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Mom, Lola Detty, Lola Lita, Tita Meg and Me



Mother and Daughter

October 2006 pictures in Batangas and Bulacan

At Taal Vista Hotel
The Beautiful Lola Detty
The Millionaire Lola Lita
Mga Bakasyunista (Me and Lyn)
Me, Lola Detty and Mom

Vacation

Mom, Karen and Me
Ivan, Karen and Lyn
Me, Karen and Lyn
With Karen's Mom
We went to Batangas and Bulacan last October 2006. In Bulacan, we stayed at the house of our friend Karen Clemente.

Floyd

Jomar, Bea and Floyd
Floyd with Baby Bea (Lochi's daughter)

Vincent's 3rd Birthday Party

(From Left) Vincent Billones Figueroa, Jneil Roi Robles Figueroa and Vladimir Billones Figueroa
With JJ and Benboy
Mommy Lo Nora with Benboy
Mommy Lo Nora with Vincent
Floyd and Me with Benboy

We're always having fun everytime these three boys are together. They are God's great blessing to the family. Vincent (Toto's eldest) celebrated his 3rd Birthday last March 3, 2006.

New Family Member

Joshua Paul Robles Figueroa
We welcome the newest member of the family. Joshua Paul Robles Figueroa, son of Roland (Nonoy) and Jane Figueroa, born on April 9, 2006, at Mindanao Medical Center, General Santos City.

33rd Birthday

This is dad's farm, we had our lunch here
With my husband Floyd
With Jenny, Mahal and Wowie ( a surprise visit with Flowers and a Card)

April 2, 2006 - Floyd woke up at 3:30 am, he has to be up early because every First Sunday of the month, the worship service starts at 4:00 am. I was still very sleepy at that time. Floyd moved very slowly and he left after dressing up. Then when he left, a text message came from Aiza Mae, one of our youth in Bo. 3 and she greeted me a Happy Birthday. Though still very sleepy, I felt good reading her message, then came Kathylene's birthday greetings (through text), then came Mr. and Mrs. Mateo's text message, Eloisa, mom, Buddy, my brothers and sisters-in-law and many more. Then I woke up at 6 am and spent time with the Lord. I am thankful to God for giving me another year, for the privilege of serving Him. I thanked Him for friends and family who loves me unconditionally and most of all, I thank God for my husband. Floyd has been God's great blessing to me. God has blessed us with a wonderful (though not perfect) relationship. Thank you Lord for my loving and wonderful husband. I also thank God for our Christian family in Bo. 3 Baptist Church, their love for us keep us going.

After spending time with the Lord, I went upstairs for my breakfast. Van was there, and she greeted me a happy birthday and gave me a bouquet of roses. She was in a hurry at that time because she's going to take a Civil Service exam. Then I had my breakfast and later Floyd arrived. He was busy texting but I had no idea who's on the other line :-) Later, I saw Jenny and Wowie bringing a bouquet or roses. I was really surprised. I did not expect that they would come but I'm glad they came. Then they said that they were waiting for Mahal but as usual Mahal is late again hahahahaha. When Mahal came, they gave me a simple card but it was specially made for me. Here's what's written in the card:

Dear Ate Leah,

Thanks for being a big part of our lives...We just can't say how happy we are that God sent us a person like you. Thank you very much for all you've done for us, thanks for sharing with us a part of your life. Thank you for being our Ate, 2nd Mama and being a good friend. Thanks for spending not just your time, effort but thanks for spending your life with us. All we want is for you to be happy always and hope that we do by just sending you this birthday card.

Happy Birthday Ate Leah and we love you so much!!...

God bless you and Kuya Floyd.

Love,

Youth

Thank God for the love of these young people, they are our inspiration as we continue to serve God.

Being a Servant of God

Being in the ministry is never easy. As Warren Weirsbe has said in his book "Christian ministry never has been easy, but it's more difficult today when the ages are colliding, boundaries are disappearing, and the definitions are changing. You get the impression that nothing is any longer what it used to be."

Yes, whether you're a volunteer or a full-time Christian worker, being in the ministry is never easy. But praise God that serving Him is a wonderful thing if we understand what it is and how He does it through us.

I've been reading another book and I want to share the things that I have learned from Warren Weirsbe's book "On Being A Servant of God"

Methods are many, principles are few;
Methods always change, principles never do.

Certainly, we need methods to serve God, but we must remember that methods work because of the principles behind them.

Ministry is built on basic principles, not clear methods.

God does not want us to have "MINISTRY BY IMITATION." He wants "MINISTRY BY INCARNATION", what Paul wrote about in Philippians 2:13: "For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasures."

If you are in the ministry, you really need to develop your personal relationship with the Lord, through your quiet moments with Him, He will show you His will and His ways. Amen

Discovering A Joy More Precious Than Gold!

When I became the church treasurer, I began to study more on stewardship. God has been faithful, I was able to find the books that I need. Before I was only faithful with the 10% but the 90% was a mess. Later, God seeing the desire in my heart gave me the book "Dollars and Sense" and I learned how to manage the rest of the 90% God has entrusted me. I have learned a lot but still continues to learn. I praise God for giving me the privilege to learn how to handle the resources that He entrusted me.

Yesterday, I started reading the book owned by my dear friend and youth ministry partner Jun Allado. The title of the book is "The Treasure Principle" by Randy Alcorn. In my readings, these are the things that I have learned:

"Jesus has a treasure mentality. He wants us to store up treasures. He's just telling us to stop storing them in the wrong place and start storing them in the right place!"

"....God doesn't have a limited number of treasures to distribute. When you store up treasures for yourself in heaven, it doesn't reduce the treasures available to others. In fact, it is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. "

"Selfishness is when we pursue gain at the expense of others."

"Do not be overawed when a man grows rich,
when the splendor of his house increases;
for he wil take nothing with him when he dies;
his splendor will not descend with him. Psalm 49:16-17

THE TREASURE PRINCIPLE

You can't take it with you -
but you can send it on ahead.

"Anything we put into God's hands will be our for eternity"

"He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss."

"He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he's moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain."

"He who spends his life moving away from his treasures has reason to despair. He who spends his life moving toward his treasures has reason to rejoice"

Are you despairing or rejoicing?