My Wonderful Weekend:)

It was thursday night (June 17) when ate jonna informed me that trix won't be available to worship lead the following sunday (yesterday); while she, had been advised not to strain her voice, and being the worship leader last sunday, she can't do it consecutively, leaving me as the only choice, if I was available. There are really 4 of us who take turns in worship leading every sunday service but ate michelle had just given birth so calling her in would be out of the question. I, on the other hand, have told her early on that I would be able to attend church on sunday but not worship lead or even serve as back-up as i was still coughing, though infrequently, at that time. There was one sunday that I wasn't really in my best shape but I still led the praise and worship, and there was one moment there when I thought my voice would really break so I vowed never to do it again. I believe God would understand, knowing that He always wants the best for me especially in terms of my health, and I know that He would rather hear me singing praises to him on many other sundays/other days,  than have me sing that one last time due to unnecessary sacrifices. I know I sound over-acting and so dramatic right now but you get my point, don't you?haha..anyway, back to the story, I really felt ambivalent when I received that text message from her asking me 'Pwede ka ba? Wala n kasing iba.'..Thinking about my recent cough/colds, I wanted to say no at first; but in truth, i really wanted to say yes. I actually miss going to church and worship leading as well. I believe that singing is my gift, and my mode of worship to God. Sometimes, it's even easier for me to sing than think about what to say in prayer. I also believe that to really belong to a church, you must be an active part of it, because for me, your membership in the church ends the moment you lose concern for it-its members, activities, and affairs in general. but i'm fortunate to have reached that level wherein i no longer let the disappointing events in church affect my own relationship with God..but i guess i should be talking about that some other tym..haha...so after praying, and believing that God has healed me completely, and that He would provide everything we needed for His greater glory, i ended up saying yes, at the same time asking ate jonna to make the song line-up as i was still on hospital duty at that time.

the next day, friday, the weirdest thing happened to me. I woke up at around 8:30 am, had my devotion, then played computer games. when i got bored, i decided to just rest on the sofa while watching tv, then after a few minutes, i suddenly felt cold with my muscles and joints starting to ache. i also felt the same way the last time i had fever so i took my temperature, and it was actually 37.9 degrees celsius. sinat lng naman so i didn't really worry, but i took paracetamol just the same because my sister micah and i were supposed to watch the final installment of shrek movies that afternoon.I also asked micah to pray for me and she asked me 'ate ung sa sarili ko lang ba o ung sinasabi?'..haha..but she prayed for me loudly just the same. after 30 minutes, i actually felt better but when i rechecked my temperature, it suddenly went up to 38.8. I waited for a few more minutes but it won't go down so i decided to take a bath to release excess body heat. It worked:) and micah and i just had instant chicken noodles for lunch to save time. We were rushing and all only to find out that the movie was no longer showing. ang sabi ko sa sarili ko, siguro sabi ni Lord, 'pinagaling na nga kita maglalakwatsa ka pa.'..haha..so we just decided to stay home and watch a different movie, the tear jerking 'my sister's keeper'. Later that night, my fever went back and i had to sleep in pajamas, socks, covered with two blankets because i really felt cold. i was thinking about church practice the next day and i wasn't so sure if i could do it so i simply asked ate jona to have somebody else do it, but if there isn't anybody, i asked them to just pray for my healing.
the next day, saturday, i felt so much better, and i should after 12 hours of sleep:) i also had my period starting that morning so i thought the fever was maybe due to the one-day delay of my period due to stress from 8 days of incomplete sleep. i was even happier to see dong and ambet finally join us once again, so for the first time in weeks, we had a complete set of instrumentalists, with anna on keyboard, wapo on drums, ambet on guitar, and dong on bass guitar. The practice went well and i had my duty in the afternoon from 3-11 pm.
being the worship leader, i woke up early the following day (sunday), had my morning prayer then prepared myself. it was also father's day and my sisters and i prepared a card for papa, which according to him, made him cry:). the service went great and we had a hearty lunch at the monsoon party of the barley group headed by tito chito. I also got to chat with my friend cathlyn whom i haven't seen since christmas break. at first i wasn't so sure whether to go on duty or to just rest at home that afternoon but thank God responsibility won and i went on duty. It was a busy 8-hour duty, with only 4 of us in our group who came but as i always say, it's when the going gets tough that i get to learn a lot of things especially in terms of time management, increasing speed in doing things while at the same time making sure that i don't commit any mistake, whether of omission or commission. I thank God for another great week He has given me, for Father's day, for my papa who's the best father for me and my sisters, for church, for friends, for delicious foods, for work, for funny and helpful companions, and for all the innumerable blessing He has given, and is giving me.

ps..this is a delayed post. there was no internet signal yesterday, and i was too tired to finish this blog last monday...i would probably agree to worship lead again for this coming sunday..so help me God. Good day everyone..meow!