.............I live for moments like this!

It's Sunday, I'm stuck at my house, doing homework, and I really don't mind staying at home, I love it, I cherish my moments here, but I mind doing homework on my weekend.

This Sunday is different. I'm sitting on my desk, me and my computer, doing homework, but I decided to listen to some worship music, and I just had the sweetest time with the Lord. MUSIC is POWERFUL!...and though they move your feelings, I don't mind having feelings for the Lord, would be different if I'd be worshiping someone else, but I'm worshiping him!. This moves me, this renews me, I feel peace. I stopped homework for a while just to be with him for a little while, and it was TOTALLY worth it.

Specially with this 2 songs, that I truly truly love. Sang my lungs out!, again, it was worth it.

This song moves me, and makes me want to see him face to face someday!. And also makes me cry, It's so sincere and simple.

This song, is on my top 2 of all my music list. The lyric is the most sincere composition of words I've heard in a very very long time. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!...

Hope you're having a great weekend! :) God bless!

Love, Jen.

.............This Feeling!

From Sunday to Friday, I have an exhausting and tiring journey to follow, from school, family and friends, I have to split myself in a million to work things out perfectly and on time, most of the time, I wish I had a clone, I go to bed late every single day of the week just working and finishing all my homework and also my personal work, things from church, stuff that have to be done.


All week, and believe...ALL WEEK, I wait for this time, my precious time!....God's time!, his holy day. This is priceless, this is perfect!. The feeling of knowing that Sabbath is coming, that I don't have to do anything but dedicate my time, my thoughts, my feelings and my energies on him, on his work, on his people. I LOVE THIS. 

• No Homework
• No T.V.
• No worrying about homework
• No worrying about work
• No talk that have nothing to do with the Lord
• No going out to do something that doesn't concern his holy Sabbath.
• No doing anything else but his will!.

I.........LOVE..........IT!

Thank you Lord for resting in  a special day JUST FOR YOU! and thank you for letting us rest in it, in you.

................fools!

One of absolute favorite things to do  is spending time with my bestie! we have all of our classes together and we surely love eachother to death, And we are just fooling around here! love you sweet pea :D Have a great day ya'll!

Big lesson!....

I guess my busy-ness explains my absense as of late...But, there's something I've been wanting to blog about SO BAD, something that happened to me last week, a life lesson!, a big--hard to learn lesson.

My carreer is far beyond hard to keep up, and keep it up with organization and creativity, and ALWAYS perfect. We all fail sometimes, we all have our problems and we all cry, even just for once in our 5 years in college, I don't know anyone who hasn't cried even once... it is not easy...sometimes we get frustrated, things don't go the way we want to, our teachers are harsh on us and give this huge argumental criticism about our work, again...it is not easy!, this leads me to my story...

Round 1
It was Tuesday, LOTS of work to do, all due for Wednesday morning. I finished around 4! I had to go print...to this place I usually go cause is near to my mom's office. I got to the office and my mom (out of nowhere and for no reason at all) started yelling at me...I was shocked, I did nothing, it wasn't fair!, anyways...I didn't take the car and I left angry, I walked to the printing place as I tried to calm down my anger. When I got there, it was closed!...OH NOOO...

Round 2
Options? what options do I have, where do I go!, it's 5:00pm, most places close around that time....I know, I'll go where this girl also from college has a printing business, I had to throw my pride out the window and go back to the office and ask my mom to take me. She was calm, thank God, and for my surprise, when we got there....guess what?....it was ALSO closed! haha..I know...was God trying to say something here?...if yes...then what??????

Round 3
Other option? Go to this place...I know! they close at 7!...I have time, is only 6...but I have to stop by the library to buy some stuff....spent $16 on paper!...

Mom dropped me off ..got there, I felt relieved, finally, I'm safe!...Talk to the lady that receives all the printing sheets, like a form to fill specifying how many prints you want, before you pass with the designer that receives your art and sends it to the printing machines....Guess what she said to me?:...sorry, we're closed!, I BEGGED the manager to let me print, she refused!...I was so frustrated, my mom wasn't there anymore, she had to be somewhere around that time.  I asked the manager to call their other business (it's like 2 miles away from there), to ask if they could let me print...they said yes...I left the place, ran to the bus stop, took a bus..and for my surprise there was  A HUUUUGGGEEEEE traffic...I was nervous, all I could think of was: I wont make it on time!...I got off the bus like a mile away from the place and started RUNNINGGGGGG my guts off, literally..I felt my lungs on my throat, I was tired, afflicted and couldn't take it anymore, I got there, and guess what? haha...the lady didn't want to let me print!, I was like: WHAT THE HECK!! no way, pleaseee (I begged again)...and she finally said yes. It's $8.90 miss...
Took my wallet, and all I had with me was $2!...yes...$2!!

Round 4
I started crying like a baby!...literally, I cried infront of everyone...EVERYONE!  I was sweaty, tired, so so tired and I felt stupid and ridiculous and even more frustrated. The manager came up to me and said: are you ok honey?...I couldn't even talk!, I tried to call my mom to come to my rescue, she didn't pick up, it seemed like she would never return my call back!...I sat and cried and cried and cried, I didn't care about the people, it was just me and my frustration; the manager told me to go with the designer to give her my file...they would wait for my mom. I started to calm down...My mom came and she paid for everything, I thought she was gonna kill me, but then... one of the most amazing lessons of my life happened!.

The manager huged me and said: you know what sweetheart...I lost my mom 15 days ago, she passed away...and I recently just came out of an ugly cancer, 7 chemo's and a hard struggle to get out if it, but God had mercy, and I'm healthy, and IM HERE...I'm working!, and when you go through those kind of things, you realize that this...is nothing compared to what I've been through, you only have a pair of lungs, one heart and two eyes to waste them in such little things like this. God loves you, and he takes care of you...don't be anxious about anything!.

Then God put this verse in my mind:

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."


           Phil. 4:6-7


God is still here...and I'm putting all my requests in him, and he will guard my heart and my mind in Jesus Christ!


By the way....I finished my homework and I was the second best of my class that Day :)!....but I still went to bed at 4:30 am and woke up at 6:00 am to go to class!...but It was a great day!


Love, 
           Jen

-------------Yayy...it's monday! :)

Hello beautiful world!, so, this is my Miscellany Monday for today!...it was quite fun.

1. Rushed morning, keys inside the car!

Not a normal monday morning, usually I have class at 7 a.m. that means I have to wake up to get ready at 5:30 a.m! yep...but today we had a field trip with my class and I got to take my mom's car!...and when we were driving back from the place we went...I left my keys inside the car!...BELIEVE ME...it was not easy to open the frikin car! hahah...funny though.

2. Lunch with mom!

I went back to the office at noon to go have lunch with mom! it was nice :)...and I drove back to school for my 2:00 class, we watched "how to train your dragon", I love that movie!, no keys inside the car this time, I made sure

3. Helen's 4th Birthday!!...

It was actually yesterday, but we celebrated today!, with a hello kitty cake, it was yuummmiie! and she had so much fun with the whole family!, I love her....and I also owe her a barbie. BEST highlight of the week, SHE TOLD ME I WAS HER BEST FRIEND ON EARTH!, how sweet is that? I almost cried!

My sweet little princess! Time passes by SO QUICKLY!..
She was sweaty and dirty from running so much, but she's a kid,
who can blame her?

4. No Class at night :D yayy!

I usually have class every monday (as well) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., but my teacher got sick (not good), and classes were suspended! yayy!!...

5. I got to sit on my desk and blog!

Seriously, this relaxes me SO MUCH!...It's like therapy!, only I don't pay for the hour hehe...and I love it! 

Good night world!

.......................A normal Sabbath!

Today, I'm gonna blog about what's a "normal Sabbath" to me!...as some of you know, me and my family (and the whole church) keep the Sabbath, which is great and beautiful!..

So, I've been wanting to blog about it for a while now, but I just couldn't do it without pictures!, too hard to explain without them!, so, here it goes...enjoy.

The trampoline is just like this!...it's in my yard.

*My sabbath starts really from Friday 6 p.m. cause you know, Jesus counted days from the evening of the day before, so, that's how we do it, that's how the bible says. So we go pick up my nephews & niece to my brother's house, we usually have pupusas together as a family and then we come home. The kids jump on the trampoline for a while (which they LOVE), and then my mom and I give them a shower, bursh their teeth and put on pj's, we don't watch t.v. or anything like that on sabbath, so we just talk, tell them stories and then they go to bed.

Next morning, my sweet dog wakes me up by licking my feet and barking at me, that plus my niece telling me: auntieee wake uppp!! we have to go get ready for church!...

So the shower beggins to run for the whole family, I iron their clothes and change them, and they go jump while we get ready haha. 

*We have breakfast in the car..cause it's always late...and it gets pretty noisy cause they yell when they talk.

Both of my nephews and Me...while we're going up  to church :)

*It's quite a ride we have!...in a 5 people car, it's the four of us (Mom, Dad, Brother and Me), and my 2 nephews (which are not that small) and my niece!...all the way up...oh btw, my church is in the volcano!!! and I say IN...cause it's actually 1/2 km. from the crater! how fun is that? yep...I go walking to see this MAJESTIC view...

So this is the view I get when I walk to see it, it's actually
Great cause this use to be a lake, and years ago when it
exploded and after it got dry, this little crater formed inside
of the volcano!. how cool is that?

Another view!, actually, the youth group (years ago)
had a trip AROUND the crater, so we walked and
walked and walked like crazy!, from 6:00 a.m. till 6:30 p.m
worse trip of my life! I didn't enjoy it! haha.

Continuing with my day!...on our way up, this is something you would usually find in the road...

Cows!

And this is my pretty church!...where my dad is a pastor and my mom and I get to serve all the children!..

It didn't look like this before! we WORKED so much to get it
to look this way!, before, it was a dirt floor, wooden benches
iron roof with a lot of holes...I am proud of all of them

I must say, that the people that go to church, are very poor, some live with barely $50.00 a month, I've heard stories that break my heart into pieces, like this baby that died because of the cold weather, they lived in a house made out of boxes....

And though we try to help them all, we can't afford it sometimes, not all!...we do what we can do! and we pray a lot. Lots of lives have been changed! and we praise the Lord for that.

Next off...

The precious children I get to serve! and Though they are VERY
stubborn sometimes, I LOVE THEM! and I love to teach them
what I know and sing with them!

Sweet Melissa, she always makes drawings for me :)

Jonathan, Dilber and Esteban (nephew)

Maria Helena and Esteban (niece and nephew), after the morning
service, we always have ice cream :)

Marjorie, Kevin and Diego (older nephew)

This is Lucerito! she's so cute!...her mom is
currently fighting against
cancer! we are all praying for her.

While we wait for lunch, we have time to talk, take pictures, the kids go around church and play!...and we have some time to rest!...

Sometimes I take a nap hehe...it's needed to survive the rest of the day!, the kids take energy and batteries need to be replaced!

And sometimes, just like yesterday, I have too much work to do and can't rest!, I had to help daddy to design some stuff for the administration and I spent half of my day on my computer, but I was glad cause I was working for the Lord!.

All the women take turns to make lunch for everyone (for free), and sometimes is my turn with a group of beautiful ladies...it was my turn last saturday, I made spaghettis for everyone :) with chessee :D, I could take pics yesterday of all the ladies that were in the kitchen, so here you go...

Hermana Isabel! I LOVE HER...and she's the best cook!
making tortillas!!!! :D we had rice and beans..and salad, it was yumm

This is Emily!..cutest baby ever! I tried to make her
laugh but didn't make it. :( booo...

Sarah, Nery and Marjorie! besties

The girls usually do my hair after lunch haha, they usually braid my hair. and they fight over who has the biggest part of it! it hurts, but it's fun! and sometimes I fall asleep.

At 2:00 p.m. we have the youth service (Don't know why I didn't take pictures of this!!!!!), and it's fun!, I'm usually the one that leads worship. I love it. I love to sing for the Lord! and though all of them are pretty shy, they're great people! very good friends and VERY honest with eachother. 

After we are done, everyone makes a line outside the kitchen to get sweet bread and coffee! before the last service beggins. And this time, I laughed my bumm off when I saw both of my nephews lining up with the adults to get a cup of coffee! haha...they were cold I guess...

HOW FUNNY IS THIS?

After coffee we have the last service of the day!, the kids get to learn and draw...

Helen and her drawing

On our way down...we get to see this, and MORE there 

are great places to stop and just look at the lights of the 

city! it's great!

Lots of restaurants up there...so good, with national coffee and great weather. We often stop by somewhere to take coffee and have a good time watching the lights of the city! enjoying the pure air we get to have there and quality family time! who doesn't love that?

After that we pretty much get home and REST! watch a movie together and have dinner as a family! LOVE IT. wouldn't change a thing of it!

If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, 

      From doing your pleasure on My holy day, 

      And call the Sabbath a delight, 

      The holy day of the LORD honorable, 

      And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, 

      Nor finding your own pleasure, 

      Nor speaking your own words, 

        Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; 

      And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, 

      And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. 

      The mouth of the LORD has spoken.” ISAIAH 58:13-14

Things I AM LOVING lately!...

Ok, so, turns out I'm a woman of obsessions!!...and lately, I've found myself OBSESSED with this. Not the bad kind of obsession I would say, just innocent stuff, like:

1-Lemon Pie...OH MY GOODNESS!!, seriously is there a yummier dessert? I love love love love loooveee it...and currently having 1 slice a week hehe...at least! and have cravings every single day!, and been looking everywhere I go for one slice...so far Viva Espresso is winning, IT'S SOOO GOOD but I have to get a hold of myself.

2-Amazing blogs, I can honestly spend hours of my free time (not that I have much), reading this blogs...I found them interesting, life changing and they teach you good stuff, so here's a tiny list of the ones I'm following at the moment, if I find some more, I'll share it with you guys :)

--http://adamandalyssanixon.blogspot.com/ (I actually know her in person)

--http://kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/ (Told you about this in my earlier post)

--http://thispoeticpresent.blogspot.com (she's an amazing christian singer and her husband and her have adopted 2 girls, one from China, and one from Ethiopia, and currently filling up paperwork to adopt another one from Ethiopia...such a rolemodel, seriously!..

--http://www.carissagraham.com/ This one I honestly LOVE....it's sooo interesting! and btw, she's the link below all of this, lowercase letters...

--http://summer-summersstoryafamilysjourney.blogspot.com/ she's great! fighting cancer but still living with a precious view of life and Christ! I admire her

--http://prayingforansley.blogspot.com/ heart breaking story about this little girl that has cancer and she's currently fighting against all costs. It makes me want to cry!, she is so precious.

3- Word Soups...not the kind you eat, but the game! aaahh!...I bought this booklet on sanborns, one for me and one for my amazing nephew, he's honestly the smartest kid I know, so I bought him a copy, and I've been obsessed with it, I even take it to school to have something to do when I'm waiting for my next class, Kriss (best friend) and I love it!

4- Africa....this should actually be on top of the list...God has put Africa in my heart for a long while now...and I'm starting to pray for it! I want to serve there. I've been looking all over the web for information about Africa, videos, links, websites, music, etc etc.... I LOVE IT.

5- Modern Family....are you watching it? it's sooo hilarious! I watched the whole 1st season on my computer, and couldn't stop! Sofia Vergara is the funniest woman on tv right now.

6- Going to church!, I'll post about this after saturday!, can't talk about it without pictures!

7- Spending time with my boyfriend!! since we both go to different universities, we don't see each other THAT MUCH...so we are starting to get use to that idea :(, it's kinda bummer, since we started officially dating when we were on holidays, so we spent a lot of time together, and now we can't! we are so busy with school, church and work, but when we finally see eachother, it's relaxing, a blast and I love it!...and currently, we want to spend more time together, but also with the Lord, so, quality time with God as a couple beggins! :)

8- School! it's been SO tiring!, for example, on mondays and wednesdays, I go from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., NO JOKE, but it's so worth it, I'm having sooo much fun and learning lots n lots!, loving my carreer, seriously.

9- Spending time with my family. I love them so much, and though we have our rough times (just like any other normal family), I still love spending time with them!

Me, Mom, Daddy, Johann (Big bro, and Stephan, middle bro)

10- Blogging!...is it just me or blogging makes you feel not that stressed? it's like going to therapy and just let it all out, haha. Am I right or Am I right?

Blessing to you all!, love.

Jen