Awesome Sunday!

There's no place like home. ^.^

As you know, I had to stay at work until Saturday. I got home around 7:30 in the evening, missed practice at church, the leadership training, and prayer meeting. It made me feel empty. Anyhow, dinner with the family on a Saturday is something you would never want to miss.

Sunday Service starts at seven in the morning. God is awesome. The worship was good. I need something like that after this tight week. After a few announcements we closed around 9:30 AM. Me, my sisters and my nieces, got ourselves some turon, lumpiang toge, and okoy for snack. Haha! Talk about breakfast! Yum yum!

When I got home, I was just so tired I climbed up in my room and dropped dead on my bed. Had to set the alarm at 1:07 PM (my clock is 56 minutes ahead of the standard time!). Missed lunch with the family, which I certainly should've not done, but just can't. I heard my sister called me, saw I set the alarm, and simply let me sleep. They understood how tiring the week had been for me.

I was not up until 1:13 PM. Had to take a quick lunch then head my way to Red's place. I went to their house for a little fellowship we planned some time ago. Ate Marie and my sister Jai came along. Red is a registered Nurse and now teaching in the University. He's my co-worker in the body ministry and so is Ate Marie. They are my best pals in the core team.

Red prepared some hot cakes, cola, and a list of songs. Now we’re talking. He had set up the “magic sing” and had our turn with the microphone. That was the funniest thing ever! He warned us that the scoring system was accurate. My turn, I got an embarrassing 59 per cent! Ate Marie, 66 and Red, 71. I said something’s wrong with that scoring system! Red’s voice was plain terrible. He should rather preach. LOL. Another Round: I got 71, Ate Marie, 69 and Red (drums roll) 22! LOL. Now, I’m more convinced the thing was working perfectly. Hahaha!

We sang a couple more before leaving. And for the record, I thought the lowest score ever made was 22. To our surprise, Ate Marie’s last song gave out a mind-boggling 16 per cent! Would you believe that! That was totally outrageous! That’s what you get when you made to sing a preacher, a dancer, and a youth leader! Hahaha!

I hurried home for the year-end planning at church. After tackling several matters, the meeting was over. And finally, my last meeting for the day. Got to be at the MYF office by 5:30 PM. I came at 5:40 and the meeting did not start until 5:45. There’s Red and Ate Marie too, with the rest of the core team. Pastor Mark just came home after going to the United States. We studied a little Youth Guide made by Richard Crisco (might post this some time here). Then, we talked about the Nights of Obsession on Friday night, the coming outreach, and the upcoming conference. There are still so many things to accomplish. We really need prayers. We had snacks after the meeting, a little fellowship with one another and I went home with a long day.

I was too tired to eat dinner. The night wasn’t over without bedroom chats with my siblings. Satisfied, we went off to Fantasy World (Zzzzzzzzzzzzz).

I thought the fun ended that night but this morning was simply humongous blast. On the bus station, you’d never believe whom I saw! My favorite cousin! I missed him so much! He’s been away for so long and I only see him at least once a year. I was hoping to see him on Christmas but I saw him today. It made my day. I love him like a brother –we practically spent our childhood together. At times, growing up cause us to miss so many people.

That short weekend was stretched to very fun-filled, memorable day. I almost forgot all my angst the previous week. Now, I know God has planned a better week ahead of me.

A happy Monday to all!