Brand New Beginnings « JM’s Arsenal of Thoughts

Brand New Beginnings

I know it’s been quite a while since I last posted. But 2007 started with so many fulfillment of wishes and to some extent, some events I never thought would happen really soon.

The year ended right knowing that I celebrated Christmas with the whole family and knowing that I’ll be an uncle soon. Yup, I’m just happy that Ate Jhett is pregnant and the whole family is so excited now that we’re expecting an additional member of the clan. I was also able to attend the CSB Debate Society’s Christmas party and met the new generation of debaters and it was very memorable as they have reminded me of the idealisms that I should still hold on to. It was also a great year to attend the Sykes Christmas party as it was a rockin’ one. The SFC Christmas parties (the sector’s and the chapter’s) were memorable too as the community celebrated the Lord’s gift of service to each of us. The past year was a year of great service and knowing Him better. Another good way to end the year is by having the Cherisession in our house for the Christmas season. I need not to elaborate on this one but what transpired that night were moments of genuine brotherhood.

The major change for me is by being blessed with a new job. It was the 1st time in 3 years that I prayed for career growth and the next day, I immediately got a call from IBM Business Services and was scheduled for an interview. After almost 2 weeks, I got an offer where I’ll have a promising career and will also help my family as Third will be in College this coming schoolyear. I never thought that God will give me this at the least time I was expecting it. It’s ironic though that when I’m leaving the call center industry, it’s this time that I’ll be doing graveyard shift permanently. This means that I won’t get to attend my upper household meetings and chapter assemblies anymore although I heard that there’s an SFC chapter in the office so I guess He still have plans with my pastoral track. My weekends though, are still normal and I can still conduct lower households and serve. For sure there will be a lot of ways for me to cope with these changes since God allowed these things to happen. Although it’s quite sad as I’ll be leaving a lot of friends in Sykes as I’ve been with that company for almost 4 years.

By next week, I’ll be flying to Chicago for training and I’ll stay there for almost 2 months. I already have contacts in the SFC chapter there so I can still attend household meetings even if I’m in a foreign land. Thank God that the community is global. Although I’m excited as I’ll be leaving the country after 3 years, I’ll be missing a lot of people since I’ll stay there for quite awhile.

Oh well, changes sometimes happen with the wink of an eye and just depict the realities of life. However, looking at the brighter and pragmatic side of these realities, these are also blessings from above that will allow me to embark into brand new beginnings.

SYKES CHRISTMAS PARTY 2006