A great week with family and friends.

Last week goes fine and things went well and I got to visit more with Abby and we had a good time every time she visited me here in the house. We got to cook Filipino foods that we both like.

And I was also engrossed reading the last book of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows since my hubby bought it last Saturday the day it was released and I just finish it last Monday night and I can’t get enough of Harry Potter.

While my hubby got to do more of his Genealogy stuff on the weekend and visited more of the graves that his family had around in Oklahoma. And it was great that his grandma (on his father side), and parents did help him too and I feel good when I saw them walking down the graves holding hands.

I was also able to visit with my ex-officemates in Chamika’s house which she had a house warming and I been able to meet up with Eden and his hubby. And we do have a good time with each other and are able to try new Sri Lankans’ are cooking though most of it are spicy but tolerable.

So, I would say that everything that happened to me within the previous week was quite good and I am enjoying most of the time that I have around with my friends.

Post 4th of July...

Well, it might too late to post about our 4^th of July events in my end, but I insist. My hubby doesn’t want to leave our place during this time of the year because in our previous place some of the apartments were robbed. So we just decided that we will just go ahead and stay here in our place and just visit his parents on the weekend and celebrate it with them and hoping that his sister and her family will show up.

But I was able to brainstorm that maybe I can invite my hubby’s family to just celebrate 4^th of July here in our place, and it turned out that they are willing to drive up here and celebrate it here in Springdale.

So I hurried and make plans on that day cause I just have one day to prepare for that day, from cleaning to cooking and setting the house. And I was able to keep in touch with my good old friend from Wisconsin and asked some help about food and how to cook ‘em and I able to put things together and it turned out good and my in-laws loved and appreciated what I did. Thanks heaven! It’s worth the time and effort. And most of all my hubby’s niece had a blast cause she got the yo-yo that she’s been asking from Tito Matt and she also got a tent for herself.

It was indeed a good celebration around with the family.

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

I don’t know it seems weird but I know God works in mysterious ways, if you were able to read my previous post I said there that I read my daily devotional reading dated June 15 during my hubby’s car wreck but the matter of truth he had the accident on the 15^th of July if you read again my post about his car wreck. I just notice that I open the wrong date in my daily devotional reading until I posted it in the blog while reviewing it after thinking what title I should put, so I try to go back to the book and found it that I am not on the July page so I decided to check what message does the July 15 had and it seems they are pointing the same direction and I will share it to you.

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. (1 John 5:4)

It is easy to love Him when the blue is in the sky,

When the summer winds are blowing, and we smell the roses nigh;

There is little effort needed to obey His precious will

When it leads through flower-decked valley, or over sun-kissed hill.

It sis when the rain is falling, or the mist hangs in the air,

When the road is dark and rugged, and the wind no longer fair,

When the rosy dawn has settled in a shadowland of gray,

That we find it hard to trust Him, and are slower to obey.

It is easy to trust Him when the singing birds have come,

And their songs of praise are echoed in our heart and in our home;

But it’s when we miss the music, and the days are dull and drear,

That we need a faith triumphant over every doubt and fear.

And our blessed Lord will give it; what we lack He will supply;

Let us ask in faith believing--on His promises rely;

He will ever be our Leader, whether smooth or rough the way,

And will prove Himself sufficient for the needs of every day.

Trusting even when it appears you have been forsake; praying when it seems your words are simply entering a vast expanse where no one hears and no voice answers; believing that God’s love is complete and that He is aware of your circumstances, even when your world seems to grind on as if setting its own direction and not caring for life or moving one inch in response to your petitions; desiring only what God’s hands have planned for you; waiting patiently while seemingly starving to death, with your only fear being that your faith might fail—“this is the victory that has overcome the world”; this is genuine faith indeed. George MacDonald

So you see they are talking the same things??? And I just also realize that those dates are memorable to us cause we are married on the 15^th.

Revealed Promises!

Today, I decided to open my daily devotional readings dated June 15 the time that my hubby had the car wreck and I got some excerpt to share.

Perhaps you are undergoing some trial as God’s child, and you are saying to Him, “O God, it is raining very hard on me tonight, and this test seems beyond my power to endure. Disappointments are pouring in, washing away and utterly defeating my chosen plans. My trembling heart is grieved and is cowering at the intensity of my suffering. Surely the rains of afflictions are beating down upon my soul.”

I could really relate to the passage, during the time that I am trying to look for some help around but all of them turn me down, during the time I am walking back home it seems things aren’t working my plan and it really dishearten me and leave me broken.

But at the end God reveal his promises that He will not leave us nor forsake us and He is so good that He brings my hubby home safe and sound. I know that everything has a purpose under the heaven; we just need to hold on onto our faith.

Everyone may you have a blessed day after reading this. God bless to all!

Where are the good Samaritans now a day?

Our sermon from church yesterday was about Good Samaritan and I know it’s hard to be one, especially with the situation in our world today that it is hard to know who are really needy or just plainly using there situation. And I never thought that on that day I need a Good Samaritan but to no avail, at first I pity myself because I do really cry to two of my neighbors asking which I ask a lift to get my hubby who is on his way home after a car wreck.

Around past 5pm on that day my hubby left for a church meeting and I decided to stay home, at first I was wondering why it took him so long to be back home but I was thinking that maybe he is working on the youth room that he is trying to straighten up for a while now, so I decided to get hold of one my friend from Wisconsin and we chatted and I knew from her that she and two of her American friends met a car wreck in Duluth and we are talking about it but I never thought or even imagined that maybe around that time while I am chatting with my friend on the phone my hubby would be involved into a car wreck but after we hang up, I got a call from my hubby and telling me that I don’t need to worry cause he is on his way home but just a little late, so this makes me wonder cause he is not that type of a person, so I firmly asked him what is happening??? And he said that he got into a car wreck which wasn’t his fault and now he is on his way walking towards home which is more than a mile or two (bless his heart).

By then I was brainstorming a lot of thing how to help him, I called his parents but chooses to talk to his dad because I am afraid that his mom would be hysterical, and also I was thinking to call people from church but it is late to call and I don’t know anyone that live close by and with my mom-in-laws encouragement to go ask help from my neighbors so I decided to go to my neighbor’s house first the Hispanic couple(I chose them because at one point my hubby help them mow the lawn when they first moved into the house a week after we moved in as well) but they said that there car is not in good working condition and then I asked the guy to go with me to the other house cause I am afraid of the dog and he did and we rang the doorbell and after a while the lady(actually she was my first option because I was able to talk to her at one point and introduced ourselves but I saw the Hispanic couple first) came out and I told her that I needed help yada…yada…yada but to no avail again she turn me down and mind you I cried to those people because I am really concern with my hubby though he said that he is okay but I am still afraid what if he pass out while walking back home??? And a lot of things crossed my mind that’s why I am desperate to get a help because I want to make sure that my hubby can go home sooner and still be safe but to no avail I can’t find any Good Samaritan even around my neighborhood.

After the incident I truly say to myself this is IT!!! This is AMERICA!!! But I don’t want to generalize but I would say to myself at least that whatever life offers you could just have your own self and your hubby to lift each other and comfort each other when crisis arises in your life. Even after the incident he is still the sweetest person I ever known in my life, he just utter to me that after the wreck the only thing he thinks was to get back home and be in my arms, which is so sweet of him and by this I know we value each other more than ever.

So to people out there make sure you always make sure to let the other person feel and let them know how you value then and how much you loved them, because you’ll never know what happens in a split seconds.

Days of Heaven upon Earth.

The day is almost over and I just want to share this message from the book that I like reading every now and then especially when I am down and nothing seems right.

There is no way to learn of faith except through trials. They are God's school of faith, and it is much better for us to learn to trust Him than to live a life of enjoyment. And once the lesson of faith has been learned, it is an everlasting possession and an eternal fortune gained. Yet without trust in God, even great riches will leave us in poverty.
from Days of Heaven upon Earth

Why must I weep when others sing? "To test the deeps of suffering." Why must I work while others rest "To spend my strength at God's request." Why must I lose while others gain? "To understand defeat's sharp pain." Why must this lot of life be mine When that which fairer seems is thine? "Because God knows what plans for me Will blossom in eternity."

Starting all over again!

I’ve been in a blogworld for more than a year but decided to stop for a while cause I was caught up with all the things that needed much more attention.

Now I don’t want my mind to be idle so I will start and be more creative and use my noggin this time.