A Song

...for a friend that is hurting tonight.
(the song reminds me of her)

And I heard you singing:
Wouldn't you say,
Wouldn't you say,
Wouldn't you say that Life is Beautiful...




Life is Beautiful
by Michelle Tumes

There was a young girl long ago
Who lived a peaceful life untold
She understood that love was everything

The jungle took her far away
Where her daddy worked and she would play
With friends who taught her how to be a lady

She had no rings on her fingers (just one ring :)
She had diamonds in her eyes
She had no money to be reckoned with
She had love within her life

And I heard her singing

CHORUS
Wouldn't you say
Wouldn't you say
Wouldn't you say
That life is beautiful

She sang of things that pleased her soul
She questioned life and made it known
She stored her knowledge deep inside her mind

She had no mansions on a hillside
She had castles in the sky
She had no gold for inheritance
She had time on her side

And I heard her singing

CHORUS
Wouldn't you say
Wouldn't you say
Wouldn't you say
That life is beautiful

And as the years go by
That peaceful girl was I
And I'm still singing

CHORUS
Wouldn't you say
Wouldn't you say
Wouldn't you say
That life is beautiful

Wouldn't you say
that life is beautiful

The Fool & The Wise Reprover

"As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly."

-Proverbs 26:11

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters."

-Proverbs 25:11-13

Savior Like a Shepherd

Savior like a shepherd lead us,
Much we need Thy tender care
In Thy pleasant pasture feed us,
For our use Thy folds prepare

Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus
Thou has bought us Thine we are
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus
Thou has bought us Thine we are

.......

"For Thou has broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:4-6

One Thousand Words

Wow what a day! It is now 11.55 pm. Got back from a wedding of church friends' a couple of hours ago, but i feel like i just got back cause of the tiredness. But now i still have to wait to pick up sister from another church friend's house. They're now driving down from San Francisco. Should be home in an hour or two. He lives 2o min away in West Covina. I hope one of the parentals is coming with me to keep me awake. So while i wait, i figured i have some time to spare.

I was going to write and share all the events that happened today, but my english is not that great... especially when i have to incorporate grammar in writing... especially when i'm tired. lol.

So 'pictures worth a thousand words' here we go... ^^

Parents been wanting me to take pictures of their new fruiting plants. lol.

I don't know the english word (it's Guava :)

I don't think she was ready =P

Hibernating mode

Went to play basketball with Kiba and Leo

Kiba is huge now. 8 months old 'puppy'

Temple City Church

Funny story, Leo & I were the last to leave from the church but we snuck in from the back because we took the far parking lot (one of the anti's let us in). So we had time to take pictures when no one was around and picked our favorite table. lol.

Hahha

My date & I =P

The parentals

My dad and his singing group

Oh Leo is planning to get married this summer. So here he is taking notes on the Do's and Dont's for his wedding.

Sonny & Carrie

I-10 freeway

Moses & Ka Lina

Ka Lina & Bang Albert straight from LAX, from Bandung, Indonesia

Divine Appointment

by Barnabas Hope


As a worker for God in a country that is not friendly to evangelism, I pray that He will go before me and prepare the hearts of people to receive His word. And He does.

While walking down the street one day, I passed a small key shop. Two men stood inside talking. One held an old book. They must be reading the Koran, I thought as I passed. I finished my errand and turned toward home. I decided to have a key made so I could talk to those men.

"What are you doing in this country?" the key maker asked as he worked. I told him that I was associated with a travel agency in town. The man still held the old book in his hand. It had been marked with several colors of ink. I knew that people didn't normally write in the Koran. Then I realized that it was a Bible.

I paid him for the key and prepared to leave. As I walked by the man's Bible, I laid my hand on it and said, "This is a great book. You would do well to keep reading it."

"That's my Bible," he said, smiling slightly. "I bought it many years ago." Then he asked what faith I followed. I told him I was a Seventh-day Adventist believer.

"Oh," he said, "I know about them. I've read about Adventists on the Internet. Do Seventh-day Adventists have any books I can get?" I told him we did, and he asked me to bring him one.

Just the morning before this unexpected meeting, my family had read the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch for worship. We talked about the lesson this story held that we never know when we will meet someone whom the Holy Spirit has already prepared, and that we must be prepared to teach them when God places them in our path.

As I walked home from the key shop, I thought about how Phillip came across the eunuch sitting and reading the Bible and ministered to him. I pondered how I had never seen anyone in this country reading the Bible. Then today I met this man in the key shop who was reading a Bible-and sharing the Bible with another man.

I pray daily that the Lord will lead us to people who want to know what we know, for our environment is not friendly to evangelism.

Only a handful of Adventist believers live in the country I serve in. Pray for them, and continue giving to the mission offerings, which support missionaries around the world.

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Barnabas Hope is a church planter serving in the Middle East

	Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. email: info@adventistmission.org website: www.adventistmission.org

My Bible Journey

I feel that I'm spreading myself too thin in my Bible reading. Usually in the past, I tried to read one or two books at a time. That worked pretty well with the New Testament. But now, diving into the Old Testament, I have one notecard -as a mark- for Zechariah (on Chapter 9), another on Job (Chapter 8), a piece of paper on Isaiah (Chapter 22), and on some days I'm re-reading Romans (Chapter 6)... oh and i know whenever my brain can't seem to function in the morning, I always go to Proverbs (Chapter corresponding to dates. hehhe).

In James chapter 1:5 the Word of God says that "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him." I do need help in this, because i don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything.

With that in mind, let me share you what I came across when reading Zechariah. A wonderful book :)

Our Abba Father has witnessed a lot of things. He has witnessed generation after generation of those who honor and forsake His name. We humans are often times selfish in our own ways.

"Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?" (Zechariah 7:5,6)

"Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts." (Zechariah 7:13)

Yet in the next chapter He goes on and say...

"Thus saith the LORD: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem... There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.... If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts." (Zechariah 8:3-6)

Don't we serve an awesome God...

So Send I You