Design and Writings by Riz
Bluedfiles Version 17
� April 2005

Of Birthdays and Wishlists.
I started making a birthday wish list for this post. However, somewhere between items 19 and 20, I stopped, and realized that even without these things, with a life such as mine, and with a God such as my God, I have nothing more to ask for for my birthday. And so I started backspacing each item one by one. ;)

I am so blessed. Thank you Lord.

Snippets on my current state.
I completed my Practicum at OMF Literature Thursday of last week. I wanted to post the melodrama of my last day there but I got too caught up with being a bum, I had no time to blog na. Hehe.

Yesterday, I emailed my final report on my OJT experience. With that one final paper, I am technically a graduate.

Which now makes me a bum. (Doesn’t this sound familiar?) ;)

And because I’ve got no work yet, my venture into webdesign (albeit my limited skills) has taken the next level.. just for now. Check the ad on the nav bar for details. (And by the way, I already got my first ehem, client. Kuya Teddy, one of my friends from IVCF. Wanna see?)

And because I don’t intend to be a bum for a long time, job hunting is my next big plan. As to when and where to apply for a job, I haven’t figured that out just yet.

Because I’m still enjoying bumhood for now. ;)

Wah. Can you believe it? Graduate na ko??!! Surreal. Thank you Lord.

Here’s what’s happening (Part Two).
Last Saturday, my passport was delivered to me. How it happened and the events that lead me into finally doing it were too overwhelming, you have too see me tell the story live. “Be ready just in case God decides to open doors,” someone tells me. I took that one leap of faith, and true enough, God sent to me people who journeyed with me every step of the way.

Last weekend, I attended Ian and Lucy Fisher’s Praise and Worship workshop at Jesus Reigns Ministries. On June 11, Reuben Morgan is coming over for a workshop and a concert (Hillsong United, YEAH!). Hillsong people are all over Manila. And although I know God’s plan is massive, I’d like to believe that His plans include bringing Hillsong right to my reach.

I’m no longer doubtful of why God is allowing Hillsong to happen in my life now. I told Him I want to be the best praise and worship leader I could be for Him, and already, He’s granted every prayer, every concern I laid down at His feet. I’m no longer afraid of being disappointed if I wont make it there this year either, because as it is now, God has revealed Himself in ways I never imagined before. What’s happening now—getting a passport, Hillsong happening in Manila, and the countless of lessons in having faith and trusting Him—is already an answered prayer in itself.

Often, I find myself holding my passport in my hands, smiling as I stare at my ID picture which is beaming right back at me, and thanking God for those days my prayers happened right before my eyes. I browse through the empty pages, believing that some time in the next five years, I’m going to have an Australian visa stamped right on its pages. And after a few minutes of enjoying the feel of its (synthetic) leather cover and its smooth pages on my hands, I close the book and put it in an empty box that I know will soon be filled with memories of more dreams and answered prayers. ;)

God took me this far. And I believe He’s taking me farther as He wills. Thank you Lord.

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The clock is ticking away. I’m gona be twenty-two in two hours. My birthday hasn’t even begun but I already got the bestest gifts. :)

Hay. Twenty-two blessed years. Thank you Lord.

Riz Blabbered @ 10:16:00 PM.

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