Celebrate joy!

Yesterday was quite an eventful Sunday for us at church. A storm hit the Metro so it was pouring early in the morning which made roads unpassable. This means 1 thing: Church and volunteers attendance will be low. We had to holler at our social media groups to make sure everyone's safe (that's top priority) and to fill in the gaps to make sure that our services won't be affected. Our senior pastor's wife was about to give birth so he had to assign another pastor to lead the 3 services in less than 12 hours' time.... we also have a guest speaker and his family from KL whom we need to make sure arrives in time for the afternoon services and is well taken care of all throughout the day... Needless to say, our staff viber group was brimming with updates yesterday! :P  And just as we were winding down on our 7pm service, there was a brownout! Odiba! Haha! I imagined there was a momentary shriek from the crowd tapos sakto, Holy Spirit pa yung topic, ang series  title ...

There are days when you know that your heart is not right and this is one of them. This week has been a flurry of incidents here and there and I am feeling a mixture of frustration and exasperation... First few months on the job is usually like this for me. Adjustments, learning how to best approach people and how to lead them are always the toughest... Kasi iba iba naman talaga ang mga tao, you can be all sweet to one but you have to be tough to another. Depende eh. so please pray for meeee during this adjustment period.. I just received this Viber message from my friend which is totally apt to close this short #sharekolang entry: If our motivation is to serve God with our work but also make time with him our #1 priority, we're on the right track. There's a time to be still and be in God's presence and there's also time to work and get stuff done. In those times, when we're doing work, let's approach it according to Colossians 3:23 "Whatever...

Sundays are the busiest for me... Like last night, all I wanted to do was lie in bed when I got home. :P I am physically and mentally spent that I am knocked out by 10pm  at the very least every Sunday! I think last Sunday I slept at 9pm and woke up at 9am the following morning! Whoooohoooo! Jackpot na 12 hrs of sleep!!! But it's so much different a year ago... I was in total peace last night because I may be spent but I was certain of where I am. And I am glad to be where I am at this moment. Questions weren't clouding my mind as I wonder what my next step would be. Basta ang gusto ko lang matulog, yun lang naman ang concern ko kagabi . :) I was talking to 2 girls yesterday during the 5pm Preteens service and found out that it was their first time to attend. I was so elated as I found out that they were there just because they wanted to... They weren't brought by the parents, they weren't forced to be there out of a school requirement... they were there becaus...

Hello loves! It's holiday today! So while my IG and FB feed are filled with getaway posts, I will take this time to update you on my most recent trip! We went to CDO last week for a friend's wedding and took a side trip to Camiguin. Was it a fun trip? SO MUCH FUN!!! I thought we were going to do the same thing we did last year, but there's so much to do at this lovely province that everything we did was new. ... including going snorkeling at the Giant Clam Sanctuary and watching an Italian make our thin-crust pizza at La Dolce Vita! Here are some photos!

Being part of a full-time ministry really opens your eyes to a lot of things around you because it gives you a front row seat into the hearts of the people you work with. During my "tambay " mode aka hanging around at the reg table with the volunteers, I learned the following: - one walks 45 minutes every Sunday just to volunteer for our 9am service - one waits patiently to those he is discipling, just in case they decided to come; when I asked this guy "what if they don't come?" he replied ever-so-casually "it's okay, ganun naman po talaga. Basta hintayin ko nalang po sila, okay lang yun." - one openly asks for feedback the first time he preached so he can apply it on the next service - one gives out an immediate and resounding yes EVERY time I ask him to lead or participate in one of our activities at Kids Church (and I tell you, we have many activities :P) ...and it's not because they are just that good of people. This passio...

Eating desserts is always an excellent way to cap off a meal... so it's delightful to find new shops selling sweets that offers both classics and modern twists to this meal staple. Out comes Kat Sia, of Sweet Bites, carrying a tray full of goodies fresh from the oven. Don't these just look delicious???

It's been pouring here since yesterday and I must admit that I love waking up to the coolness of the room, while hearing the rain outside. :) Of course, if I were out today, that would have been a different story. But since Mondays are our off at church, then cocooned in the room is today's morning peg...  Ang daya noh, hehe!   Just that the cool weather is such a welcoming change because it's been crazy hot here in Manila!  .... and fellow Manilenos say Amen! These past few weeks though, I miss traveling! I was scrolling down my old posts and the last travel post was last February pa on Baguio... Gasppp!  OA ba? hahaha! So good thing though that even though I can't travel as much anymore (it's one trade off that I have to made peace with :P), I have 2 local trips for the year: CDO for a friend's wedding next month and Bohol for a conference.... which also happens to be my birthday week!  So while I anticipate the next few months, here a...