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2008-10-27T17:05:00.002+01:00

The requested URL was not found on this server. There are so many reasons that this might have happened I can scarcely bring myself to type them all out. You might have typed the URL incorrectly, for instance.
Or (less likely but certainly plausible) I might have coded the URL incorrectly.
Or (far less plausible, but theoretically possible, depending on which ill-defined Grand Unifying Theory of physics one subscribes to), some random fluctuation in the space-time continuum might have produced a shatteringly brief but nonetheless real electromagnetic discombobulation which caused this error page to appear.
Or (and truth be told, this is by far the most likely scenario) you might have reached a page that I meant to create but didn't get around to it. However if you wait long enough i might do the neccesary changes. :) Sorry for the inconvenience.
Yours trully and sincerely, Santi

computer upgrades

2007-06-24T22:26:00.000+02:00

yup, believe it or not but that HUMONGOUS thing you have up there is a hard disk, scary right??? TYJ that nowadays they make them super small and we can have laptops! but it's so funny how even though the most advanced technology is so stoneage compared to the one they have in the spiritual realm and wich we have been granted access and control to it! just think about thought travel, and mental power to really move things, to fly, that is really high tech, not what we have here on earth :P it really is amazing, TYJ for availing us with the most powerful technology ever! the spiritual weapons ROCK! and also for making the best and biggest hard drive ever, our brain! nothing can compare to Your creation Lord :D

but anyway, back to the topic, i finally upgraded my laptop's hard disk, been waiting for the holidays to do this for a loong time, TYJ that the exams and the studying is over!! now i can have some more free time or myself and my friends :D
so as i was saying, i recently got to upgrade my laptop's hard disk, it was starting to get small with all the music i have in here and the data and the downloads etc etc, so i decided to put a 120 gb hard disk, another imrpoovement is that this one runs at 5400 rpm, while the previous one only did at 4200, nice improovement i must say, but that's not all, my old hard disk was not put in a shelf to get covered in dust no, it was used to upgrade my sister's laptop, her previous hard disk was a laughable 40 gigs, now she has a decent sized 80 gigs hard disk, quite the improovement for her :D she's happy with the change, now no one will laugh at her computer :P (that goes for you prem!) but Ely's old hard disk was not put in a shelf eather, i bought a hard disk case to convert it into an external USB hard disk, so inow have 160 gigabytes to fill!! anyone wants to send me anything? :D now is the time!

oh, i also got to learn how to make hard disk images and pass them from one computer to another, really spiffy, and my brother in law Jan, gave me this utilites bot disk that is like the swiss knife of camputer techs, it's the Hiren's boot cd, full of tools to almost do any conceivable tweak, repair or upgrade conceivable, i highly recommend it, if you want a copy of it, please do write me and i'll send it to you ;) here i give you a link to give a look to all the utilities it has: http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd i have to igg deeper into ti though to learn how to use them all, i'm sure it will come handy some other time ;)

Exams and AIP kickoff

2007-06-14T22:31:00.000+02:00

ok... i guess it took me more than a week to write again but i have been doing lots and lots of things let's see where do i start... ok, the days after i made my last post i was studying a lot because of the upcoming exam of access to University that i had the 2nd and 3rd of june in the city of Lisbon in Portugal. Here you can see me just as i was coming out of the place where i was doing the exams.

anyway, i have the faith that i've passed them :P, though i'll get the results on the 21st, pray for it!
after that we went to the city of Badajoz and stayed there from the 3rd till the 6th for Ely's exams, pray that she passes them too... it's important.

right after those we went to Plasencia for a few days to pick as much cherries as we could before the 9th when we would leave for Madrid with my niece Elaine to pick a plane on the 11th for the AIP's kick off in Porto wich would last till the 13th when we would make our way back to Plasencia for more cherry picking :P

the AIP kick off held in Portugal was really great, there i got to see old friends and make some new ones that i hope to keep for a long time :) it was a really fun and uniting experience.
the first day when we arrived, we were picked up at the airport by some sweet FGA friends wich i hadn't seen some for months and others for years! can you believe it! the first place that they took us to was bowling, fun!!
here are some pictures of the event with al of us posing ;) (please, don't mind the poor quality)

by the time we finished it was already lunch time and the dear members of the home that hosted us provisioned a meal of tasty chicken with french fries and rice wih gave us the strength to endure the tiresome afternoon of soccer that ensued

after the tiring soccer game we all took showers had dinner and went to the beach for an inspiring evening singing songs around a bonfire we made :D sadly to say, i don't have any pictures of the event :(

next day we rose up at 9. no, it' not that we were lazy to start the day... it's just that we went to bed quite late the day before :P the morning started with some delicious croissants with butter and strawberry jam, and after that the morning kicked in first with JJT's and then with a beautiful inspiration led by the inspiring and fun Ready after wich followed some word time and reading about this years AIP and mainly encauraging the jetts to keep on the revolution and do more this year than all the previous ones!
when the wordtime was done, it was already time to prepare for our picnic outside in the woods! in wich we gobbled down the food and played soccer for the rest of the afternoon, a really bonding activity in wich young people of all ages and both genders participated with much enthusiasm.
when the night time arrived and after eating a nice dinner we setted out to watch a fun movie all together with snacks, we sure had a laugh watching the movie! i love Robin Williams :P
but it's amazing how fast the time passes and after such a nice evening, the next morning we came to the realization that it was over... :( we had to wake up at half past 6 to go to the airport and there were much tears and hugs saying goodbye to all the sweet people we had been with the past 2 days, and some of the most astute people, gathered e-mails of all the people there to keep tabs on them while at home.

all in all it was a memorable time we got to spend there, the ony thing we regret, as always, is that it didn't last longer :P but PTL! we can all now look forward to next gathering!

(photo caption: my new friend Victoria with me beeing goofy :P doesn't she have a luvable smile?? )

the return of the prodigal son!

2007-05-22T21:43:00.000+02:00

Yup my dear friends, that's how i'm feeling right now for having neglected you all for... woah! a whopping amount of 2 months! now that's some serious slacking from my part... wich i inted to amend. i will resume posting at least once a week from now on :D

so, you might be all wondering what have i been up to, and well, to be honest, i have been quite busy studying for the exams during the month of april, then i had my exams at the begining of may, more exactly the 2nd, the 7th and the 8th of may, these were the last exams of the year YAY!!! aren't you happy for me?? :D and the best part is that yesterday i got the grades for those exams! and i passed them all!!!! TYJ!!! now i've officially passed college! it really wasn't me, i must confess... it was definately all a BIG miracle from the Lord, he did some pretty awesome and cool miracles for me :D wich is some more proof that He really wants me to leave everything and serve Him and give my life to Him 110% for this summer, now aint that neat? :D if i would have failed only one of those exams, i might have had to wait till september for that... and i didn't really want that... so i was a bit desperate, and the Lord came through and here i am! i got an overall of 7.25 out of 10 on this year's grade, and a 7.5 overall betwen last year and this year. but again it has ALL been Him, wouldn't have been able to do it without Him He sure is a real pal to count on!

now off to other accounts, these past 2 weeks, since i came back from the Exams, i have also been quite busy, fist studying for the really last exams that i hope to do, wich are the ones fo access to university, now don't freak out, i'm not thinking of throwing away my calling of beeing a missionary to study a career, it's just that you only have to do this exam once in your life, and it's about the things i just studied in this past year, so i guess it's better to take the exam now than to leave it for some other time. the exams will be the 2nd and 3rd of june and i will be doing them in Lisbon, Portugal (pray for them too if u fell burdened too :) and then, i've also been quite busy picking cherries :P
no, it's not a joke, right now i'm in south western Spain, in a city called Plasencia, near the border with Portugal, in the valley of Jerte, now this valley is almost solely dedicated to the cherry production, and my parents happen to have 2 fields with cherry trees, and it's cherry time! so we go a few days in the week to pick them up, clasify them, measure them, and then put them in boxes and sell them. this valley has the biggest cherry production in Spain, and the cherries grown here are then transported to all corners of Europe, so if you happen to see some cherries in your local supermarket check if they come from Spain, and if they do, then thikn of me :P and pray that i don't fall from the trees while picking them!
here i post a picture of me beeing a cherry-picking monkey ;) let's just state for the record that it's not the best picture you might have seen of me, in fact it's quite bad, but it's the only one i have...

we normally get an average of 20 kgs of cherries every day (believe me... that is a quite a lot, more than you would like to see together) and we're actually starting to get tired of the cherries, as good as they are, when you pick so many, and eat so many, you start to grow tired and some even sick of them, but i must say that their taste is exceptional ;)you should come over here drop by for a few days and taste them to understand.
the process of picking them and classifying is quite laborious, because first you have to pick them up risking your life in the trees, then when you're so tired from beeing up there that your legs start to shake, you go back home wich is normally for dinner time, then you have dinner, and a few moments after you've finished it's time to start clasifying them and putting them in hard boxes to be sold the next morning on your way to pick more :P
clasifying them, first you have to take those affected by bugs or picked by the birds, then the remnant ones you have to clasify them by sizes, and by the time you finish doing all that and cleaning all the mess left behind after classifying them, it's already time for bed, and don't have time to get on internet to write on your blog or talk much with your friends...
that's what's been happening lately, and i really am sorry! i'll try to keep in touch with you all more often from now on....

anyway, enough of cherries, let's move to some other topics. you might be asking yourself where am i going to go this summer to join FD missionary life, and to be honest, i've been praying about it these past weeks, but i still don't have it that clear, all that i know is that the Lord has showed me to stay around Europe, so i had to say goodbye to my dreams of going back to Mexico... sniff sniff.. or going to some far away land like china, and learn chinese... or ask to join my friends in the Prophet Bus... but i guess the Lord knows best, and He might have something even better planned for me, somewhere where i will be able to learn all the lessons tha He wants me to :D and become just what He destined and designed me for, where i will fit the best :) the centre of His will. i will let you all know where that is as soon as i know it :)

oh well my friends, it's time for the goodbyes again, i have to write a few e-mails to some of you and chat with some others, but hopefully you'll be seeing some more of me soon!

much love, Santi

The Soldier's Creed

2007-04-17T17:26:00.000+02:00

I am a soldier, a prayer warrior, of the army of my God. The lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer. The Holy Bible is my code of conduct. Faith, Prayer and the Word are my weapons of warfare.

I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience, tried by adversity, and tested by fire.

I am a volunteer in this army, and i am enlisted for eternity. I will rather retire in this army at the Rapture or die in this army; but i will not get out, sell out, or be talked out. I am faithful, capable, and dependable. If my God needs me, I am there.

I am a soldier. I am not a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up, or pepped up. No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me, entice me, or lure me.

I am a soldier. I am not a wimp. I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His name, and building His Kingdom!

I am commited. I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around. I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit.

When Jesus called me into this army, i had nothing. If I end with nothing, I will still come out even. I will win. My God will supply al my needs. I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph. I can do all things through Christ.

I am a soldier. Devils cannot defeat me. People cannot disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me. Sickness cannot stop me. Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments cannot silence me, and hell cannot handle me.

I am a soldier. Even death cannot destroy me. For when my Commander calls me from this battlefield, He will promote me to a captain and then bring me back to rule this world with Him.

I am a soldier, in the army, and I’m marching, claiming vitory. I will not give up. I will not turn around. Here i stand! Will you stand with me?.

Author unknown.

May we all take this soldier's creed to heart, and commit ourselves to be a warrior for the Christ's cause. I personally am going to print it and read it every morning :)

The Art of War

2007-04-16T08:59:00.000+02:00

So what if you’re feeling lousy? So what?

Are you going to give up? Are you going to quit? Are you going to surrender to the damn Devil? Hell, no! Show him you haven’t even begun to fight yet! What did John Paul Jones do? His arm was nearly shot off, his men were being killed, his ship was wrecked, and when the enemy asked if he wanted to surrender, what did he say? “Okay, i’ve had enough; sure, come on over, boys” No! He said, “Hell no! No! No! No! No, i’m not going to surrender! No, I’m not going to give up!” He was willing to go down with the ship, he was so sure he was on the winning side.

You’re on the winning side! Don’t give up now! Show the Enemy you’re not going to surrender. Show him you’re willing to go down with the ship. Keep fighting! Are you supposed to quit when you’re hardest hit? No! You’re supposed to keep fighting! You want to learn to love the fight? Well, then fight! Fight! Fight with everything within you! Fight until your last breath. God loves a fighter.

You’re like the guy in that song where it says, “So you’re caught in the midst of a battle saying, ‘I must’ve done sme awful sin!’” Well, brother, if you didn’t expect to go to was, why did you join the army? You joined because you were willing to live and die for Jesus! That’s what Christian soldiers do. They live for the Lord and they die for the Lord. Whatever they do they do it all for the Lord! So to hell with the Devil and his attacks. So what? Keep going! Keep doing your best. Keep serving Jesus. If the Enemy whacks off your arm, you still have another arm and two legs, right? Look at it that way!

You’re a live one! Can’t you see that? You’re a live one – one who wants to grow in the Lord, one who loves the Lord. So if you want to grow, you have to be willing to be trained, willing to learn what you need to know to do the job He’s called you to do. It’s all part of the job description. “Think it not strange concerning the fiery trials wich is to try you” (1Pet. 4:12).

When you pray and ask the Lord to do something in your life, you shouldn’t be too surpised when the trials start coming in like a flood afterwards. So what did you recently pray? To be a better fighter, to love the fight, right? Well, welcome to the battleground! You’ve prayed and told the Lord you want to make more progress, that you want a solid victory, that you believe He can totally deliver you from some of these things. Why are you surprised that the Enemy is coming in like a flood? If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen! If you aren’t willing to pay the price and go all the way, don’t start the building. If you go, go all the way!

If you’re doing it right, the devil will fight! He’s fighting you! He’s fighting you! Give him a swift kick where it hurts! Show a little “umph” if you want to triumph. You can do it! Amen? Amen! I love you! Keep fighting!

april 1st

2007-04-01T22:50:00.000+02:00

ok, hello everybody!! today is april the 1st, and that means april fool's day!!! no, sorry, no one actually got to make me beleive any of their pranks, wel, yes, they did.. one person, google :D i must say that it is very good, specially concerning that i didn't realize that it was the 1st of april till i finished reading it all, so here is the URL for one of the best pranks ever :P http://www.google.com/tisp/

and to end here i put a prank call that i love :P you're gonna laugh soo much!!! i tell you :P if you wanna hear it, all you gotta do is click on the small link below, download the file, et voila! enjoy!!

the prank :)

in loving memory....

2007-03-29T22:07:00.000+02:00

the 18th of march, Victoria, a full time 100 % dedicated missionary, passed away after battling 10 years with cancer. i made a blog in her honour and to keep her memory alive, for all of you who knew her, please leave a comment on it, i'm sure that her family will most than appreciate it :) she trully was a remarkable soul, she preached with her sample, and what a powerfull one it was...
i just read today this quote:

"What is the difference between a hero and a coward? Both are normal people, who have fear and run; the difference is that the hero runs in the right direction."

and believe me, she was a hero, despite the many difficulties and thorns in the flesh that she had, she always put a smile on her face and brave all the winds that life's problems threw at her with courage, and holding on tightly to He who meant the most to her :) Jesus.
it's worth your time to check the story of her life, believe me.
you may check the blog here http://loving-memory-victoria.blogspot.com

I'M ALIVE!!!!

2007-02-24T22:15:00.000+01:00

yeah, you heard well, i'm still alive, i'm not dead, nor in the mental hospital (yet), nor did a green hipopotamus squash me in the bathtub or a drunk grizzly run over me in his pick up truck on the subway....
anyway, so the main point i was trying to bring out is that the reason why i haven't updated my blog, nor have you seen me on that much lately is because i've been pretty busy studying, and will keep beeing so till the second week of march when i've had my exams. i really need to press on if i want to pass them...
i wanted to ask you all who faithfully check my blog if you could all please pray for the exams... they are important, and i need to pass them all, puss plus i need to make another exam of philosophy to pass last trimester's exam wich i failed... :( all in al, please, hold me up in your prayers the days 5th, 6th and 7th of March, i'll need each and every of your prayers.

i have to run now! sorry!!
i love you all!
big hug, from Santi

FIRE AND ICE

2007-02-07T22:07:00.000+01:00

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
Matthew 6:24

This morning i was having some praise time and these thoughts came to my mind that i wanted to share with you.

I was thinking of how Jesus is so much like a portable heater, He is the one that keeps our heart warm with love, the one that keep us alive in the midst of this old and cold world. He is like a portable heater that doesn't need any batteries or be connected to the electricity, and that we strap around ourselves just for the sake of keeping alive! of not getting frozen dead when we go out there and we walk around in the world. just picture it, spiritually the world nowadays has turned like in the movie "the day after tomorrow", everything is freezing and the hearts of people are becoming old, as hard as stones and as cold as ice, the spiritual atmosphere is growing so cold, where is the love? so in order for us to survive, to keep a warm tender, and moldable heart we must strap the portable heater around us that will fill us with the warmth of His love, and keep us hot, young and vibrant in the spirit so that the cold wont affect us and we'll be able to touch and melt the hearts of those around us that we get to meet. and the closer we grow to the Lord, the more we praise Him the more we talk with Him, the more we BECOME ONEWITH HIM in mind, soul, body and spirit, the portable heater, instead of just keeping us alive, will turn into torches, nay, flame throwers! that can bring back to life the cold stony spirits of those passing by in the road of our lives, they'll be able to see that there is a difference, wherever u step, the ice melts, the sun shines again, and flowers and green grass start to grow at your step. they'll see that you have something that they don't, that you're different, radical let's say, you've got the raw power, the fire from God burning inside your heart, and at the touch of that warmth they can only do two things, one, embrace it like a child finding a new toy, like a lover embraces his loved one after beeing separate for a time, and get infused with the spirit and become bearers of that warm love from above, or they'll shun it, hate it, and run away from it. there are only two options, no lukewarms, or either you're hot and vibrant with His spirit, or you're stony cold, there are no shades of gray, just black and white.
There is a spiritual war beeing waged over the earth, and there are just 2 sides, the hot, vibrant, pure and radical truth of the Lord's side, or the stony cold chilly winds that run free around the earth of the enemy's side, that try to suck out the life from you, the flame inside your heart.

"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Revelations 3:15,16

so, are you one of His flame throwers? are you giving your life to the full for Him? are you a disciple? don't let that old punk take your flame away! become a flame thrower, make him turn around and run the way he came from and burn his ass with the Word of God, and the Truths of His Spirit. Lets spread the love and the word of God and cause a wild and rampant fire that will burn throughout the earth, melting the ice and bringing back to life the spirits of those enslaved by him and his cold winds!
will you join us in our quest? keep the flame alive!

"Are you a disciple for Jesus?, or a part time missionary, or a social worker, or a christian english teacher, or just a cool dude?, how would you describe yourself?"

"Be willing to be labeled as narrow minded for believing what He says. Be willing to be revolutionary and do or die, determined to believe the beliefs of the Word and hold to them. Find your calling and stick to it, live and die for the Lord, the revolutionary wild hot truths of the Word that you've barely known, open yourself up to it and you'll see what it really is all about, then you'll taste the freedoms of the spirit, and you'll be moved to give your whole life to Him. Then it wont be a strugle to serve Him, but a joy."

"Where are the leaders, where are the ones who are willing to break away from the crowd and be diferent. Where are you, young leaders who are willing to break away from the system that lures you, and puts you to sleep. Where are those of you who want to be different from all the millions?"

"It is dying daily for the cause of Christ that makes our revolution different"

wear your ring in public!

2007-02-06T21:08:00.000+01:00

hello my beloved friends, here i am once again, sorry for haing taken so long in writing anything more... but studies are tough and the only time i have left of the day i have been spending it with you on chat. ok, i know... i haven't been able to talk with all (don't point your finger at me Anj! i'm going to have a long and deep conversation with you soon :P i have it scheduled)
so, not much has been happening worth mentioning but i have decided to post this thing i have read some time ago in the blog of a dear friend of mine, hope it's encouraging to you all, and pray for me and my studies! i need it. oh, and i wanted to say a public Tx to Cel for letting me put the story up :) LY! keep on going for the Lord!

"Picture it: a guy gets up the courage to ask his girl to marry him. She whole heartedly agrees and cannot wait until her wedding day-the day she has been looking forward to ever since she was a small girl! Her new husband-to-be slides a gorgeous ring onto her finger and she knows she has never been happier in all her life.
Now picture this: the sweet young couple have been invited out to a friend’s party. The guy drives over to the girl’s house to pick her up, she gets into the passenger seat and they start driving. Soon the guy notices that she is trying to yank the ring off her finger. “What on earth are you doing?” he askes her with a funny grin. She seems a little embarrassed and mumbles something quietly. “Is the ring not good enough?” he jokes, and then immediatly notices that there are tears in her eyes.
“Don’t be mad at me!” she says, “Please understand! I do love you, I really do! And I’ll wear your ring when we are both together, but I don’t want to wear it out in public. My friends…they…just don’t think you’re cool. I don’t want them to think I am weird.”

Hmm. Unusual, huh? What kind of a girl would only wear her ring around the man she is to marry? She should be so proud of it!The same way it is for us as Christians. There is simply no way we can be “Sunday” Christians, it’s all or nothing."

so, are YOU wearing your RING in PUBLIC?

woah! awesome huh? it pictures so well the relationship we should have with Him the one who matters the most to all of us :) i know almost everyone of you are already wearing your ring in public or are at least doing a big effort to do it and you're working on it, but just wanted to send a reminder, we should be proud of having Him as hour Husband! He's the best lover ever!

CHEERS TO JESUS! WE LOVE YOU!

My 20th birthday and all that it entails

2007-01-25T22:21:00.000+01:00

so, 20 years old already... my my... i would have never thought i'd grow this old... i hoped to stay on the last teen years forever.. but i guess that growing up has its good things, it's changes, its responsabilities, you mature more in many aspects, and now i can say that i'm really looking forward to this new year, to learn all the lessons that the Lord may want to teach me, to be faithful to him, to grow closer to him every day, not just a bit, but a lot so that when this year goes by i can be proud to say, i've become better, better said, i can thank Him for having helped me to become better, for Lord knows that i in myself are nothing... i can never accomplish anything good if it's not because of Him, so yeah, if by the end of the year i'm better, then i'll be proud to say, all glory to Him! :D i really want to become better so that i can become more useful to Him and help as many as i can by showing them the Lord's love, and be not just a collaborator of Jesus, but an extension of his very body :) be part of Him and let Him move in me, put on His mind so that everything i do is guided by Him, and thus bear great fruit :)

the year has been a good one, i can't complain, i've gotten to travel more than any other time in my life, and i've travelled more than anyone i know, for wich i am really really thankful to the Lord, i have gotten to know some realy wonderful people wich i miss inmensely, and also had the chance to meet good old friends with wich i've shared many good things in the years that i've had the honour to partake of their friendship. i really am happy to know all of you! you are like a gift sent from heaven for me :) and i really cherish your friendship, yes, each and everyone of you!

now, let's go on to my birthday, we actually celebrated it the day before with my brother and his wife, just the 6 of us, and later on i got other presents, and some others were given to me before, on christmas, here is the account of what i got :D

this is an awesome super cool miniature electric guitar, no it doesn't work, it's just for decoration, but i was soooo happy when i saw it! i got it from my brother Daniel :D i'll take it wherever i go to, and i hope to get a real one sometime soon this year.

this is a very groovy bag that i got from my sister Ana, i love it! it's made out of recycled tire inner tubes, and the hold is actual safety belt! :D it even smells like tires :P a perfect gift for a car lover like me ;)

this is a bracelet that i got from my other sister Jenny, aint it cute? it's silver :D i wear it now all the time.

and to end, this is a very special present that i got from my sis Ely, the very first drawing of me that i've ever got! TX Ely for all your work!! ILY! it looks great :D

king's day!

2007-01-07T23:17:00.000+01:00

So, the 6th of january was king's day, and what a day! my whole family came over and we had a good time together, it had been a long time since all came home, normally we would go to my eldest sister's house since she has 7 kids and it's harder for her to come over. but this time she came! along with her whole clan, LOL!
anyway, since some of you might not know the history or the meaning of king's day, i'll make a small account of it.
so, the celebration of king's day is a spanish tradition that comemorates the visit of the wise men to baby Jesus, and give him the gifts they brought, but this celebration can also be found in countries that have had spanish influence, such as latin american countries, or our neighbour France. in Spain, King's day is a big deal, it's a nationnl holiday and it still counts as part of the christmas holidays. so, it all starts when a few days before the 6th of january, the kids write a letter to the wise men, telling them what they would like as presents, and that they've been good during the year (note that this was before any Santa Claus appeared... just that the westerners liked the idea of our king's day and added many of it to their Santa Claus...) on the 5th of january, there is a big parade in almost every city, town and village, where some people dressed as the wise men go out in the streets passing out sweets and presents, you really have to see it one day, it's super fancy and all the streets are packed, all the parents with the kids go out. it really is a very very fancy parade. it lasts for hours. so, in the night of the 5th, the wise men come and leave the presents for the kids to open them in the morning of the 6th. also since they are working soo much during the night, it's a custom that the kids leave water for the camels, and some sweets for the wise men to gain strength to endure the whole night :P some also leave some drinks for the wise men, such as anisette, an alcoholic drink.
so if the kids have been good, the wise men will bring them what they've asked, and if not, they bring them coal. but don't be fooled, this i no normal coal :P it's made out of black tainted sugar, so it actually is nice to eat, LOL. and let's not forget about the all time famous "King's roll", eaten just on this specific day in the homes all over the spanish geography. it's traditional, this one was made by Ely, and tihs year's it was good ;) inside you put a surprise like a little figurine, and whoever gets it on his piece of the roll keeps it. also it's traditional to put a bean inside, and whoever gets it, pays for the king's roll ;). here a picture of Ely's masterpiece:

now that the history and the customs behind the festivity have been told, i'll pass on to tell about the day that we had. so as i said somewhere up there, all my family came over except my second older brother and his wife who is due to give birth anytime, we were a grand total of 19 people, my eldest sister Jenny, her husband Jan and her 7 kids, my eldest brother Cesar, his wife Marta, and his 2 kids, and my second eldest sister Ana and her kid.
here a picture of my sister Jenny and all my nephews and nieces around her.

we had a good day, filled with kids running up and down, a few things getting broken due to their hyperactivity, and some even getting injured for playing like monkeys on the trees of the garden :P but no worries it wasn't that bad, a few stitches solved the problem.
the presents were opened and happy faces were seen all around, and kids playing everywhere with their new shiny toys of games, modeling the new clothes, or learning and fooling around their chemical interaction equipment.

afterwards they even did a small play of the nativity scene, with Elaine taking the role of the angel bringing the good news, little Dani beeing Joseph, Sharon playing Mary, Richard as Gaspar, Arthur as Melchor, and Dani as Baltasar. and let's not forget about the stellar apparition of the stuffed porcupine as the main character! Jesus! :P

to end here are some more random pictures that i thought were worthy to be seen by all of you :)

this first one was taken before opening all the presents.

this is the end result of having 10 kid opening up presents in just one room.. looks like the remnants of a riot coused by an angry mob!!

next are some pictures of kids opening up presents and their faces of happynes :D, the first one is Coco carrying one of his presents :D HOW CUTE!

and the next fella in the pictures is Alan, carrying and opening his presents.

the following pictures are of Danini, aint he lovable??? :D specially dressed up as Joseph :p he is the best kid ever! hoenstly! and i know quite a few ;) he is just soo sweet to you, and so funny, and cute, and fun to be with! the Lord really blessed my sister Anna with him... aaah... i want to have a kid like him! he also loves cars and motorcycles, and watches all the formula 1 races and motorcycle GP's that he can, he's a real fan of Alonso, Pedrosa, and Rossi, now THIS IS A BOY!

now, don't be fooled and deceived by the look of innocence and "i'm-a-nice-guy" expression spread all over his face, for he is the rascalliest little 2 year old ever!!! ooh if i started telling you of all his adventures..... let's just say that once he put a clock inside a microwave and turned it on, you can guess the end of this adventure, the microwave exploded.... LOL anyway, here he is. Adrian with one of his biggest and sweetest looking smiles ;)

here Adrian is with his cousin Arthur, another really nice calmed and super duper cool capricorn in my family, (one out of the 6 capricorns that we are in our family and we're all super cool :p) he is very good with computers, a pro with computer games, and he's only about 8! he'll be a computer savyy in a few years, following the footsteps of his dad :), he's also very sweet and gentle, and he's the personal relationships guy for their family ;)

in the next picture he's acting as Batman, he has this thing for superheroes... wear a superman t-shirt and he'll go hyper!, show him something green and say it's Hulk's and he'll love it.

this one next, is cute Erika, older sister of Adrian.

and we find her here again posing for a pic with her cousin Elaine, and the rascal in the back :D
now... what might he be thinking... nothing too good i suppose, maybe scheming his next plot to destroy the earth :P

now some neat pictures of coco! his name is actualy Christian but we call him coco affectionately, h'es the toughest guy i've ever seen! he's soo big for his age, and no matter how badly he falls on his adventures, how hard he knocks his head, he doesn't cry! only eventualy when he's too tired he will, but if not he will jsut stand up and keep walking, a completely determined true capricorn :p you may also see some videos of him who elly so graceously and kindly uploaded for everyone to see, GBH! ILY Ely!

he doesn't waste any time at all!! LOL :P

and to end, 2 pictures of the pinkiest and princessy gal i've ever seen, this is my friends, my niece Sharon! she really thinks she's a princess :P if she does smthg bad, she'll tell, you.. oh, but ti doens't matter because i'm pretty :p she uses to go to her mom's room and steal her lispstick and eyeliner and that stuff that ive forgotten what it's called like, that gooey stuff to put colour to your nails... anyway, the point is that she steals it, and hides it in her room and then uses it when no one is looking, and puts lipstick all over her face :P really cute. this is her:
aint Ely looking pretty? :D anyway, if u don't like the picture just tell me and i'll take it down.
LY!

Jesus did it again!

2007-01-05T22:39:00.000+01:00

this post is to show how Jesus cares for us in every aspect of our lives and how he provides bountifully to those that serve him. He is indeed the best boss anyone could have, and beeing at his service is the best job ever! it really pays off to be a missionary :D

this testimony happened this christmas in Iceland, one day Sarah P (16), David Ryley (17), Gabe(20), and I, went out to sell the calendars "Mottos for success" to the shops to raise funds for the work they are doing there. so when we arrived at the town we were going to promote our tools, we first started by shooting up a quick prayer for the day and asking the Lord to tell us what we should do, since it was almost lunch time, if we should go to provision lunch right away, or start first to go to the shops and afterwards try provision the meal. he told us to do the latter.
after about an hour and a half had passed, we met again and prayed and asked the Lord once more, and he told us to go to eat then, we asked if there were any restaurants around the town, and they pointed out that there was one some streets away, so we took the car and arrived there. once more we parked the car, and prayed again asking for a confirmation that this indeed was the place we were supposed to try to provision the meal, and in that case, who was supposed to go to talk with the manager. we got a yes from the Lord that that was the place, and that Sarah and David were supposed to go to talk with the manager, while Gabe an I stayed in the car, asking the Lord to do a miracle and that He promised to provide for us all our needs. so a few minutes passed in wich we were fervently praying in the car, when David came out to tell us to come in! Thank you Jesus!!! that's what i call a miracle! we in faith believed that we would eat in that restaurant and He gve it to us :D and what a good meal! it was the best soup i had in a very long time, and the tastiest fish i'd ever eaten before.
what is more is that the manager wasn't even there, but the waitress called him in the phone and he said yes! now how cool is that!
indeed the Lord is stil the same yesterday, today, and forever, and can still perform miracles in behalf of those that work for him ;)

but this is not the only time it happened, i have been able to witness this kind of miracles more than once. and all i can say is stay in awe at the power of prayer and the Lord's power of supply.

let's make a hugathon!

2007-01-05T22:10:00.000+01:00

today i just saw this video that i friend put up in his blog, and i thought, what a nice idea!! how come no one thought about it before? this hugg campaign started in 2004 and now is an international thing, anyone who wants can go out with a banner and promote hugs by giving them out for free to whoever wants them :D
the only problem, most ppl don't include God and Jesus in it, but HEY! God is Love after all!! so how more should we do this to share the love God has for other people? let them know that we are there because Jesus cares for them, and He loves them? i can already picture it, someone needs a hug and you give it while whispering softy in their ear that Jesus loves them, and passing them out a "somebody loves you" tract, you can read it by clicking here. it would be such a cool way to witness to people and pass out tracts in the street! i'm game with this idea, anyone would like to join me and be fools for christ's sake?
also we can do an everyday hugathon at home, or at work, with everyone we know! we as christians should be showing the Lord's love for everyone love should be exuding out of us, out of every single part of us and beeing transmitted out to everyone we pass along so that people can even see the difference in us, in our eyes, in our actions in everything we do, and know that we have smthg special that they don't, and they'd like to hav it too!
start your own hugathon today in your personal life and see the changes!
i for one, am already thinking of planning some hugathons ;)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

2007-01-01T13:02:00.000+01:00

i am writing this as i am having a very family traditional new years morning, wich is that of watching the new year's concert in Vienna, played by the philarmonic of Vienna. if you don't know what i'm talking about, you may want to click here for more information. the best director that i've seen was Lorin Maazel, who used to play gags and even act the music along with some members of the orchestra, wich was really memorable. this year's director is Zubin Mehta, hindi, and so far it's not that bad, i just saw some comical gags that they were playing on the public :P good stuff, but still, nothing can beat the show that Lorin Maazel was :p
anyway, i wont bore you any longer with classical music and other boring stuff.
so, like most of you already know i spent 2 weeks in Iceland, from the 13th of december till the 27th and it was great! i miss them tonz, i love that home and it's people... it's been an unforgettable time, and life back here it's not the same anymore... Ely wil be posting some videos on her blog, actually you can already see one. but Lord willingly we'll be able to visit them again in summer for a roadtrip, YAY!! :D.
besides that, i've received the grades for my first exams of the year, and i have only failed philosphy, wich is great :D but i still have 3 more exams of each subject before i finish the grade and i can finally join a home, Lord willingly in June, so keep praying for me about that, i'll need lot's of prayer and hearing from the Lord to see where does he want me to go to.

oh well, that's all for now, i'll write more soon, and start with my idea of a weekly post, each time in appreciation of one of my dear friends :D so keep tuned ;)
LY all!

London part 2

2006-12-06T12:11:00.000+01:00

it's been quite a while since my last post, i'm really sorry to all those who have faithfully checked my blog for any updates and have found that there were none, i apologize to you all. i'm the only one to blame... well, me and my studies, i've been quite busy recently, after i came back from china (i'll write all about this in an upcoming post). But first of all i wanted to finish with the story about London and the other home i stayed at, i owe it to some ppl, plus i want to tell you about my nice friends which i met there once more, and how sweet and happy memories i keep of that time.

oh! before i start, i wanted to let you all know that i've lost my fishy!!! :( BWAAAAAA!!!! i cherished it and held it very close to my heart.... it was a pendant i bought in mexico nearly some 4 years ago now... it was my very first pendant that i've ever had, it was a silver fish with the word "Jesus" inside... i loved it sooo much... just two days ago i went to the doctor, when suddenly i sit on a chair of the waiting room and notice that my necklace aint around my neck! i search and i only find the chain.... and not MY FISHY!!! BWAAAAAA!!! if any dear soul that is reading this blog and lives in Mexico and feels sweet enough to buy me another one,i'll pay all the expenses :)
this is what it looked like, it's not mine but it has the closest resemblance to they one i had,this one i found it on the net and they cost 20$.... for me, it costed about 3 :P

anyway, where was i ... London, right.
ok, so if you've been reading my blog up till know you'll know that after Iceland i stayed 10 days in London, 7 in the Hillton home, of wich i already wrote a post of, and then 3 days more at the Oasis home, of wich i grew very fond of. they even had the kind gesture of letting us stay for the night when we lost the flight on our way to Iceland.... soo much love...
so, like i usually do, i'll start with an account of the dear people that lived in that home at that time. The population consisted of 3 FGA's, Claire, Almond, and her husband Peter. 2 YA's, Oli and Phil. Heather, Tina, Tini, Joe, Prem, Steve. 1 JT, Shaun. 1 JETT, Phoebe, and 1 baby, Darren.
now, let's give a lil description about each:

I was really impressed with Claire and Almond's sweet spirit, along with the burden that it might have to be to care for the welfare of all the young ppl there in the home, they really have my respect as i believe it might not be an easy thing. as for Peter, i don't know him, he wasn't at the home during the three days that i stayed there, but he's the dad of a dear friend of mine, i guess that what she has become today has smthg to do with the upbringing her parents gave her, so her dad might be a nice person :D.
here a picture of Claire with one of her sons who came to visit her.(DJ)

who was next... oh yeah, that would be the SGA Phil and YA Oli
anyway, yeah, Phil is a real culinary qualified person, don't try to fool him with cheap wine, for he will know it :p and as i have been able to experience, he is a wholehearted cook, he's good with spices, and is the official kitchen deacon of the home, everybody loves his dishes ;) and he's a nice guy too, he turned 21 while we were there. Tina loves him to bits :P you can just see (right below) how she wants to eat him alive!

:D i have known Oli for 3 years, but actually this was the second time i got to meet her, the first one was at a snr teen camp in germany, where i don't know why, but ppl saw her as weird and made fun of her by calling her frodo... such mean ppl.... but she's a beautiful person :D and has a cute kid! baby darren! GBH for having the courage to make the decision to raise him up beeing so young; it wasn't an easy decision, but she made the right one, despite the pressure from the system telling her not to, saying that it would ruin her life, and not fearing the "what other ppl will say". i do admire her for that, and i see her as a real shiner! may the Lord bless u Oli! ILY! i am very happy i got to meet you again :D and don't drink too much cider!

*(Note from the writer): don't kill me for posting this picture, it was the best one i had of you....

ok, now let's move on to the cool Snr teens. I'll begin with Heather. this wonderful soul is a real beauty, and she's soo sweet! she loves the Lord so much, GBH! :) she even checks my blog and all! i would have never thought that she did :P anyway, i do hold very fond memories of you, like the time you saved me some meat for lunch, that was just too sweet! honestly! i'll never forget it. guys, there you have a super cool disciple and lover of Jesus ;) ILY!
PSD: i forgot to add that she also has a great conection with the Lord and the spirit world, she's just so complete! can't understand why she's not taken already :p, might be that the Lord hasn't said it's her time yet, but my, what a happy guy will it be the one who ends up with her :D at least he should be, if he's not, he's not good enough for her.

now it's the turn for Tina, this crazy swiss soul is a great witnesser, she just loves it soo much! if you haven't gone out with her witnessing you shouldn't miss it. i have, and it was great! i wont forget that experience for a long time ;) she is also very funy and nice to be around, a well rounded girl ;) and a great person to have in a home, she can light up a whole dark room just with her cheerful presence. i miss you! it's great to be your friend :D and i promise to write you an e-mail soon. i look hideous in this pic.... but anyway, all for the cause :D

Tini is a super sweet and huggable dear girl, who has been a great help to me last year with her knowledge of the french language for my studies. what would i have done without you! she really loves the Lord too, and though she might look a bit shy, don't pay attention to it, and treat her warmly, that will do the trick :D and u know what? she's looking for a nice home now, so if you would like to have her in,get in contact with me and i'll put you both in touch. i recommend u to take her in your home, she would be a great acquisition, i promise you!, i would take her with me to the home i join by next summer... but maybe a home gets her before i do... she is a good worker, and to anyone who needs a french speaker, this is your girl :D. aint she cute? and please, don't mind me in the pic... i'm kind of ruining it.... it's like the teaser picture for the new hollywood movie, "The Beauty and The Beast"

Prem is my "brother-in-law" according to my sister. (writer's note: in spiritual terms of course :P) he really wants to serve the Lord and as a brother in law i'm super proud of him ;). he's quite good with computer art, and he has even worked together with my sis for some artwork wich you may find here ,but since i don't know him as in depth as my sister does, i'll let her explain to you about him in her own crazy and funny way:

Wife:Prem is a wacko. an he dumped ME, in the pool, can u imagine? just cause i threw a glass of water in his face! (i so dont get it. it was an act done out of love, i assure you.) He also punches me and beats me, but all in all hes is a REALLY sweet,fun, mean, deep, and interesting guy, the kind of husband every girl would like.(hehe yeah right).
Oh santi just gave me an idea, since im taking so long to write this(it takes time to think) hes askin if im writing my will before my death.
well i am;
and i leave all my earthly possesions to my husband except for everything, meaning i dont leave him anything. (just a... PEEKA BOO!) love u hubby! (please excuse the picture's bad quality, but i believe it was taken with Tinas phone. so blame it on her :D)

Santi: Joe is a really nice guy, he's gonna go far with his friendly attitude, and my sister misses him due to the foolish moments they got to spend together, he also gives the strongest and longest hugs i've ever had, i'm sure that more than one girl has lost her mind because of them :P. may you live long and prosper!

Ely: alright! hahahahha, thats so true. well santi has called me, again, to write about my peekaboo boys...cuz...he believes i know them better than he does.(AHEM! :P)
well first of all, Joe is one of the most huggable persons iv ever known,seriously. he gives u these awesome hugs that seem to last eternally.
he's really sweet, and veeeeery fun!
we even had a... um, fun chocolate fight while i was making Phil's bday cake. he kept trying to steal the chocolate for the cake.. and u can magine what hapened -we ended up covered in chocolate;...face,arms, shirt, hair...yeah yeah, fun fun.
he's one of my most faithful PEEKA BOO guys..he used to hate it and now he cant live without me saying it! aaaaaaaaaaaanyahaha. i just knew someday i would be missed.
(btw his braided hair on the pic was done by ME :D isnt he stunning)

Santi: aaah Shaun, he looks a lot like his older brother, Gabe, (really good friend of mine), and he also is talented with the guitar, just as Gabe is ;) keep on practicing bro, i can already see you playing in a famous family band in a couple of years from now. he sometimes is a bit shy, but just sometimes :p and he's a true ladiesman, he drives them crazy ;)

Ely:oh yes he drives me crazy. Shaun is just wonderful in all ways and miss him tuns! he plays guitar exceptionally and is fun to sing with him.. but the funnest thing is trying to take a picture of him.. he squirms and tries to hide, and then finally surrenders and gives up..gosh,hes the most buggable person when it comes to pics..heeehehe, and i love it. its super fun. (plus hes photogenic, like really. i have such a wonderful collection of pics of him...whops? did i say that aloud? im soo gonna get killed for this.. :D) I think he has the most AWESOME eyes iv seen(Gabe too :D), these brothers are just utterly dashing, seriously.
oh he also has the coolest ring ever(nyahahhaha) and he dances super good!
aand hes just soo nice and sweet. we have the best PEEKA BOO relationship, we got to the high point where we do it in motions!!!!!(if u ppl dont get it, shut up)

Santi: Now is the turn of Steve, GBH! i really admire him, he just went back to Thailand to keep preaching the word to all the thais that don't know Him yet. it's not an easy field, as i've heard it's quite closed, similar to china but not as bad. keep on rocking for the Lord man! may you win many disciples :D. while we were there ppl told us that we(me and steve) looked kind of alike, but i can't see the resemblance :P maybe just in the hair, and the colour of our beard :D and.. well maybe the nose, i have it crooked in the shape of an "s" or so does the doctor say... it comes from beeing always the goalie when playin soccer during my childhood... i got some nasty shots in my face. anyway man, if you're reading this, just keep praying for me, i will add Thailand on my "places i could go to" list, and pray about each of them when i finish this grade, in june or so.

Ely: here i am once again! nyahha, i know u ppl so missed me already..
well well Steve is utterly freaky.
thats all.

hahaha,kid u!
hes such a GROOVY person. he makes the coolest faces, tells the lamest jokes(i think they'r funny anyway tho), he makes me laugh, and hes just so so fun and entertaining!! i find it quite impossible to get bored around him, theres always something stupid to talk about or do with him. tho he's also a reaaally interesting person and good friend to talk with. hes really sweet, he calls me Eliphant and lemon pie, he tells me i suck and gives me hugs. PEEKA BOO to you TOO!! (hes a great model forpics, just check this out;)

Santi: Phoebe wasn't at the home while we were there, she was in Birmingham for some time having a blast witnessing. she is the youngest of the Birks family, or wich Shaun and Jow are part too. i first met her at ERC '05, where i was Team Leader, and i had to make her eat on the meals the first days, the next she came very proud to show me what she ate :D she's such a lovely pooh! sometimes she tries to put a hard front, but she's sweet and tender in the heart, i do really really miss her, and i miss making her drink a glass of milk for breakfast BWAAAA!!!! but anyway, i feel better in knowing that she's in good hands, and that wherever she goes i'll know someone there who i'll put in charge of making her eat well :P. ILY Consuelo!!!!! tx for helping me out in raising this dear girl and teaching her good eating habits ;)

and to end, it's time to talk about baby Darren!!! he's such a cute baby! he's got one of the clearest blue eyes i've ever seen, they are soo pretty. he's Oli's kid, and he is a good investment in the home, keeps it very active, not leaving a chance for boredom. sometimes if he's having a bad day it's actually too much activity and noise :P, but PTL he has his good days too in wich he's sooo nice ! it kind of makes things even. oh! and he makes the early morning wordtime a truly unforgettable thing. :D raise him well Oli, and make him a true revolutionary endtime warrior/disciple for Jesus, amen? :) (ely: hes an adorable drooling baby!! and i luv his toys...likethe PEEKABOO singing box!!! lalaalala)

Now sadly to say, a big part of the team is not in the home anymore :( Almond, Peter and their family (Joe, Shaun and Phoebe) are happily serving the Lord in Romania, GBT! Steve, is winning souls in Thailand, and Tini had to go back to France to finish some things she had to do there.
that means that they are in need of personnel! and if you, yes you that are reading this, might feel the call to go to this land in need of dragonslayer warriors, don't hesitate and get in contact with them so that you may be part of the Oasis' Roundtable, whose mission is to free the world of the evil clutches of darkness, will u take a stand with them? if u need a confirmation, don't forget to drop a line at God-can-help-you-know-your-future 737373.

Disclaimer: if any of the people described on this post, don't think their pictures are good enough, please, do send me a better one so that i can change it :D

BMW Z4

2006-10-12T00:23:00.000+02:00

yup, you read right, i got to drive a BMW Z4 Roadster not that long ago, my brother bought it, and came one day unexpectedly home with it to let me give it a ride, and man! that is what i call a car! it was the nicest feeling to overtake cars :P the version is a 3.0 V6 with 200 hp, and man, can it fly! you reach 160 kmp/h almost without noticing. and get from nought to 100km in 5.7 seconds, it really is a wicked car!

i look forward to having it on my hands again and squish that engine and see what is it capable of :p till then, i'll just have to grace my sight with the pictures and keep dreaming of it.....
but i'l also let you delight your sight with it too :)

Witnessing time in London!

2006-10-10T13:20:00.000+02:00

So, after visiting Iceland i went directly to London, where i stayed a total of 10 days in 2 homes, the Hillton home, and the Oasis home.
i must say that for me it was a very special time where i got to meet some dear friends, and go out witnessing in great adventures! first i'll let you meet the crew of the Hillton home ;) full of nice people.
There were 5 FGA/SGA adults: Isaac, a great magician as i've heard.

Luke and Lisa with their four little cherubs :D

3 of Luke and Lisa's cherubs

Tabitha, an amazing and really cool woman to talk with. KEEP THE SPIRIT! U ROCK!.

Sat, a very original and fun japanese guy

Sat (Ely did that tattoo on his arm)

While at this home i also met an old friend of mine, Sam Powdrill, an on-fire rocking-the-world guy. go show the world what you've got man! never loose that fire ;). i got to meet too the sister of a dear friend of mine, Stella! she is a very nice person to be along with, conversation starts to flow easily and freely, and she is very sweet too, ILY! :).

Then comes Angelina, a very independent and versatile YA, who's birthday was not that long ago :)
(Timely prayer request: please, pray that she doesn't kill me after discovering her picture over here... i know she's capable of it.... ) I LOVE YOU Angelina! Peace :D

Angelina

next in the line comes Natti, a gorgeous and very spiritual lassie, one of my very dear friends, GBH!! keep on rocking for the Lord! YOU RULE!

Natti

Bella, daughter of Tabitha and sister of Angelina, another gorgeous girl who i've come to befriend on my stay there ;) LY Bella!

Ely & Bella

Bella has a younger brother who is learning to be a sk8ter, his name is Wraf and he is a very jolly and active chap, ;) i look forward to hear more from you! :D

Wraf

And to end, let's not forget about the stellar apparition of Joy! with wich i got to share a few days with her before she had to go to Ireland. we love you tonz JOY!! PSD: we still have those videos of you singing with the stuffed dog :P Joy & Ely

and so, that is all for the moment concerning the inhabitants of that piece of heaven, and i'll move on to narrate the highlights of my stay :D
we went witnessing at least 2 or 3 times, wich was really encouraging and fun! i love to go out and meet new people in the street and tell them about the Lord, and see the difference from people in different countries how they react to it. Those that know me for long know that i would have never said that a 5 years ago years back... i had panick to go out witnessing!! i never wanted to go out :P and if i did i was in a bad mood because of it.. but TTL i got over it, and now i love it! i even have pity for the normal people you find in the street about the things they talk about and the useless lives they live.... makes me want to start to talk with them and show them that there is something more, that there still exists something brighter, something better, something to live and die for in this rotten world of ours...
but anyway, yeah, lets get back to the witnessing there in London :p i'll just mention the best day, wich was the one when we went to Hyde park, looking for muslims to talk with. we didn't find many but the few we found were quite interesting people, i would like to know more about them. so we arrived there almost at lunch time, and we were going to provision the lunch. there were different opinons, some that we should go and ask now for all of us (we were 6) at just one place, or divide in 2 groups, or go later when the lunch rush hour had passed. i was the main deffensor of the last, i think i was a bit afriad that they might not give us the lunch at this time, but we stopped to pray and ask the Lord what to do, and amazingly enough, i got that we should go then and ask for all of us; Stella and Andrew went to a pizza hut to provision the food for us, and 5 minutes later they came with bright faces saying that we would have lunch in 10 minutes! PTL!!! oh me of little faith... but i felt great! because i saw how the Lord spoke directly to me, and how he fulfilled His promise! it was a good start i must say :p.

Witnessing team having our provisioned pizza

after finishing lunch we had a nice LJ time and divided into teams, i went with Wraf, and we met some dear precious people there, like a bunch of arab girls who even shared their snacks with us!, and a brazillian guy with whom i got to blabber a few words in portuguese and talk in spanish with a portuguese accent LOL no really i thik that the Lord sent me a helper that spoke portuguese, because i could even say whole sentences in portuguese and i'd never spoken in portuguese before! it came out easily, and when i didn't get the words i'd just say them in spanish, and since they are suchsimilar languages we understood each other completely.
after the witnessing time, we encountered a nice Lamborghini wich Wraf and Stella took pictures with, i think Stella should own one of these, they suit her :P maybe in heaven huh? whatdayasay? :D

Stella and her Lamborghini

that day we came back late to the home and i have to say that i really was sorry, for there, waiting for me almost the whole day, had been a really dear friend of mine, who said that would go to the home that day to see me and talk. it really was very special for me to see you there Sophia, i'll never forget that talk we had. like i've often told you, to me, you're like a beacon of pure light in the midst of darkness, you are my role model! i treasure your friendship very dearly and having known you has been one of the best things that have happened to me in life, everytime i meet you, my life changes for the better :P and that day i must say was the best i've spent in London. ILY Sophia!! and Praise the Lord for having made someone like you :) you really are an angel in disguise ;)

Sophia and me

we went other days out witnessing, this time with Sat, and that day we made it to the cover of the Grapevine!!! can you believe it? if not, see for yourself :P and we also stopped to amuse our sight with this other shop.... LOL they really have funny names these hardware shops... ;)

Our witnessing team made it to the Grapevine!

Middlesex Machines, Power tool specialists :P

oh well, this post is getting quite long.. i'll leave the rest for a next post, so keep tuned! :D

1 Corinthians 13 - Today

2006-10-01T14:24:00.000+02:00

"1. If I can speak five different languages that I've learned from my time on the mission field, and if I've had the gift of tongues for years now, but I don't have love enough to hold my tongue from gossiping or putting down others, then I've not only become a whole lot of useless noise, but I'm becoming a destructive influence on those around me.

2. And although I faithfully get all of my Word time and even extra, and I can get long, detailed prophecies in public or in private, and although I've memorized all the helpers and hinderers and their powers, and although I have a lot of spiritual faith and even the gift of healing, if I don't have love enough to sometimes sacrifice my "perfect" Word and devotions time to take the kids so the parents can get their Word time‚ then all those other things don't mean much to the Lord.

3. And even if I spend all day out on the front lines faithfully reaching the rich and sacrificially considering the poor and pushing Activated at every opportunity, but I come home and can't show the Lord's love to my fellow Home members, my day and all my "good works" are worthless.

4. Real love has a long, hard, frustrating day where nothing seems to have gone right, yet doesn't get snappy and short-tempered with others. Real love stays sweet for the sake of others no matter what—just because it's the loving thing to do. Real love doesn't mind when someone else gets a better room, or gets to go to a party, fellowship, or meeting that you didn't, simply because real love is glad that the other person is happy. Real love actively fights pride, and actively embraces opportunities to do the humble thing.

5. Real love cares about being a good Christian sample, even to its fellow Home members and disciples, because real love is a reflection of Me. Real love doesn't complain, murmur‚ gripe, guilt-trip, or pressure others to get what it wants, because real love is too busy being concerned about the needs of others to spend much time worrying about its own needs. Real love doesn't get short-tempered and raise its voice with others. Real love doesn't get involved with unedifying System input, because it knows that to stay a pure, clean vessel of My love requires dwelling on the good things and keeping its channel clean.

6. Real love hates to hear gossip about others, and instead wants only to talk about the good that others have done and all the real and true ways that they're a big blessing and are great to live with.

7. Real love is flexible and has rise-above power that can help you take each day in stride and handle anything that comes your way. Real love is always ready to give the benefit of the doubt‚ and believe that someone's motives were good, pure, and honest. Real love hopes that others can reach their full potential and gives them the opportunity to do so by never losing faith in them. Real love doesn't run out of faith and patience.

8. Real love never fails someone else by depending only on the love stored in an earthly heart. Real love looks to Me to receive My complete love with which to love others, so that it will never run out. Anything else in the whole world can fail, except that which comes from Me. You can fail and even receive an incomplete prophecy‚ confusing or useless tongues, and your own knowledge can completely mislead you.

9. Because you're just a fallible person, and your grasp of the things of Heaven is only partial at best.

10. But when My Spirit of Love lives in you‚ it can override all your mistakes and fallibilities and can help you to grasp these deeper things of the spirit and live them.

11. You can all be such immature children with My Law of Love: The way you talk about it is childish, the way you think about it is childish, the way you act on it is childish; but I'm challenging you to become spiritual adults and mature in your application and move past your childish ways.

12. For right now you're living the perfect Law of Love in an imperfect world, and there will always be mistakes or problems and things that you don't understand. But soon the day is coming when you'll live it perfectly in My perfect Kingdom, and then you'll understand it just as I do, and you'll know it was right.

13. There are a lot of good things in life, and a lot of things I ask you to do for Me‚ but nothing is as important as love!"

I just hope that this will inspire you as much as it did to me to keep on showing love, love is the greatest force in universe, and we're here on earth for nothing more than to spread love to one another, we as true christians should always show love, and everytime we don't we're failing our commitment to Him. that makes someone think... doesn't it? let's not forget it, and show more love.

Mathew 25: 45 "Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me"

Windy adventures

2006-09-27T21:38:00.000+02:00

ok, so this is the sequel to my first post about iceland in wich i wrote to you about all the good things that you can find there, free perfumated hot water, a crisp cold weather, gentle cold breezes cutting your face, and warm and loving Family members! YAY! a toast for the last statement!

now i'll relate some of the adventured that we had while there.
on the first day we went to a festival in some "distant" village, an Icelander would say that it's far, but i don't think they are that used to big expanses of land, to me it was like going from where i live to Madrid.... sometimes they are even lazy to go to the other side of town since they say that it's far, but the capital, Reykjavic can be seen in half an hour, like seeing the most important places; and crossing it from one side to the other might take you 15 minutes by car. we should take some of those spoiled icelanders and bring them to cities like London, Mexico, or Buenos Aires.... there they'll learn the true meaning of a BIG city :p.
so, as i was saying we went to this festival, but there wasn't enough space for all in the cars, so dear Anj and i went hitchhiking. it was my very first hitchhiking experience, and PTL it was good! after a loong time waiting, a guy stopped and took us exactly to where we were going, despite he had to get out of his way to get us there! GBH! it was a good experience for me.
now there in the festival, it was very weird because of all things they were celebrating the day of Ireland!!!?? can you believe it? it's as if here in Spain we make a festivity dedicated to France, it's downright crazy... but anyway, i guess they need some distraction from their boring daily lives... they really should join the Family to find excitement in life! to add that spice they're missing to fully savour the true flavour of life.

while in the festival,i got to admire the beauty of the local women, wich i classify in 2 cathegories: the fat ones, and the super hot and cute slim ones, of this last cathegory you can find brunettes and blondes alike, and each one has smthg very mistic around them... might be the unadulterated viking blood in their veins? who knows...
following you can grace your sight with some of these little viking princesses :) the little kids were just sooo cute! i mainly took pictures of the kids for the home to have pictures of happy customers for when they go to other festivals facepainting.

anyway, now, the next day it didn't lack any ecitement at all for we had a BBQ! for wich they invited all their active members and friends, and i got to meet them all. i must say that they are very sweet people, their spirit is alike of the eastern europeans, very open and talkative to the things of the spirit world and religion, much unlike the usual european you might find on the street in the "rotten" continent, looks like beeing so apart from all the rest of europe has kept them civilized and haven't partaken soo much of the madness that is surrounding us nowadays in this crazy world that we're living in. that afternoon after the BBQ we got a guitar and started to play songs and it was very inspiring, and even Ely and i got the courage to sing some flamenco style songs that we just invented on the spot :p ppl were like WOAH! it sounds soo cool! what does it mean? and Ely and i were like.... u don't wanna know :P we were just teasing each other by dedicating parts of the songs to each one of us, like, ooooh santiii.. how stupid you are! you are soo stupid that you could drown in the shower... and stuff like that :D extremely funny for those that could understand spanish ;) i'll post a video of it if i can.

let's move on to the last day, in wich we went to an open air museum about Iceland during the day, where we learnt cool things about the old times, such as the following:

in the times when the hunger striked the island, they would make shoes out of the fish skin, and when they broke they would eat them.... you may find a sample in the picture of Gabe following their sample.

other tidbits were like they would all sleep in one room, the parents along with all the children, and they would sleep 3 on each bed. i really don't know how could this be possible, they were sooo narrow!

oh and a really cool thing :P if you were passing by and you were a wealthy or important man, the parents would put him to sleep in the bed of the eldest daughter :P by following this custom many children were born in those days :D

to end, one of their unusual customs, wich i find quite barbaric, is that at church, the women would sit on the north side, and the men towards the south, that way, when the cold wind blew and cold air would get in between the wood, it would get to the women first, and by the time it reached the men, it was already warm..... that's so ungentlemanly.... tsk tsk, i would have shown them a thing or two...

there were many other interesting and cool things that we did and that happened during those unforgettable 3 days, but if i wrote them all i would keep you for ours here, and my intention is not to bore you... so with this post i'll end my rumblings about the splendid time i spent in Iceland. if you ever wanna join a cool home, go there :D

this last picture is dedicated to you the Reykjavic home, ILY and miss you all sooo much!

Cold weather Rocks!!!!!!

2006-09-24T22:26:00.000+02:00

aaaaah.. such a nice and charming little country is Iceland, it's got a crisp cold weather that just drives me crazy :P with some other cold winds that feel so good cutting your face :D

i visited iceland in July, and stayed there for 4 days, and what memorable days they were! the home members of the Reykjavik home are just great i love each and everyone of them! let's see there is Thad FGA who is a great person, very patient and loving with whom Ely and i had a great time with when he showed us the city and told us some cool facts about it, like for example, hot weather in Iceland is heated naturally, they bring it down to some rocks down the earth who are ..... let's just say that they are very very hot :P, actually the water that comes out of the tap burns you if you're not carefull with it, and the best part is that it's free! you don't even have to pay for it ;) , now as everything on this life.... not everything that glitters is gold.. and the same happens with this water, as it has a special odour that you'll find interesting at the start, then quite a bit bothering later, and at the end you just get used to it. wht happens is that since it's sulfuric water it smells like boiled eggs, and thus taking a shower in those conditions with that free perfumated water is not one of the best experiences, but hey! can't complain, i guess people have it worst in other cold countries like russia who don't have free hot water.....
another interesting thing that i got to learn about this hot water, is that they also use it for heating some roads in the winter :P imagine.... laying hot water pipe under the roads just to keep it warm, in some countries that would be the cause for an uproar from the poor working class :P

oh well... please forgive me, i got carried away talking about this interesting travel tidbits. i was talking about the home members.. let's see.. then there was sweet and quiet Sara, with whom i became good friends :) and the last of the FGA's was Mary, a very dear woman with a bubbly personality :D
also there were Nick and Katja, an SGA happy couple with their three little smoochies, who brought a lot of life and fun to the house.
anyway, i don't want to write 2 pages about the members of the home... so i'll just mention them quickly :D there was dear Brian, an on-fire hapy and fun to be around fellow, hope to see you again man i love your humour and your funny faces :)!

then comes Anj, my looong time dear friend who i met for first time in almost 5 years! will never forget you anj you're so huggable :)! ILY!

then there was another cheery soul, and that was Lisa! i wont forget you either, nor how you left us on the street and you went away with the car :P i miss your pretty self :p.

There was also Gabe with whom i got to develope a good friendship, we spent some good long times talking taking walks in the nightless days at 2 am in the morning :P

now how can i forget my other dear friend Anna.... my clumsy pooh bear ;) she's soo sweet, anyone who knows her will agree with me.

next in the line comes irish David, i don't know him that much but he sounds like a nice chap who can do cool things like edit videos :D

and to end, i have the honour to introduce you to the always cheerfull and happy Sara Powdrill! the one who could brighten your day just with her presence, u can't fool me with your tough exterior, i know you have a dear soft heart :P ILY!!

oh well, since this post is getting too long, i'll leave the other cool things i did there along with some more pictures for a next post :) keep tuned!

reasons and yet more excuses

2006-09-24T22:14:00.000+02:00

ok, first i think you all deserved an explanation and an answer as to why the disdain in keeping this blog up to date and well.. to be honest, i got a bit down... because it took a lot of time to keep it up to date, smthg wich sometimes i didn't have, and also because since my sister and i are living the same things and we post about the same things and important events, and she writes them in a better way, i thought that ppl would just read hers... i must admit that she writes things in a much more interesting and fun way to read, but anyway, PTL! i got over it, and here i am writing again :) keep tuned in for i'll be writing about my trips to Iceland, London, Milano, EuRoCk, and Valencia, as well as posting about other important things such as my life :P

of frustration in its purest form and other happy moments

2006-07-01T23:40:00.000+02:00

i wrote this more than 2 months ago.. but it has been on the drafts till today when i'm releasing it :) enjoy.

i really can't believe it... i'm soo frustrated!!! first Spain looses against France, and nowBrazil has fallen under their spell!!!! this is waaay beyond comprehension it will take me some time to get over the french.....

anyway, let's change to some more happy thoughts... like for example, my brother's wedding, wich took place yesterday and it was a happy moment :D the wedding didn't last tht long, it was supposed to be a short and simple thing since the dad of my now sister in-law, has died 2 weeks ago... so the wedding took place at our village's town hall, and afterwards they came to our house where we all had lunch. one thing that i realy really have to say, is congratulations to the argentines for such awesome cows that they have over there.... it was the best piece of meat i've ever had!!!! honestly, it was delicious! 2 thumbs up to them for that :D

and following are some pics of the wedding:

My brother before the wedding on his way to the town hall, with his wife's younger brother.

(left to right, and back to front) My dad, my nephew Dani, my mom, my brother Daniel, my sister in law Sira, her stepmother, Sira's stepbrother, and the two people from the town's council who married them.

And to end, a picture of the happy couple, Daniel and Sira

visiting Vikingland

2006-06-25T23:17:00.000+02:00

yup, you heard well, The Lord is always so good to me :D i can't complain, we're gonna visit Iceland next month, and stay there for 5 days, where i will meet my dear friends Anna, and Anj! of wich the last one i have never met before but we have known each other via chat since i was 14! so that makes 5 years now, she's one of the first friends in the Family that i've ever had by chat, in the good ol' days when the family chat was up.... yeah, i know, it's been ages ago, and the pity is that we never got to meet before! (she lived in India), but now i've got a chance of a lifetime, and i don't want to miss it :P. it will be great to stay those days there and meet new ppl, see again old friends, and getto know a new country and land; besides.... this heat over hear in Spain was starting to drive me crazy, I NEED COLD!, i need ice, i need snow, i need BLIZARDS! LOL and no, i'm not crazy, i just love winter, should have been born in one of these scandinavian countries... and i really prefer the mountain rather than the beach, i'm more the adventurous kind.

But anyway, this aint all yet, because right after Iceland, on our way back to Spain, we're stopping in London, where i'll stay for 10 more days in 2 homes :D aint this wonderful??? like i said, the Lord is completely awesome and really good to me :) this year, by the end of July, i will have travelled to 3 countries, seen 7 cities, and visited another 7 homes. my my, since my dad retired i'm really living life, LOL. oh! this is without mentioning that i might go to Germany in august for ERC :D
But still, i must say that i would trade it all for joining the FD family in a good home.... i'm still just trusting in the Lord, He has told me to wait, wich is beeing kinda difficult since i already got a yes from the home in Mex, but all this travels are making it more bearable :D, please, keep me in your prayers, that the Lord will have His perfect will in my life, and that he'll show me wich way should i take concerning my future.

Oh, and one more thing before i go, my brother Daniel is marrying the 30th of this month!!!!
we're all like, FINALLY!!!! they are going to marry now after how many years.... 7? of beeing and living together, sometimes i really don't understand my brother why didn't he marry before.
Anyway, i'll post pictures of the wedding, wich is gonna take place in our village :D, and also will write about my new adventures in Vikingland, and London :D.
Stay tuned!

one more day....

2006-06-24T19:32:00.000+02:00

aaaah... i've been lazy this week, haven't posted as much as i would have wanted to, but i've been busy fixing a computer and making plans for july, of wich i don't know if i'll speak on this post, or the next one....
so, in this post i was gonna tell you about my trip to Granada right after the exams, wich were.... :O more than 2 weeks ago!!! my my... , anyway, so we stayed there for about 3 days, in wich we got to mee our dear old good friends, have some more flamenco experiences, lead by the hands of Juanito Cuerdas, and the shoes of Loli Tacones (my sis' artistic name :p)
we also got to have some fun times all together, swim in the swimming pools, go to the cinema, watch movies, listen to Ely's voice singing to a cool song beeing played by Sara's keyboard. i must say that i was impressed at hoe much did Sara improove on her piano skills, wich reminds me that i have to send her the videos of Michael Piano in wich he teaches how to play.

anyway, here are some pictures of our time there, some of them you might have seen them already in my sis' blog, but well... there aint any more good pictures from where to choose from....

This is Danni, a perverted 16 year old boy

Now we can see Ivan, a really nice chap who is now growing too fast.... BWAAAAA!!!!he's gonna reach my height soon.... i think i'll miss him when i leave Spain, he's a fun guy to be around with, don't grow more! or i wont be able to be your TL anymore!

A picture of pretty Ely and Anita

Siblings Ivan and Katrina, and Danni and Anita

This is Sara, the awesome piano player (i really like your songs!) and Sita, aint they beautiful? :P

AAAAAH.... true spanish beauties... what else can be said? words don't seem enough to explain what your eyes will behold if you scroll a bit down :P

oh yeah, one more thing... stop drooling!!!! you're gonna make a mess on my blog!

and to end, two more pictures, one is me with Juanny, and the other one is Juanny and his girlfriend, the guitar ;)

(PS: yeah.. i know.. i need to loose like 3 kg... but i'm working on it...)

and this is all for now folks! i'm really really tired, and i need to go to bed, but might write something more tomorrow, i've got lot's of news for you!!!

A POR ELLOOOOOS!

2006-06-18T23:38:00.000+02:00

Spain won again today 3-1 against Tunisia, aint we great??? i'm sooo happy! we're gonna be first in our group, though i must say that the begning was quite frustrating, it was as if our team was under a spell and could not score no matter how many times we tried. on the eight minute, Tunisia scored one, and we didn't score till the minute 70 with the help of the blessed boots of Raul, wich managed to break the spell, and from then on, in 15 minutes, we changed the score upside down, and ended the match in a rotund 3-1 for Spain!!!!

anyway, now let's change topics, from lack of time on my part today, i'm gonna tell you that now i officially have my own computer, a laptop!!! as a present for having passed all the subjects of the grade :D.
now, it's a really good one, it's the ASUS Z92J wich you can see by clicking on the link.

now the specs are:

Processor: Intel Centrino Core Duo T2300 1.66 Ghrz
Hard Disk: 80 Gigs
Ram Memory: 2 Gigs
Graphic card: Nvidia GeForceGo 7300 with 256 mb of dedicated memory, and up to 512 mb shared
Screen: 15.4"
Built in webcam
Wireless
Combo CD-DVD RW

sounds really good huh? well TYJ!! it really is a nice comnputer fora good price :D

Back to the fight

2006-06-18T23:14:00.000+02:00

So, many things have happened since i last wrote on this blog of mine, Lord help me to write them all well and in order :P
today i just came with a thought, instead of writing a long and complete entry of all that has happened, i will write more shorter entries, that i believe will make the reading of this blog somewhat more bearable :P
anyway, here goes the first one, the prelude of many many more..... so keep tuned!

i'll keep writing from where i left it, wich was the exam's eve, and regarding this topic, i must say that the Lord is really really good to me :D, i got to pass all the subjects!!!!!! even french that i thought i would fail (GB the teacher, she put a really really easy exam :D ) and would have to study during summer to make an exam in september... but TTL, He spared me of going through that gruesome experience.... all in all here goes the overall of my grades of each subject for the year: (they are out of 10)

- Economy 8
- Phisical Ed. 6
- Philosphy 9
- French 6
- History 9
- English 9
- Spanish 6
- Maths 9
- Religion 6

and at the end o the exams, the very next day, we went to visit the home in Granada and spent a few days there, of wich i'll post some pictures on my next post :D

oh, and i almost forget.... THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH to all of you who whispered up a prayer on my behalf for my exams, i'm forever indebted to you. ILY!!!

not much to be said...

2006-05-30T21:20:00.000+02:00

hello my friends, i thought of writing something mroe in my blog, but really... not much has happened, neither do i think it will till the end of my exams that are next week, the 5th, 6th, and 7th of June, what i did want to ask you if you could please pray for me.... i really need to pass this exams, a lot of things depend on it...

what i do need help in the most, is in french... my french is soo rusty.. it's like a door that wont open due to it's hinges beeing really really rusty... so you can get an idea... i might need to work on it during summer

oh and yeah, i guess you might have noticed the new banner on the right bar at the top, with the sign "Jesus Inside", i've put a link on it to The Family's website, and i think that's all for now.. tomorrow i might post smthg more with a new pic of me :D (it has to be tomorrow because it is when i'm going to take a shower :P)
anyway, i love you all, and don't forget about praying!! the Lord will pay you back, of that i'm sure. but if you do have any important requests, please feel free to write them here on a comment, and i'll pray for it ;)

some changes

2006-05-26T21:42:00.001+02:00

hello everybody, as you can see i've added some new things to my blog, for one, the links that you can see on the right, to the blogs of my friends, feel free to roam around them and leave a comment if you so graciously deem so. Also if you want me to add your personal webpage or blog, write me about it and i'll do so as soon as i can.
next thing that i've added is a link, also on the right column, who invites any spammers who see my webpage to **** *** and leave my web alone.

and last but not least, you will be able to find a web counter at the end of the right column. it's green so you can't miss it. by adding it, i want to see the popularity, or impopularity of my blog amongst my readers.

also i feel like adding something really cool for any of you who have a Nokia 6230 like me, or any other mobile phone that plays mp3, and you're not able to plug in your normal headphones, and instead have to use the crappy ones that come with it. or also if you feel like connecting your mobilephone to some loud speakers :D

this is the web, i'll get down to making this fun activity during summer. will write about the results.

irish spirit helpers

2006-05-21T22:00:00.000+02:00

hello, today i wanted to share with you about some newfoundspirit helpers that i've got, they're irish, and i came to know about them in Mexico.
it all happened one morning, some people from the other home nearby came over to pick some things. Simone was engaged in a conversation in the porch with a female FGA, and i came and joined in, and this woman when she saw me suddenly asks me out of the blue, "are you irish by chance?", and i answer "no, i'm spanish..." and she asks again, "but do you have any irish blood in you?", i answer "no... both my parents are full spanish", and so were they parents and their parents before them etc, etc, and i ask her why did she think i was irish, and she answers me, "oh, it's just because you've got irish spirit helpers". that really caught me off guard, and i was like... what???? so i asked her how did she know, and she simply replied... "oh, because i' ve seen them" she said it just like that! as the most natural thing, just as if she was telling me that the day was a sunny one!, i was left speechless, honestly it was sooo amazing!, there she was a perfect stranger, we just met, and the moment we meet, before saying anything she goes and tells me that i have irish spirit helpers!

heavy huh? :P, anyway i hope to find out soon who they are... Now i know why i've always liked everything related to Ireland, and felt a bond to that country since i was small, i just love anything irish! honestly, their music is sooo great! now i know the reason to a part of my personality, God bless that woman! i really want to meet her again :)

weird things do happen!

2006-05-20T14:06:00.000+02:00

ok, so is was really realy weird.... last night i woke up in the middle of the night, and i wanted to drink some watter, but somehow before that, i got the urge to change my pyjamas.... and while i was in ther process, suddenly i fully wake up, and i'm like... hey, what am i doing?, i really thought that i was starting to become nuts...., it's first time that something so weeeeird happens to me.. i might need to seek psychological advice to understand if it had some subtle meaning or something.....
aaaah, anyway, today's post was supposed to be an inspiring one, and i wanted to talk again about mexico again, and the people that made my time there a real heaven, so first of all, there's Mauro and Sammy, with wich i got to talk quite a bit, and also witness with them, and it was really great! first time i went with Mauro and just got 3 people saved, but next time, a big group of us went witnessing, and we divided in teams, and it was Grace with Gabriel, Ely my sis, with Sammy, and I went with Celeste. Our goal as a whole was to win 30 souls in one hour, but when the time was up we got 37! Praise the Lord!. Our team got to meet some really nice young people, with wich we stayed talking for about 45 minutes, and they are really inspired and want to go to the classes, i've kept in touch with them and they look very promising. oh, and Celeste said the prayer with them and got them saved :D THREE CHEERS FOR CELESTE!!!!. Also, almost at the end of our stay in the Zócalo, before leaving, Sammy got the burden (i don't think if it really was a burden, i'd rather say it was a pleasure) to go witness to two pretty girls, but since he doesn't speak any spanish, i thought of helping him, and he got them saved :D GBY Sammy! it really made a big impression on me to know that you had the prayer written down in a paper, that was super cool :) it really shows your dedication and that you really want to learn spanish ;) you're the greatest.
oh well, and now i wanted to put a few pics that i have of that moment, Sammy and i witnessing to those pretty girls :D i just hope that they'll go to the classes someday. And next is a close picture of Sammy, the soul winner!.
And now to end you can see pretty Celeste, good looking Sammy, and ugly me. i think the i'm ruining the picture.... but at leat you can see Celeste full of the spirit after winning those souls :D. well friends i must leave you now, i'm in the middle of the process of writing this home to ask if i could join them, so please, pray for me too :) love you all! and keep on ROCKING FOR THE LORD!

a wonderful time in a wonderful place

2006-05-17T21:34:00.000+02:00

ok, so here i am writing what i promised i would do. today's post is dedicated to the time i spent in the SSU in Cuernavaca. So, we arrived there one saturday morning, and it was a nice sunny day, in wich i got to know for sure all the members of the home, but believe me, it's like a piece of japan inside mexico LOL, 65 % of the members are japanese or either have been living in Japan, wich i think is great for learning japanese, one thing that i've been thinking of learning for some time already :P.
My stay there was really great, i cooked with Grace and Celeste (2 japanese sisters) witnessed with Mauro and Celeste (Mauro is a mexican disciple) played the guitar with Shelly, sang with Simona.... and studied by myself up in the office room, where i really felt at home :P side by side with computers, listening to the purr of the fans.... aaaaah that sweet lullaby....
anyway, where was i, oh yeah, so, just to let all of you know, i've cut my hair!!! well, i'd better say that Celeste cut my hair, and it 's not looking bad at all :D. here you can see her cutting my hair, but next i'll post a better picture of how i want my hair next time :P
Groovy huh?
so yes that pretty japanese girl that is cutting my hair is Celeste. and now i'm gonna show you how much hair did she cut... it was like a jungle!, but now to end, i add two more pictures, one was taken in Taxco before the haircut, and the other is after the haircut, in Cancun.
Here you can admire the silhouette of Aslan, with the city of Taxco in the background.
And now you can admire my new haircut on this other picture taken in Cancun.
oh well, right now i can't write any more.... i know that this post sounds kinda vain... just all about me and my hair, but i promise that next one will be more edifying, i want to write about the home next time and my plans and situation, and i might upload some more pictures :P.

oh! but to end, this post, i just wanted to inform that now you can see how does a Santiago's cross look. i've uploaded a pic of the one that i ordered to be made in Taxco. You can see it on my previous post about mexico :D
Till next time!

sorry

2006-05-16T22:17:00.000+02:00

sorry friends but my post will have to be delayed a bit due to my mom.... she is cutting my computer time really really short, and time flies with all the things i have to do due to the lack of internet use i've had there in mex
keep on tuned for more :D
will post pics of mex on my next post :P

In mexico!

2006-05-09T20:59:00.000+02:00

hello my friends... i think i couldn't wait any more to write something more on this blog of mine... i guess that too many ppl already noticed that i was not beeing faithful with it :P so, as i was going to say.. please forgive me everybody... so, lots of things have been happening i my life lately, i didn't get the time to tell you all that i was coming to Mexico... i just didn't have much time in the last days, i wanted to write an entry, but i couldn't... and now it has been more than 2 weeks since i came here to mexico... anyway, so i'll just start from the beggining, the flight to come here to mexico was about 13 or 14 hours long, but it was bearable due to my dear friends visit Natti and Hethi at the London airport in wich we had to wait for 4 hours. TY SOOOO MUCH! it wa sooo special for me to meet you :D ILY! hope to meet again for some more time, but anyway it's all in the Lord's hands, not in mine. So, in the plane it also got bearable due to the big amount of movies available to see, i watched Memoirs of a geisha, and..... i don't know what else..... i'll remember later. so, after reaching Mexico airport, we went straight to Amor's home, but the bad thing is that after just 2 days, my om told us that we were not going to stay in that home, that she didn't like it, due to some of the members and some things that she didn't like, and that we were going to be back to Spain to make the next exams in june there in Madrid. This, of course came like a cold shower at the most unexpected time. it really was a shock, but my mom said she had prayed and that the Lord had showed her that. The next days after the announcement, i was really down, i almost was wishing for the earth to crack open and eat me.... but anyway, PTL it didn't :P. Then after spending 3 days at Amor's home, we went with our parents to Taxco to a hotel; just to let you know, Taxco is called the city of silver, and there are hundreds and hundreds of silver shops, with really good prices, i even asked them to make a special cross with a special design for me (the Santiago's cross) in silver, and they had it done for next day, and it only costed 23 $, i'll post a pic of it soon. well, here it is; i know that it's not such a good pic, but it's all that i have.

then during one of the days that we spent in Taxco we went to visit Chris and Ginny's home in Cuernavaca, wich we already knew from our last visit 3 years ago; it was a really nice time that we got to spend there, see again those nice people, and meet new members of the home.... but anyway, after our week in Taxco ended, we asked asked Chris & Ginny's home if we could stay for a week, and they said yes! so our situation was turning better by moments.... anyway, i must end this post there, will keep writing next time and tell you about our week there, wich really was great!
look forward to my next post!

BTW, i'm writing from a junky cybercafe in CANCUN!!!! will write more about that on my next post, ich i hope is soon! :D

arrivederci!

about me

2006-03-06T21:47:00.000+01:00

I just realized that some people reading this blog might not know me as well as others, so that's why i've decided to talk about me on this post.
let's see... where do i start, ok, my name is Santiago, or Santi for short, i'm spanish 100%, born in Spain and lived in Spain all my life, i was born the 9th of january of 1987, wich means that right now i'm 19, i'm a capricorn, i've got blond hair, blue-green eyes, i'm 1.82 meters tall, and i just checked my weight not so long ago, and i weighted 77 kg, nice number aye? :P though i will loose some kilos when i go to Mexico, i'm sure of that, like when i came back from Bolivia; i think i lost 3 or 4 kg in a month. i would add a picture of myself, but i just can't upload pictures... don't know why, everytime i try it says there is an error, so you'll have to do with the ones i have on my hi5: http://www.hi5.com/friend/profile/displayProfile.do?userid=23733441
oh! and i forgot to add, i'm single, and i don't have a formal gf, though i've got a really really good friend that looks promising for that position, but i really am just trusting the Lord on this.... i'm sure He will bring the one for me in His time... but the question is... when is that?

ah well, if you still want to know more about me, then keep reading, if not then just close the window, or wait for next post, cuz now i'm gonna write my testimony, iwrote it a long time ago, so it's not completely updated, i just changed a few things but many more need to be added, i just haven't found the time, especially now with the exams i have this week... but oh well, pray for them that i may pass all the subjects!
anyway, here it is, please, forgive me if it's a bit long :P

"My name is Santiago de la Torre, presently 19, spanish national.

I’ve been FM all my life, i come from a medium-high society class, i’ve gone to school since i was 6 (and suffered a lot from that), but my mom put in us since we were kids, a good christian foundation in the Family, she was in Argentina as a full time missionary just before the persecution there, when she came back and i was born after that, i am a good student, and i’ve been attending to some of the best schools in Madrid, always passed with good grades, i’ve always been one of the best each year (there is always someone better than you, what can i say :P) and well, i could have continued studying, go to university, get a diploma, apply for a good job, and start to earn money to achieve this life’s goals: riches, fame, women, a sports car, etc etc, but i’vr come to know that the most important thing in life is to change ppl lives, to make a difference, and that’s something that will last forever; there was a time when i wouldn’t have thought of joining the family, i barely read the word, didn’t pray, just didn’t had time to do those kind of things while studying.. (or so i thought), so, i just lived my life, behaving well ; i was known as the “holy” guy in school, for being innocent, and not doing the same bad things as othesr did; anyway, this was forgotten with time, and i felt more accepted in the last years. I’ve kind of always felt rejected at school by the other ppl, i had to change school once becouse i couldn’t keep living like that, there was a time when i came home crying everyday becouse of the other ppl’s behaviour towards me, i was being bugged teased, laughed at all times... i lived with that for 4 years till then came a time when i could not stand it any longer and i changed schools.
To make a long story short i’ve been a nice person, but haven’t had that desire to reach out, and show the Lord to others, and change lives, so you could say i was another systematic in the bunch, till we went to Mexico 3 years ago; we had been wanting to go for some time, since i wanted to meet the family singers and i wanted to become a singer too; i was in a choir for 4 years and the teacher said i was pretty good, so i wanted to meet them, see the studios and all; but being there also changed my life. I got to attend to some bible classes there with lot’s of other ppl and other teens my age, and it was incredible to see them all coming from really far just to be at the bible class, there were some teens that were amazing.. they knew each verse that was asked for, and the inspiration time was my favourite one, everyone singing (though i barely knew the songs) and all happy, living like brothers, i felt really accepted, and felt love was there, they had love for each other, and it was just awesome. Also the ones who gave the classes, who i don’t know if they were in the JT board, were really on fire, especially Sammy; and Robin was great too, always with a smile on her face, you might already know now the ones i’m taking about, if you live in Mexico. When our 3 week stay ended, i didn’t want to leave, i wanted to stay there, i was 16 at that time, and already finished the obligatory studies, but my dad wouldn’t let me, and so, we came back home.

When we came home i really prayed and cried out to the Lord, asking what did He want me to do and be, if He wanted me to continue studying or He wanted me to become one of His disciples, and i cracked the bible open, and read Isaiah 61, that reads as follows:

1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

That was really heavy, especially knowing that i didn’t receive things like that normally, like get smthg so clear that leaves you with your mouth open; and that thing i read, was all i needed to know to give my life to Him and forget about my past life, and start a new one.

Next thing i knew, the school year had begun, and my dad wanted me to go and start the Bachelor degrees, i at first refused and told my mom, but my mom also told me to continue for my future life, so i resigned, but instead of going to the school fulltime, i went to classes in the afternoon and it was like distance study, you study by your own, and the teachers are there at certain hours, if you want to talk with them and ask them questions, or ask them to solve your problems in a certain subject, you could go and ask them, anyway, so i started to attend to the classes and study, but stopped after the first trimestral exam (in wich i had good grades), becouse i thought i was wasting my time instead of doing the real thing, what i wanted to do, and learn from the word and the Lord; i also got a confirmation from Him that it was what He wanted me to do, to stop studying. But in order to quit i had to convince my dad first... wich wasn’t easy, and i was really scared of what his reaction would be, nevertheless my mom was now by my side, encouraging me since she also got a confirmation that i should stop studying, and well, after much prayer i once asked Him when did He want me to tell my dad, and i got that i should tell him about all that in 3 days, so 3 days passed, and i was really nervous, but PTL, after i told him, he finally agreed since it was what i wanted to do, though he wasn’t happy with my decision, but... what could i do.

On January of this year 2004, i went to visit a friend of the JT Board in England, who i met in a seminary that Aaron’s team from Africa were doing around Europe about how to give bible classes, and learn how to make them. So, i stayed at Steve’s for 10 days, where i turned 17, and it was really cool, we went out witnessing a couple of times, and it was really inspiring, and we also got to talk to each other, wich also helped a lot, and made me think clearer and organize my thoughts and ideas. I wished i had stayed more time, but i couldn’t the Lord Told me to go back home.

On February there was a SNR Teen camp in Germany for all Europe (mainly western) and though it was first meant for FD only, they invited me too, i was really excited about it, since it would be my first camp, i never was to any other before, and there i got to meet lot’s of really interesting ppl, some souled out for the Lord young teens, one in particular is the one that really helped me during my times of weakness and struggle GBH!!, and if it wasn’t for her...., she also gave me the vision of what i think is my role in the family and what the Lord is asking of me now, but i will talk about that later...

Days passed after i came from Germany and i was starting to feel bad, becouse i stopped going to school suppossedly to go to a home and start my life as a missionary, but i had nowhere to go.. all the options that i had were turned down by the Lord, and i started to wonder if i was doing something wrong... it was then when i started to talk with a dear friend, i got her e-mail from the Germany camp, and she gave me her messenger id, so we spent long hours talking sometimes till late in night, and she gave me her testimony, wich was really awesome, to see how the Lord worked in her life, so it made me think that He might have a plan for me, that if i wasn’t going anywhere it must have been for a reason; each day she sent me some reading material, profecies that she got in her times of struggle, that helped me to have more faith in Him, and trust Him, put all my burdens on His shoulders, and to know that “He would not leave me nor forsake me”. She helped me soo much, that i’ll always be indebted with her, and each day i pray that the Lord would bless her for what she did with me, and probably have done with others. So, i made the commitment to continue withothers what she started with me, that that flame would be passed from one person to another, she first lighted me, and i thought it would be unfair if i didn’t do the same with my other family friends, give them the light too, and help them in their times of trouble, make their life a brighter one, and after i help them, ask them to pass the light i gave them to whoever they find in need so that this chain would never be broken.

So far i’ve helped (or tried to), to at least 9 ppl, some of them did appreciate it, and have become really good friends, others didn’t, and i feel so good, when i feel that the Lord is talking through me to them, and i believe that i can be of use this way, and help others find the same things i did, and help them when they are going through tests and trials; i think that this is what the Lord is calling me to do, be smthg like a teen shepperd or smthg like that, couse i understand them, and i’ve also been in the system, and know what is it like, and the funny thing is that they pay attention to what i say and put the things i tell them to do into action, but i would like to be better, get some kind of trainment to get polished and be more useful to them and the Lord, be a better vessel.
And the latest update is that after 2 years waiting, the Lord is finally opening the doors for me and my family to go to S.America and become FD there"

well, that's it, but know that i haven't added anything about my adventures in Bolivia :P

my new flashlight!!

2006-03-01T22:08:00.000+01:00

yeah, i know... i might sound like a kid with a new toy, but seriously, this flashlight is so cool!, this flashlight is waterproof, anti-shock, and doesn't need batteries, it transforms the mechanic energy, into electricity :D wanna know how does it work?, oh well, i know you don't, but i'm gonna tell you anyway.
the mechanism of this flashlight consists of a bobbin or reel made of copperthreads, like the ones in electric motors, to store the electricity, wich is caused by a magent that passes by the middle of it, when you shake the flashlight, the magnet goes up and down and it passes by the bobbin/reel, that movement, causes an electromagnetic flow that is storaged in the bobbin/reel for when you want to use the flashlight, if the electricity storaged runs out, you just have to shake the flashlight again ;)
aaaah, i knew my physics classes were worth for smthg :P
well, besides that i don't have anything else to say, i've tried to show you a pic of my dandy new flashlight, but it doesn't let me to upload it... oh well... i'll try next time :P

on my way to make my dreams a reality

2006-03-01T19:12:00.000+01:00

YAYYY!! thank you Jesus!!!! that's the only thing that i can think of saying now :D i'm just ecstatic, can't keep of thinking of it, it's my dream, my once wish, now becoming a reality! PTL!!!!! yes, you guessed it, i'm going to Mexico, but not in june anymore, but in MAY! or end of april, that is sooooo close! that i cannot wait till the date comes, FINALLY i'll be able to become FD :D, oh, and i must practice more flamenco before i go there.... we're gonna start a flamenco band & show! just wait till you see us on next Wordstock or the future mexican BLAST! oh my.. i can't stop thinking about it.. the plans.. the things we'll have to arrange... the instruments we have to bring, the clothes for the flamenco troupe, i'm donwloading material for the home members to learn how to dance, play the guitar, percussion.... everything in flamenco style! and we might need to make a "tablao" too.... don't put that weird face, a "tablao flamenco" is an structure, sometimes higher than the floor level, with the surface made out of wood, or it could also be a wooden floor, where the "bailaores" (flamenco dancers) dance, and it's needed to be made out of wood, for when they make the "zapateaos" (when the dancer taps the floor with his/her shoes) smiliar to irish tap dance, but not really like it.
but also exams are really really near!!! and i need to focus on them now, i'll have them the 10th and 13th of march, wich is NEXT WEEK!!! please, pray that the Lord will help me with the exams and that i will remember.... i need to get good grades... and also pray that the Lord will help me to forget all about the travel and focus more on my studies.... i really need it.

oh well, i must keep studying economy :P
oh! and i forgot!, today my mom bought me a flashlight that doesn't need batteries.... i'll explain about it later :P

due to a ladie's request

2006-02-23T22:24:00.000+01:00

Due to a lady's request
i must embark in a quest
write an entry is the test
wich i find to be no jest......

HAHAHAHA! well, so here i am, like the poem says, i'm writing this entry due to a fair lady's request, she has urged me today to write more often on my blog, and i promise by my honour of gentleman, that i'll write more often.
things have gone well, but today i got really really bored.... i just don't wanna study any more!!! but exams are near, and i must give a little push, to get the priced rest that will come after the storm. i just talked with Steve in Ireland, he's gonna discuss with the home tonight wether they come by mid march and drop us a visit or not, but i think chances are high that he will come with his daughter Rachel, and someone other friends Lord Willingly, at least to say goodbye before i go to Mexico, YAY!! we're gonna have a great time, witnessing, visiting important monumental cities, see castles, see waterfalls, go skiing, have walks in the forests, oh! and it's gonna be the time when the cherry tree is gonna bloom, and the whole valley where we're gonna stay is gonna turn white due to it beeing full of the little white flowers on the cherry trees, it really is an amazing sight, people all over Spain come to see it, i'll post a picture of that when we come back.
and about Mexico, well, i really can't wait to go back there!! at last! after 2 years waiting to return, looks like the Lord will keep His promise (like He always does) and i'll stay there in a home and become FD :D TYJ!!! we'll go most probably in May or June, and visit some homes and then stay in one, may the Lord guide us to the best one.

hmmm i guess this is all for now... oh no! wait, this sunday we're gonna go to visit a convent of nuns in closure. looks like there is beeing a revolution of the spirit!!! it's full of new nuns, they are over 100 now! all spanish with vocation, who have decided to dedicate their lives to Jesus due to the lack of purpose in this world, they are women with important carrers, who had important jobs but left it all for Him, aint that wonderful?, and they make music and sing songs, so we're gonna buy one of their cd's and talk with them, and i might sing some of our wonderful family music to them too :P oh! and have i already said that in this convents they make delicious sweets, buns, and other desserts? :D they sell them too to pay the bills. anyway, i think it's gonna be a great time over there and an interesting experience to know them.

well, my mom has already told me to go, i still have to clean the kitchen and after that go to sleep and read some word before that, so if i wanna sleep my 8 hours, i'd better go now!!
i hope you're happy Joan :P
big hug for you!

tips for making effective prayers

2006-02-02T22:24:00.000+01:00

not so long agowhile having my wordtime, i came across this list of tips and things you can do in order to make an effective full of power prayer that really can work out miracles! i for one have been the witness of one last week because of a prayer that i made following this lines, so i can proove it's accuracy and effectiveness :) . it all happened one friday while i was chatting with my friends, and suddenly one of them got online, started to talk with her, and she told me that she was suffering right at that moment from severe stomach aches, she also told me that she had been suffering from them every evening for several days in a row, none at her house knew what it could be, and she hadn't gone to the doctor yet, so i asked her if she wanted to pray right there and then with me for the Lord to heal her, wich she agreed to do, and we prayed a wonderful prayer (with the help of my spirit helpers, otherwise i wouldn't have been able to make it) following the guidelines i was talking about, and asking specifically that she should be healed for next day, wich was saturday. next day i talked again with her in the evening and she told me that she was no longer having the pain! wich was a complete miracle and a real faith builder ;) Prayer really works! i spent a loooong time that day praising the Lord for everything that came to my mind and specially for having worked the miracle through my prayer :D Praise The Lord! he's the best out of the best.
anyway, here comes the list of tips in order to make effective prayers:

"Here are some key elements to becoming more effective in prayer:
• Focus. Learn to focus your prayers. See the obstacle and claim the miracle you desire in order to destroy it.
• Be specific in what you pray for, and what you want to see happen.
• Faith. You need faith to believe that the Lord will do the miracles you are requesting, and you get that faith through His Word, by being strengthened by the promises He's given in His Word.
• The keys. When you use the keys in your prayers you are combining two powerful spiritual weapons against the Enemy; you are defying the seeming impossibility.
• Stand on God's promises. Even when you don't see the immediate results of your prayers, as you stand firm on the promises the Lord has given you, and keep sending prayers in that direction, you stir God's hand to action to work on your behalf."

enjoy and use them on every prayer that you make and see the results! there have been more results to my prayers recently due to this list :D

Beauty for Ashes

2006-01-26T10:46:00.000+01:00

i just read this recently, and i liked it so much because it's so full of truth, that i feel like sharing it with whoever gets to read this :).

Beauty for Ashes

"In order to bring forth the sweetness, there has to be some suffering. To bring about the beauty of the flame there must be ashes. Something must go to ashes.
Blessings come from suffering—beauty for ashes. Like a giant hand taking the honeycomb and squeezing it, and out comes the honey. Like Moses smiting the rock—it hurt the rock, but out came the water. Like a beautiful flower pressed and crushed, but out comes the perfume.
Like the beautiful music that comes from the throat of the bird—almost as though in pain, yet it comes forth with song. Even though the bird's song is sad, it's so sweet. The groans are not murmurs, but songs of praise and thanksgiving to God—a sad, sweet song.
Lord, help us not to fight thy crushing, Thy bruising, Thy smiting, which causes the water to gush forth. Help us not to quench that beautiful song, even if it's sad—to thank Thee in spite of the sorrow. Help us to be willing to be smitten and crushed, to be squeezed and to be bruised, to be in agony, that we may give forth Thy sweetness, Thy fragrance, Thy beauty, Thy song, Thy refreshing waters. Out of what seems like defeat come some of Thy greatest victories.
You could never appreciate the light unless you've been in darkness. You can't appreciate health unless you've been sick. You'll never appreciate joy until you've known sorrow. You can't appreciate God's mercy until you've known the Devil's justice.
"Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God" (1Cor.1:4)."

David Brandt Berg

BIEEEN!!

2004-12-09T22:12:00.000+01:00

vale va ya tengo un post hecho, a ver cuanto me aburro la proxima vez para escribir otro...