April 3, 2012
39 days worth of brainstorming and producing crazy ideas, of planning (which are mostly through texts and rarely through short noticed meetings), of last minute overhauls, of walking around the place in search for the perfect spots, of begging talking to authorities for approval, of getting all giddy and excited.
39 days worth of secrets, of keeping things hidden from her—which is, honestly and absolutely, one hard and agonizing (hahaha) thing for me to do since I am used to telling her everything.
39 days and everything crumbled, everything was ruined in an instance. Haha.
The surprise didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to but it still proved how united we are as a family and how one we are in making ‘the queen’ happy. :)
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Royal Family huuuuuggg! I hope to see you all very soon. Iloveyou. :)
Emman Suarez
Yes, I’ll soon bear fruits—much fruit, the sweetest fruits. Nakakaexcite. :)
Richelle Villena, my discipler/leader/coach/nan*y
Nakakauplift. Nakakaencourage.
Yes, Lord. I’m now ready to step up to another level. I’m now ready to build a 12 of my own. I’m now ready to create disciples of You and for You. :’)
Basta kami si 10, 11 at 12 kahit anong mangyari. :))
The ‘Royal’ Spiritual Family minus Normie (3rd), Agape (8th), Dothy (12th) and the brothers. :))
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Christmas Institute 2011.
Dahil unang beses ko silang makakasama lahat as part of the family, may apprehensions pa talaga ako noong una. Iniisip ko na baka hindi kami mag-jive ng personalities, na baka hindi ako mag-fit in, na baka pag wala si nan*y ma-OP lang ako. But I was wrong. They all made me feel that I’m very much welcome. Lahat masaya kasi nandoon ang isa’t isa.
Dabest si Lord eh. Kasi binigyan n’ya ko ng sobrang cool at dabest na pamilya. Sobrang sarap lang talaga na mag-serve, mag-worship, na mag-grow in faith na may kasama, na kasama sila. It’s really a blessing to be surrounded and to be loved by great and amazing people like them.
Salamat talaga at nagkaroon ng chance na maka-close at maka-bonding ko ang bawat isa sa kanila even for just a short time. Excited na ako sa marami pang activities at opportunities na makakasama ko sila.
Katulad bukas. Sa PAWER. Magfafamily picture daw ang royal family? Hahaha. Sana talaga makapunta ako. Sana nandoon lahat. Sana kumpleto kami. Sana din… Para madagdagan na ang mga ito:
Haha. Excited na talaga kooo! :)
Family huuuuuggg! ♥♥♥
So I was cleaning my desktop this morning when I found this picture (which was taken just about 10 days ago. Hahaha.):
Waaaaaaaaaah!
*Pauses for a while. Calms self.*
(Masyado kasi talaga akong sumasaya at kinikilig kapag nakikita ito. Haha.)
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S’ya si ate Ish. S’ya ang discipler ng discipler ko. Sobrang natutuwa ako sa kanya simply because she’s so gay great. Haha. No wonder ang great ng leader ko kasi ang great din ng leader n’ya. It flowed eh. It flows!
Sa isang preaching sa camp na pinuntahan ko noong Christmas break, we were told to obey despite God’s illogical reasons. Minsan daw papagawain talaga tayo ni Lord ng mga bagay na mukhang foolish or stupid, ng mga bagay na hindi natin maintidihan ang dahilan. But we have to obey because He knows better and He knows what He’s doing.
All the while, si ate Ish talaga yung naiisip ko at yung ibinaba n’yang order sa amin a month ago. Sa totoo lang, hanggang ngayon ay hindi ko pa rin fully ma-grasp ang idea nito at hindi pa rin ako totally makapag-submit. But I’m trying. Gusto ko kasing sundin talaga s’ya kasi mahal ko s’ya. Alam mo yun. Obedience birthed from love. Magiging madali naman kasi ang pagsunod (kahit sobrang hirap ng ipinapagawa) once you let love direct you.
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Side story:
Ito yata ang earliest memory ko of ate Ish. Haha.
Christmas Institute 2009. Similar camp. Two years ago. One morning. Her being the host-in-pink-pyjamas. Sobrang natuwa na ako sa kanya dito. Pati kay kuya David na madalas ay partner niya as emcee. Kaya nga naging crush ko sila noon as a pair. And secretly, for the time being, ay shinip ko pa silang dalawa. Haha.
12/21/11. 12:24 pm.
I was staring into space with a bottle of Cobra Red on one hand when my phone suddenly lit up. Not that I wasn’t expecting any text at that time but I was really, really surprised with the message I received. It was our leader asking us, her spiritual family, to welcome her 12th disciple.
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Grabe lang! Hindi ko akalaing ngayong araw na pala siya darating. Hindi ko akalaing ngayong araw na pala kami makukumpleto.
Parang nung Sabado lang kasi sa Fun Run hanggang biruan pa din ang lahat. Bilang dalawa silang officers ng Bulacan Cluster UMYF, nireserve pa talaga nila yung numbers 10, 11 at 12 para sa aming tatlo. Kami nga kasi si 10th, 11th at 12th. Oo. Kahit hindi pa man s’ya talagang dumadating, clinaim na namin na s’ya talaga si 12th. Wala ng iba. :)
At iyon pala, makalipas lang ang apat na araw, magiging totoo na ang lahat! Ang galing!
After kong makarecover sa pagkagulat, tinext ko na s’ya agad. Grabe lang eh. Gustong-gusto ko s’yang yakapin at that moment. (Naalala ko kasi nung nagpahug s’ya sa akin matapos kong i-hug si 11th noong Sabado. Kinilig ako eh. Haha.)
Ang saya ko lang talaga. Pero alam kong wala pa ito sa saya ng leader namin. At mas lalong wala pa ito sa saya ni Lord para sa amin. Nakaka-overwhelm. :)
Welcome, 12th/Jeremiah/Chosen!
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The search is over. But God isn’t over with us yet. Alam ko madami pang bagong gagawin ang Lord sa buhay ko, sa labin-dalawang buhay na pinagkatiwala Nya sakin. -Richelle Villena
Nakakaexcite ang mga susunod na araw. Nakakaexcite isipin ang mga gagawin ni Lord sa amin ngayong kumpleto na kami.12th
My ID on the National G12 conference I attended last Tuesday. I put it on my new devotional notebook so that everyday I will be reminded of the dreams that God has for me and the dreams that I dream for God. And, surely, that will be enough to keep me going (especially on times that I’m on the tinatamad-na-akong-mag-aral phase). :)
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I was grateful that despite all the misadventures, despite getting lost many times on the way, despite eating only a doughnut and a cup of coffee for the whole day, despite being really sick (I got better on the afternoon during the PAW, by the way. “Prayer Worship lang ang katapat!” Then I got worse on the evening. Haha), God didn’t let me leave the place empty. He filled me with His Spirit and dreams despite all the shortcomings of that day.
Truly, I was one blessed girl and that was ten blessed hours of my life. :)
