 | upgrade | Jun 18, '08 5:59 AM
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 just made an upgrade to the latest firefox browser. it feels faster. hmmm :D liking it!
 it's addictive...
 Last Friday night saw ICA Youth focus on 3 high school students graduating this year. It'll be a new season for their life. All three will heading off the USA for tertiary education and are looking forward to it. Let's pray for smooth transition to a new life and for their families in adjusting to not seeing them daily. The graduates are: - Awonu Lekia from ISB to Louisiana Univesity
- Margaret Wambura from ISB to De Pauls University
- Steven Hoag from Patana IS to Washington State University.
 Thanks to those who sent prayers our way for healing. I'm getting better. I was able to pull off preaching at maxLIFE (ICA Youth) last night and even accompanied them home. :D Slept better last night, minus the fever, chills and body pain. God is good! Just ned to buy me a set of Yakult drinks for the week.
Gastro...what?There's only so much that one can do to prevent viruses from attacking the stomach. Once it does it's not the best of times. My bestfriends today:
H20
Gatorade
Dry Toast Bread
Yogurt
Praying that my body goes back to health within the day. Can't wait to get back on my normal diet. It's been two days. Stilll have youth tonight & 2 preaching scheds on Sunday. Lord, help...
 Yesterday I had a taste of my Senior Pastor's ( H. Maurice Lednicky) Sunday schedule. They are currently in the USA for ministry so I have the task of Sunday preaching. We have 2 Worship Services and a Sunday School in between. I got in at 8:30am and the venue was still empty. So I initiated the set-up (air-con, lights, auto-run ppt announcements). - 8:45am People began arriving.
- 9:00 Doing last minute checks with sound, ppt, video for Children's ministry presentation etc.
- 9:20 Team Prayer
- 9:30 1st Worship service. (opening, singing, prayer, announcements, welcoming regulars and guests, preaching, ministry time).
- 11:10 Personally met with guests in the Pastor's office.
- 11:30 Taught Youth Sunday School
- 12:25pm BREATHE, drink water, team prayer
- 12:35 2nd Worship Service (opening, singing, prayer, announcements, welcoming regulars and guests, finally preaching, ministry time).
- 2:10 End
- 2:30 go home, change
- 3:00 LUNCH
- 4:30 Go home... conked out on the bed!...
Pastor, has to do this every Sunday. We'll be glad when we move to a bigger venue and are able to congregate as one body and have one service. It's a good problem to have :D
THANK YOU LORD FOR THE STRENGTH & THE PRIVILEGE!
   Had an opportunity to see Bangkok from 300+ meters up on the Baiyoke Tower II, Thailand's tallest building. Have to come back at night one of these days, when the view of lights would just be awesome. On this hazy noon day, it was an endless sea of concrete buildings to the horizon. No hills or mountains in site. Wiki's take on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiyoke_Tower_II
| Tito Jes | Apr 23, '08 11:50 PM
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encourager,
loves Jesus,
loves his family,
loves others,
a ready smile,
dependable,
helping hand,
hard-working,
patient,
compassionate,
committed,
self-less,
transformed,
thankful,
blessed,
gone,
missed...
survived by
Tita Choleen,
JC,
Fruss &
Shekinah.
24 april 2008
1:57am
============ Wake info here.
 This morning Honorbound (ICA Men's Ministry) held a getting to know event for the men of ICA with special guests, the Blackwood Brothers quartet. This quartet has been around for nearly 75 years. The members have changed over the years but the reason for being has not that is to sing about Jesus. They sing gospel songs and hymns. It was a trip back to my childhood when I heard classics like, Rock of Ages and Leaning on the Everlasting Love being sung. More than the songs we we had a rare privilege of hearing stories about their personal journeys as followers of Jesus Christ. This made the time more meaningful. I saw these men not as professional singers and bigger than life Christians but ordinary people, frail like me and the other men in the room. The challenges they've faced and continue to face in life revealed their heart and how Jesus has made all the difference. It was a real treat. Had the opportunity of conversing with them over lunch and it was just a joy. Looking forward to the concert tomorrow @ ICA @ 9:30am. Hey if any of you are around the area then, come and join us and be encouraged. ______________________ ICA YOUTH NEW POSTS: http://icayouth.multiply.com/photos/album/4/UNtalent_nighthttp://icayouth.multiply.com/photos/album/5/FACES
 Swensen's, another sign of globalization. In the tradition of Magnolia Ice-cream place in Quezon City back in the day. This is a popular desert tambayan here in Bangkok franchised from the USA.
Saturday - Party @ the Park. One of the pinoy kids, Madeline celebrated her birthday at the Queen's Park. It was 4pm and the sun was just going down, so it began to get cooler, but still warm.
Sights & sounds: Pigeons, a squirrel, kids everywhere, families, picnic mats, food, park police, tai-chi, love-brids (the people kind), chatter, whispers, laughter, shouts, squeels, chirpping, turtles, catfish, fountains (for a short time only), runners, treasure hunters, agawan base, longest line, pinoy spaghetti, internationals, sand, shipwreck, lake, trees, manicured grass, tall buildings, snack bars, people feeding themselves, each other and the wildlife...
Sunday - ICA worship services, sunday school, another pinoy party for another kid & table tennis.
Sights & sounds: rain drops, car screeches, singing, music, people worshipping, kids running, greetings, hugs, kisses, going up, ding, elevators, 23rd floor, preaching, laughter, prayer, chatting, snacking, 12th floor, tables & chairs, teaching, laughter, fooling around, families, kids, teens, singles, yuppies, refugees, internationals...silence...thai food, kids, families, parents, singles, kids playing, people chatting eating, games, pabitin, sablay na magician, fathers playing monkeys, balloons popping, cake cutting, gifts being given and opened, music blasting, palayok na hindi, bratz look alikes, grumppy kids, happy kids, shy kids, boisterous kids, noisy-happy-pinoys...ping-pong, twos, singles, asaran, kantsawan, pawis, tubig...kwentohan, kainan (uli), kweto pa kont, tulogan...
Last night marked the beginning of the Young Professionals' Ministry of the International Christian Assembly, Bangkok. Check out the pix here.
GOOD FRIDAY.170pax filled the ICA auditorium for a Communion service which exceeded our expectation. Praise God! Many braved the infamous Friday night traffic jam of Bangkok just to be there. After the service I went with Micah to The Emerald Hotel on Ratchadamri to see & hear part of the ICA worship team doing their thing. The Metropolis is a professional band currently entertaining guests at the hotel. They're now on their 8th year there. 3 out of 5 members attend ICA. All Filipinos by the way (syempre :) SATURDAY.Grocery day with Renee & Nav at Carrefour & Lotus on Rama IV. SUNDAY.Sunrise service @ ICA @ 6:30am. I know the sun's already out by then but hey it's something new for the congregation @ ICA. About 100 people woke up and showed up for that. It was a blast hearing from 5 different people of various nationalities share what the resurrection of J.Christ means to them. Thanks for sharing Jonathan, Marilyn, Richard, Rebecca and Cecilia. Breakfast fellowship was had afterwards. Good time to catch up and get to know more people. Service 1.Full service. Encouraging message. Youth SS.17 pax and part 3 of Esther's saga. Service 2.Encouraged for the 2nd time but beginning to feel the weariness from the days early & full activities. Afternoon at home. Fam time. Yey!
Photo: Sunrise service 23rd floor overlooking Bngkok city @ 6:30am (GMT+7).
Wala pang WIFI sa condo kaya d2 muna ko sa office todo posting sa PULTIMLY (tama b Ptr Jes?). Pasensya na kung napuno ang inyong mga MESSAGE BOARDS :D
The moment I passed the immigration line at the NAIA Terminal 1 there was no turning back. To follow Jesus where He leads is a commitment I made when I decided to make Him Lord of my life. It's been an exciting adventure since I chose to do that at age 13.
A new chapter is once again being written in my life as I together with my family venture into the unknown. Knowing only that it is He who called us and is faithful to the very end. May He find the same in me.
On the day of departure 26 Feb 2008 we had to make a decision which I didn't like. That was for Renz & Nav to stay behind to finish up the clearing of our rented house in Pasig. We didn't want to leave Mommy Vaisy crying because of the still a lot of things to sort and clean up at the house. We'd rather her crying because she will miss us ;p So reluctantly I left Tuesday night. Thanks to Bro. Jessie & Sis. Choleen Lema who took me to the airport together with dad Pete, ma Vaisy, Renz & Nav.
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