I HAD A HEART-FILLING ENCOUNTER WITH GOD TODAY. IT STARTED WITH MY BOSS TEXT MESSAGE. GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH A TEXT MESSAGE.
FROM THE DAY I KNEW I AM MODERATELY DEAF, I DESIRE TO STUDY SIGN LANGUAGE. MY INTEREST IN DEAF PEOPLE AND SIGN LANGUAGE STARTED WHEN I WATCHED “DINIG SANA KITA” MOVIE AND BEFRIEND WITH THE LEAD ACTOR, KUYA ROME.
FEW DAYS AGO, I INQUIRED IN PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF DEAF ABOUT THEIR FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS. THEIR OFFER WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE SO I OPTED NOT TO ENROLL THIS YEAR AND SAVE MORE MONEY SO I WILL HAVE ENOUGH NEXT YEAR. YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DE LA SALLE – COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE ABOUT THEIR FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM. AND IT STIRS THE FIRE IN MY HEART TO PURSUE STUDYING THIS YEAR.
I PRAYED TO GOD FOR GUIDANCE AND A HEART OF UNDERSTANDING FOR MY MOM. EVER SINCE, MOM AND I ARGUED ABOUT THIS. SHE THINKS THAT STUDYING SIGN LANGUAGE WAS JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY SINCE I CAN STILL HEAR. BUT MY RESPOND TO HER WAS ALWAYS “WHAT IF I CAN HEAR NOTHING. HOW CAN I COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? THROUGH PEN AND PAPER ONLY?“
SECRETLY, WITHOUT TELLING MY MOM, I DECIDED TO ENROLL THIS YEAR. ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL, I TEXTED MY BOSS, MS. ANNA. I TOLD MY BOSS THAT I WILL BE ABSENT TO WORK TODAY BECAUSE I WILL ENROLL. SURPRISINGLY, MY BOSS DIDN’T GET MAD. SHE JUST ASKED WHAT SCHOOL. AND HERE IS WHERE GOD INTERCEDES.
ME (TEXTING UNCONSCIOUSLY): DE LA SALLE, MAAM. I WILL STUDY FILIPINO LANGUAGE. EVERY SATURDAY, 4 HOURS, FOR 3 MONTHS. I REALLY WANT THIS, MAAM. I CAN EXPLORE A LOT WITH THIS SKILL. I CAN REACH AND SHARE GOSPEL TO THOSE DEAF PEOPLE IF I HAVE THIS SKILL. I SELDOM SEE DEAF PEOPLE GOING TO CHURCH JUST BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY DON’T BELONG.
MS. ANNA: THAT’S VERY COMMENDABLE. I’M PROUD OF YOU. GOD BLESS!
IT DAWNED ON ME! GOD IS SPEAKING TO ME. ALL THIS TIME MY GOAL IS TO STUDY SIGN LANGUAGE FOR MY FUTURE. BUT GOD HAS OTHER PLAN. I BELIEVE HE PROVIDED FOR ME AND HE IMPRESS IN MY HEART THE WILLINGNESS TO ENROLL TODAY BECAUSE HE WANT ME TO ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM. IT REVEALED TO ME THAT GOD WILL USE ME TO REACH THE DEAF COMMUNITY. THE LINE “I’M PROUD OF YOU.” IN MY BOSS’ TEXT MESSAGE IS ALSO A MESSAGE FROM GOD, MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, HE IS PROUD OF ME.
I AM THANKFUL TO MY BOSS, MS. ANNA, FOR BEING SO UNDERSTANDING AND FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT. GOD FAVORED ME! I ALREADY TOLD MY MOM THAT I AM ALREADY ENROLLED AND SHE SMILED. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO KUYA ROME, VANIE (MY BESTFRIEND), NHING AND RUANN FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND FOR ALL THE COMPLIMENTS.
IT’S AMAZING HOW GOD TALK TO ME IN AN ‘EXTRA-ORDINARY’ WAY AND HE CHOOSES MY BOSS. LORD, MAKE ME A HOLY VESSEL FOR YOU SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT ME, THEY SEE YOU IN ME. FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. THANK YOU FOR THE REVELATION LORD! I LOVE YOU! I AM OFFICIALLY ENROLLED NOW. :)
FROM THE DAY I KNEW I AM MODERATELY DEAF, I DESIRE TO STUDY SIGN LANGUAGE. MY INTEREST IN DEAF PEOPLE AND SIGN LANGUAGE STARTED WHEN I WATCHED “DINIG SANA KITA” MOVIE AND BEFRIEND WITH THE LEAD ACTOR, KUYA ROME.
FEW DAYS AGO, I INQUIRED IN PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF DEAF ABOUT THEIR FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS. THEIR OFFER WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE SO I OPTED NOT TO ENROLL THIS YEAR AND SAVE MORE MONEY SO I WILL HAVE ENOUGH NEXT YEAR. YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DE LA SALLE – COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE ABOUT THEIR FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM. AND IT STIRS THE FIRE IN MY HEART TO PURSUE STUDYING THIS YEAR.
I PRAYED TO GOD FOR GUIDANCE AND A HEART OF UNDERSTANDING FOR MY MOM. EVER SINCE, MOM AND I ARGUED ABOUT THIS. SHE THINKS THAT STUDYING SIGN LANGUAGE WAS JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY SINCE I CAN STILL HEAR. BUT MY RESPOND TO HER WAS ALWAYS “WHAT IF I CAN HEAR NOTHING. HOW CAN I COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? THROUGH PEN AND PAPER ONLY?“
SECRETLY, WITHOUT TELLING MY MOM, I DECIDED TO ENROLL THIS YEAR. ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL, I TEXTED MY BOSS, MS. ANNA. I TOLD MY BOSS THAT I WILL BE ABSENT TO WORK TODAY BECAUSE I WILL ENROLL. SURPRISINGLY, MY BOSS DIDN’T GET MAD. SHE JUST ASKED WHAT SCHOOL. AND HERE IS WHERE GOD INTERCEDES.
ME (TEXTING UNCONSCIOUSLY): DE LA SALLE, MAAM. I WILL STUDY FILIPINO LANGUAGE. EVERY SATURDAY, 4 HOURS, FOR 3 MONTHS. I REALLY WANT THIS, MAAM. I CAN EXPLORE A LOT WITH THIS SKILL. I CAN REACH AND SHARE GOSPEL TO THOSE DEAF PEOPLE IF I HAVE THIS SKILL. I SELDOM SEE DEAF PEOPLE GOING TO CHURCH JUST BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY DON’T BELONG.
MS. ANNA: THAT’S VERY COMMENDABLE. I’M PROUD OF YOU. GOD BLESS!
IT DAWNED ON ME! GOD IS SPEAKING TO ME. ALL THIS TIME MY GOAL IS TO STUDY SIGN LANGUAGE FOR MY FUTURE. BUT GOD HAS OTHER PLAN. I BELIEVE HE PROVIDED FOR ME AND HE IMPRESS IN MY HEART THE WILLINGNESS TO ENROLL TODAY BECAUSE HE WANT ME TO ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM. IT REVEALED TO ME THAT GOD WILL USE ME TO REACH THE DEAF COMMUNITY. THE LINE “I’M PROUD OF YOU.” IN MY BOSS’ TEXT MESSAGE IS ALSO A MESSAGE FROM GOD, MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, HE IS PROUD OF ME.
I AM THANKFUL TO MY BOSS, MS. ANNA, FOR BEING SO UNDERSTANDING AND FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT. GOD FAVORED ME! I ALREADY TOLD MY MOM THAT I AM ALREADY ENROLLED AND SHE SMILED. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO KUYA ROME, VANIE (MY BESTFRIEND), NHING AND RUANN FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND FOR ALL THE COMPLIMENTS.
IT’S AMAZING HOW GOD TALK TO ME IN AN ‘EXTRA-ORDINARY’ WAY AND HE CHOOSES MY BOSS. LORD, MAKE ME A HOLY VESSEL FOR YOU SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT ME, THEY SEE YOU IN ME. FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. THANK YOU FOR THE REVELATION LORD! I LOVE YOU! I AM OFFICIALLY ENROLLED NOW. :)