First Time Out This Year

Who celebrates half-birthdays? We do!
We celebrated Affan Khan's half-birthday
by feasting on shrimp with the whole sha-bang!
& Cajun & Sweet Potato fries!

Spent over an hour waiting to go to the Hari Residence.
Locked out of Michael's room.
Winter Formal talk; maybe I'll go... stag.
resolved a rumor from Freshman year!

Bundles of blessings from Walnut Cell that night!
I'll be meditating on this verse for the week:
Psalms 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need."

Home Friday Night

TGIF

Me & Gail worked on our history project: fashion of the 1980's!

Started on a smoothie.

Contains strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and bananas.

Add milk.

After devouring a cup, I grabbed what was left.

Other than that,
What is God teaching me?
PTL, for Ate Aarika for calling me.
It made me examine myself.
thoughts;
I can't just say...
I know I need to do something to make me have a better relationship with Christ.
I need to apply it.
I've been praying more often.
&, I think it's time for me to read some scripture.

zealous - adj. intensely devoted
I want that fire burning faith.
Light that fire.
Don't ever let it die.

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all
circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
-- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Confessions

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that
you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and
effective. -James 5:16

No one is.

Everyone has struggles. Everyone sins.
No need to hide that everything is dandy.
Don't sugar coat anything.
With brothers & sisters in Christ,
we need to know how one another is doing.
So we can "pray for each other"
&
...if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. -Galations 6:1-2

HELP

can you please comment some bible verses about how in Christ alone we can be saved and about scripture having authority and about sin. THANKS.

I believe that scripture has authority. Through Christ is salvation; he has paid for my past present and future sins. I am thankful to know that God will never give me a trial I cannot handle. This is my faith.

In other news, pictures from youth rally. Not in order.

It was a tradition to wear your shirts at school, and take pictures.

When Ceejay walked in; Look at Nigel.

SLYM was 1/3 of the crowd.

Legit. I'm wearing white and in the very middle.Michelle.Abiera.

They put makeup on Andrew.

Um, everyone looks EW.

Mark, Kathleen, Bryan, Desiree.

Michelle, Gerard, Raffy

Because Dominic wanted a picture with Lauren.

You can barely see me.

At the end.

The beginning.

Waiting.

BOBA CAFE

I love Natrina! We both had our camera's so we took a picture of each other taking a picture of each other. HAH, Bryan's in the shot.

This is what we did the whole period & wrote Birthday Cards.

JAC. Janella Alyssa Carmina

THE X SPOT

After school, Carmina & Laura sat with me in the X. Then, we eventually made our way to the bus stop. We took the bus, and walked to the stop light to cross. We saw Kevin Edralin. Then, we went into Boba Cafe and saw Gail and Nigel. Nigel took a picture of Manny Pacquiao on a magzine with Carmina's phone. It looked like Usher from far away. I freeloaded off of Laura's Chicken Katsu.

I forgot I had my camera.
I like how our bangs part oddly. XD

Good time.

Then, Gail and Nigel left. Laura & Carmina & Me talked forever. Laura had to leave ): Then, Carmina was there with me. Her mom waited till I got picked up from Kuya Mike! We stopped by Mcdonalds and saw Andrew & Ben Ho with RJ. Then, I got to Sonrise. I saw Kuya Jigger for the first time in a long time! We sang, then watched the movie "Facing the Giants"

It was a really good movie. It made me think a lot and praise God more that nothing is impossible. A guy who thought religion wasn't for him, and one day he accepted Christ, and went to his father to apologize for disrespecting him. WATCH IT!

But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." -Matthew 19:26

I made Gail the best bracelet ever because she deserves it. I'm collecting Arizona Green Tea bottle wrappers now. :D

THAT'S THE END OF THAT.

BECAUSE I DONT CARE

... WHAT TIME I SLEEP.

Long talks with Kristine are my specialty, too bad it had to end. We got to convict ourselves by telling each other our struggles. I really liked Kuya Ian's lesson on reading the bible on your own. I said I was going to read the bible everyday, but I suddenly stopped because I kept pushing it to a different time.

So, Kristine pushed me to read. I knew I should read, but I still didn't feel like it. That's especially the best time to read. So, I read 2 Timothy 2:1-13. The last verse in the passage got to me. Trying to OIMA

if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself. - 2 Tim. 2:13

That which brought me to this:

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. -1 Cor. 10:13

and this:

God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
-Numbers 23:19

You can't compare God to us because He is perfect, and we are not.

WITH ALL THIS DANCING

On thursday, we had our multicultural assembly. I have a few videos that I uploaded that I'd like to share!

Swing Club. I love how they did their little flips and twists. I went to the club meetings in the beginning of the year, but all we kept doing was the triple step, so I just left. Emily, Fiona, Kevin, and I think JJ is in this video.


HipHop club. Um, I remember their performance last year, and it wasn't so great. People were kind of "what are they doing?" They've improved.


Halo-Halo club. They start out by a traditional dance that involves candles. Of course, the candle light was fake. Then, it goes into Halo Halo Hip Hop with Bryan, Azzedine, Jason, Paige, and more.



Black Student Union. Mostly Hip Hop. Starts out with three girls with sharp movements. Janelle, Audrey, and Kathleen(?). Then, everyone starts running in and starts jerkin' till the end of the song.


Polynesian Club. The girls do their cutesy dance, with Celine and Felicia and others. Then, guys come out and stop their feet and slap their chests.

I love Natrina!

After school friday, hung out at the spot where everyone is. Take the bus to Nogales. Meet up with everyone and chill at the new spot "Chai Cafe". Cool, that guy working in there is somewhat famous.

I felt like a loner; everyone kept moving, and I just kept following. Angelo kept jerkin' every two seconds. And, everyone starts doing it as well. Jan starts to loosen up and not be that shy. Some guy got arrested for a couple of minutes, and then was released. I saw my sister's friend Cenen (sp?) going to Panda.

Kuya Mike picks me up. And we go get John who's at CVS. We get L&L. Kuya Mike blasts on Alicia Keys. Then, he tells me that I have to sing or else he won't move the car. But he does anyway, and I sing anyway. But he goes and tells everyone I was going crazy and pulling down the windows and pointing, but that was so him!

& Why am I so dark?

Anyways, I have a blessings. I got the highest quiz grade in Algebra II. Everyone was amazed because the smartest person in the class gets the highest grade. I praise God because I thought that it was hard, but I managed to get most of it right!

Notes for those who did not attend & for me to apply:
Why should a person study the bible on their own? 2 Timothy 1:1-6
1. To guard truth..
-Paul makes sure the words are being passed on & It is our Job as our Christians.
2. To be a good soldier of Christ
-2 Timothy 2:5-7
-learn the rules before you folllow it
-knowing will give you understanding
HOW?
1. prepare yourself
-set a definite time & place
-imploy tools: modern translation, notebook, pen, highlighter, dictionary, commentary.
-OIMA: Observation, Interpretation, Meditation, Application
SUGGESTIONS:
1. wake up an hour earlier before you get ready for school.
2. take a verse you like/know; read the surrounding chapter
3. Study 2 Timothy
4. Take notes.
-2 Timothy 3:16-17
-God is the author of all scripture. Bible has authority.

PINE CHILLS DOS

Kristine picks me up from school and we go to Chick-Fil-A. Eat, grab a load of mints, and talk about Quest Crew's amazing dancing and personality for about an hour ! Then, we walk around, sit, talk some more, and try to find out what to do.

TJ-MAXX

Quest Crew!Quest Crew!

We remembered the horse trail from last year, March 28 2008. We decided to go there, with our slippers and sandals just to be spontaneous. Hiking up and going through a different path than last time. We saw a rabbit, what we thought was a wolf. We saw a dog, that looked like it was coming for us.Entering TrailA gigantic lemonbeforeafter!when john was piggy backing kristinehiking up.MSACwhich way?FACEwhich way?Going back.

I praise God for the beauty of nature. Seeing how He made this. He made everything so complex. He made plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen, while we take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide. That realization makes me love Him so much for the things we have in life in order to survive.

Then, we were taking pictures with my phone. Kristine was posing, and then all of a sudden, she feels this rock that hits her, but it wasn't a rock. So she gets paranoid and starts running towards me yelling if there's something on her back, while she's shaking her whole body. I start screaming as well and we uncontrolably run down the hill. She consistently asks if there was something on her back, I was laughing and scared at the same time I couldn't speak. Then, I yell "it fell off" and a huge gunk of spit flies. Both of us drooling and we didn't even know what it was; I just knew it was black. We are laughing for 10minutes straight and start squatting down cause we needed to pee. Then, I just saw how we just kept laughing, and anyone can come at any moment and see us laughing, awkward! We walked back to the village, and get picked up by Kuya Mike!

No one was at church, so we drive around and ended up going to Downtown Covina. Park and walk around. We check out the vintage boutique, the record store, and a book store. Back to CFBC, and now people are there. Laura comes!

Our body is a tool, an instrument. We should use it in obedience to God.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. -Romans 12:1-2

And, I leave you with
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person." -Matthew 15:11

FELL ON GOOD SOIL

Me & Kristine act the fool !

HARI: God never said he wanted a religion
HARI: He said He wanted a relationship

For Catholics, Lent has come. People are asking each other what to give up. For me, Instead of giving up something, why not take up something... like reading the bible everyday. Well I'm going to try to do that, and try to do it just in general, not just for forty days.

Please PRAY, for my family problems. I've got my mom purposely trying to start a fight with my dad and my dad getting annoyed of every word coming from my mom's mouth. && my dad said to me, "sometimes you can be nasty" only just because I didn't understand the question he was trying to ask me.

Nevertheless, I have more verses to share from the book of Matthew:

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he then said to the paralytic—"Rise, pick up your bed and go home." -9:6

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. -10:20

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. -9:37

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. -9:39

My favorite parable is the parable of the sower.

And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear." -13:3-9

If you don't understand it, read this:

"Hear then the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."