter-club council commissioner in ASB. I was in churrge of kinda overseeing all the clubs/organizations on campus
-Our int. week was the biggest event erryurr at skool, our food faire though always landed on good friday though, which meant i couldnt eat any meat. Oh why?! haha jk
4. Chillin in the ASB room and randomly walking around during 6th period
5. The dances!
-I think sadies and prom was my favorite dances my senior yurr
6. Working in the student sturr
-We werent allowed to hook people up, if we got caught we automatically got a 'u' in citizenship. THough whenever I worked window, erronce in a while id hook peeps up.
-I always ate the junk food for lunch cuz it was free! LArge Dr. Pepper, large bag of cheetos, and then for dessert, 1 pack of blue and 1 pack of my fav candy sturrburrts! I havent had them in a while, i should buy some.
-Actually, we were only suppose to get 50% off but ASB always hooked each up w/food
7. PLaying music during lunch
-Erronce in a while we'd bring out the huge sound system and play certain music during lunch.
-At times it got pretty crazy cuz we'd end up arguing wha type of music to play and the person who was in churrge of it was never really open to anything else besides hip hop, rap etc.
8. Morning Announcements!
-I always loved doing the morning announcements, 'Good mooorning Western High SkooL! Today is Wednesday, September 22 2004 , please stand for the pledge...' haha
-Sometimes we'd have guess this song
9. Yurrbooks and Yurrbook pic
-Its always exciting to get your yurrbooks at teh end of yurr, wha would suck though if you had a balance on your account, you couldnt get it til it was paid off.
-Looking through it and immediatlely sturrt reserving spaces for your friends to write in.
-AGh i still have 1 page blank that i reserved for my friend that she forgot to sign oh why?!
10. Friends Forever...Not!
-ha the friends that you shurr errthang with, at least the 4 yurrs of HS memories.
-The drama, the gossip, and most of all the rumors that go around.
-The whole 'he said, she said' activitiy
-The inside jokes, and juss daily phone calls that go until late in the morning
-How bout the relationships you'd think that would last forever?! ha only to find the day after graudation...its all ova babeeh!

Ahh yess i love it! Thanks western high skool for the 4 great yurrs! haha

Randumb stuff:
Thurrs some inside jokes still in my mind from last nite at core meeting...
cmon over to my placcee, juss sit yourself down and take a seat...' hahahha!
Achie: 'Where the Spirit of Lord, there is freedom...'
Ate Nariza & I looking at each other singing: Whurr the spirit of the Lord, there is freedom, freedom wha wha freedom wha wha! hahahaha

ahh man good times! Thanks Servant's Core 2002-2004 for 2 great yurrs! hahaha



Isnt going back to skool after summer vacation the worst?!


"I like it, I like it, I really, really like it..."im done, im out God bless!

WANTED!

"The martyrs were bound, imprisoned, scourged, racked, burned, torn apart, butchered-and they multiplied..."

Holla Back!

Alaine: awww you look just like your lolo...only he's a little more attractive..JUST KIDDING FRIEND!!!!
Agh youre soo negative friend, i wish you were more positive...=(
mikeTM: why does Jesus' face get bigger... agh, dumb ad..G-dub is christian, why would he be against Jesus.
AGh its not a forreal ad its juss satire of all the politics going on right now. Agh if you were to see the political ads being ran right now, you'd laugh.
Kerry supporter: thnx 4 supporting those issues!!!
Kerry supporter: Ya! Bush totally sux! He's against abortion and gay marriages too.
Agh let me clurr things up im not supporting kerry cuz he's pro-choice and besides he doesnt support gay marriages...he' s agaisnt it! agH get the facts straight!
burr: happy birfday lolo fish!!!!! woo hoO!!
Agh he said, 'agh thanks friend!' hahaha
burr: agh that was stupid bush posting haha
Agh you have to admit it was funny though! haha
j'me (HOJ): happy bday to ur lolo! awww how cute, cute couple, if id b married id like to grow old with the one i love, hmm wouldn't u?
My grandparents are a great example of the vows husband and wife take during the sacrament of matrimony! If i eva get murried, I wanna grow ol like them! aww
HeAvNsGRaCe: hehe..
HeAvNsGRaCe: Karaoke.. n/e one? =)
Uhh...that was a little random?! haha
Fred: feel free to write more...
Fred: "u are the big brother i always wanted. ur always there to talk to when things weren't going right in the group..."
Fred: AGH! u didnt write about me! AGH, let me write one for u...
Agh sorry friend, you werent the only person i didnt write bout. Why dont you do one on your blog. Agh and its coo you dont need to write one in for me ha i think i can handle it!
Alaine: BITER!!!! and thats ALL i have to say about that...hahha
Blah blah blah whoooooooooo curuuuuuuuuurss!
mikeTM: agh i told isda to be careful and he said 'of course stupidhead' hahahah!
Agh! i dont remember saying that!
burr: agh.. yay i'm #5!!! hahaahahahahaa!
Agh maybe, maybe not! haha
crispy: blog reject oh mannn... lol that's the funniest thing next to being a blogstalker.. hahaha
You guys and your weird blog nicknames you guys come up with! ha
Jon: this sucks... Jason fish never tags my board hahah... i feel like a blog reject!! *runs to the corner and cries* hehe okay im over it now =D
Agh oh geez, its nothing to get all bent out of shape ova! haha
mikeTM: myspace Catholic Connect is tight!
Agh myspace catholic is tight i made new friends yay!
burr: agh i'm thankful for fish family!
AGh im thankful for moya family
jme: what'd lisa make for dinner? heehee
Agh she made cornbeef and cabage
mikeTM: i didnt notice til now..your location says "bpc babeeha" haha! babeeha?!?
agh haha and you knwo this meng!!!
burr: the bbq was for me cause it had errthign i liked yay! hahahaha
Bbq was for you agh
burr: thanks for the bbq friend!
Agh youre welcome friend!

I juss came back home from an evening in rowland er actually more less puente hills shopping area. Went out w/Leslie from SOL well the main reason was to talk bout confirmation this yurr. Anyway, we went to the puente hills mall and were sitting down looking at magazines inside borders. Ha we had the funniest convos bout juss errthang. I didnt realize how much we shurred in common when it came to politics. So unfortunately, she cant committ to be my SRE tues. nite confirmation aide this yurr. Which leaves me looking for a new person to help teach my kids.

It kinda sucks cuz these past 4 yurrs, my kids hasn't had one stable aide. Erryurr I walk in w/a brand new aide which the kids have to get to know etc. etc. THough wha really sucks is I got a call from sandy(DRE for sPv)and wow she's really short staff this yurr. I feel real bad cuz class is sturting next week and she's got so many open slots on bof tues. and thurs. nites. Gee, to think at the end of last yurr I was planning to retire on thurs. nite. Ahh the interesting ways God works.

In other news I had lunch today w/Fr. Paul inside the rectory. I had gone to mass and he offered me some soup and sandwhich. I said no and he kept insisiting, so I thought wha the heck. Went inside and the maids made me a hamburger and soup. It was pretty good, it was kinda funny to be served. Then I felt bad cuz I had to leave for work. So in a sense I ate and ran, haha he didnt mind though.


Pray for me im leading prayer meeting tonite!

"We get the club jumpin from beginnin to the end..."im done, im out God bless!

The Election

"Here is the rule: Love and do what you will..."

I found this and I thought this was pretty funny...a good laugh to get you through the morning! Ha now this is really why I would never vote for dubya! haha




Have a great week!!

"Living my life like it's golden..."im done, im out GOd bless!

To The World's Greatest...

"My Lord, if it is necessary to give them a whipping or two to convert them, please do it, as long as their souls are saved in the end..."

A very special birfday shout out to a man who has reaped so many fruits. Praise God that ninety-eight yurrs ago our family was blessed. Praise God that ninety-eight yurrs later the man can see the fruits of his marriage. Praise God that ninety-eight yurrs later he can see how huge his family has grown. Praise God that this man is a fighter, strong, and fierce ready for anything. He's seen the world change right before his eyes, from world war II to the jubilee of the yurr 2k, to watching his brother live to celebrate his 100th birfday. And yet ninety-eight yurrs later he still going strong, giving himself entirely to God.

Dear Lord,
Thank you and praise you for the life you have created through my grandpa. Lord, I ask that you continually bless him, continually strengthen him physcially, mentally, and spiritually. Let him continue to give you praise & thanks for the life you have given him. Praise you for the blessings you have bestowed upon this family and the many more you have yet to give us. Watch over him in all that he does, and protect him. St. Joseph pray for him that he maybe a living example of you. Compassionate, loving, patient, everything you were to you Jesus. Mama Mary, protect him w/your mantal of protection and pray that he continues to 'yes' in all that he does.

Amen.


Happy 98th birfday grandpa!

"Opened my eyes let me see..."im done, im out God bless!

Those Who Listen Live...

"A soul without silence is like a city without guards..."

Yeah, yeah I know its been a while since I've blogged. Not much really exciting has been going on for me to blog. Last nite was fun I went out w/my ol friend from skool. Ended up juss going to the block to chill. Whas so crazy is we ran into some other people we went ot skool with also. I havent seen these people since geez graduation. It was fun catching up and finding out wha certain people are up to. Gosh, I feel like its been 10 yurrs already since ive graduated, but it's only been 4. Its kinda coo though they have such things like friendster and myspace to see whas going on w/people.

Anyway, so my friend bought me this book as a late birfday gift. I picked out cuz it was book I've wanted for quite a while now. Wisdom of the Little Flower-Therese of Lisieux-Bearer of Western Spirituality. Ever since I got last nite, I havent been able to put it down. Thurrs some really good stuff, that I've has really convicted me. So in reading the first chapter I came across this and I thought I'd post it on my blog...

So thurrs a section in the 1st chapter whurr it talks bout Jesus discussing be open to the word of God. He then gives the parable of the seed given in the gospel of Matthew. Thurrs 6 different groups of people, 3 of them are unreceptive to the word of God and the other 3 are receptive. As I was reading across the 3 that were open to the word of God, it made me wonder which catagorey I fall under. I thought I'd shurr on the 3 different types of people that are open and you can decide whurr you fall under. 'Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.' Matthew 13:8

In the first place are the hundred-percenters. These are the whole and undivded ones, the saints. They have put God in the first place of their life, and everything else comes after that. Externally they have many failures, but under their touch everything grows toward eternal life.

The second group, the sixty-percenters, also wins praise from the Lord. They have fought and are wounded in life's toils. But as fighters they belong with the victorious. They are struggling and maturing. In their distress and in their defeat they keep looking to God and turning to him. A man once told me, 'If at the end of my life I cant stand before God as a winner, then at least let it be as a fighter.'

Even the third group, the thirty-percenters, gets recognition from the Lord. Their faith is a faily up and down. Their religous life has its ebbds and flows, its progress and backsliding. Bright days stand alongside dark nights. It is by no means taken for granted that everything will out well in the end, but they stick w/Jesus. In trust in his forgiving love they continually confess their guilt. They do it with the confidence that God can still create something worthwile, even out of their guilt.

As Jesus address the two different groups, the ones with hardened souls and the group w/the open mind, they both face each other. Both are like a field on which God's seed is cast. Although the key hurr is bof group are not open to receiving him in themselves. So the question you may ask, 'Which group do I belong to?' The answer is provided on the path to silence, because it is above all in the silence that the soul opens up to the truth. In silence it purifies itself from errthang that makes it selfish, hard, and, unreceptive. Anyone who talks a lot puts himself in the center of thigns in order to show himself to good advantage. St. Therese writes in one of her numerous letters, Silence does the soul good.

In the prophet Isaiah it says, 'Hear, that your soul may live.' By hearing, we come to life. So, too, those who dont hear dont know what life is all bout . The listening person makes out what is important to the other person, and to God.


St. Therese of Lisieux...pray for us!

"Come now is the time to worship..."im done, im out God bless!

A Victim of His Love

"How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer..."

So last nite I went to my LFT meeting its our prep for the 'Victim of His Love' retreat coming up next weekend. Oh my how I am so crunked for this retreat to come. I think it's probably going to be the best retreat I've ever been to. It's going to be a real 'eye opener' for many people, including myself. Obviously I cant reveal the details of the retreat, but juss know if you're planning on going, you're gonna come out w/soo much love for the Lord. Too bad not more SH people whurr going...oh well.

Its funny how you run into ol people you went to skool with. Sometimes thurr @ the sturrs, sometimes at skool etc. etc. Well anyway the other day at work this kid comes into the center telling me this man needs help. I go outside to see wha all the commoition is about and see this ol man in his wheel churr. Apparently, he locked himself out of the house and needed oxygen. He asked if I could go to the sheriff's station and its closed. So then I offered if he wanted me to call the furr dept. From wha he told me sounds like this happens pretty often.

ANyway, I call the furr dept. and explain wha happens then they come. Not only does the furr dept. come so do the paramedics. The paramedic guys come out and this guy goes to me, 'jason fish.' I looked up and it was this who I went to hs with. I was like whoa! Did the whole small chat thing and its good to see some people have made progress in thurr life, and have accomplished things. Then after he left I actually sturrted to think things I've accomplished. Then I stopped cuz I couldnt think of anything, haha how sad. Agh I'm not done w/skool or anything of that matter.

Thurrs this funny commercial about this manican and it shows him w/this female mancian. You see them at the beach together, you seem eating dinner together, doing all this 'couple things.' Then all of a sudden he opens his eyes from the employee spraying his face to find out it was only a dream. OKay I guess its one of those things whurr you gotta watch it to believe it or something like that. Its a robinsons may commerical, if you see it then youll laugh.

Originally I wasnt going to do this cuz I thought I'd have too many people to write bout. Then as it was on my mind the whole day I was able to narrow it down...haha so hurr goes nothing!
TRY THIS: write ten statements intended towards ten different people but never tell them it was about them or would never say it to their face or something you wish you would have said, but never did.

#1-Wow I'm ever so grateful of our friendship. Im grateful to know that even though we may not see each other or talk to each other errday like before, were still real close. We've only known each other for wha 4 yurrs, but it seems forever. It's so funny all things we've done not only together but w/the others. Oh man I'll never forget the first time you told me bout well you know wha. Or the time when you needed me to check your mail to see if you got a email back from ha! All them corny sapless love letters haha ohhh maan! Fun stuff, fun stuff! Then working w/the 'beast' and all the whales of tale we'd shurr bout her! haha Or remember the time when we went to her house and whoa!! Even though I know you wont be able to read this, thanks juss for errthang. Thanks for always juss keepin it real w/me. You were one of the reasons why I was hesitant to get this new job. Praise God though cuz I'm glad we've bof been able to grow and come out of our own comfort zones. I'm hurr for you and I'm always praying for you and your family. Love ya!

#2-You know ever since you left, things changed. In a sense its kinda like you quit keeping in touch w/all of us. It's sad cuz I thought the three of us were all close and errthang. I do praise God though for getting to know you better cuz through you I've made some really good friends. I mean geez I ended up becoming a lot closer to them than you did. Whas crazy is that these were guys you went to hs with and some of them you even went to jr. high with. Dont get me wrong I miss the fun times we had together. YOur sister's purrties, remember the sleep ova?! haha that was like the first sleep ova I had geez in who knows how long. Or the halloween purrties or even remember the pretend fortune readings! Haha I always wished though your personality was a little more 'upbeat.' I dont know its juss errtime I told you something, i always got your infamous 'oh.' Oh?! At least add another word after 'oh,' cuz it sounds so vague like youre not interested. I never understood how youd help out on thurs. but never made it a point to go to mass. Praise God though youre at least helping out. Well Im praying for you and hopefully I'll see around more often.

#3-You're such a trip w/your stories and juss your wild crazy adventure you go on. Though you and I always had this special connection. Ha as gay as that may sound its true, I guess cuz of our religous beliefs. I'm glad though our religous differences never came in the way of our friendship. Although thurr whurr times whurr you were juss soooooo unreliable, when it came down to needing you, you whurr thurr. I mean the times when I'd have to currpool w/my mom, you were like my taxi driver. Good thing we went to the same skool. I really appreciated those times, picking me up from skool, dropping me off of at work etc. etc. Ha its funny how when you broke your arm I ended up having to do the same thing for you. Well actually juss take you to and from work. Thas wha friends are for though right?! haha All your crushes you had like errweek it was like a new flava of the week. Oh man too fun of times. The thing that sucks is how you can easily get influenced by other friends. I really believe thas why you converted and left the catholic church. I know too how you go through your mountains and desserts, but juss keep praying. Im praying for you to convert back to the truf someday.

#4-Dang, you know I cant believe how much youve changed. Its like a complete opposite of what usually happens. Its usually bad gone good, but w/you its the good gone bad. I dont know wha happend to you, but the person I once knew is no longer thurr. Its like you're this completely other person. Like the expression goes, 'you become who you hang out with' or something like that, well I proves true for you. To thing we whurr once close and you helped me out w/stuff. YOu did this complete 180 spin that had errone off thurr feet, wondering 'wha happened?' Do you even think bout the people you left behind? Do you even think bout that past life or have you completly erased from your mind? Agh you've been given errthang and you screwed it all up. Its time to stop being selfish and take a good look at yourself in the mirror. Im praying taht one day you'll wake up and see all the hurt you've caused to others.

#5-I dont think thurrs anyone else who I have the weirdest friendship with. God blessed me w/a stupid head like you! haha jk Naw forreals he blessed me w/one great older brother. I appreciate errthang you've done for me. From helping me w/my maf till like 12am even when you had work the next morning @ 7am. Honestly, I never expected us to become as close as we have but I praise God for it. Even though you can bug me to deaf or at least we bug each otherto deaf, its nice to know we still got mad love for each other! ha I love your family and you love mine! yay!!! haha Sometimes you juss want too much from me agh and you take advantage of my kindness! hhaa agh stop! Although we've gone through bumps in the road, we've gotten through it w/the grace of God. To me whas a true friendship w/o hardtimes? Even though we'll never reach a 'bi-partisan' agreement on many things, thanks again for errthang...agh happy now?! haha

#6-Dang its crazy how we use to talk at least once errday, and it was like that for a long time too. Then our phone bills got too high...haha Anyway, youre one of them peeps I really praise God for. It's so funny how we have so much in common and juss all the different things we're doing now. Thanks for helping me out in rough times, for giving me advice when needed, and juss hepling me see a different perspective of things. You make me laugh ha forreals! You truly are one a kind and I know I cant count on you for almost anything. Im praying that soon you'll be able to figure out and find wha youre true vocation in life is. Its good to know that you've cut down on all the partaying...ha at least I hope you did.

#7-Maan you never listen to anyone, I heard bout your little 'accident.' All I can say is that errone told you so and thas wha happens! You always be letting people take advantage of you and they know it. Thas why people continutally screw you over in the end and leave you w/nothing. Dang nothing ever phases you and thas sad. I honestly think that this guy youre with now, he juss using you cuz he knows you have a house and a curr. To him thas all that matters and if he has to sacrifice and do things he doesnt want to do he'll do it. Im juss waiting for the day till he leaves you and youre left w/nothing. Im probably never gonna get back the $20 you owe me which is sad. You expect people to pay you back when they borrwo from you and yet you dont even do the same. YOure lucky I dont tell certain individuals how youre really like and wha you really do. Dang you better check yo self before you wreck yo self...on the reals!

#8-I wonder how youre doing, geez we quit talking since our senior yurr? I know you were going to UCR and im sure by know you've already graduated. Its juss funny how we met and errthang. I still have the group sadies pic in my room. Too bad our couple one ended up getting lost, which sucks. I forgot if you even followed through w/getting the refund on that too. I run into your friends too erronce in a while, and they ask me if we still talk and I say no. You know whas funny at one point, I actually thought thurr was a chance...Anyway, hope youre doing well and hope youre successfuL! haha take curr and GOd bless!

#9-You know it was coo how we became close friends. Then thurr was that once incident which really left a wound. After that things whurr never the same, it was hurrd cuz I really wanted to a whole a grudge even though I knew I couldnt. It was real frustrating and at times when we saw each other, I felt like I had to put up a front. It sucks when someones actions get misinterpreted, when theyre only meant to be good. You know to this day, I still dont understand wha made you change your mind. It was like you said one thing one min. then within weeks later changed your mind?! Nonsense! Praise God that the wound was healed and I was fully able to forgive. Although I've moved on from it, I've also learned a lot from it as well. THough we dont even talk anymore at all, I dont think you ever understood wha happened. Oh well..I'm still praying for you.

#10-Oh man its been forever since we've last talked. Though you and have shurred some really wonderful memories together. You never called me back that nite I returned your call. I dont know if I'll ever be able to understand you. You keep putting yourself in the same situations over and over again. Do these things ever phase you?! Its people like you who have me scratching my head in frustration. I guess when youre so comfortable its hard to dettach yourself away. You juss really need to move on w/your life, like on your own. Forreals, you couldve been so successful by now, if you didnt have such attachments to certain 'people.' Errtime we talk and catch up, it always the same story over and over again. When you use to call me and cry to me, it weirded me out cuz as much as I wanted to be sympathetic I couldnt. Each time we talk to, its always the same thing, 'oh he's changed, he's not like that anymore.' Some people juss never change though...forreal get your move on and be the successful oprah youve always wanted to be! haha


GO Maybe next time when I ahve time, I'll 10 moe...haha

"And 300 thou' you couldn't even buy the keys..."im done, im out GOd bless!

Thankful!

"You truly grow when you step out of your own comfort zone..."

Stepping out of your own comfort zone is never easy, and still to this day it can still be difficult. When youre so use being in your own area, youre use to things being coo. You're use to things being done a certain way, when it comes down to it the word 'new' doesnt fit in your system. THough its when you actually take that step out and see all these great things. YOu come to realize that change isnt so bad after all. I dont know if this is all making sense, but im referring this quote in terms of ministry.

For those who know me, they know how active I've become in various other ministires. In the beginning it was difficult cuz I was so use to doing things the SH way. Hmm for example, doing the SFC CLP last summer, was hard. In my group, I didnt know any one of the guys thurr, and it was juss hurrd being out of my own comfort zone. Being a whole new environment is always difficult, but praise God cuz through those new experiences, God allows you to grow in ways youd never imagine.

To this day, it's still can be hurrd cuz I get community sick easily. I guess thas juss how much I love SH, and juss how much SH has become 2nd family to me. Though I do praise God for the other people he has allowed to step into my life and allow me to grow. And for that im thankful for...So although stepping out of that comfort zone is never easy, you juss gotta trust that GOd is working in you alow to grow in special graces. To grow to become a boootiful flower in his garden! Praise God!

I titled this entry 'thankful' cuz well I was only going to talk bout one thing, but after tonite, I realized thurrs a lot more that needs to be said. Last nite my mom was talking ot one of her quilting buddies and they were talking bout a whole bunch of medical stuff. I ended up standing thurr listening to them talk bout thurr experiences and my mom shurring a whole bunch oif things bout my family. I realized God has really, really looked out for my family. My family has been extremely blessed by God. I never realized how much my family as gone through, each one of us, except my sister.

Let's see about geez maybe 13-14 yurrs ago when we first sturrted settling in hurr in the bPc, my dad got into a major accident at work. I think I was barely sturrting kindergarten that yurr. Anyway, my dad ended up falling of a 10ft ladder or some real high step ladder at work. He fell down and shattered his ankle. He was out of work for a while on crutches and took him a while to recover. Fastforward to winter of 1995 my dad was diagnosed with tumor in his stomach. The tumor ended up being a malignant cancer in his colon. THat was porbably the hardest time and most difficult time for my family.

My dad in and out of the hospital, praise God he went through surgery fine. THat was juss the beginning for the next yurr, he had to go through raditation. He ended up loosing all his hurr, had no energy to really do anything, he was sick all the time. Gosh, I remember one time when it got real skurry cuz he ended up having a seizure and they had to do a whole code blue or whatever they call it. Thurrs one time whurr he pulled off all his IV's off his arms and ended up really swollen. Praise God for my mom who stuck by him throughout everything. Praise God for the support of good family and friends, who helped my family out taking curr of my sister and I, feeding us and errthang else.

My mom herself has had her turn of medical problems, as well as my grandma and grandpa too. We've been so blessed and so fortunate for the health of bof of my grandparents. Especially, my grandpa who's turning 95 this weekend. Thurrs juss so much to be thankful, so much to be grateful for. God the almighty never seems to fail us, He gives us errthang we need. And yes, I do believe its true, as the saying goes, 'sometimes we dont know what we have until it's gone.' I guess hurring all that over, really convicted me on how giving God has been to my family. Juss make sure you thank and praise God all the time cuz he truly deserves it.

Praise God for a great day! I took a risk and went to sPv today to see if Fr. Paul was around. Mass was going to sturt in like 15 min. so I went to the back of the sacristy to check out who was saying mass. Turns out it was fr. paul! yay! It was really good to see him, we got to catch up a little bit. I was juss happy cuz my spiritual director is back and thurrs much I need to talk to him bout. Then at work we finally got a new comp. in our office, after geez like 6 months of not having one. Agh! then we were bout to get flat screen but then my boss took it and put it in his office for him! AGh! oh why?! Its coo though at least we ahve a comp now, its got ol skool windows 98 on it, hopefully they'll upgrade it when we get the new software to either 2000 or xp.

So I was browsing the myspace catholic connect and I came across this girls profile on to one of her blog entries. I found it real interesting with an inspiring creative message...

Calling all Catholics: Are you afraid to walk the walk???
Just because you go to church on Sunday does not make you Catholic, anymore than sitting in a garage makes you a car. Read about your faith and question it, do works of mercy, pray for your priests who give up their lives to serve you(they're human too), ask Jesus for the strength to resist the world when you receive HIM in the Eucharist, don't be afraid to PRAISE GOD in front of your friends, thank God for the gift of the Eucharist at mass, Open your Bible that usually sits on that dusty shelf(the first attempted crowd surfer's in there...how bad could it be? His name is Razis and he's in Maccabees if you're still curious), Allow God to open your eyes to the beauty of you faith because once you start seeing there's no going back! Look what happened to Lot's wife in Genesis. Talk your Mom (Mary) in heaven...she hasn't heard from you in decades(rosary decades that is). Now go out and prove you're Catholic. Jesus said "I am with you always" so don't be afraid.

Take the quiz: "What type of Catholic are you?"

The Pope would be pleased!
You are a good concrete Catholic CONGRATES you are the future of the Church!

I know thurrs more I wanted to say but I forgot...agh!


Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Praise God!

"I'm back like Moses to bring the law..."im done, im out God bless!

Oh What A Night!

"It's not what you do, but how much love you into it that matters..."

It was a pretty productive day, I was able to get a lot of different things done. My parents took a 'road rules,' trip for the weekend. They went down to visit the Reagan library, then down to solvane and the Santa Barbra area. A nice little break for them, they've been working all weekend getting the RV ready. THe nice thing bout it, is that it has a tv and dvd player in it! yay!!! It's pretty huge and a lot of space, I think we'll bring it to SCRC next yurr ha so we can all eat inside thurr.

So I went back to cingular yesterday morning and I was thurr for like an hour. What a waste of a trip cuz I ended up having to call cingular back when I got home. AgH! they should juss give me a new phone already. THe guy at cingular determined its not the phone,(of course they'll say that) and it's something wrong w/the network. We did the whole switching of simcurrds and I was able to send to the guy and he recieved it, I juss couldnt receieve it. WHen I got home called up cingular and they were putting in some type of trouble thing to send to the maintence or whatver. THe problem should be expected to be fixed by next wed. Agh so hopefully by that time I can receieve mms. I can though go online and sign on to AIM from my phone though! haha

Came home and then I went to the fitness lab at skool to work out. Whoa I know I worked out, it felt pretty nice though. Ha I ran into one of my parents from work thurr. I wanna try the gymnist equip they got thurr, the whole rings thing. That looks hurrd curr, but tight too. So I was thurr for about an hour and then I dropped off some stuff thas been in my trunk forever @ the Salvation Army truck. Showered and then stopped by sPv to see if Fr. Paul was around, but apparently he's not back from ecuador yet. Oh why?! Ha I miss our weekly chats and juss advice he gives me...for thas why he's my spiritual director.

Went to mass at sPc and it was so d0pe cuz they had all of thurr priests doing confessions. Even fr. larry went to his confessional after mass! Praise God though cuz thurr was an abuduance of people wanting to go to confession. PRaise God for the sacarment of reconciliation, forreal! I love the 630pm fri evening choir too at sPc. When they sing its like I see all angels surrounding us during mass. Especially during the benediction at the end of mass, wow so beau-ti-fuuuul!! No doubt!

I was quite suprised cuz when I came home my sister made dinner! Whoa, I was quite suprised! ANyway, left again to household at jordan's house, which was convenient being it was around the corner from my house. It brought back ol memories of mike g.'s grad purtty, the 50 cent dance jennif and I made up. haha! Ha playing 'the view' on the couch inside the garage! 'I've always wanted to do a show w/people from different backgrounds and different opinions...I call it the view!' hahahaha Then we her and I were playing 'dimissed,' we got that on camera too! haha oh man the fun memories. Jennif's a blast to chill with cuz she's so funny. Yay!!!

Im glad I didnt go over thurr bymyself, jay and mark anthony whurr thurr. It's juss uncomfortable cuz a lot of SFCers from the east(which is i think whurr im from) are native tagalog speakers ha...so they have thurr own little thing. We had a nice praise & worship then people whurr talking bout thurr conference experiences. Ha georgia said something like my picture of conference from last yurr on this program. Which I found funny cuz I didnt even go to conference last yurr either! haha Kuya ariel was thurr, it was coo seeing him again we kinda caught up.

So we all left from thurr and went to arlene's kick back at her house. They were grilling hamburgers, and then ended up putting oysters on the grill! Which actually sounds real good right now. They had a hol em tourney going, the proceeds were gonna help this girl buy a wheelchurr or something like that. Unfortunately, I didnt have the cash so I couldnt play. I ended juss watching and chillin. Good times though, real good times! hahahaha

Today murrks the 3rd yurr anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. I remember clurrly wha happened on that day. I woke up to use the bafroom and my mom told me wha was happening, while i was half asleep. Then I went back to sleep and my mom made some type of comment to me. Went to skool and all the classes were cancelled for the day. Ahh what a horrific day that was for america. Though no one will eva forget wha took place on that day.

THurrs another SFC CLP happening the first weekend in oct. Mike gggguuunniit haha is the head of it this yurr. So I think I'm gonna help out w/that one, were trying to bring a lot of yfcers to sfc. That should be fun, I remember my clp, praise God it was only 8 weeks long. The talks were foreeveeeer long! haha Though it was fun good memories, good times! Juss a randumb thought, I was watching the ll cool j video and I was telling reirich, no matter how ol that foo gets, he's always gonna be buff. He's gonna be like 60 and he'll still have his whole 6 pac stomach...dang hardcore!

Holla Back!

mikeTM: agh how come u bailed on us friday nite? hahah!
Sorry friend, I forgot I made plans to go to household then i went to random purrty afterwurrd. Lots of fun though! yay!

Alaine: OoOoH AP EURO stuff...i LIIIKE it! hahah wow I'm such nerd
Neeeyoooooww!!!

jme: Coffee in the morning makes me sick to. Try it with soy milk...it makes it sweeter.
Yeha not the best feelin in the world especially sitting in class during lecture.

Elliot: I remember having an 8am class with some uptight stiff named Dr.Moustafa. Ain't no fun at all! Stay clear of 8am classes.
Agh yeah freakin 8am classes suck, cuz youre so tired in class!

Matt: I just finished the Autobiography of Henry VIII. That guy's really something, haha.
Yeah i know he's one interesting guy...

rangeles: TAG THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tag wha?! huh?! agh if you had a blog w/tag board then yeah I could tag it.

Alaine: im just tagging cuz' you'll get mad if I read and I don't tag.. so tag tag tag
Agh tag my blog, tag my blog

banne: hi friend!
Agh hi friend, I miss you!!!

burr: agh whoooo cuurrrrs. get over sprit games hahahaa!
Agh no leave me be i love spirit games, thas like my baby ahhaha

Fred: agh, I'm against pro-choice, friend
AGh okay that was random, i dont know whurr that came from but im pro-choice too friend.

archNME: eew, i spelled disappointed wrong.
Hahaha arch n me, arch n me yay! ahaha

archNME: i'm dissapointed..ur not updated with ur blog. it's 7:45pm already. not good man, not good.
Agh sorry friend, i'll make sure its updated for you to read next time...ha!

burr: agh boring blog hahahaa!
Agh no stupid leave me be!

burr: i hope u learned something last nite about what tito tom had to say.
Yup, i sure did...

Alaine: DORK!! hahahha thanx for coming PUNK!!! and I did feed you so dont be saying i starved you guys haha
Agh thanks for invite friend and thanks for good food, you were juss missing the ketchup! haha

mikeTM: look its a seahurrs!
hahah yay! the seahurrs! BBrbrbRBrbBRbbrbr

burr: agh i'm glad u got alot of stuff from scrc! hope you're a better person now!! haha!!!
Agh I did learn a lot at scrc...agh youre dumb!

burr: hi friend! it's nice to be back in so cali woo hoo!!
Agh its nice to be back in socali...agh whooooooooo currrs! hahaha

crispy: prais eGod for scrc!
Agh yeah praise God for SCRC yay!!

Alaine: agh! agh yourself!
Agh leave me be juss go play w/your $10 million dollar purse! haha hope it gets ruined! hhaa yess!


Pray for me cuz I'm giving a talk this tues!


"You be dissin me, you be dissin my clique..."im done, im out God bless!

Running In Circles

"We can be told the same thing over and over again, and we can either get bored with it, or actually put it into action..."

Praise Report for the day was finding my phone which I thought I had lost. My hands were full this morning when I got out of the curr for skool. I had keys and my coffee in one hand, trying to juggle my phone ot put it my pocket in the other. What happened was I dont think I put my phone in my pocket all the way. Anyway, so when im sitting talking to a friend before class starts and 10 min till 8am, I realize I got my phone. I rush all the way down the stuurs backtracking all my steps, thinking it may have dropped out of my pocket. At the same time, praying to God, asking for the intercession of St. Anthony to help me find it. Class is pretty much going to start at any minute too but I didnt curr, I needed my phone. Finally I get to my curr and I see that it was left on my seat...whew! Praise God! My friends for the intercession of St. Anthony, he really helps!!!

Despite the fact, I hate waking up early on tues. and thurs. for 8am class, Im feelin my history class. In the beginning when I was scheduling my classes, I thought 'oh why?!' not another 8am class. THough I kinda needed cuz of it was purrt of this new teacher prep program. BEsides that I had read some good stuff bout the instructor and that was the only time he was teaching that class. SO today in class we were talking bout English Reformation and the whole Angelican Church split, king henry VIII blah blah blah. Then the instructor was explaining how when the heir of king henry took over, she really enforced the whole anglican faith. She sturrted to pick and choose wha she wanted from catholicsm to incorporate into the anglican church.

Thas juss a little background info. for ya, so you'll understand the rest of the story. Anyway, so while the instructor was explaining this, he asked the class if thurr were any either 'devout' or 'washed' catholics in the class. Well myself, and these two other girls behind who were sitting behind me raised thurr hands. He asked me if he was right bout the catholic church having 7 sacraments. I told him yeah that was correct, and then he wanted me to name them so he could figure out which ones the queen took to the anglican. Ha this was kinda like a test for me trying to remember all 7 cuz I always end up forgetting one. Then to be put on the spot in front of the entire class...whoa!

ha It was funny cuz we were at #6, and he asked whas the sacrament of last rites. I said, 'oh the annointing of the sick,' He goes no, the one whurr hte priest gives the last rites, I said again annointing of the sick. Finally he asked one more time then my other classmates in the back tol him it was it. He sturrted to laugh and said something like I guess i shouldve known you guys would know. It was juss funny cuz I answered two catholic questions in this past week in that class.

So this morning I left the house a little earlier cuz I was feelin for some coffee. Since sturrbucks is totally opposite direction of skool, I settled for 'its a grind.' I ended up getting a carmael maccahito, which didnt taste that swe3t to me. In fact I forgot that coffee doesnt mix well w/me on an empty stomach in the morning. Agh, I ended up feeling uncomfortable towards the end of my second class. Praise God, I had a break after that class. I even had time to go to cingular and pay my celly bill for the month. I made exactly in time for my last class for the day too!

If you noticed that the title of todays entry is 'running in circles.' Exactly, the way I felt tonite w/trying to get my multimedia messaging working on my phone. Wha happened was mon. afternoon from online, i was able to add the feature and it said it would be running in 72 hours. Wednesday came and I still wasnt able to receive or send anything. I called up cingular today and attempted to straighten things out. Called customer service and I was on the phone w/the tech person for 45 min. then I left things unresolved cuz I had to get to work. After work, I went ot the cingular sturr in cerritos and teh guy told me oh you need to register it at such and such website.

I come home and immediately try to register for it on the website. Unfortunately, when I tried to register it said, 'phone number already in use.' Which made me go 'agh!!!' Called up cingular and I was on the phone again for like another 30 min. w/some lady then she transferred me to tech. support for liek a whole hour convo. trying to get it working. Ends up telling me to go back to the cingular sturr and try sending it from antoha phone. Agh!! I've been getting the run around all day. So Im hoping its a phone thing, this way I can get a new phone! yesss!

Work was pretty much chill, kinda at least. The community service guy didnt come in today so I ended up having to break down the hall. Agh! oh why?! I dont understand how come public works doesnt do it anymore, now that theyre back. We still gotta do all that setting up and cleaning up. Anyway, I pretty much finished decorating my room for the yurr. Im hoping that they'll let me get some desks and some mo bulletin board stuff. Agh! doing bulletin boards gets tiring after a while and my borders arent always straight too! ha Though yo ucant tell unless you look from furr away.

Anyway, besides the whole running around w/cingular today, I was a bit bothered by something else. Actually, this is something I've been meaning to blog for a while, juss didnt know how to put into words. I've been browsing the whole 'my space' scene lately cheecking out, whos on it and whos not. Ha one of my confirmation kids is on thurr too! ha So on thurr you can put your detailed profile, ex. whether you smoke, drink, wants kids, height, and one of them is your religon. What's dissapointing is that many people today, put down 'catholic' as if it's juss a word.

Saying thurr catholic on the profile yet on the rest of thurr details bout themselves, swurring up a sturrm. Now, I'm not trying to judge nor condemn, it's juss dissapointing. Its dissapointing that they have no idea who they represent and reflect. Those are the people who I pray for that one day thurr eyes will be opened and I pray they'll be able to really understand wha it means to be catholic and live thurr life as one. I know im furr from being perfect, but I do my best to represent and reflect the church in a good/positive way. Agh I walk w/God...I got scurrs to proove it! hahha jk

In other news, went out w/fred tonite to d & bs at the block. I found this book I had wanted to buy a while back ago. Its called , 'Wisdom of the little flower.' its the spirituality of St. Therese one of my fav saints! THurrs whurr these other two good meditation books I wanted to buy too. Maan so much good stuff at the book sturr! Yet ha in my room I have all those books I still need to finish reading. My goal was to at least finish the St. Catherine of Siena book, by the end of summer but it didnt tuirn out that way. Ran into bob over thurr @ D & B, it was cool seeing him again.

Okay, im getting sleepy time to rest!


GO Please pray for a couple of special intentions!

"I swear your lovin got me so high I'm gone..."im done, im out God bless!

Praise God for...

"We must stretch ourselves out to Him, then, so that when He comes, He may fill us..."

Mark Anthony & Charisse called me tonite. It was actually funny, right after i got off the phone w/Mark Anthony, then charisse called me. Actually, them calling was a blessing cuz it's nice being able to catch up(catch up, ketchup!). The three of us have been keepin busy eva since after spirit games. Talking to charisse really helped me tonite too, she gave me some insight to somethings that were on my mind. Praise God cuz i think she gave me a clurrur direction on to whurr to go. Praise God for people who He uses to help clurr that path for you. Praise God for community cuz you cant, thurrs juss no way that one can do it on thurr own.

I think the theme for tonight that was teaching me was 'Servantitude.' At yfc tonite were reading Psalm 42, which is the 'Servant of the Lord' psalm. After reading we talked bout wha it takes to be a servant, the characteristics needed to be a great servant. Not focused on giving glory to one self, but glory to God...in other words...'Ad Majroem Dei Gloriam.' FOr the Greater Glory of God!

Thurrs more to write bout i juss need to get rest otherwise imma be falling alseep in class! Agh im hot! Agh if youre reading this Mark Anthony, 2 things...#1 make sure you tag lurker!!! haha #2, go to Victim of His Love retreat, charisse tol me she wants you thurr! So clurr your weekend and prepare the way...haha i dont know what that meant. Juss go foo!!!


Smile God Love's you!

"Tell the whole world the truth is back/You ain't got to argue about who could rap..."im done, im out GOd bless!

A Very Special Happy Birfday!

"Today, the reformation of our nature begins, and the aging world is transformed anew to the divine likeness and receives the beginning of a second formation by God.."

To help celebrate the birfday of our Blessed Mother, take the time out to go to mass and offer up a rosary. Praise God for her openess cuz w/o her 'yes' whurr would be today? I love Mama Mary cuz of her faithfulness, cuz of her obedience, cuz of her uncondtional love. The queen of heaven and earf, of all the angels and saints. The best saint of them all...i got love for my motha! So many of the saints respected her and honored her for purity, and obedience. One of them being St. Padre Pio, who was extremely close to our Mother. Thurr was once istance a priest, a member of the monastery, asked Padre Pio: 'Does the Blessed Mother ever come to your room?' And he replied: "Why not ask me instead, 'does she ever leave my room?" Its crazy wha one simple yes can do.

TOday was coo cuz in class i helped earn errone one extra credit point. During lecture this morning in class we were talking bout the spread of catholicsm in spain in the 1500s. Well lectures on this power point and erronce in a while the instructur will post an extra credit question w/a picture. The class has an opportunity to guess and if they get it correct they get an extra credit point. Anyway, so today he posted this picture of uur Lady of Guadalupe and asked errone who this was. I right away shouted out Our Lady of Gudalupe and i was right yay!!

Agh so I was browsing on the myspace site and I was checking different peoples profiles. Its disturbing to see many people who claim themselves to be catholic on thurr profile, yet wha thurr actions dont reflect it. I think in a sense people need to take accountability for wha they say & do. Anyway, well thas my two cents for the day...ha

Oh man was work eva so chill yesterday, I left early and i didnt do anything throughout the 4 hours i was thurr. Yess! Well i did mop the floor in the hall cuz, the floors were so sticky that it was bugging me. After i was done i saw my boss had went home already, so i thought ha im going home too. Stopped by the other cetner to pick up the equipment and on the way home I really was thinking bout the community. Im praying that within these next two yurrs, that the community will really flourish and grow. During the mejia administration we tried and learned many new things. Im praying that the same way w/the new administration, new fruits will come out of these next two yurrs. It all comes down to juss trusting God and letting go.


I cannnt wait fo this weekend!!

"Con the rap this like John the Baptist/prepare the way for what I came to say today..."im done, im out God bless!

Wow

"In this world sow seeds of righteousness, and in the Resurrection gather them in..."

I'm excited cuz by the end of this week, SH will have a new OHS. In other words, a new Overall Head Servant. It's always exciting to see new leadership, new leadership grow, and take the community to a whole new level. Although its only been 2 yurrs, I feel like ive been on core forever! ha Not that it's a bad thing either, within the past couple yurrs I've seen many different things. I've also learned so much in terms of growth and leadership. I praise God that He allowed me to serve as a leader in this community. I only pray that whoever the new core maybe, that only good fruits come out of these next two yurrs. Praise God!

Yesterday was nice, it was good well deserved day off. To chill, relax around the house and juss sleep in. Alaine was kind enough to invite us ova for her small little bbq and kick back. It was funny cuz mike, fred, and I all went whurring green shorts, but in different shades. The breeze was flowing and sun was out, it felt like a sunday afternoon! haha Like that song, 'we were chillin in the purrk juss waiting for the sun to go down...' She had some of her friends ova swimmin in the pool. It was funny cuz i think the 3 of us were the oldest ones thurr. THe seaahurrrss brbrrbrbbr! haah

Praise God that former president clinton's hurrt surgery went well. My prayers go out to the victims of the violence in russia. I feel bad for thurr families and for the acts of terroists thas taken place in thurr family. May God have mercy on their souls. MAan I really dont know whurr the US is going w/this war in iraq, 7 more soliders are now dead. Thas why im hoping well have new leadership er a new president to help change things. It's juss been waaaayyy tooo hot these past couple of days! Agh!!!


Agh its juss waaay too hot!!

"Baby im locked up, they wont let me out..." im done, im out God bless!

Brace Yourself-It's a Long One!

"We canonize people, not personalities..."

You have been warned that this entry maybe a long one. Ha depending on how I feel, it will include synopsis of SCRC and the whole summer. I know some of yall hate the long entries and think, 'oh why?!' My advice for that ha is to then scroll and then 'pick & choose' wha you want to read. Enjoy and have fun reading! I gotta do the 'Holla Back' first before i forget!

Holla Back!
jme: I used to dread waking up early too. But doesn't it feel like you accomplish so much more? Or am I just a dork
No I totally agree w/you, waking up early does have its perks. Sometimes you get more done, when you sturrt your day earlier.

Em: Take curr of health so you have energy like your youthful days!
Agh, take curr of health so i can be young again! yay!!

Alaine: did I say loser? i meant individualist
Agh, maybe youre the loser! jk juss go and play w/your new $1200 purse! haha

Alaine: awww fish you are soo lucky to have good friends who will stay on the fone with you so that you dont look like a loser hahaha
Agh yeah I know praise God for those people who stay on the phone w/me @ skool.

j'me (HOJ): hey isda ! just for some correction..when i meant "materNAL" I mEANT-hav a family and kids.not materIAL...hehe but yea i think about that too being MATERIALISTIC.
haha youre so funny, you always gotta correct yourself to make sure i understand! haha yeah i get wha you mean though. Great seeing you again this weekend! Had fun holding the flags w/your community!

cy: ...hmm... isn't it "totus tuus?" eh... i'm probably wrong. hehe
Hmm i dont think so, i went to look it up on google.com and it said 'totus, totus.' Thas wha it also said at the vatican exhibit also. Hope youre doing well, im praying for you! Give me a call sometime this week.

archNME: agh, get kanye's Jesus piece friend! j/k, don't do it...really..i know u would cuz ur a crazy jfish taco! make sure u hold jay's hand cuz he gets scared in concerts okay friend? bye!
Agh, see im replying back to your tag! I always do! agh they didnt have Jesus' pieces at the concer friend! Oh why?! AGH i love rubio's fish tacos friend!

Alaine: what happened to making shorter entries??
Agh who currs bout short entries!

burr: agh imma tell your boss about the door incident then u won't have power yes!! hahaah
Agh no, then we wont be able to have SH cafe and then errone will blame it on you for not having it! yess!

crispy: read the myspace message i sent u about the usher concert.
I know i read it youre a trip!

Alaine: shoot I'm not jealous!!! its not like Usher is all that good looking ANYWAY...I'd rather stay home and respond to "dear alaine" letters..well once I get around to them
AGh you missed out friend! ha ha! yesss stay home and write dear alaine letters!

mikeTM: sneak in video camera at concert friend!
Agh i know i wish it was that easy friend!

burr: yay u got tickets friend! agh where's mine!? oh why!?
Agh sorry friend no tickets for you, next time! yay!!!

Fredberg, Inc.: agh, when's ur concert, friend?
Agh concert was thursday friend!

burr: agh your money is not good hurr friend. keep it hahahaha!
Agh no i need to give you $$ to help pay for gas! haha

burr: haha we had good times this weekend with freinds yay!!!
Agh good times this weekend friend! haha

Fred: I wanted to go to Santana's too
Agh you shouldve went friend instead of going home.

Fred: agh, who'd u pick for leader, friend?
Secret!!! hahahahahahaha

Jon: mr fish! when are you coming down for your sh cameo at hoj?! we can do the ________ interview! ahah j/k that idea had fizzled out, but you're more than welcome to visit
SH caemo huh?! For wha?! Yeah i need to make a visit, when things slow down a bit, ill come up to visit.

Geez Louise: The devotions don't make much sense sometimes. Maybe it's lost in the
translation... like many things written long ago.
Well if they dont make sense, why not educate yourself, do some research and find out wha certain of them mean. To me, I think theyre pretty straight and simple. IF you questiosn, you could always ask me also.

Praise God that SCRC always lands on labor day weekend, so people get a day to recooperate and rest. I know i totally knocked out coming home from the conference. All the heat, walking back and forth, and errthang else exhausts me! ha I woke up early this morning cuz i wanted to get thurr a little earlier to buy last min. stuff. I knew that better early while i have the time, then later on when im rushing. My mom made lunch today for errone to, praise God that she did that for me. Yay!!

We got thurr bout 9am, agh the $8 a day purrking juss kills me. Oh whY?! I remember the first yurr, when i went w/anne, and justine, thurr uncle worked at the hilton so we got free purrking pass! yay! Agh now we gotta pay for purrking, they should create some type of deal whurr you can buy a purrking pass or something. $8x3 days thas $24 for the whole weekend, on top of the conference fees already. Agh i bet the $$ for purrking goes to the city of anaheim too! haha So i walked around bought these 'understanding the catcheism' work books. I figured theyd come in hand for SRE in the upcoming yurrs. Its d0pe cuz thurrs 4 books that relate some of the main essentials and teaching of the catholic church. Liturgy & Sacraments, Morality, prayer, and the creed. They sold out of the morality one, oh why?! Id have to go to the sturr and buy it thurr.

930am came and i went to the first talk of the day, which was on discernment. Sis. Kathleen bryant from the Archdioscese came and talked bout the different vocations. I loved how all the talks kinda piggy back off of each other. She really emphasized juss surrendering our hearts into God's hands. Talked bout the nudge/tug in your heart in regards to certain vocations. The main point she said we need to remember that God has called us by name and we are his. She said God calls us because of our weaknesses and strengths, not in spite.

I learned in hebrew that the real meaning of God's will is yearning for us to holy and intimate. As St. Ignatius Loyola said, 'Use the gifts God gave you.' Then talked bout a Saint is a person whos personality is characteristics are unbounded love, creative energy, and deep pervasive joy. So in discern she gave us some things we need...

1. Imagination-Enables us to be open to God's will.
2. Brain-Get the facts about the religous, married, and single life
3. Listen to your heart- God speaks through the word.
4. Guts-It demands a lot of courage doing God's will. God gives you the courage though to do his willl.

She made a good point bout how in doing God's will the road wont be easy. Thurr will be a lot of suffering, but He says, 'My grace is sufficient for you.' The whole theme for the convention this yurr. Thurr will be times when we go through the whole pashcal mystery-the dying and the rising. We need to listen to our deepest desires. The clue to determine God's will is whurr does my heart jump for joy? A saint doesnt visit the world, but goes into the depths of the world. Again we are called to use our gifts and be enthusastic bout serving God. At the end she said, this, 'Faith is not standing at the a safe distance from God. ' We need to use errmuscle in our body to give greater glory to Him, and embracing errthang we have, not putting limits to God's will.

That was a really good talk, one that i enjoyed. Jennif was saying maybe i should discern the single life. While i had jay in the back telling me im called to the religous life. The talk after that was called, 'Got Gifts?' Though it really focused more less the emo, spiritual, and mental healing. Thurr whurr 3 different priests that talked bout the 3 different topics. Fr. Reynolds said that our Holy Father is charismatic and the whole traumatic experience w/his brother dying. Thurrs this one priest, Charles Lueras who errtime i see him, i think of John Kerry cuz he looks like him. After all the talks then we prayed over each other for healing. Agh charisse didnt want to be my partner so i had to partner up w/dave and jennif.

Lunch was good, abudnance of rice and food! wOoo! After i ate walked around the vendors area w/charisse and noel. Actually it ended up juss being charisse, we had a good convo. as we walked around and shopped. I bought this d0pe shirt that says, 'Father God with your help...' then on teh back it says, 'I will carry the cross.' It has a little boy in the back carrying his cross. Bought some more rosary bracelts cuz i know mine will eventually snap. Fr. Sears prayed ova me and i ended up resting in the spirit for the first time. Its a pretty crazy but good feeling. Ended the day w/mass, i got to help curry the gifts. It's a blessing ot be able to participate in the mass!

The after mass is sad cuz the whole fun, spirit-filled weekend is ova. It was really great to juss participate and not be active. THough praise God I was able to actually go...for free. Fred and i ran into this young couple who whurr in thurr late 20's. Anyway, learned they were in YFC/SFC and kinda taking a step back learning to grow in other areas. It was thurr first time at the convetion and they came all the up from norcal. Craazzzzy! Praise God cuz they juss loved it! They loved how its open to anyone, of all ages, ethinicities, and demoninations. We had a good convo bout working together to build up the kingdom of God. How communities need to come together and work together in order to do that. Praise God who you shurr the same goals and visions that you do bout your faith. I love stuff like that. Thas it for SCRC 2004-i think this was my fav one!

Summer 2004 in Review-
So the summer is finally over, and wha can i say but praise God!!! God has been soo good to me this summer allowing me to grow through so many different people, and activities. As ive mentioned before, this has probably been the best summer eva! Ive been to a lot of places, seen a lot of faces and its all helped me bring me back to that hurrt of worship. This summer helped me really fall in love w/Jesus all ova. It made me realize how much love i have for my church, my community, and my faith. So praise & thank the Lord for all the graces and blessings he has poured onto me.

June was busy w/so many things to prep for. The LSS, the wedding, Spirit Games all in that order too! ha It was coo cuz the community bonded a lot too. We did the whole beach thingy, meeting homeless burrs yay! The blog theme of relationships for the month, errone give thurr input on how they view relationships and wha they want out of them. The gradutations and the 'goodbyes.' The last yfc meeting of the qtr, w/the whole 'reach out and touch somebody' activity. Really learning the meaning of wha community means and wha it does. Getting to know errone a lot better in the spirit games retreat @ daygo. SOL Daygo providing us w/so much food! The Unforgettable agape meal, shurred w/some great brothers and sisters. Learning to see Jesus through each other at the same time.

Spending the day at the 'Prince of Peace' Abbey in oceanside w/Fr. Paul. I miss that guy, i think hes back from ecuador already. Learning how to play hol em for the first time! ha The after first friday sPc mass 'senior luau' at the purrking lot. Then going to the kings real world house for hol em and more fun! hahah good times!!! The 'how beautiful' end of the yurr liwanag dinner, i got the prince of peace on CD now! Taking great pictures to frame! Being ex fake gf's 2nd best! haha Interfaith-whurr errrbody knows your name! Champions closing for good, staying at the peacock suites, and practicing the suicide skit in the purrking structure till the break of dawn! ha Then of course ending the month w/the Youf/Young Adult LSS. HOJ coming out to support, and getting to know them better. It was like two yurrs ago when LOG would come out all the time.

July-So many great things happened in july! Made it through anotha yurr at the city of Stanton, making it two yurrs now. Celebrating my 22nd birfday w/wonderful friends and fam bam. Charisse giving me a foot spa! yay!! The hol em tourney going on forever in the front yurrd driveway. Going to fridays afterwurrds w/the ol skool crew. Oh yeah also getting a raise for the new fiscal yurr. Started the 2nd phase of the kitchen remodeling, demolishing the 'bar.' Getting my suit for the wedding last min. Checking out the furrworks @ downtown diney. Buying last min. stuff to get fo the wedding.

Leaving on a jet-plane to the island of maui for the wedding! It was like a saved by the bell episode in a sense! haha Except zack and kelly whurr robby and emelne, and SH was slater, and all them. Haha! Almost turring up at the wedding! Awww!!! Having an 'SH' during the reception! haha. Blogging from maui, taking tons of pics of errthang. Aloha Mixed plate's pinacoladas and kalbi ribs! I miss that!!! yum!! Late nite walks back and forf up front street. Looking for beaches to snorkle at. Climbing and sitting on the banyan tree. Lean back w/lyn² at the little store next to the snorkle shop. Maggots and Achie's 27th birfday...hey that guy will from SCRC is 27 too! Coincidence?! haha jk Making friends w/boss lady's friend, going clubbin, and dancing til 6 in the morning!

Watching the sunrise from the top of Halaeka crater and saying, 'agh hurry up sun!' Cuddling trying to create body heat and keep wurrm. Being drained the rest of the day. The pineapple all you can drink at the luau! Posing in front of the twin falls, snorkling, and more shopping. Sitting next to el juego on the way over and on the way on the plane. Yay friend!!! Coming back and having maui withdrawls for the rest of the month. Agh going back to work! agH!!! GOing to my first YFC conference in riverside. Attempting to meet new yfcers from outta state. yay!!!

August-Oh man those first two weekends of august were soo packed. The only way i made it through it all is w/God's grace. Summerfest going real smooth and finally being over! Agh, hopefully it'll be my last one! ha Jesty being my new coworker at the city. Celebrating the 1st eva annual spirit games @ UCI. Praise God to see the fruits of months of labor come together. Praise God to see catholic communities united together as one body in Christ. Praise God for the core teams effort and hard work. Praise God for the wonderful mass and singing "One body in Christ" in a circle, followed by 'Lualey!' haha If only we had a pic from above...

THe carshow the next day...praise God i didnt have to work a full day for that one. Singing at the 1045am mass errsunday, then eating out afterwurrds. Seeing 'rbf' come around all ova again. Ha! Chillin w/heif a lot. Complaining bout bad services at the restaraunts and getting discounts off the check. Being 'Acting Supervisor' for the week at work, while my boss was away. Watching the olympics errrday. Mike Cruz leaving to try out and the discern the religous life. Going to LF's LSS, well one day of it that is. My boss' gf's friend going crazy at thurr housewurrming purrty. Sturrting skool again...oh why?! Going to the kanye west/usher concert w/el juego.

Ennnnnnnd Sceeeene! Praise God for all the great things that happened this summer. Its hard to believe its all ova. Im excited for the new things God has planned not only for me but for SH. Praise God it's gonna be a great yurr filled im praying w/many fruits. So as summer closes...'I want to thank you Lord for everything you have provided me with. Increase my faith that i may continue to become closer and closer to you. Be my hands and my feet that i may serve to be love to those are seeking you. Mama Mary, continue to pray for me that people will see your son's love shinning through me. Pray and protect all the upcoming plans i have and things im discerning. All this i ask, in Jesus name. Amen.'


That's a wrap errbody!

"I believe in the impossible/If I reach deep within my heart..."im done, im out God bless!