concretegirl

I’m here in the office for the first time this week, and I haven’t done any proper work since I arrived. What did I do for the past hours? Finish my two photo collages for the yearbook (requirements are due this Saturday), make a write-up for Engel (and I have a lot more write ups to write…haha), upload photos in ImageStation (I’m starting to see why Tuesday loves this thing), and…well, blog. Haha. Not good. But my brain’s not working yet. Or, it’s not focusing on work. Which is bad, I know.

The past two days, I was in school, helping with the YFC booth. I was supposed to go to work last Tuesday afternoon but I ended up not going because we finished setting up by lunchtime. So I stayed at the booth and we invited people to the camp. Oh yeah, we also got our first tarpaulin ever – it’s so movie-like. Haha. And we’re planning to have all those tarpaulins saved for the campus tour. Yeahbah!

Anyway, yesterday was a great day, especially during the U-break. We all had fun giving flyers and inviting people to the camp and meeting new YFCs who have yet to make their presence known. It was tiring, but very fun because this is actually something new – people were actually approaching us and saying they want to attend the camp. It’s overwhelming and all we could say is, “Thank You!”

Sometime during the afternoon, I checked my wallet and saw that I only have Php150 left. I wondered where my money went – I just withdrew Php500 the other day. I started computing my day’s expenses and it turns out that I have to pay for the YFC tarpaulin for the moment (which costs Php180), and I will be paid back afterwards (in our terms, padugo). I checked my balance in the bank and I realized that what I have is not as much as I thought I would have – and it’s only the 15th of the month! I started to think of ways how I am going to make that much money fit for the next few weeks, and then I remembered that I have yet to pay for the camp, as well as set some money aside for my cellphone credits. Text brigade for camp and all that. Plus, I didn’t know if there would be other padugo moments and I can’t exactly be selfish on that, right?

All I could do then was sigh and think of ways how to save the money and not go hungry, AND still provide for my other needs – like cellphone load and all that. Then I started panicking and then I resorted to the old saying, God will provide. Which I know He will – while I count my everyday expenses, that is.

When I got back to the dorm after a cheap dinner, I realized that I haven’t read the readings for that day yet. So I opened my Bible and read the first reading, and God spoke to me through this:

“And God is able to fill you with every good thing, so that you have enough of everything at all times, and may give abundantly for any good work.”
- 2 Corinthians 9:8

Affirmation? I think so. God assured me then that He’s taking care of me, and that I should not worry about how I will survive the next few weeks with the cash I have. He’s telling me to trust Him, that He would most definitely provide for me – for my food, my load, as well as those padugo moments in YFC. And because of that, I was filled with peace with the entire matter – Kayo na po bahala, Lord!

True enough, He provided for me earlier. Jomar treated me my lunch as he gave me the CDs I will do reviews for and other post Reuben Morgan things. Thank You, my awesome God.

So now, I’m supposed to work. Or at least, “work". I should get the other write-ups done na, noh? :D God’s day!