Smile

你好 (Hello)

Today is Wednesday as you may know already. I didn't have to do any homework today (Praise the Lord!) but I spent all my afternoon practicing for my SAT Test. I must say that it was quite interesting because I had to make up essays in 25 minutes so that made me think about how useful and important is to write posts on your blog because that way you will get use to write. I made dinner for myself and while I was cooking I thought about the importance of smiling. I always say: "Everytime you smile, you add 1 second to your life." I thought about it for a while and then something came to my mind that showed that a simple smile can change the world. I wrote about changing the world some days ago and I said that changing the world has to do with YOU changing your attitude. Well, smiling can also make a difference. If you have Christ in your heart then you will always be enjoying His love and His mercy, meaning that you can't be with a lime-face. Let me tell you that you are here on earth to reflect Jesus to the world. As the Bible says, we are the salt of this world. Can you imagine someone that can't find truly happiness, or that has problems at home, struggles at the job or somewhere else; you have the answer of the problems for this person. When someone looks you and what that person sees in you is joy, then that person will ask you what is that you are doing that makes you so joyful and happy. I don't mean that all of us are going to be smiling at EVERY time because the Bible says that there is time for everything under the heavens, there is time to laugh and time to cry, time to smile and time of not smiling, etc. What I really mean by saying "smile" is that if you see someone that is not going through a good moment then you should help (if you can) that person by telling him/her your testimonies or by simply letting that person see what Jesus made in your life.



We are humans, so it's normal for us to have feelings and usually we let our feeling to base in the circumstances you are living. The truth is that if we have God, then nothing have to affect our emotions because our feelings are based in Him. Whatever you do reflects what you have in your heart. So if you want to smile, make sure you are smiling because you feel to smile, not because you want everyone to think you are "O.K" and that you have a joyful life. Remember that we all need God! Some people can't be happy if they are not doing something, if you are that type person then you should read the Bible and seek God, that way you will be doing something productive and being happy at the same time. For some people, happiness could be translated as MONEY, but the truth is that Money is matter, meaning that some-day it will be destroyed. Put your faith in things that are going to last forever. Have you ever smile to your friend? Well, the same way you smile to your friend you can also smile to God.



I hope you all guys are having a nice day and that you will all find happiness in Jesus Christ.
I bless you.

:)

Our Father!

Hello!

Everyday I'm trying to write something new in my blog so that makes about what to share with all of you. This day I was writing  a post about my last Physics class which was quite amazing (you can see it by clicking the sub-page called "Physics" on my blog). So, after I was done, I asked myself what to write and I didn't want to repeat again any topic from the past. I simply felt in my heart that I needed to write about our father (YES, MY father is your father as well). When I mean "our Father" I mean God. I have lot to say about Him and I want to share with you about how can we be 100% sure He is our Father. Let me tell you first that when I first accepted Jesus as my saviour  I didn't believe that God was my Father because I thought Jesus was His Only son. When I was 12 years old, I found out that I was also a son of God. Did you know that we actually became sons of God? You can read Galatians 3:26 if you want to see WHEN was the moment when we actually became sons of God.



God is not human, meaning that His way of thinking is way different than ours. He is a lovely father, but also He is a Father that disciplines His sons and daughters. You can freely go and seek Him and He will be there with arms wide open. If you feel that He is not there, seek Him even more! He wants for you to seek Him with all your heart. Our Father has the power to wash away all of our sins, you just have to ask for forgiveness but meaning that you ARE sorry and that you won't do it again. Sometimes we made bad things in the past and we think He is still "upset" with us because of what we made but if you already asked for His forgiveness then you shouldn't worry, because He throws away your sins and my sins to the deepest part of the Ocean for Him not to remember ever again. Whenever you have a problem, you can go to Him and He will be there listening but God also speaks. As a Biological Father speaks to his sons and daughters, our God also speaks to us as well. When you pray, have a dialogue with Him. Praying is not about God listening to your problems, but it is God speaking to you about His projects. God as your father can be your best friend in life, He is the only one that won't ever fail you. We will always tell you what to do and also what not to do. As our father, He protects us from every evil plan the devil has for us. He won't let anything harm you, unless He wants for you to form personality and self-control. The Lord's plan is for us to see Him as what He is; our Father. We must know that Jesus is like our "oldest" brother because He was the first son ever on earth. Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords. So we can say that we have royal blood running in our body. All of the amazing things you have read about Jesus and His miracles are 100% true, and I have something to tell you: WE CAN DO WHAT JESUS DID ON EARTH!



I hope you all guys can receive God as our Father and that we can all go to His arms and be with Him. Remember that He is always "online", He is Never "busy". I challenge you! You have to pray and just LISTEN what God has to tell you. You will be in awe when you find out that God has MANY plans for you. I bless you in Jesus' name.
Have a great week!
:)

Fears

Aloha!

How are you guys doing today? Hope you guys had an amazing weekend as I did. Yesterday I had a great day because I went with the folcloric dance-group to the Central Park in San Pedro Sula to do a performance. The event was called "Honduras seek for peace", and as the title says, we went to pray and ask God for Him to give the whole country peace. As you may know, San Pedro Sula is considered the most violent city in the whole world. Let me tell you that while people is talking bad about our country, the Lord is embracing our nation with so much love that soon Honduras is going to be called "The Land of God" where there is no violence and everyone loves God. I must sayy that I had a blast while we were there, we enjoyed every second that passed. At the beginning I was a bit scared because I didn't want to mess up the performance, even though I practiced and practiced the routine, I still was feeling a bit scared. Then I wondered the reason why I'm always scared when I'm about to perform. A lot of people we asking us if we could make another presentation somewhere else, and many were asking for pictures! This performance was for God so all the Glory should and IS for Him. After we were done, we went to the mall wearing the costume and everyone was wondering and asking where was the presentation "we were doing". It was crazy! But at the end, we all went home knowing that we pleased God and that He liked what we did.

Everything went fine, we all did a good job!

I started wondering where did my fear of performing came from. I remembered all my childhood and tried to find the point in history where I started having this fear. After thinking, I realized that my fear came from 10 years ago, when I was 6 years old. I was in my old school when there was this "show" we had to do in which we were supposed to be dressed as animals; my animal was a frog. My family made a weird costume of paper, and I didn't like it at all. When I was on the scenary, I rembered I was in shock and nervous (as the majority of the children feel when they are about to perform), we had to take the microphone and say a little phrase, so when my turn was, I had to jump and say my phrase and when I started jumping my kind of hat fall and everybody started to laugh. I felt so bad that I promised myself that I was not going to do any show ever in my life; a fear was formed in me. Years passed by and I still had that fear. When I met Jesus I knew that I didn't have to fear anything anymore so I started to reject every fear I had (fear to swim, fear to leave mom and dad, fear to EVERYTHING), I must say that for some reason the fear from doing a performance or doing show was quite hard to reject. In my school, Sunshine Christian Bilingual Institute, I learned that you don't have to fear anything because if God is with you, then what could stand against you? 

If you have any fear, try to remember your childhood and seek for the moment when your fear was formed. Remember, God is with you!

I  hope you guys can find and reject every fear you may have. I bless you all with all my heart.

Have a GREAT week!

Go for it!

Hello!

How are you people doing? I must start by saying that I'm physically and mentally tired. HOLIDAYS WHERE ARE YOU? I've been doing many things regarding school and everyday it is something new to work, but I can say that God has been with me through all this time. He gives me strength when I most need it, or wisdom to do stuffs. On Monday I have no school (praise the Lord!) but I want to take advantage of the time by doings things that I will have to do next week. Every single day since Sept. 25th I've been sleeping quite late doing Homework. But still, God is good, as a Senior I can say that all this time had been the best for me, I've enjoyed some time with my classmates. Many projects and ideas had been passing through my mind but then my brain is telling me that I have to do Homework and that I have no time to enjoy some time with people. I know this guy who is a Father of 3 children and everytime his children wanted to make something nice with the family he will tell them that He had no time; that he had a lot of work to do. When I picture that in my head, I think that if I don't take some time from my "work"  to do I'll be acting the same way this dude acts. You see, I would rather prefer to be sitting on a chair and do homework than to be sitting on a bed watching a football game. Now I'm actually taking some time and doing my work at time in order for me not to have a lot of homework for the next day.

 Four weeks ago (I think) I went for the first time to my classmate's house to watch my first football game. All of my classmates were gather there, united, and enjoying every single second of the game. I truly relaxed and had plenty of fun, so I realized that I had to enjoy this school year because it's the last one and then you want to have some memories to take with you. After watching that football game I realized that I had to do many activities for the sake of relaxing my mind and my physical body. This week I'm perfoming with the dance-crew a folcloric dance, I must say that this choice was a challenge because, you see, I had a lot of homework to do this week but I went for it! I wanted a time to relax and just to forget about the things I had to do and simply enjoy time, because times is passing by and you are not even concern when and how  fast did the time pass. 

Enjoy time! If you have any nice project in front but you are thinking that because of time you wouldn't do it then GO FOR IT, ESPECIALLY if it's something that has to do with the Lord. 

I hopw you are all enjoying your Holidays and think about doing something nice with yout family in the following week. Give importance to what deserves importance. 

I bless you all in Jesus' name.

  

:)

When Oceans Rise

¡Hola!




How are you guys doing? Did you enjoy Monday? The week have  just start and I already have many projects ahead that I must do. I have the feeling that I'll be sleeping quite late, but for me it's ok because I'm a night guy who likes doing homework at midnight because I feel there is no-one that is going to bother and is like if I'm having all the time that I want. Even though I shouldn't be sleeping that late because then I'll be sleepy at school I try to do my homework and projects during the night. I'm actually counting the days that are missing for us to have VACATION! My body is screaming for rest and my mind is begging for a time in which I don't have to be worrying about homework. Sometimes I get to a point in which I feel that I'm totally messy and that I have so many things to do in a short time. Even though I tried to start my works earlier I end up making them 2 days before or 1 day before the due date. My God have always been with me and I always praise Him because He has been so good and merciful with me. Sometimes I slept at 2:00 a.m. and then I had school that same day and had to wake up at 5:30 a.m. so I prayed and begged the Lord for Him to give me the strength to continue working. For me it's quite funny that every time I pray I tell the Lord for Him to wake me up at a certain time and turns out that I wake up at the same I asked the Lord.

This week I heard a song named "When Oceans Rise" (Hillsong). The lyric just tells us of God is just trying to see and hear us tell Him of how much we need Him, that we are simply dust without Him. I understood that we should praise and call His name even though we are not going through a good moment but still, He is God and He is worthy to be praised. In some cases "Oceans" can represent someone, something or somewhere, it all depends in what you are dealing with. Remember that God won't challenge you with something you can't deal. Our life should be a daily worship-style that means that or we praise Him or we praise Him. No  matter what you are dealing with, you don't have to lose the path; God's path. I do believe that when we are going through a "bad-moment" is the PERFECT MOMENT to seek with all of our heart God. Remember that God shows Himself JUST to those who seek Him with all their hearts. No matter if the waves seem huge, and stronger than you have to be bonded to the rock who is Jesus Christ. If your heart is totally bonded to Jesus then you won't be afraid of falling apart because He will be there with his opened hands and telling us of how big we are when we are with Him.



Don't ever be afraid of Big waves, because remember that after a big storm, peace comes over. Our country is passing by a critical situtation in which all of Hondurans should be praying and declaring that we will see the rising sun giving light to the darkest areas in Honduras. Please help us in prayers.
I bless you all in Jesus' name. Have a great day!

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Music

Ciao!

Every single day I can say that God is merciful with just with the fact that He let my eyes opened this morning. Today I had service at church and I was playing the Keyboard (quite exciting) and all the people and us were praising the Lord in unity. I  must say that music is the way I can express my feelings and gratitute to the Lord and I am quite sure He receives my praising. Everyone has their own way to praise God, I know people that praises God by dancing ballet, I know another type of people that praises God by painting and so on. The Lord is creative and because we are creative. Music has always been my passion, since I was 7 years old my dad bought me a keyboard (but I really didn't use it until I was 12 years old) and I liked the sound that came out from that keyboard but I was not quite into it. I enjoyed the types of rhythm you can find in any song. When I was 8 years old my pastor told me that I was going to play the drums at church and that I had to practice a lot. I loved playing the drums because it was a relaxing time for me, when I was 11 years old my pastor placed me in the worship-ministry and I started as the drummer. Afterwards, I learned how to play the bass. I also practiced a lot with the bass which I have to say that is lot easier to play it than any instrument.When I turned 14 years old I was already playing the bass at church. I must say I had a lot of fun. Something inside in me was telling me that there was something more, that I had to make melodies, to write songs and to sing (Which I only do when no-one hears me). I made myself a promise that I was going to try and make my best to learn how to play the piano. I dusted the piano I had at home since I was 7 years old and started to practice. My dad bought me a manual of how to play chords and the basic things the all of the pianists should know. At the beginning everything was just about me playing chords and that was it, but afterward, I started to create melodies with high notes and low notes and made a song with chords and melodies. I asked the the Lord for Him to be my mentor. God taught me different styles  of music, and how to play them at the keyboard. As I  said before, now I'm playing the keyboard at church and I'm totally blessed and happy because I'm worshiping the Lord with what He gave me. I have some tips that I can give you thay may help you with your music or playing an Instrument:



1. Let God be your mentor and you be His student. This helps a lot I must say because God is the expert in music and there is no-one on earth that knows more than Him.

2. Practice! "Practice makes master" Try to practice every day the instrument you are trying to learn or once every 2 days. If there is something in specific you want to learn, then practice it 40 times without making any mistake and you will see that after 40 times your hand will be used to the melody you are trying to do and afterward it will be a piece of cake for you.

3. Do things to please God; not men. If you are just focus in what people is going to say then you will not accomplish your goal because people can criticize you and others can like what you are doing but remember that you are doing things for the Lord.


I'm quite sure you all enjoyed and rest during this weekend and have energies to start this brand new week. Pray every moring and give the day to the Lord.
I bless you all with all my heart.

:)

Businesses

Hey everyone!

TODAY IS FRIDAY! Hope you all are going to enjoy and rest this weekend. I literally need physical rest; my body needs it! In this week I had to interview someone for my Spanish Class, so I chose my mom. She studied businesses while she was at university. I must say that hearing her was such a nice moment because you learn from people that had pass through all these experiences and their advices may be helpful in the future. I learn that if you want to establish a business first you need to "study" and investigate if the business will give you profit. You can start with something small and afterwards you can add more stuffs to your business in for the sake of you seeing that the business is marching well. When your business is already established and you have customers, then you should treat nice and in a special way your customers because after all, they are the engine of your business. If a person goes  to your store or whatever you want to start and they are looking for something and for some reason you don't have it in your store, then you should tell the customer that, if possible, you will have what they wished the next day. You really don't have to invest a lot of money in publicity, I happy customer can spread the voice that your business gives an excellent customer service. Remember that a business is a just a path to do what you like, to serve people. Don't ever get in love with money or try to praise it because the Bible says that the origin of evil is the love towards money. I'm not saying that you don't have to make any profit because that's the purpose of having a business  but you don't have to replace God with money or desperately seek money. If you give your business and dreams to God He can prosper you in everything you do. There are many things that makes your business prosper such as having a good administration system, having a profitable business, Honoring your parents because the Bible says that if you Honor your parents God will bless you and give you a happy life. Blessing Israel also helps you prosper in whatever you do because the Bible also tells us that God blesses those who bless His people.

Here in my home we have a business which is like a "mini-store" where you can buy things that you daily need. We try to give the customer the best he/she deserves. Our business is a familiar business because my mom started the business then my sisters and I help to attend the customers and then my dad helps us by bringing whatever is misssing in the store. We also try to have everything that the customer need. We all enjoy being part of this business because we can actually see God's hand over us, guiding us and telling us what to do. Everyday our business grows and grows, I must say that everyday we have a new customer and we are adding new stuffs to it. The Lord has been God and He will always be good. Hope you can start your own business and that everything you do may do well.

Hope your body can rest in this weekend and enjoy your time with the family. I bless you all in Jesus name.

:)

Change the World!

Hey!

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well. In these days I've thinking of the following famous quote: "Change the World". This quote is quite complex I must say but it does tell us a nice lesson. When we say "world" we actually mean the people's behavior, the people's way of thinking, etc. You are not going to change  the "Planet Earth" but you are changing the people's "bad behavior". Some people think that "changing the world" will take a short time, even though it could happen, but I think that changing the world takes a time because it's something you do daily. You can change the world by simply posting positive things, saying good morning, Greeting someone, picking up little bags on the streets, and many other things. Changing the world has to do with changing you first and then change your environment. Did you know that the world drastically changed 2000 years ago? When Jesus died on the cross He changed the world's destiny. If you want to change the world then you should give the example to others. When you are kind, humble and wise you are simply reflecting the condition of your heart. You see, whatever comes out from your mouth reflects what you have in your heart. Want to know if you are someone that is changing the world? Ask yourself the following: Am I saying bad things of my country authorities? Am I an example to others? Am I following God and all of His commandments?


You see, you can be destroying the world by saying bad things of your country and of the whole world. We won't change the world by simply "saying" things and there is no action from us. I must say that I want to see the whole world praising God in unity and in the same heart. Tell the people that Jesus lives. You don't have to go and preach, people will know Jesus by simply looking at your actions and hearing the words that come out from you. Every day of our lives should be according to Jesus' life. He is the best example we can follow. Maybe your thoughts and the way you think may sound crazy to some people but the truth is that the best ideas came from a crazy mind. Don't think or believe you will see the results right after you took the decision to change yourself because as I said before it takes time to see the final product. I hope we all are looking forward to "change the world" by Jesus and His love. God gave us all the instruments we needes, let's use them! We have to take the step and you will see how the rest is going to be added.


Let's seek God even more the way we did yesterday! Let's show the world that there is a God and that He loved us so much that He sent His only Son to die for us in order for us to get an eternal and happy life. I bless you all in HIS name.
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The Habit of Reading

Konnichiwa!

Today we started our Social Work, I must say that it was quite tired. We shared some food with the people that we are going to teach them how to read and write. Every single Saturday we are going to have our "little school" at 2:00 p.m. I bet we will have an extraordinary time teaching. This experience makes me think and realize how blessed I am for being in school and learn how to read and write. In this opportunity I want to share with all of you guys about the importance and the perks of reading. Maybe you are not used to read but I want to give you some tips that helped me develop the reading habit. When you read, your brain develops your creativity.
     
 When I was 14 years old I decided to read a book by my own. I read mystery books because that's what I enjoy. Here goes the 1st tip: READ things that you enjoy. I started by reading 5 pages a day until I made it until day 40. Here goes the 2nd tip: READ how much you can every day until day 40. I must say that reading after 40 days of doing something you acquire a habit. If you have problems with reading every single day then you should do this. I found out that my mind was wide open to receive ideas, projects, etc. There are many types of  books you can choose to read, for example: Arts, Fiction, Music, Mystery, Love, etc. Choose whichever you prefer. Make sure it's something you will want to continue reading. My grandma once told me that the smartest people are those who reads. You can learn different types of cultures by simply reading. You should have a book in your bookbag, trip baggage, bedroom and every place you can. Instead of watching TV you should read, instead of sleeping you should read. If you ask me, my favorites books are: The Bible, The Hunger Games, The Count of Monetcristo, The Outsiders, and the Scarlet Letter. I enjoy these books because all of them gives  you a desire of continue reading. I obtain my vocabulary from books that were written many years ago.

As I said before, we are teaching people that can't read and write and I want for them to acquire the reading habit because that way they will practice their skill of reading. I DEFINITELY recommend the Bible because in the Bible you can find a lot of History, action, mystery, love, etc. Here goes the 3rd Tip: READ the Bible.
I hope all of you guys have the reading habit. Share with all of us which are your favorite books. I bless you all in Jesus name.
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Forgive and ask forgiveness; period!

Hey Humans!

Today, I had a Biology Quiz which was a piece of cake (not kidding). The Perk of studying is that you feel YOU are the boss when you have the quiz in front of you. All of these I'd been sleeping quite late and that makes me be sleepy at the classroom but I thank God that it's FRIDAY! Plus, this Monday we are having a Holiday! In this opportunity I want to share with all you guys about something we as humans have struggles (at least I do). FORGIVE AND ASK FORGIVENESS... Let's be honest, we prefer people asking us for forgiveness than actually us going and ask for forgiveness. This is because we humans are pride, and we don't like to humble ourselves before others. We MUST forgive and ask for forgiveness, the Bible says that if you don't forgive someone then your bones will start to get weak. God forgave us for our sins even though we didn't deserve it. When the romans crucified our Lord Jesus, He told God in His agony: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing". I want to give my point of view in these topics: "Forgive and ask Forgiveness".

1.Forgive: We all deserved death but Jesus came to Earth and saved us by sacrifying Himself and asking God for Him to forgive us. Don't you think Jesus interested in God to forgive us? Then, why is it that we don't forgive? Well, as I said before, human's nature is wait for others to bow down and praise them. I must say that is quite hard to forgive because you want the other person to feel that you are the victim, that they hurt you, that you are the good person and they have to ask forgiveness. FORGIVE; PERIOD!  Can you imagine Jesus being tortured, being whipped and wounded and He still forgave us? I don't think no one had made you those kind of things so, forgive and make a favor to your bones. :)
2. Ask Forgiveness: This should be something you are quite familiar with. It's hard I must say because you don't want the other person to think you are less important than she or he. Let me tell you that when you ask forgiveness you feel quite satisfied because deeply in your heart you know you are doing the right thing. Something important about asking for forgiveness is that you have to mean it, you can't be asking for forgiveness of the same thing you make over and over again. God forgives us even though He knows that maybe we will fail again in the future. Did you know that when you don't forgive your soul goes to a type of a prison? So, Ask for forgiveness; PERIOD!

I hope you had a great and that tomorrow will be better then today. I bless you all in Jesus Name. :)
Blessings!

Literacy and God's Purpose

HEY!
May you have a day full of blessings. I apologize myself for not writing these days, these particular days I've been doing plenty of Homework and lots of essays. I got this free-time and I want to share with you guys about my social work at school (the social work is for all Seniors in Honduras). Last years Seniors were used to clean gardens, make buildings for people that didn't have any economic benefits. This years the government wanted to change some things in the Education System and in the whole nation. As you may know, Honduras is also known as a country that has many people that doesn't know how to read and write.
This influenced the government's decision and now they want for us to teach adults that can't read and write basic principles about reading and writing.

 Tomorrow my classmates and I are going to an university to learn how to teach these types of people. I know for sure that we will need lots of patience and creativity accomplish this. If we all help the country then we can move forwrd as a whole. Our home-room teacher thinks that this type of activities will make us realize how lucky are we to have a bilingual education. It's a new experience for us because we are students and soon we are taking the teachers roll. We are the ones in charge of teaching this people!

I also want to share with all of you guys something that I'm learning every single day that passes and that is "God's perfect purpose for everything". Many things had happened in these past few months that I asked myself: "Why did God permit all of these things?" or sometimes you simply don't understand why bad things happened. The truth is that God has everything in His Hands and He knows what he is doing. I understood that when time pass by and all of the puzzle parts are getting together there is where you understand why things were happening in such a way in the past.


I hope you will have an Outsating week and that you will seek your creator even more.
Blessings.