Women in Love

I am grateful to be in the same room with women who are in love with the Lord and His Word.

About this picture below, i have to thank all of them because they oblige to my photo indulgence, lol, biro mo, pina pose ko sila not only 3x dahil may retakes, pinahirapan ko pa lumuhod, lol.  Thank you ladies.  Di ba talagang effort for love yan?

Last Thursday, February 13, 2014, i started attending a weekly Women Bible Study. Vivian or Ybs for short (elite ang nickname niya di ba? pronounced as eve with s), forwarded a text from our host which read: ".....Bible study will be at my place, its our valentine mini celebration, please come at medyo nag effort ako, :-)"

I went with Ybs.  Our host for the day was Pinay ( yes, pinay dahil Josefina siya, i like her nickname, creative!), she is also our facilitator.  This is what we saw when we came in...err, wait, not exactly like that agad but when i asked my new found friends for consent to take pictures and blog about it, they didn't have second thoughts, they just made THE effort to make it look like this.  

Pink Effort of Love

Pinay went to Divisoria the day before to shop for the decors and some pastry liners with matching flag.  Please take note of the round fan like decor and the polka dots banderitas on the table. She shared that she spent less than p600 for these. The vase was brought for staging by Ybs.  The boards with quotes, colored macaroons and little cuteness were borrowed from Pinay's other parts of the house, as shopped by the Women.

Don't forget to be awesome.  Make an effort for Love.

I love the jar like mug.  Pinay said its called a mason jar. Look at the detail of the cover.  May laban ang fresh watermelon shake in Pinay - fresh and natural, just add ice and honey to suit your taste.  I like mine as is, with ice only.

Live, Love, Listen, Speak.

Live without pretending.  Love without depending.  Listen without defending.  Speak without offending.  Wala na akong masasabi pa, amen.  Please take note of the matching liner and polka dots flag for the pastry.  Cute di ba?

Another cuteness, on the spot heart shaped cane candies.

Snack attack.

Thank you Pinay and Ybs for the yummy sandwiches, pastries, siomai & nacho chips with homemade salsa. Thank you Pinay for opening your home for us to study the Word of God.  Thank you Ybs for inviting me.  Thank you Lolit and Pinay for the photos.  Its all Effort of love talaga.

Over snacks, we studied Psalm 95.  Its about worshipping and knowing God for who He is. We also shared a lot of other things under the sun, from God's awesomeness, Piso fare, Paris in 5 days and a lot more.  I hope to be able to share with you their personal experiences about these.  I can be their storyteller. 

   
If you want to share your own story about efforts of love, please email or make a comment below so i can keep in touch. Take care.

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It's been  44 years of my colorful life.  Thank you Lord!

iVolunteer Community Meet-Up

I was doing my research on different volunteer opportunities last year when I encountered iVolunteer Philippines on the internet.  After signing up and visiting their website several times, I attended the first community meet-up on November 2013.

I attended because I wanted to know more about the organization, meet the people behind it, meet other volunteers, listen to their stories and find out how I could volunteer.

Attending the first meet-up was worth my time so when they posted another community meet-up last month, I gladly signed up.

Source credit: Image from https://www.facebook.com/ivolunteerphils

iVolunteers during the Community Meet-Up on February 21, 2014

Image from https://www.facebook.com/ivolunteerphils

iVolunteer Philippines is a non-profit organization founded in 2001, duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  It is managed by young and dynamic volunteers with full time jobs and careers.  They are brought together by the same passion to serve and making the Philippines a better nation everyday.  

iVolunteer is the Philippines' first volunteer website BY volunteers FOR volunteers to spread the passion of volunteerism in the country.  The mission is to promote volunteerism by Making it known, Making it easy and Making it happen.  It has online menu of volunteer opportunities and contains information and resources on volunteerism.

I experienced using their website when i was looking for volunteer opportunities.  I attended their activities.  It was accessible and easy.  I was able to do volunteer works through iVolunteer.

iVolunteer is inviting short-term and long-term volunteers  of any background, interest or expertise. You can sign up in one or more of the volunteer opportunities posted online and be part of the community.  They are also inviting government and private organization as partners with volunteer opportunities to offer through iVolunteer’s facility to reach out to more volunteers and find the one with the right skill and interest matching the organization’s needs.

Venue of the February 2014 Community Meet-Up

 

Some of iVolunteer's Team Leaders

Some of iVolunteer's past projects

I had fun attending the Community Meet-Up.  After giving us a preview about iVolunteer, we got the chance to introduce ourselves.  We had dinner and had an interesting activity with our co-volunteers.  People from different background were gathered and shared the same passion, without expecting anything in return.  I like that. I gained new friends.

Blind Performers. Light fixtures made of Plastic Bottles.

I met up with a co-volunteer, Olenny, going to the venue.  I wanted to share what caught our eyes while walking from Metro Rail Transit or MRT Ayala station to Greenbelt 2.  There were blind performers at the lobby of  MRT Ayala Station that set our hearts beating and Olenny showed me these beautiful and functional light fixtures made of plastic bottles, these can be found along the footbridge to Greenbelt 2.

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