Compassion for Children of God

Christmas is coming.. or more precisely, Jesus is coming. What's one of the best ways to show Jesus' love to the world?

Deuteronomy 15:7: If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, in any of the towns of the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand to your poor brother; but you shall freely open your hand to him, and generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.

God may call His people anytime, anywhere.. I was called two years ago, and I walk with Him ever since. I now sponsor a 4-year-old girl in Indonesia :). We have written letters to each other several times now.
If you feel like God is talking to you about this, then this one might be for you :).

Interested in sponsoring a child?
About Iris Daniela Arboleda Meneses:
Iris was born on December 26, 1996. She now lives in Colombia with her father and her mother. She is responsible for running errands and cleaning. Her father is employed and her mother maintains the home. There are 6 children in the family. Art, playing with dolls and playing ball games are Iris' favorite activities. In primary school her performance is average and she also regularly attends church activities.

About Compassion International:
It is a Christian organization that connects willing sponsors and needy children from around the world. When someone sponsors a child, he/she will be the only one sponsoring and probably also regularly praying for the child. The sponsor and the child also write letters to one another throughout the years. (These letters are written in the native language, then translated to English). On the other side, through the sponsorship, the child can get the opportunities to learn about Jesus, receive an education and health needs, develop confidence and skills, and grow to be a mature man/woman of God.
This relationship does not end there, the sponsor will also be invited for arranged visits to the child.

If you are interested in learning more about Iris, sponsoring her, or simply about Compassion International, please let me know! I have all the booklet and application form, and I'll be more than happy to share it with you :)
Learn more online at: Compassion International

Matthew 18:5
"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me."

If you know of any friends/coworkers who might be interested in this, then please pass the info along, too. May God bless you abundantly!

Dave and Buster's

My group went for a group outing this afternoon. We had a short-day work, only until 11.30 am. The place is called Dave and Buster's, which is sort of Olive Garden on one side, and Timezone on the other side. It has food and drinks, American I'd say, though I ordered an Italian one. It also has -- lots of games!! :D
Yeaah, excitement! That's what we need, isn't it? Right before the design and coding phase begins.. :p

So it's sorta like Timezone (back home), or Game Works (around here). I finally played something! Usually I just watched people played. We found something like a roulette (the thing that turns around and stops at a spot), that gave me back 20 + 40 tickets, which seem to be a lot but not really compared to my friends who got 40 + 80 tickets :p
I was desperate not knowing what else to play, so I stopped at something that also turns around, but this time I had to push/pull a handle that will throw a coin to the turning table, .. and hopefully the coin will go into one of the holes on the table. Hey, it WAS hard! Or more like, it was mostly by luck that the coin can enter the hole. I was given seven coins, and after trying for 2-3 times, I felt I'd just enter all the coins and throw them.. whenever wherever. Right at the end of it, when I started picking up my tickets, my friend who was watcing me play said, "Hey you got 500!" Yeaaah, five hundred tickets! I was like, what the, are you sure, I didn't hit anything, I didn't even know what I was playing. But yah, I got about 500 tickets :). Don't blame me please, this is only once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing.

At the end, I exchanged all my tickets, which totalled 629 tickets, with some stuffs from its store. I got.. a bag full of hair bands (or hair ties? don't know what the correct term is), then three more hair bands (or ties), and a candy lipstick, for who knows what. Ok, ok, they are :S.. well, I couldn't pick anything else, I didn't have many options since the others within budget weren't that good (or useful), you see. But I'm so happy with those hair bands cause my sister and I actually need them :D

After that, I tried pool, the first time - ever. So glad my team lead was really kind and encouraged me to try. So sad however, that I couldn't even hit the white ball right. I could miss hitting even the white ball!! But a friend told me how - not to miss it :p, and his suggestion helped. I was really enjoying it :)
What a day!

But oh, I still haven't played the.. car racing games!! Maybe next time, hehe.

My Tires

Finally, finally, finally!
After a long waiting time.. :D Yah, I've been trying to get my car tires changed since.. end of summer, which was four months ago. I finally decided to go with the Yokohama H/T-S series, but the store run out of them. Other stores got them, but they sell way too expensive.
And my days are not getting better with more and more things to think about. So when I sat down every night in my prayers, I said, "Lord, you know I have a lot of issues in my mind, I need to change my car tires, Lord. So I entrust this in Your hands and I believe you will provide me, because You are my provider."

And so I just wait, no worry. Today, it shows the tires will arrive this Friday, YAY!! And with the shipping, it should arrive at my mechanic, by next Thursday. I called my mechanic and they said they could install them on my car on Friday, or Saturday morning. That being said, my car will be ready for Lafayette right for the graduation!!

Praise the Lord!