Good bye, blogger!
I have finally decided to move to a new blogging home. This will be my last post on blogger/blogspot. Please wait for a few seconds and you will be re-directed to my new home. If not, click on this link instead...
http://ryansalvanera.wordpress.comSorry, tabulas friends... :-)
moving soon...
I will be moving this blog to another hosting site soon...
I am still deciding between a couple of options but I should come up with a decision by next week. As if anyone checks this regularly =P
By the way, given these choices, which would you pick and why?
- www.i.ph
- www.tabulas.com
- www.wordpress.com
- www.blogger.com
- any other suggestions?
Also, for all you blog hoppers out there, you might want to check out
Newsgator or
Bloglines. These are really good to keep you updated on all the blogs that you monitor. Enjoy!
Global Leaders Conference
I attended the Global Leaders Conference two weeks ago. I must say that in all the conferences that I have been to in this community (YFC and SFC), this was one of the most powerful and inspiring event that I've been to.
The speakers were able to drive their point but what really got to me where the sharers. The sharers were so empowered that they shared the most intimate details of their lives to the crowd of 700. Details which most of us would choose to keep to ourselves, or maybe simply choose confide to a chosen few. But the sharers were bold enough knowing that this is what everyone needed to hear.
Here are a few lessons and insights which I got from them:
- Evil continues to spread. Satan is real. The war is real
- We experienced this first hand on our way to the GLF.
- First, Hannah and Kaye had to work overtime for their projects. Thank goodness Len came to the rescue so we found someone to write with.
- Next, Len had a minor accident on the way to Pasong Tamo where we were supposed to meet.
- Finally, we witnessed a man get thrown off his bike while we were on the way to the venue.
- All this was meant to keep us or scare us away from the GLF.
- We can never just stay HERE. Whether we like it or not, our destiny is to go out there & fight.
- We have to go out of our comfort zones.
- We have to continue learning and growing in our faith.
- We are not too poor to give.
- The poorest of the poor can still give. I believe this was said by one of the sisters from Africa.
- The sharing by a sister from Canada showed the real evil of pre-marital sex
- How abortion was so rampant
- How it was a simple service.. a service to eliminate life
- How I wish these kinds of sharings would also be available to YFC so that there eyes may also be opened to the culture of death that is spreading.
Again, these are just a few of what I took home from the conference. There were more eye-openers but explaining them here might just lead to more confusion to those who did not attend, especially about the talk on spiritual deepening. So for those who didn't make it, try to be there next time.. =)
By the way, here are some
pictures from the event.
SAGIP July birthday celebrants
I just checked out the other Ryan's blog and realized that I haven't posted the pictures I took last Saturday during the SAGIP Party for July Birthday celebrants. Anyway, I won't talk about the event anymore since Ryan talked about this in his blog already. Instead, I'll just give the link to the pictures. Check them out here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ryan.salvanera/20060708SAGIPJulyParty===
Oh yeah, it was the first time that I was able to attend a full SAGIP session and I just want to honour all the facilitators. I don't think I'll ever develop the patience that they showed towards the SAGIP kids.
Failure as a leader
No! This is not about the CLP that I wrote about the last time around. Read on...
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Time and time again, I have been praised by parents & CFCs. They say that I am a good speaker and most importantly a good leader.
Such praises are really heart-warming but, as I suddenly reflected today, I came to realize that they are way off-target. I came to realize that all that I did as a YFC leader in the past were... well, part of the past. They no longer mattered.
What matters now is how my leadership then have molded our member's future..
And in this area, I have been a real FAILURE. Look at the YFCs that I used to lead.. Where are they now? Are they still in YFC? Have they crossovered? Honestly, I don't know where most of them have gone.
I just hope that someday, my failures as a leader may be overcome by the Lord's grace & mercy.
May God be praised..
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Update: Thank you for those who wrote comments (and sent me messages offline). In retrospect, I now believe that this was an attack by the enemy during my low moment. He probably tried to make me feel that I was incompetent to stop me from continuing my work, my mission. Again, thank you for egging me on. God bless!
What's up w/ Praise & Fashion?
If you are not from the
CFC community then you have probably never heard of this. To summarize, Praise & Fashion is supposedly one way to praise our Lord. It was supposed to showcase the lifestyle w/c the community promotes.
I say supposedly b'coz, as the title might have given away, I do not agree w/ it. Ever since it started back in the YFC days, I have had nothing good to say about it. I have hurled questions on this matter but no answers have fully satisfied my inquiry so my opinion of it has not changed through the years.
For me, it does nothing worthwhile for the community. I say give us more sessions, more talks & more workshops; but please don't make me sit there & watch this nonsense.
Don't get me wrong though. Just because I am bashing an activity of SFC does not mean I will quit being active in the community. Of course not! I may not agree w/ the activities of my community & ministry but I will remain faithful to my God.
May God be praised!!!
