What I am thankful for this Christmas

At 1:53 am and I was laying down on bed thinking about life, thinking about life (Yes I know I wrote that twice) and an idea came to mind. Why don’t you write a few things about what you are thankful for this Christmas season? So I decided to grab my laptop and start hitting some keys.

 I’ve got to say that I am thankful that God speaks to me. Man!! He speaks to me! He speaks to me clearly. He did it this morning, through the Bible. I found some powerful Bible verses that spoke to my heart and brought a lot of comfort and encouragement and they were so perfect and so appropriate for the occasion that I really felt that God was straight out speaking to me. 

This Christmas season I am thankful for Ily, that precious bundle of joy and body fat, she is chubby and  cute, that little tiny person brings a whole lot of joy into my heart. She is pretty amazing, and pretty incredible and pretty stunning. I love her to death, sometimes I feel like I want to eat her up thou. LOL She is too cute. 

I am thankful for my family, because even though we have gone through rough situations and we have had our ups and downs this year I’ve got to say that they are some darn cool people. (Please excuse my language). I know what they are made out of. They are made out of love, good deeds, lotsssss of protection for their daughters lol and lots lots of love. My parents are great. 

I am thankful for my friends, ok pause. I literally don’t know how difficult life would be without you in my life my friend. You know who you are, you have cried with me, you have encouraged me, you have lifted me up, you have heard my stories, you have been there for me. Thank YOU. Thank you for your friendship and for your words of affirmation, for your prayers and for your love. God has placed you in my life to help me go through a lot and I just praise Him because of that.

Lastly, I am thankful for my Jesus. It is because of Him that I live and dream. It is because of Him that I exist. It is because of Him that I am at peace. It is because of Him that I can fully say “Merry Christmas”

Love you Jesus, thank you for being born in my heart and in Bethlehem.

Merry Christmas to you.

God Answers Prayers, Even the Little Ones

Dear close friends and friends in general that read this blog. I just wanted to share a cool answer to prayer that Paul and I received a couple of weeks ago. We both had been praying to be able to find a church where we could both invest, a church where we could be involved in. Being a pastor’s kid is super fun and I am feel super blessed to have been born one. However, one of the few drawbacks  is that if your dad is a pastor and especially if he is a Hispanic pastor he will most likely have more than one church at the same time, in this case dad has three. You might think it is a lot. I don’t think so, lol, in Colombia he used to have 15, yeah, and sometimes more than that, all at the same time. Anyhow, going back to what I was saying at the beginning, because dad is the pastor of three churches, most of the Sabbaths Paul and I ended up going to where my parents were going so we could spend some time with them and with the Lord of course, but we were feeling like we were just sitting on the pews and not doing much. It isn’t a good feeling. We both, Paul and I, love to be involved at church. We feel alive when we do. There were times when Paul would go to other churches far away and preach and I stayed. I was happy for him because he was having opportunities to share God with others but I wasn’t there :(. So we both talked and prayed and told God how much we wanted to work together at a church. At the time I couldn’t figure out which church the Lord wanted us to work with and for. I thought about several churches but they were all  SO far and as it is right now Paul and I both travel at least two hours every day to get to our jobs and back home again. Paul even drives longer than that, sometimes three and four hours DAILY :( Soo, I was like “God please, please give us a church, gives a church where we can both work and that isn't too far “ and guess what? Yes, He answered and just two weeks ago mom told us that at one of dad’s churches, Bealeton church, they were wanting to start a youth ministry, a youth church. Without hesitation I said can Paul and I lead the ministry? She said “yes please” After meeting with the youth for the first time we all agreed that our first youth church will meet on April the 20^th. The teens were all very excited and committed. A few days later after we meet with the youth, the first elder from the church came to me and asked me if I thought Paul could help lead the Pathfinder club for the upcoming camporee. I knew Paul’s answer so I said “yes of course”.Yesterday we had our first official meeting with the Pathfinders, Paul taught them drills (Marchas) the basic formations and gave them an overview of what the camporee is going to be like and the different categories we will participate in. They are all very discipled. I was there watching him lead. I even participated in the drills while he led the whole team. They are all under 15 so I am the oldest one but it is ok, It is fun. I like seeing Paul work for God and I enjoy working for the Lord with him. Just wanted to share the latest news and praise God because He answers prayers, the little ones and the big ones.

Ps: I am missing some pics from yesterday's meeting with the pathfinders but I am sure I will be posting some from our upcoming events (youth church and camporee).