jenny. nyeneks. jen. twenty-one.
currently a bum, but not for long. youngest of five. singer. loves to eat. sentimental. luvs music. butterflies. christian.
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site is where she rants and blogs about her oh-so-colorful
life, sprinkled with the simple joys God has blessed her with.
another year will soon be history. It will just be like all the other years that have passed.. but before it becomes another memory, let me give 2004 a farewell special, and welcome 2005 with a warm hug.
Someday, I know that I will always look back on this year.. for it gave me a lot of great and sweet surprises. I have so much to thank God for this year of wonderful blessings.
This year...
* January 1, 2004, kuya ric left for mashall islands. (this is not in marshalls,hehe)
* own room, OWN PLACE beside our house =)
* got AMBER
* I got my own computer then, but later sold to my cousin =/
* Last enrollment, last trimester at school, last project, last exams, last uniform. (with my co-officers at east asia computer society)
* involvement with ivcf, as a student.
* Got called by former bosses in IBM to help them for a project. (this isn't the project. haha. we just ate at cabalen, katips)
* GRADUATION!!! =) (with my blockmates and prof)
* Amber ate my mobile phone =(
* I had a terrible, head-crashing problem - which I wont be sharing here. =/
* KAWAYAN CAMP 2004 at camp bato, sibonga, cebu for 1 month!!!
* 2 domestic air flights alone within 24 hours.
* 2 (22-hour) ship rides within a month.
* Got friends from almost all the regions of the Philippines. (my SGmates, from vigan, cagayan de oro, bacolod, cavite and marinduque)
* Re-pioneering IVCF in FEU (Tamaraw's Christian fellowship).
* Lead bible studies every week, for 6 months now
* Graduate's team member (ivcf)
* Global urban trek retreat, Puerto gallera
* FIRST JOB at C-cubed, and stayed there for 2 months.
* High school reunion
* Got my FIRST TALENT FEE for singing in a wedding. hehe.
* Atleast one long-distance call in a week, for 6 months now.. and still counting. hehe.
* Got a new phone =)
* Leadership-Discipleship camp 2k4 - camp manuals (*whooo!), notepads, posters, and ID tags with his help. =)
* He came, we met, we exchange mails, he calls, he sings and play keyboards on phone, we text, we share our stories, we're friends... we're good friends. =) (yup, dont ask, he's really spiderman!!!)
These were some highlights I could remember.. and I could still write more. =)
This year, I received miraculous answered prayers and undeserved gifts... really great gifts.
Indeed, this is God's favorable year. I believe that this year, I've grown so much in Him.. and I should say, that im a lot better than yesterday.
my Jesus and I, had a wonder year together.. as He moved me from glory to glory by His grace and mercy. His blessings are far more enough for me... its too many to count, its too big to imagine..
and as I close the book called 2004, im very much excited to see the next chapter, 2005... for I believe, God prepared greater things for me. Im looking forward to journey this coming year along with my friends, family, students, officemates (soon), churchmates, and a special someone (hehe).
i watched my dear 7-year-old nephew/inaanak for the 2nd time, on his IT'S A SMALL WORLD musical theater play by trumpets.
he and his sister auditioned for that play 2 months ago.. pero sya lang yung natangap. he is the youngest among the group of kids who performed.
IT'S A SMALL WORLD is a story of toys who moves, talks, sings and dances at night. my nephew played as "toy simba". he had a lot of song numbers too. =)
im a little girl again.. im the kid again who is privileged to be irresposible with household chores.. ask for money.. hug my brothers and sisters with the "pa-cute" smile, and do the baby talk.. and other "bunsoy" benefits =)
im licensed to be like this today.. only for this christmas season.. simply because... HIS BACK!!!
last sunday was a terrible night; one of the worst 1-hour experience of my life. that was around 12midnight, i was crying really bad.. i was in distress.. people outside my room even heard me cry... and then.. *knock,knock* kuya ric shouted "NYENEKS!!!" whaaaa!!!! i cried even harder. i was shocked! i know that he'll come home and surprise us all after christmas.. but, he just arrived all of a sudden! and the reason of my problem was him. then, he was there, outside my door, fresh from marshall islands.. whaaa!!! i had a funny welcome with kuya.. i was shouting in my room "anong ginagawa mo dito?? baket ka nandito? naiinis ako?!? hindi kita papapasukin?!! bat nandito ka??!?"
and so he left my door.. and went back home. i tried to clean my room, and fix myself for a while. then, i went home with my big red eyes, and he run to me shouting "NYENEKS!!" and hug me really tight.. he asked "baket ka umiiyak?".. i answered "kuya.. ikaw kasi e, pinagalitan ako dahil sayo". then he answered back "ok na yun, tapos na yun.. dito na ko". *sigh* i got all the comfort that i needed.
i missed him so bad.. a year passed that i haven't seen him. he's one of the three best brothers in the world! (oh well, i got three brothers,hehe).
-- this was taken three christmases ago =) --
(kuya ric at the left most)
complete family pic
advance christmas dinner with my family
we had an advance family get-together last night.. coz my sister will be with her husband's side on christmas eve. we had a little game.. gift giving.. and chatted and laughed about a lot of things..
before we ate.. we sang two songs.. and we asked our dad to pray.
daddy's prayer "...like what i always pray Lord, bless my children.. and my children's children. dont leave not a single one of them.. thank you for giving them to me..."
my dad was crying as he prayed. we were all teary-eyed.. yet tried to cover up all the emotions.. coz were all supposed to be "machos". hehe.
i should say that this is the sweetest christmas ever! i got kuya ric home.. i got my family.. i got him.. i got friends.. and ofcourse, the reason of all these chrismas celebrations, the sweetest being, the author of love, the one who gives me peace, completes my being and gave me all these undeserve blessings, my first love, Jesus.
i just got home from our last BS for the year. actually, it wasnt really a BS.. but more of a christmas fellowship.
it was fun.. and we ate much too! hehe. ohh well, we're only around 10.. but then, i feel happy about it.. coz they still made time for it, considering that the east asia students got their finals and the feu students got their prelims. they were so busy with all the projects.. but they still wanted to be there.
we ended the fellowship with a simple challenge.. a box in front of us (which represents our gift for Jesus on His birthday) and all of us had a piece of paper to write what we wanted to give from ourselves. it was really something..
the good thing about leading this student ministry is that.. i dont actually lead.. coz i am student myself.. learning from the Master Teacher himself. i lead bible studies for the students and for myself to learn.
i grow as my students grow. i surrender as my students surrender. i learn as my students learn. coz im a student myself.. of our Jesus who leads us all. =)
i was asked to share a testimony the other sunday for the pdl next level campaign at church, since it was the celebration or final sunday of the campaign.
so.. here's my testimony.
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before we started this campaign, i had the impression na yung "pdl next level" e kapareho lang nung unang pdl. same book.. same discussion.. same message.. the same old pdl book that almost everyone has read.
as weeks went by, i've proven myself wrong. yes, it is the same book, yet the message came to me really fresh.. as if it was new to me.
for a couple of months now, marami akong tanong kay Lord.. marami akong gustong malaman. most of it were about the direction where He wants me to go, the place where He wants me to be, and the things that He wants me to do for Him.
marami akong options, like..
i could go sa corporate world, pursue my IT career, earn money to give, at magminister sa corporate world;
or i could go teaching in an academe, and do campus ministry there;
or i could accept the offer of ivcf, and be a full-time staff worker for campus ministry;
or maybe i could accept the short-term missionary offers too.. and be a freelancer, or do business to support myself;
or maybe, i could go abroad and be a cross-cultural-IT-professional-missionary.
the messages on ministry and missions hit me so bad - bull's eye. as if, every end ng sentence ni ptr. lito e may pangalang "jenny".. at si kuya e kinakausap ako galing sa pulpito.
im not saying that after the campaign *poof* i now know exactly where i should be. though it helped me to listen more carefully to what God is whispering to me, it narrowed down my options, and it gave me an idea on how to systematically assess myself through my gifts and abilities, my heart and personality, and my experiences. things are getting clearer now.. and im beginning to be more excited.
weak and child-like as i am, i know that i have a special part and a unique call to this big and complicated world that He has placed me into.
sabi ni kuya, nakakatakot daw sabihin kay Lord na "use me". pero, there's nothing else that i want to do.. but for Him to use me.. all the bits and pieces of His little girl in me, who most of the time still falls short of His glory.
im not afraid anymore, to reach for the blurry yet secured and glorious future instored for me. whatever it takes, handa na ko.. willing to be used for the next level. its not because im obliged to.. but because this world needs my Jesus.
its time to go out, its time to throw selfishness away, its time to stop looking at ourselves, our dreams, our ambitions, our needs, its time to start reaching out for the hungry and thirsty, its time to realize that each one has a great call to fullfill, its time to share to love of Jesus.. its time sbc, its time.
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ohh well, i guess i miss blogging. its been a looooong time since the last time i logged in here in blogger. hehe.
by the way, i got new pics uploaded in my photoblog. pics with my twin amber. hehe. =)
also, i wanna thank riz for my new layout! thanks dude =) *hugs kay riz*
the girl.
