Living Every Day

I am grateful now that I am learning how to live every day without worrying about the future.  Going through difficult times has made me stronger, and these experiences have led me to see how the God I serve and know is capable of doing miracles.  Still, my everyday life gets so busy; I face greater challenges ahead. However, the difference now is that I am starting to handle every task lightly as I learn to effectively communicate with God and trust Him. 

EJ and I went to his doctor last month, and he's doing great.  I know that in the next visit, his complete blood count will be normal.  Thank you, Lord, for the miracle of healing.

I may still be frightened of different things to come, but instead of focusing on those fears, I now pray for the courage to move forward because I know that nothing will harm me.  I am happy to have accomplished so much that I hope this post and the attached photos will help me remember the highlights of the event.

As usual, my life is busy with teaching and taking care of the kids. Having four children is not easy. Pakner4lyf and I aim to increase our standard of living to support their needs - the needs of the whole family. A part of our everyday life involves working to improve our business. Because of that, I still accept cake orders. - sayang ang kita.

We have also been busy with our church's special event on July 28.  The greatest challenge was leading the congregation in worship. Although I had been away from the team for a year, I appreciate their encouragement and patience. Overall, it was a successful event, and that is due to God's grace.

As I mentioned a while ago, we aim to increase our financial resources, so we decided to start a new business venture.  We couldn't do it on our own due to limited funds (we actually don't have the funds). I'm thankful to have a cooperative that trusted us enough to provide the capital and another business partner contributing to meet the funding needs.  I have a very supportive father who manages the building construction, which made the workload easier.  Another great thing is that the franchiser is not different from us, as they are a family friend.  I can see that this new business is promising given how it has been operating since we opened it on July 4.

Yes, the massage business is very different from our existing bakeshop business, but we will do everything to keep it growing.  It's not easy to be a business owner (entrepreneur), but we don't regret choosing this path.  Pakner4lyf and I will do whatever it takes to be successful entrepreneurs, first for the glory of God and to support the growing needs of the family.