I'll be back soon

Sorry for not posting the last few days. I haven't had much internet access. I have been currently spending the last few days in a hospital waiting room. Its a family emergency so I'll be back as soon as I can.

-Just a Girl

Fast of Daniel-Day 2

Today was still difficult but easier than yesterday. It was my day off, I was home all day because my car was at the shop getting fixed. Something I noticed was that was different was my day with my mom. The usual on my day off, I spend breakfast with her, we talk, then I head to my room, clean and stay on facebook, twitter, or tumblr the majority of the day, while she's outside on her tablet playing candy crush, or she's cleaning the back yard, or she finds something to sow, either way she stays busy. Today was different. I got up super late today so I didn't have breakfast with her. I did however spend the entire day with her, we talked about alot. She told me about her past, before she met my dad. She told me about how much she suffered for making poor choices. It was pretty amazing that she shared all of this with me. We had lunch together and we continued talking all the way till my dad got home from work. It was nice to spend the entire day with her and the rest of the evening with my family. We watched the mini series about the bible story Joseph (Jose do Egito) It's in Portuguese but we understand Portuguese. :)  Overall it was a good day.
The message for today on Bishop Macedo's blog was about complete surrender. Surrendering one's life completely means to let go of everything. By letting go of everything we make oursleves available for God to honor us.

God is giving me strength to get through these 21 days. I am feeling amazing and God keeps surprising me. God bless you all! <3

-Just A Girl-Gina A.

Fast of Daniel-Day 1

Wow what a day! Just as I figured it was difficult! I woke up for work at about 9am and first thing I do every morning is check my phone for new notifications. Well guess what? NO NEW NOTIFICATIONS. Basically I slapped my forehead and said "Duh, Gina!" lol I prayed and asked God for strength on the beginning of this journey because I know it'll be difficult. Work was ok, mostly everyone knows about this sacrifice I am doing and respect it. I felt great during the day, my mind was pretty clear, a few times I would take my phone out, unlock it, navigate through my remaining apps(I deleted the tempting ones), then lock it again. I was almost in tears when one of my co-workers (didn't know about the 21 days) started playing music for us. The first song was my absolute favorite, "Darte un Beso" by Prince Royce. I had to walk away, stand in the drive-thru and basically zone it out. (I don't want to force people to do this sacrifice with me, It's my choice and if they want to listen to music, they can) The rest of work was fine, I remained busy and even read my bible (on the bible app) on my break. God gave me so much strength today. After work I went to zumba (again had to zone out the music) but I just focused on my steps.. 1..2.. left ..right.. oh snap I went the wrong way! lol after zumba I headed to church and directed the play we're working on "A Letter From Hell" then came home, read bishops message, Prayed, and now I'm here.
Today's message from Bishop Macedo's Blog was about obedience. It most absoulutely makes sense. If I want to recieve the Holy Spirit, or be renewed/revived, I must obey. Obey what? Obey God's word. Leave sin, run away from it, and meanwhile on the run away from sin, find Jesus. It's pretty clear to me. Still I ask God for strength to continue on this Journey, to not let me fall, because temptation lies evverywhere.


-Just a Girl :)