Advent · Christmas · church · discipline · faith · Generosity · gift · giving · God · godliness · hope · Hurricane Maria · kindness · Love · offering · Puerto Rico

The Heart of Giving According to 2 Corinthians 8

Our desire is to provide a bit of joy to the children in Puerto Rico through the giving of Christmas shoe boxes full of toys, school supplies and hygiene items.

Our goal is to provide enough boxes to distribute to a local orphanage as well as to some local low income communities with which Calvary Chapel Puerto Rico has a working relationship. However, the staff at Calvary Chapel Puerto Rico have said that every day they are meeting more and more families who have lost everything: home, furniture, clothes, etc.

discipline · faith · Switchfoot · Travel · Where The Light Shines Through

The Art of Traveling Light

When we travel, we may have packed a sedative to calm our anxiety. A sedative may be a temporary solution to relieve us from our nerves and our pain, but God wants us to seek something a lot more permanent to cure our wounds. Instead of numbing our pain, we should be praying for a more long-term solution, for wisdom to enter our hearts (Proverbs 2:10).

2016 Olympics · discipline · faith · genuine · Switchfoot · Where The Light Shines Through

How to Win after a Loss: Lessons from the 2016 Rio Olympics

I realize we don’t always have to “win” in order to win. In life, we will always lose battles; but what will always be remembered is how we behaved despite the final results. Our reactions will determine our victories, but some people reverse this. To them, their results will determine their reactions.

cancer · discipline · faith · family · God · Grief · mom · Ovarian Cancer · Switchfoot · Where The Light Shines Through · work

Let It Burn

If your house burns down today, what will be the one item (or person) you will grab on your way out to safety? Who or/and what fulfills us? Most importantly, are we willing to sacrifice ourselves to ensure someone else’s safety? All these questions have been invading my mind in the last few weeks because what I thought mattered most doesn’t anymore.

discipline · faith · family · food · Getaway · God · godliness · naples · restaurant

the getaway

With everything that’s been going on lately, we’ve been feeling like it was time for a small getaway. Since we couldn’t celebrate our wedding anniversary and Kenny’s birthday is coming up, I took my mother’s advice and “surprised” Kenny with going to Naples for two days. (Note: Next time, I must not use Kenny’s Priceline account or else he will find out through an email confirmation and the surprise will no longer be a surprise!)