Renew Thy Passport!

My four-year-old passport will expire soon.

As advised, I have to renew it the soonest possible time since

I'll be leaving [again] for Hong Kong this coming February

(by the way, expiration date is May 28, 2013...magpa-renew na gyud dapat!)

 

 

Last night, I browsed its pages as I was whispering

my prayers before going to sleep. I can't help but thank

the Lord for all those "memorable stamps",

indicating my international trips made

for the last 4 years:

 

2008:

Singapore

Cambodia

 

2010:

Singapore

Malaysia

 

2012:

Hongkong

Macau

 

 

Today, I submitted my old passport to the agency

as an initial step for its renewal.

Woohoo! New passport, new "blank pages"

for the immigration to stamp on and new

international places to visit!

 

#GodIsGood =)

 

 

Bring it on, 2013!!

 

=)

 We shall never know all the good

that a simple SMILE can do.

..

.

 Kaya smile lang ng smile, hija.

Kasi nakaka-bless din pala.

Project 26 (5/26)

#LasHermosasHijas

 

Posting here one of the many

Post-Encounter parties we did as

a network family. Ang saya lang. =)

This event took place in Kalimudan, 

UP Mindanao since most of our LHH babies

came from that university harvest field.

 God entrusted me with these lives, aaah...

I'm such in awe of His grace.

Even until now, He never failed to give us new

souls in every Encounter. Grabe ka Lord,

IKAW NAH!

More of You Jesus!

For the multitudes,

Hey Single Ladies!

I'm allowing myself to take a break
 from my Project 26 to give way to
these 5 nuggets of [hearty] wisdom from one of my
favorite authors, Ms. Michelle Mckinney Hammond.

I've read this from one of her books

and tweeted last night so that tweety girlfriends

might get a glimpse of it and receive a revelation

of who they really are and what kind of

man they should consider as a lifetime partner.

#KnowYourValue

1. Realize that your [value] does not decrease

if you are alone.

*Agree!

2. Women need to understand that the [value] we

place on ourselves has a lot to do with the

 kind of love we receive.

*Indeed.

3. When a man isn't willing to pay the cost to
be with you, he will try to get you to drop your
price. In short, he wants you to put
yourself on sale.

*Uh-oh.


4. Today, the bride-price remains the same---a lifetime
commitment. This is the cost a man should have to
evaluate when considering you.

*Wedding ring please!

5. When love is real, cost doesn't seem high. A man
who really wants you will do whatever he must
to possess your love. SO SET A STANDARD.

*Now I'm Blushing =)



Things that make you go hhhmmmm.......right?


So to all the single ladies out there, if he hasn't
showed up yet, relax. 'Coz surely there
will be a day when he will come to his senses, realize
your worth and will do everything he can just
to have you as his wife. I repeat, his wife.

#NuffSaid


Take good care you single, beautiful ladies!
Until my next post on love and waiting.

A woman who's worth far more than rubies,

Project 26 (4/26)

Singapore G12 Conference.

March 2010.

The Lord spoke these words to  me:

"Rebekah, you are my daughter, and I love you.

 I am preparing GREATER things for you 

that are beyond what your eyes can see 

and mind can conceive right now. I will use you 

MIGHTILY for My Name's glory. You'll 

travel to different places and share My Word

and My love towards my people. My purpose

for your life shall be accomplished. Do not be 

afraid for I am with You. I will never 

leave you nor forsake you."

That was one of the most memorable moments

of the conference, or should I say, in my

entire Christian life. In fact, that was the clearest voice

of the Lord I've ever heard especially when He's 

leading me into His plans and purpose.

I took it in my heart and never let it go.

Ezekiel 12:25a
"But I the Lord will speak what I will, 
and it shall be fulfilled without delay."

Now that it was almost 3 years ago since
I heard that "calling" in my life, I can truly say
that God is faithful. He has let me
experience what He has promised, though not
on its full completion yet, but I'm getting there.

One of the many "send off/s" the Lord allowed
me to have was the Iloilo trip.
 I was praying for this late last year that He
would allow me to do vision casting there
together with my disciple, Christine.
This was another "firsts" for me and Tine:
first time to travel together outside Mindanao,
first time to be in Iloilo and do the vision casting.
And guess what, our expenses came from our own
pockets too!--no solicitations whatsoever.
We personally "invested" on this trip since
we really wanted to plant a seed in Visayas,
specifially in Iloilo. No worries, God provided
everything (as in everything!) that we needed.
Woohoo! =)


#Snapshots

Flight 5J 348 brought us together in Iloilo city.

Inside the plane. Picture2x while the big bird was refueling.

Oh so heavenly up there o! =)  Parang it was smiling

back to us, approving of what is going to happen 

once we get there. Ayeeeeeh! 

We arrived safely and stayed in La Paz Pension House.

Our first time to meet Adrian and Thirdy inside 

Central Philippine University. 

They're 2 of the young people in 

Dungon Community Church where we did 

the vision casting. By the way, that flagpole behind 

them is the (very) center of the Philippines as 

confirmed by the latitude and longitudinal line.

Then we met also DCC's core leaders and did

the first part of the vision casting inside CPU.

We did more bonding together! =)

Vision casting in DCC sanctuary.

God made this trip very successful! One of a kind.

Yeah, Visayas is being stirred up, 

they're more than ready and willing to 

receive the fire from the Lord!

#ReceivingAndSpreadingHisLove

#IAMBORNFORTHIS!

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#PurposefulTrip

Iloilo city has been my sister's home for 

5 long years when she studied medicine.

And when she knew that I have a scheduled

trip there, she asked me to go to 

West Visayas State University and get a copy 

of her transcript of records. I definitely said YES

since I haven't seen her school, not even when

she graduated in MedSchool and my whole family 

went there except me (because I was

first year college then and I have to take up

my summer class in SPC).

The WVSU Centennial Clock. It's a 110 year-old 

vintage clock. Nice noh? =)

WVSU's College of Medicine.

And finally, my sister's TOR. I didn't know

she had an average of 84% in NMAT

(Nat'l Medical Admission Test).

I'm so proud of her!


#OtherStuff

We visited some of the old churches in the city, Iloilo is such
a vintage place---love it!

Then we hit the famous Ted's restaurant, home

of the original La Paz Batchoy. Saraaaaap!

Since pasalubong was part of the list, we went

also to Biscocho Haus, bought butterscotch, piyaya,

and other delicacies made in Iloilo.

Uy, ang butterscotch? THE BEST! =)

#HomeBound

And on the fourth day of stay, we had to say goodbye.

Thank you Iloilo city for the opportunity to "serve you",

I always remember you in my prayers.

Thank you Flight 5J 347 for the safe flight going back home.

And above all, thank You Lord for arranging everything

and letting me see Your goodness in the land of the living!

Praying for more send-off/s,

Project 26 (3/26)

#Work

#Maxicare

January of this year was the busiest month for me.

Aside from the fact that I'm supervising

 all hospitals, clinics and doctors in the entire Mindanao,

the countless absences of my co-supervisor/partner

wasn't helping at all. Though I was able to understand

his reasons (kasi he was processing his papers

at that time, ready to transfer to another job----greener

 pasture daw), but during those moments kasi,

 I couldn't lower down my toxicity level

 no matter how I've tried.  

We've got hospital suspension twice,

and I was losing my patience. Sigh.

#BekWasTired

#SuperTired

When he (co-supervisor) finally resigned,

 I was praying with all of my heart

that the Lord would give me a new partner

that would help me carry the heavy workload.

Many applicants were interested with the position,

but I never lose hope that the new

PRO (Provider Relations Officer) wasn't just

an ordinary employee, but a leader

and a disciple of Jesus as well.

At dahil highly favored gyud ang mga anak sa Ginoo, Val,

a registered nurse by profession and one of the

 network leaders in BCC, finally got the position

and was hired last February 16, 2012

(his birthday pa gyud!).

Answered prayers. Galing talaga ni Lord!

Presenting Mr. M.

Mr. Val Francis Matabalan.

Maxicare Davao's new medical PRO for Mindanao.

He's supervising North and South Cotabato,

Zamboanga del Norte and Sur,

General Santos city, Ozamis city and Lanao area.

As of this writing, he was able to accredit
almost 10 hospitals and clinics and
 did provider visits all over Mindanao as well.

With the help of his Maxicare family and

by the grace of our Lord, he was able to adjust

easily with his new work

(from being a staff nurse in a hospital into the corporate world).

Val is almost seven months with us na.

Maka-happy lang pud gyud kay diba

I was only praying for a Christian workmate?

But si Lord made him pa gyud my/our business partner!

Yep, we're currently starting a business

with Prof Juvychoi, so baby pa gyud kaayo

but we're  believing in our hearts that this

will succeed by God's grace. Woohoo!

=)

His Co-PRO,



Project 26 (2/26)

 "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more,

do more, and become more, you are a leader."

 - John Quincy Adams, America's 6th President

 

When I had the good best job in Maxicare early last year, 

one of the few things I listed on my book of dreams was to 

try having a dinner in a fine dining restaurant.

It was my discipler, Ptr. Merlyn who introduced me to 

Marco Polo Hotel's Cafe Marco. She said may kamahalan,

but it's really worth it naman. After several months, 

we both tried it---my treat, as promised! 

Ahh..that feeling when you were treated like a royalty? Wagas!

 Pero royalty naman talaga diba? Our Father is the King and we are 

His children---we gotta be thinking, feeling and acting like royalties! Yeah!

#Revelation

That opportunity led me to think of my 12 disciples. 

I said to myself, if I can invest and eat in a pricey restaurant,

then my girls can too! Before the year 2011 ended, I challenged

them to start saving for our special date in Cafe Marco.

We blocked February 14 but opted to have it scheduled on the 16th.

And so the day came when finances were ready

including our best dress for the event. Nangandam gyud eh! =P

We did a [spiritual] family wacky portrait in 

Marco Polo Hotel's main lobby.

(My fave picture of the night)

At Cafe Marco. Yumminess! =)

Nagpapicture my girls with the master chefs.

Believe me, they did a great a job, super lami gyud ang food!

And of course, we invited our dearest pastora in this event.

We spent one whole evening with her with so much joy

in our hearts---bonding to the max!

How could we ever forget this breaking-poverty-mindset-night?

After that meeting, my girls concluded "dili man jud diay lisod

mag-invest sa mga [pangmayaman] na butang. Kita

ra ang naglimit sa atong mga kaugalingon sa una. Ug sa sunod,

akong pamilya na pud ug akong mga disciples akong

dalaon dinhi."

#Power!

#PraiseJesus!

Guess what? In my heart right now, I'm shouting:

ONE MORE TIME!

Project 26 (1/26)

Can you remember my story almost a year ago 

when the Lord told me to give up something?

And after obeying, I was praying for a better replacement. 

 I didn't expect that my Father would answer me too soon.

Kasi at that moment, I was in a kung-muabot-salamat-jud-Lord-

kung-dili-okay-lang-gihapon-mode. 

And so it came. God is super good! So happy me! =)

#iPhone4S

#6monthsOld

 

Enjoying this gift from the Lord,

Project Twenty-Six

Hello.

I am forcing challenging myself with this new project

since I've got backlogs on blogging for almost 6 months. 

Project 26 is the perfect way to think back and put into 

words all the memorable moments or let's just say,

my prayers were answered and 

dreams came into reality for year 2012.

#GodIsFaithful

Why 26, BTW?

Because I was born in 1986. (huh?ano daaaw?) Okay, let me finish.

Though life is fleeting and sometimes its journey isn't always smooth, 

my God never stopped His goodness over me

and His grace never ceased, it keeps on pouring for 26 years now.

#PRAISES!

Way to go Project 26!

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Due To Persistent Public Demand

1. I changed my blog setting from private to anyone-could-read-it-again.

2. I am hitting the letters on my keyboard and blogging like a first timer.

Gosh....I [almost] didn't know how to do this stuff and worst, 
I almost forgot my password too! Yikes! Buti na lang talaga...


Please don't mind the title of this blog entry. Actually, it's really my heart which tells me
to scribe on this online journal after a few months of
should-I-or-should-I-not-battle. Nyahahaha! =D
(Uy pero there were some friends and lurkers who pushed me also---honest lang. *wink* )

And so yeah, 'nuff said. Basta I'm happy to be back!

And here's me, welcoming myself. Wahehe!

Cheers y'all who definitely loves blogging! 

=)

Be blessed,

Missing What?

I super missed blogging.

=(

Schedules have been super tight,

Things-To-Do-List always adds up.

*Sigh

Sometimes, I just wonder...

Ay, wala. Ako na lang to.

Happy Birthday Ms. Rizza!

Our dear officemate will be celebrating her

 birthday on Sunday---but here

in Maxicare, we did it in advance.

She's Ms. Rizza, our pretty and

charming After-Sales Officer. I remembered

mentioning her name in one of my blog entries here

when we both went to Tandag, Surigao city for a

business trip. Our friendship grew when we became

room mates during that 4-day trip...lingaw gyud

siya kauban sa room. So many chikas,

and she's cow girl lang, walang madaming arte.=)

And this is our way of thanking her for being so good

at work and with us, her officemates.

Happy 30th birthday Ms. Rizza!

=P

Your Maxicare family loves you!

p.s.

Our birthday celebrant is the sister of

the famous events specialist in

Davao City (The Occassions)--Ms. Florence Alejandre.

 She still works part time as wedding coordinator

in her sister's business and hhmmm...

Just a random thought, okay?

I might be getting her as my WC when

wedding bells ring at my doorstep. Ssssshhh....Hahaha!

=P