seeing JESUS as the WAY

Just when you thought that you have arrived finally at a destination does not mean the journey stops there.

It has been more than a year since we arrived here in a "City where we could settle", the direction is not much different from when I first personally confirmed it in late October 2004.

We are amply supplied of our needs, sometimes I confess my unbelief but seeing all the cars, the appliances, the clothes, shoes, even the daily BREAD, shames me to the bones.

Just when you think nothing is happening, then suddenly things start shaping up in the downtown area where we pray to the Lord daily since we arrived, to show us His plan. Even with the Fil-am community where we started, there is an increasing interest in what our team can offer.

In the midst of all these, you get conflicting signals when suddenly you get a message shaking the possibility of staying longer in the city.

We certainly do not believe in the small notes inside a fortune cookie but God speaks in ways beyond our understanding and this is what my husband Leo got that dinner time at Panda Inn downtown: "you will soon cross a great body of water". We can interpret it a lot of ways.

Since 2004, we have crossed great bodies of water, but the greatness of the ONE letting us cross far exceeds the greatness of the water.

There is only one thing that can be treasured in this continuing journey, and that is seeing Jesus as the beginning, the door, the way and most certainly, the end.

The temptation though is to be the way to the Way. Sometimes I think as though I can actively work on controlling my situation. But I really can't.

You've gotta pray just to make it today

last may 3 was the National Day of Prayer. our team joined 3 small groups of professionals in 3 different places in downtown San Diego. The prayer times were short but it gives a sense of where the Holy Spirit would like us to pray, in our hearts, for the City of San Diego, at least for those of us who have been sort of sent out to the city to help make a difference here. No program, no non-sense, just prayer.

but it is a place where your heart is burdened and touched as the people who came, mostly government employees are hurting, because of the many problems they and the city face. There is no way but to express these hurts to God who alone can comfort and heal the hurting.

We've got to pray just to make it today.