Peter: Good Morning Icar!
Icar: (sobbing) Oh hi Peter.
Peter: hey, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?
Icar: nothing, don’t mind me please. This is embarrassing.
Peter: Are you sure you’re ok? Are you sick?
Icar: no, these are happy tears. Something great happened yesterday for my friends in Manila and I’m just so happy and proud of them.
Peter: so, you’re homesick? That’s ok. No need to be embarrassed. That’s normal
Icar: I’m not normal. Sorry, I mean I don’t get homesick. I miss people but I don’t get homesick. Really…promise, these are happy tears
Peter: ok, ok. If you need anything, I’m just in my office.
Icar: thanks *slightly laughing*
After a couple of minutes, 3 more people (who already greeted me a good morning) passed by to say “good morning” to me and of course checked if I’m doing okay. Grrrr! Hold on people! For your information, in my six years with IOM, I only cried twice (excluding this episode) and those were because I was too angry for so long that I couldn’t contain it. Anyway, what’s with my morning drama? I love my family, my friends and my doggies back home and I miss you all so much but yes, I am enjoying here and excited as I may have found the reason why I am here (that’s another story). I cried because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_cIn1DSgaQ
When I learned that Val and the KIDS worship team are playing at the music museum, I got so excited! In fact, it was only the 1,383.76 US Dollars ticket that kept me from flying to Manila just to see this.
The other Sunday I thought about my teammates the whole day! Of course it didn’t help that earlier that week Val mentioned that they might have a shortage of volunteers that Sunday. I was somehow appeased after a great message from Pastor Matthias and when later on was told by Val that it went well. I’m so proud of my team.
Last Friday Val, told me that he’s on leave because he needed to rest and because they have a practice for this Sunday’s praise and worship. I was ecstatic! I completely forgot that this coming Sunday was KIDS “MM launch”. From then on, I couldn’t help but think how Val and the rest of the KIDS Worship Team are doing. Are they ready? Do they have a Saturday practice?
Sunday came and believe it or not, the KIDS Worship team was the first thing in my mind. It also didn’t help that Pastor Mattias was preaching through video because he was visiting a church in Kiev. I was distracted the whole time. Then Val sent me a message saying that all went well. After attending church, I spent the rest of the day waiting for updates at Facebook. I was extremely happy when I saw the posts from friends on how God’s presence was really felt through the KIDS Worship team. Just by reading the posts and looking at the photos, I had goosebumps already so what more for the people who were there.
This morning, the first thing I did was to check if someone has already posted a video. True enough, Val did! And when the video started playing, for some freaking reason, I started crying! Trust me, I didn’t want to. The weird thing is, I couldn’t stop! I was already telling myself that this is totally embarrassing and if someone sees me, it will be the end of my reputation! Haha! So that’s when Peter saw me.
I’m too emotional when it comes to KC I guess it’s because I’ve seen it grow. I’ve seen the hard work and dedication of every person in this ministry, especially Pastor Larry, and I’ve witness how God has blessed this family. I can also say that a significant part of where I am right now with my walk with God is because of this ministry. This is where I learned what “whatever it takes” means.
Congratulations again to Pastor Larry, Kuya Jun and the rest of the KIDS Worship Team. I am so proud of you and I can’t wait for your international debut! To my teammates, I miss you all!
So right now, just to avoid embarrassing tears, I won't be checking my facebook while in the office at all! (except when post this) I will look on people's posts, pictures and videos of yesterdays praise and worship when I in my room in my apartment. :)
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