Oma and Dad

Dearest, Oma and Dad!

I just want to greet you both a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

I am always grateful to both of you, Oma and Dad, for being there for us, even at the time when we needed nothing but your love, yet both of you went out of your way, to show how much you care.

I will not forget the goodness of your hearts, and how you made us feel, even at the time when my dad passed away, both of you were there for us, to support us. 

 Christmas is never going to be the same for me as I still ache and feel the sting of my dad's passing.  I still miss him so much more than words can say. And now, I just try to work all my holidays so I wont miss him as much.
Anyway,  I also want to thank you both for your love for Jamie. She really loves you both so much, Oma and Dad.

All I wish for both of you this  New year,  is good health, wealth and a prayer that God will give you both your good hearts desires. We love you Oma and Dad. All the best for this New Year!!

 

love lots,
Josh, Ellen and Jamie

Sis. Ching

Dearest Sis. Ching!

Just want to greet you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

 

 

All the best this coming New Year

With lots of love from all of us,

Tessie, Alan, Roy, Ellen, Josh and Jamie

Jamie, my dearest one!

Jamie, my dearest one!

Merry Christmas and a happy new beginning, my darling Jamie!
I just want you to know I am so proud of you, because you don't have to be someone you're not to feel you belong. Thank God, for the confidence that He gave you, that you don't have to prove yourself to the world who you are, knowing that,

"It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud." (Proverbs 16:19)

 He who gives attention to the word will find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the LORD".…(Proverbs 16:19)

My wish for you my darling, is for you to continue to pray and seek God's knowledge and wisdom to live the way God wants us to live and not in the ways of the world. I speak, all blessings to come your way, as you live uprightly and live with God's promises, and word planted in your heart.

 I dream that you will grow and expand into your future with God who offers you life, joy and love.
 I dream that you will experience Christmas joy, goodness that comes not from expensive gifts, gadgets and products but the true meaning of Christmas,

Jesus is the reason for the season. Christmas as a time when God gives birth to grace, hope, joy, new possibilities and salvation for everyone. To me, you are part of that gift from God, I will always cherished. I just want you to know I love you more than words can say. I speak blessings over your life, knowledge and wisdom that comes from God. I also wish that God will only give you what is only the best for you. Again, I love you so much, and Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year!! Big tight hugs to you!

love lots
Dad and Mom

To Joshua

Dearest Joshua,

The love of my life, my always supportive husband, I just can't thank God for the love that you have for me, even when I don't deserve it. God reminds me how He truly loves me for providing me a husband who is as loving as you. I pray to God that He will always bless you with good health and gives you the knowledge and wisdom to always see His goodness in our lives despite the highs and lows of life.

Thank you so much for being my inspiration, even when I was out of touch with life, as I still grieved the loss of my dad, you always bring me back to where I should be. You are always full of love, full of life, compassion and understanding, despite my emotional pain, you just kept on reaching out and always there with me. Thank you for your love.

God is always good! Even when we are going through moments in life where we feel lost, He always takes us back to where we should be in His loving arms. Every day of our lives is a reminder how God is truly good even when we are hurting, he reminds us of His love. I wouldn't know what to do without you in my life right now. And just thinking about that, I am grateful enough because with what I have now, I already have everything I needed. And that is something I am always grateful to God.

My dad, used to say, you are indeed a good man. And that he is pleased to know that I am in good hands. And I truly give God all the glory for everything because everything comes from Him. Only God can make you who you are today. And I believe we are all still a working progress. I believe He is our potter that continues to mold us to His own design and desires.

We just have to continue to be strong in our love and commitment with each other through the strength that God has bestowed upon us that nothing can shake us, nor break us,  because of our faith, we can overcome the world.

"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world-- our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"(1John 4:5)

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”          (John 16:33)

Despite all the trials and tribulations in life, God is there! 

I just want to say, I love you, Josh and will always will. Merry Christmas and a happy New Beginning, darlin!

Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life that we may dwell in the house of the Lord forever..

"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!!"

To My Mom

My Dearest Mommy,

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Thank you so much for trying to  keep this family together. I am always grateful to God everyday for His loving kindness, for His deep rooted love for each one of us, despite of our flaws and weaknesses, He is merciful enough to forgive us from our sins every time we ask for his grace and repentance.

 Our hope is always in the Lord no matter where life takes us. Thank God, for His love that endureth forever even when we don't really deserved Him,  yet He loves us anyway. 

Christmas brings a lot of good and painful memories, now that daddy's gone. I also know that Christmas should be focused on what it means, it should be about Jesus,who is the reason for the season.
However, while still grieving over the loss of dad,  I know Christmas is never going to be the same again without Him. Sometimes,  I still find myself waking up at night sobbing with a wishful thinking that the reality of losing daddy, was all but a dream.

 The pain and sting of losing daddy can still pierced right through the heart. But I know there is nothing impossible with God. He is still closer to the broken spirit and He is my healer as He is still working through our brokenness.

I never realized we can still be in this dark lonely place, and hit rock bottom having that feeling of hopelessness. But thank God, He is reminding me, while we are alive, there is always hope in Jesus!
Daddy's death led me to despair and the things that goes along with it.  Am I worth it, as I ask God,  sometimes. But God also make us realized His unconditional love, as Jesus taught us how to forgive others as well as to forgive ourselves because only in  forgiveness we can find true peace in our hearts.

When it comes to faith, He is reminding me to only look unto Jesus, because the moment our attention is on the things around us, that's when we start to sink just like Peter, when he was willing to  literally step onto the water while He was looking unto Jesus, that gave him confidence and courage. Yet, the moment he took off his eyes to Jesus, that's when he started to sink.  Of course, none of us are perfect, not one! Even when you see so much politics in a place where it is externally focused and not focused on the heart like it should be, it does not help to feed your faith. But then again, this is the reason why we are called to focus our hearts and our mind to Jesus, alone, who is the author and the finisher of our faith. Or, otherwise the outcome will be much like Peter.

^"12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. ¹³ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ¹⁴ And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. ¹⁶ Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. ¹⁷ And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:12-17)

This is truly a reminder, that I should just look unto Jesus and not the people around me. In Christ there is no condemnation. As I focus my mind to the one who deserves the glory who is Christ alone.

Where fear reigns, faith is driven away. But where faith reigns, fear has no place. Faith and fear don’t mix. As you bring in faith, fear will have no place in your life.  But if you invite fear as a resident in your life, then you will drive faith away. And without faith, it is hard to please God.

I know this is just a phase in life where, we get to be reminded how we all truly need Jesus!  I just want you to know, mom that we love you. With my hopes and prayer that , God will bless you more each day, even in this coming year. I wish you nothing but the best in life, good health and peace in our hearts that only God can provide. And God's love to bring healing to our souls. We love you so much more than you'll ever know.

With lots of love,
Josh, Ellen and Jamie

To Roy

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Roy!

It's really good to be around family during, Christmas, even though were not complete, but still, grateful for God's  grace and goodness upon our lives..

I know you miss daddy too. And for me, there's an outpouring recurrent memory especially at this time of year,where it can get too overwhelming.  I know I don't have to put up a brave face to say I'm not feeling low in spirit. Quite frankly, I just miss him terribly. Having flash back emotions the day daddy passed away seemed like it only happened yesterday..

 I keep telling myself he is now in a better place, but I can't help missing him anyway. Thank God, He is near to the broken spirit. As we continue to silently pray, and worship him, through our pain.  Every now and then the sting of his memories is there but trying to give it all to God can truly help make a difference all together. 

Trying to shift the focus on the Now mindset, and just be grateful that even despite our loss, we still have each other. And that is something I am truly grateful for, having you, mommy, kuya Alan, Josh and Jamie in my life.

I just pray that God will continue to bring peace, love, and joy in our family and start to focus our mind and our hearts unto Jesus. 

Again, Merry Christmas and Happy New beginning, bro!

Love you always,

Josh, Ellen and Jamie.

 

 

To Kuya Alan

Kuya, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

I just want you to know you have always been in our thoughts and prayer. I just want to say, "thank you always" for your love and affection you have for me and the rest of our family. 

I just want you to know, I appreciate you and always will be grateful to you for being there for us, as long as I can remember. Though you may be far away, but you are always in our hearts and prayer.

 Christmas is never going to be the same, without daddy. Now that he is gone, I wish you can celebrate
Christmas more with us, you know. Not to mention  it's too lonely not having you around with us at this  time of year.

I don't know why, but Christmas somehow gave me that sudden overwhelming feeling knowing I'm never gonna see daddy again. I just miss him terribly. It just brought memories of his passing like it only happened yesterday.

I miss him so much more than words can say...

Although I know I just have to always remember that he is now with the Lord, and he is now in a better place, where there is no more pain and sorrow. I know these are just all temporary feelings, like the highs and lows of the season,--feeling blue.  I just have to hang on to the good memories I have with daddy... I just have to live and embrace life one day at a time. 

All I know is, we just have to be strong in the Lord and for each other and live life the way He wants us to live. Not according to our plan, but God's plan in our life.

Despite of everything, I am still putting all of my fears and hope in the Lord, who is in control of everything.

Please Kuya, take care of yourself and we will always continue to pray for you. Hopefully, next year we can all be together again. 

We love you so much, Kuya Alan, and may God's hand stretched forth upon you right now and be blessed abundantly, and may He give you peace, joy, love and and most of all, keep you in His wings of protection, always. Merry Christmas, Kuya, and a Happy blessed new beginning!

Big tight hugs to you, we love you soooooo much!!!

Love you always,

Josh, Ellen and Jamie, mommy and Roy