LOVESTRUCK

Last February 19, our Youth Ministry had a Youth service themed "Lovestruck". Our main goal was to reach out to young people and promote awareness about the Christian concept of romantic love. We held it at JRM Bataan at 6 in the evening. We had praise and worship, youth style. We also had a lot of special numbers - singing as well as dancing. We also invited a band to perform. It was so much fun! I am glad that we were also able to reach out to these young people and bring them closer to God even in these little gatherings. We were actually scared that only a few would come but thankfully. God really grants prayers! We had more than 30 new young people. Praise God! :)

Our emcees Arth and Mel.

"Nothing is Impossible" sang by Aldrin.

Word of God shared by our very own Youth Pastor, Pastora Eve.

Our dance team, "The Radicals"

Faith singing "Forever"

The band.

Me singing "How He Loves"

Nitoy singing old Filipino love songs.

Tin snging "My Soul is in Your hands"

We ultimately had a lot of fun. I was really please how big the turn out was. God is really good! I am looking forward to more gatherings like this :) 

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile." - Jeremiah 29:11-14 NIV

HONGKONG Adventure: Day 4

The next day we went to Ngong Ping. It is a Buddha Temple on a mountain. We had to ride a cable car past about 2 mountains. It was so scary for me. I was holding on to the handle bars the whole 20 minute ride. It was really cold.

After that, we went home. My Aunties and Mom decided to go shopping around the city. I didn't come cause I was really tired. We had a flight home next morning so I had to pack my things. They were lucky cause it still was winter sale, so they bought stuff for half their original price. I loved my stay in Hongkong, actually also in Macau. I was so fortunate and blessed to have the opportunity to go there. Hopefully, I'll be back! :)

HONGKONG Adventure: Day 3 (part 2)

After we went to Ocean Park, we went to The Peak and Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. The Peak is a place on top of a building. It has shopping areas, dining places and is also where Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is located. You can actually see almost all of Hongkong there. It was beautiful at night, but it was so, so cold!

A lot of people are waiting for the tram to arrive.

It was so so cold!

Then we went to the Wax Museum.

My dream of having a picture taken with Rob Pattinson has now come true! Fangirl right here :)

My cousin pretended to be a wax figure to fool other people coming in the museum. He would stay still and when a person takes a picture of him, he would move. It was such a laugh! He actually fooled a good handful of people :))

Madame Tussaud.

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of pictures. I was so busy taking pictures of my cousins and titas. But, it was so fun. There was also a mini Scream House there. We decided to come in. We were the last ones for the night. The people scaring us were almost too tired to do their job. I wasn't that much scared, but I did scream. That day was so tiring but also so fun! :)

HONGKONG Adventure: Day 3 (part 1)

The next day, we went to Ocean Park Hongkong. We rode a 2 story bus there. I think we arrived at around 10am. Us "youngsters" were so excited to go through all the rides. They had plenty here. Ocean park is located in mountains, so we had to travel through cable car or an underground train. To make the best out of the great view, we decided to take the cable car. We got maps and saw their many attractions! I don't think we had time to go around the whole park! :)

That's us on the cable car!

Amazing view :)

We first went to ride the Hair Raiser. It's a roller coaster and had one big loop. It was such a rush after riding this!

This was my favorite. I think it was called Flash. The ring rotates and the arm goes 180 degrees at the same time. We went upside down for about 4 times. It was so fun!

Unfortunately, I only have a few pictures of the rides. We were so busy making the most out of the day cause we had to leave around 6pm cause we were still going to The Peak (which I will blog about a little bit later!). Anyway, we rode a ride that was similar to Log Jam in Enchanted Kingdom. I was the one in front. I was so afraid of getting wet cause I didn't bring extra clothes that I bought a rain coat. I ended up getting the lower half of my body getting wet! I was literally walking around in wet jeans! We also went to another roller coaster, and other fearful rides. Haha. It was so fun! :)

HONGKONG Adventure: Day 2

Finally! A trip to Disneyland! :) Such a magical place to be in. Brought me back to my childhood. You see, I am a 90's kid, and it was said that we are the last generation to experience the "epic-ness" of Disney. To be honest, there aren't anymore good shows in Disney. Anyway, it was really a flashback for me, and I can't help but cry cause I'm really fortunate enough to be here. I can't tell you how happy I am being here. Such a wonderful place! :)

We enjoyed the parade so much! :)

We got our maps, went around and had magical fun!

We went to tomorrow land and rode the Space Mountain about 4 times. We just can't get enough of it! We also tried Buzz Lightyear, 2 times.

We also went to their new attraction, Toy Story Land. We also rode the Race Car (which was my fave by the way!) and the Parachute.

The white dots were actually fake snow. How cool is that? :)

The fireworks! I was tear-eyed the whole time. It was so wonderful. This is the part where my whole childhood came crashing to me. So happy.

I just can't say enough how fortunate I am to have the opportunity to come here. Thanks Disneyland Hongkong for reminding me how happy my childhood's been! :)