When I was a child my parents, Mae-Myrna Blaza Joel Blaza and grandparents, Federico-Restie Blaza kept on telling me and my siblings to go to school, study hard, and finish a degree in order to earn money to provide for our needs. My Uncle Boy, Jon Blaza and Auntie Rae Rachel Blaza Brown, encouraged us … Read more
“God knows and He cares” – By Mary Grace Yesterday, I went to get a haircut and called for an Uber driver. The Uber driver said that she usually drives for Lyft, but somehow she switched it to Uber that day so she accepted my call. I asked her if she likes driving for Uber … Read more
How do you pray? Do you ask God for big favors? Do you ask God for money? Do you ask Him for miracles? I do pray for miracles, especially when friends would ask me to pray for a sick loved one. I also know that I can ask for BIG blessings, for why should … Read more
“Grandma, why did Jesus make me?” Five-year-old Kaitlyn asked me. I couldn’t believe what I heard. Why would a little girl so young ask me this question? Does she even know what she is asking? We were both watching Animal Planet and saw the strangest, deep-sea creatures that live in the deepest and darkest … Read more
Many years ago, I had a collection of seashells that consisted of three cascading shell chandeliers and a box of varied sizes of nautilus, conches, cowries, sundials, etc. A few years later, my interest on the shell collection waned. The chandeliers found their resting places up in the attic and the individual shells are … Read more
Have you hurt someone unknowingly? Or has another person hurt you? Hurt feelings come in many forms and are inflected through many ways. And with different intensities. Simple things such as: a casual and tactless comment, a hurtful snicker, and a certain way you look at the other person—could cause a hurt. A slight shaking … Read more
(I borrowed this picture from the internet for illustration. Of the hundreds of pictures there, this is the closest picture to what happened to me.) On September 1, 2001, I became part of the national statistics of those who had automobile accidents due to falling asleep behind the wheel. Thank God I wasn’t hurt even … Read more
“I don’t know how I made it home today!” I have said these words numerous times in my 23 years of shift work as a chemist. My flip flop schedule had caused me countless sleepless nights and days. Going to work with only 3 hours of sleep had become the norm for me. There were … Read more
Adopt a Minister International – “Send Labourers to His Harvest” God be praised again! The “good news” of Salvation is being shared by our adopted ministers, brethren and mission workers in many places in the Philippines. In crowded neighborhoods and in remote places, people are hungry for the WORD. Last May 2024, there were 1,910 … Read more
(This is a pic of a tent in our Denham Springs backyard. Just for illustration) “We’re going camping! Yeah, we’re going camping!” I can still remember the excitement in their voices. When my sons were young, camping, boat riding, skiing and fishing were their favorites. But I never liked camping. My kind of camping is … Read more