Videos of Baguio Nov 2008 and ilog acoustic greeting

My recent Video Clips :)



kitchie singing ilog by joey ayala.. bday greeting for a friend.


Baguio November 12, 2008 burnham park

Anilao with my 80's friends

it was a great anilao weekend with friends from many years ago.. the great thing i felt was love!they had thier children and everyone was generous :)

UP divers of the 80's Gigi Santos my ever loyal friend

Emi Bolanos Jorge I've known her since we were 3rd yr HS

Thank you Marlyn and Tony Lilles for inviting me to your beautiful home!!

Refreshed and blessed

Just got back from Davao Oriental, we helped Faith Tabernacle Mati set up thier new sound system. I knew from the start that we will be more refreshed than we refreshed them :)



The loving people of Faith Tabernacle





the TEAM! kids of Faith Tabernacle
froggy food!
In every church event there will always be abundant FOOD!!


Free Range Chicken.. but not so free indeed






Mayo Beach!

kid's practice.. tears fell just watching these kids

going through a faith test

I'm going through a Faith test!

This word is encouraging me as i go through the test...

Rise above fear, flesh, and earthly things so that you can hear My voice, says the Lord. There are many things that compete for your attention. Yet, I do not compete, but stand quietly by waiting for you to come and seek My face so that you can get the wisdom and direction that you need. Focusing your view on things not spiritual will only lead to confusion. But, discernment by My Spirit will lead to good judgment and righteous direction.

1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

Beloved, you have been laboring under an undefined sense of oppression for some time and have not been able to overcome. But, now you will be able to begin to see the light dawn where darkness has prevailed. You have turned the proverbial corner where hope will replace gloom and despair. Hold on to these first rays of spiritual light, and resist the devil's attempts to pull you back into the realm of hopelessness, says the Lord.
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ

Be prepared to give an answer

I got this from Hank Hanagraaf's blog.. it spoke to me.. it will speak to some :)

A common mistake that Christians make is to suppose that someone, by your apologetic or by your well-reasoned answer, be talked into the Kingdom of God. The motivation might be sincere but the consequences are often devastating. No matter how eloquent you may or may not be, you can't change anyone else's heart. Only the Holy Spirit can do that. Thus, while it's your responsibility to always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have, it is ultimately God who changes the heart.

The problem is not that people cannot believe - it's that they will not believe. In other words, it is often not a matter of the mind. It is a matter of the will. As Jesus Christ explained, "This is the verdict. Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates light and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed." This is Jesus talking.

The Christian faith is reasonable, but as Jesus Christ made clear, reason alone will not compel a person to embrace our Lord. I'm utterly convinced that if we're prepared to give an answer God will bring into our paths those whose hearts He has prepared. So it's our responsibility to prepare ourselves to be the most effective tools in the hands of almighty God. That's what we're doing - preparing. We're getting ready to give an answer. Then pray that the Holy Spirit will use our answer as the means through which He transforms a life for time and for eternity.

We often, in our thrill-oriented society. We're looking for the next experience. You want a real experience as a Christian? Try learning how to give a defense of the faith and then see God use your well-reasoned answer as a springboard or an opportunity to communicate the Gospel and see a son or daughter of Adam come into the Kingdom. Let me tell you, there is no more wonderful experience than that. You will be exhilarated. What you thought was a duty will become a delight.

All too often the Christian church has missed the experience because they're looking for experience in all the wrong places. They go to Pensacola or to Toronto or now to Lakeland, Florida, and I hear about barking in the Spirit or laughing in the Spirit or the gold dust revival. God is etching crosses on gold teeth today. And people buy into it and wait in line for it and they get all jazzed up and all worked up, and a week later they are more depressed than ever before because they bought into something that over-promised and under-performed.

But if you get back to basics and get into the Word of God and get the Word of God into you - now that takes some work, but there is a reward. There's a real payoff. It will enhance your witnessing, your prayer life, your counseling, your relationship with mother and father, with husband and wife, with siblings and with friends.

Try it sometime. Try becoming an equipped Christian. Your life will be revolutionized, a foretaste of what will happen when you cross the veil into eternity and meet the person that God brought into your path, and you were able to share the Gospel or provide it for ministries like this that did so, and realize that you had a part in that process, and then hear Jesus say this to you: "Well done, good and faithful servant."

New York and Jersey

prayer for a man with glaucoma .... Happy picture :)

New York, New York!!!

What i cannot do!

Building on the Atonement
. . . present . . . your members as instruments of righteousness to God —Romans 6:13

I cannot save and sanctify myself; I cannot make atonement for sin; I cannot redeem the world; I cannot right what is wrong, purify what is impure, or make holy what is unholy. That is all the sovereign work of God. Do I have faith in what Jesus Christ has done? He has made the perfect atonement for sin. Am I in the habit of constantly realizing it? The greatest need we have is not to do things, but to believe things. The redemption of Christ is not an experience, it is the great act of God which He has performed through Christ, and I have to build my faith on it. If I construct my faith on my own experience, I produce the most unscriptural kind of life— an isolated life, with my eyes focused solely on my own holiness. Beware of that human holiness that is not based on the atonement of the Lord. It has no value for anything except a life of isolation— it is useless to God and a nuisance to man. Measure every kind of experience you have by our Lord Himself. We cannot do anything pleasing to God unless we deliberately build on the foundation of the atonement by the Cross of Christ.
The atonement of Jesus must be exhibited in practical, unassuming ways in my life. Every time I obey, the absolute deity of God is on my side, so that the grace of God and my natural obedience are in perfect agreement. Obedience means that I have completely placed my trust in the atonement, and my obedience is immediately met by the delight of the supernatural grace of God.
Beware of the human holiness that denies the reality of the natural life— it is a fraud. Continually bring yourself to the trial or test of the atonement and ask, "Where is the discernment of the atonement in this, and in that?
Oswald Chambers
http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php
atonement definition:
Amends or reparation made for an injury or wrong; expiation.
Reconciliation or an instance of reconciliation between God and humans.
Atonement Christianity The reconciliation of God and humans brought about by the redemptive life and death of Jesus.

left by the plane

Oh no we waited on the wrong gate.. dyslexia strikes again!!! we were supposed to be in gate A12 but i saw gate A26. Hay :) it was a great time.. God is the redeemer of lost time. all things do work out for the good for those who love God and are called to His purpose.

found family in phoenix arizona!

san diego trip fil am fest

goofing around with raquel and trixee willy santos famous skateboarder


morse h-school sand castle inn kitchie and fox news


We had a great time in Fil-Am fest!! Thank you to the people who took care of us Tita Leila Compuesto, Edward, lilyanne, JR, virgil, andrea, kat, gerald and the rest of the Kalusugang, FTS, and Fil-am comunity.

I'd like to thank Boyet, mike, polly and dodge who played for us during the festival.
Life charisma church too! i always feel that God is taking away borders of church comunities :)

Sagada now .. Maybe Baguio was like this 40yrs ago

Sagada Pictures

I can just imagine how beautiful Baguio was by being in Sagada just last week..

our arrival video..

view of danunuy

Faith in faith

I believe that there are many preachers today who preach a gospel of faith It’s like the preaching of the "secret," that all we need is to do is believe and it will be done.

Bob Hunter, in his CHRISTIANITY STILL IN CRISIS: A WORD OF FAITH UPDATE, says, "These modern‐day prophets of health and wealth believe that people can speak things into existence, thwart God’s plans, and purchase salvation; that money is the root of all happiness; that Christians are not sinners; and that Jesus did not come into the world as God. Rather than saying to Christ, ‘Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory,’ today’s self‐absorbed brand of Christianity insists that ours is the kingdom and that we have all the power and the glory. Another gospel clearly is being preached in many of today’s most prominent churches, and the prevention of its propagation demands our utmost attention.”

I experienced this mind-set personally about 12 years ago, when I started out as a school principal. The "I, me, myself, I believe" faith has brought me so much heartache, disappointments, etc. It was like an obsession to believe in what I want to believe, that it was up to me to believe in God. Like it was my fault if I have failed! My theology was so screwed up that I believed I can "speak" things into existence, using Jesus’ Name as a magic word, I guess you get the picture.

Of course, God — being God — did not allow me to continue going into this kind of hyper faith. He humbled me and opened my eyes to Scripture ...

Scripture clearly teaches us not to labor for earthly goods. Matthew 6:19–20 says, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.”
Scripture promises that trials will come “so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed” (1 Pet. 1:7).


Bob Hunter further says, "There is a tendency in the church today to downplay the importance of doctrine. Scripture, however, places a great deal of emphasis not only on doctrine, but correct doctrine. Paul urged Timothy to “watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers” (1 Tim. 4:16). He did this because “the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear” (2 Tim. 4:3)."

Let’s put our faith in God.. not because of what He can do for us.. but to glorify Him. Let us live our lives not for ourselves, for Him!

the filipinos

i am almost always on the road driving or with a driver going to different parts of the Philippines... usually on the road my mind is busy thinking... one of the thoughts that came to my mind is the status of my country the Philippines.

the growth of my nation and the status of the economy..

we Filipinos are known for our hospitality and ingenuity. we are very hospitable, we open our homes to friends, family and even strangers..

my point being is .. Filipinos can be very selfless as a small unit..

my challenge is.. we Filipinos can be selfless as a nation.

TVC for kitchie's album love letter

Be.Live Artist produced this ad for TV and anywhere..

stereofame

check out this website

this can be the next myspace for music.. im testing kitchie's international appeal here..

ill keep u posted or you can check it out yourself :)

happy birthday to me

its been months since my last blog and so many events has passed..

to mention a few..kitchie released her much awaited album "Love Letter" and its doing well with our first single Highway. we are working in partnership with caltex chevron and WOW music.

the major event was my birthday party last june 11.

birthdays used to bring me down... the issues of looking old, feeling old, acting old school, and the most major issue for me is the question "what now?" when i listen to my issues.. i have this sense of dread and fear that haunted me for ages (since i was 19 yrs old)

NOW i can say "thats the past!" at last im delivered from fear! (since the past 3 birthdays)

fear is now faith that i will grow old gracefully with a happy face knowing that i am not the center of my life!! hay :)

the birthday party was not only an event but a statement that i've kept the people dear to my life! the olds ones and the new ones.. i could have invited more people but i opted not to :)

i want to thank everyone (the good and the bad) that impacted my life. this is a great life and il live it to the fullest. taking it easy knowing that its not about me... what a relief!!!

i more pictures but its not uploading.. shucks

a real new year!

my sister maria monet 

rose cruz wearing blue strips, belinda cruz sullivan beside me and maria monet behind me :)

I met my half sister rose and my first cousin belinda for the first time during my vacation in San Francisco. We had lunch in belinda's house at 1pm and ended at 11pm.. we talked about crazy stories about our childhood and finding out our relatives from our dad's side. Its a miracle actually to first meet up and feel like family so fast! I felt that i was home. I can say that this was one of the best New Year party I've had... it was real and it was me!

Im on vacation from December 31, 2007 to Feb. 10, 2008. Its a very long vacation for me but it started very well.. yes its a new year!

I will post more info during my vacation. leaving SF on monday January 7 on my way to NYC and spend time wit my friend may cabutaje and more family..

Happy New Year to all of you!!