Gives Me Hope

I was up until the wee hours of morning last night reading Gives Me Hope. I wasn't even done with the first page yet before I started tearing up. Lol. Yeah, yeah. I know. I'm such a crybaby that it's not even funny! I cry at the silliest/sweetest/ most random things.

I was up until three am, just reading the stuff on that site. I felt so giddy, so inspired. I had an awful day yesterday and reading GMH definitely gave me hope. It was a bad idea to stay up that late AND cry at the same time, though. When I woke up this morning my eyes felt dry and they looked puffy. Plus I didn't get much sleep either and I woke up relatively early.

I went with my parents to the Couples For Christ GPM (General Prayer Meeting) today and it was good and intimate. I love how it's "bring a plate" or "potluck" in layman's term and so I get to sample different dishes! I was babysitting as usual, and at first we played games. We were getting too noisy, though, and that's why we moved to the playground. I love being in the company of other CFC kids. I love our bonding and random discussions and inside jokes!

Afterwards, I had to rush to another meeting. This time for the Filipino Association in our area. Last week my dad dragged us to the Annual Meeting and election of officers. I was honestly out of it and my mind was somewhere else. I was thinking about heaps of stuff! All of a sudden, I heard the chairperson call on my friend Lichelle.

"I respectfully nominate Jess for secretary."

First thing that came to mind: LOL JOKE. Are you kidding me?

But she wasn't kidding, and I gave in to peer pressure (mostly my mum, Ate Jen, and Ate Ivy. LOL) to accept the nomination. Then we all started laughing because my dad is actually the assistant secretary of the Association so if I become secretary, then I would be higher than me.

When everyone realized that, we all just started laughing hysterically. so the voting came and I lost by five points I think? I didn't even know that people would vote for me! I mean come on, they were all probably thinking something like "Who is this Jess person anyway?". Dad has been a member for more than a year already, but I only came here last year so I was still relatively new and suddenly my name comes up.

In the end, I was voted as a committee member. I was pretty excited because now Lichelle and I are the only youth in the board of officers.I have heaps of ideas, and I am so excited. I'm going to keep the passion burning! I promised myself I would be active in YFC and WFA this year! I know I have it in me to be a leader. I really do hope to make a difference!

I hope this week would be really good. Something's bothering me at the moment but I cannot do anything about it. I can only pray that God would give me strength.