GOD Bless Every Home

Our tests of faith: the fire and the typhoon Ondoy incidents (May and October 2009 respectively).

Hubby and I have a very big clan and we love them all.

The Love of a Family is Life's Greatest Blessing! - Ondoy's 1st year. Still, we are thankful and grateful to HIM that we have THREE F's --->Family, Friends and Faith.

It has been a year and now I can certainly say that we have finally recovered - blessed, loved and inspired. These two traumatic incidents have taught us to be strong and to always hold on to each other and of course, to our Source of strength, life and inspiration, our dear Almighty Father. Our trust and faith just gets even better, stronger and mightier each day.

With all these good things and great blessings in life, we ought to make a pledge - not because we need to but because we love to. Yes, hubby and I are both planning to do "something" we think we'd surely love to. And this can perfectly make us happy, proud and fulfilled... we will find your place, Lani - as we both admire your strength and your parent's unconditional love. (we saw them last night on TV @ ABS-CBN, Failon Ngayon.) We will see you soon. GOD bless you always! :-)

♥♥♥ Rainier and Myraine ♥♥♥

FYI:

Sir Ted was my former professor in PUP, 2nd Semester SY 2001-02 - Introduction to Mass Communication. I was the president of the Journalism Class and most of the times, I was his secretary and textmate. Chills and laughs! Kudos, Sir Ted!

Failon Ngayon

Veteran broadcaster Ted Failon brings you stories that will surely leave a mark on every Filipino’s mind and heart as ABS-CBN is a magazine program “Failon Ngayon!” every Saturday at 5:30pm.

Join Ted as he brings the latest news and information as well as extraordinary tales that will give your weekend afternoon viewing a whole new flavor.

The most controversial and most talked about personalities of the week take the hot seat and answer tough questions in “Most JuanTED,” while people get to voice out their opinions as they become the show's "Isyu-sero.” The respected radio commentator also takes his brave commentaries to television in this segment as he critiques politicians, people in the government, as well as in private and local agencies.

From hard hitting news and opinions, Ted gives you a slice of the lighter side of life as he features out-of-the-ordinary stories and the spirit of heroism among Pinoys alongside peculiar stories which will definitely rouse your curiosity and interest.

Above all, “Failon Ngayon!” will be of service to the public as Ted becomes the bridge for citizens to find solution to their problems.

Cheers!

Gifts and Blessings Filipinos Have

Modern Bayanihan.

We thank God for these gifts...

The Gift of Laughter.

The Gift of Music.

The Gift of Faith.

Indeed, we, Filipinos are happy people, music lovers and faithful followers of Christ. We live with and by these, God's blessings and graces.

We've proven ourselves that we love one another - we care, we understand and we are all willing to help - lending a helping hand towards happiness, success and unity. Nothing can stop us from living and being there for one another - not even you, Ondoy (Ketsana).

In God, We Trust.

Another Test of Faith in 2009

"Mai, if we know how to embrace God's blessings, who are we not to accept life's trials and sufferings, His challenges." - Hubby Rainier

A fire incident (May 7, 2009) took everything away from us, our houses, things, properties, assets, savings, and a lot more. We have nothing except each other’s hands, our son, Eieo, families, relatives, friends, clients and colleagues. We had no material things at all.

Though this traumatic incident happened right after planning our future, of a better life and a more stable and happier lifestyle, we were proud to say that we were able to accept the fact that though we had to get detached from all of these earthly stuffs, we never felt sad, worried and depressed. In other words, we never thought that we could actually live with nothing at hand.

Despite of it all, we were still thankful and grateful to GOD for we were able to cope with and recover from that test of faith – the fire incident.

Unexpectedly, on September 26 (of the same year, 2009), we faced another test of faith. We were some of those who got affected by typhoon Ondoy’s (Ketsana) aftermath. For the second time, we needed to turn our backs to our house, things, properties, assets, savings, and a lot more just to save ourselves from this calamity. We had to relocate to save our lives.

On our way out of the house and as the floods were coming our way, destroying many houses and properties, I was only thinking of one thing: GOD has His plans – even a lot better than what we have.

However, the saddest part was we lost a loved one – my father-in-law passed away. He was drowned because of very high, unexpected and unusual floods. It was too late when it was his time to get rescued. Losing a loved one is indeed the most painful of it all.

When that happened, one thing was running in my mind: I had to be strong for my hubby. He needed me the most at these trying times and so I did – thank and praise GOD.

Honestly, we were hurting; we cried, mourned and grieved BUT we never asked GOD why. In fact, our faith and trust in HIM get even stronger, better. We are holding on to HIM – tighter than ever. He is indeed our source of inspiration, understanding, wisdom and strength. And prayers have always been so powerful, so calming, so reliable, such a relief, our spiritual energizers.


These are indeed tests of faith and we strongly believe that God has His plans after all. Again and as always, we are optimistic that we can surpass all these trials and be able to recover with God’s help, in His time.

Thy will be done.

God bless us all!