Tommy Starts to Socialize

Written by Warren | Posted on March 15, 2010 | Comments

Tommy starts to meet new friends. It was my first time to worry about his outside influences. In fear that my effort to discipline him might be in vain. I felt a good amount of prejudice against these children of whose parents are not yet Christians as far as I would observe. Meaning, calling [...]

A year of shapings, moldings and blessings

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on January 5, 2010 | Comments

It has been customary for me to write a “the year that was” every first week or so of every new year. The intention is to summarize the highlights of the past year in our lives — Christian walk, marriage, self —, it is sort of a year-end report kind of thing and usually, there’s [...]

Adoption

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on July 21, 2009 | Comments

“…our adoption shows us just how welcome we are here. This is not, after all, the first time, God has adopted. Too often we assume that the Gentiles are the “adopted” children of God, and the Jews are the “natural-born” children. But Paul says that Israel was adopted too (Rom. 9:4). Of Israel, God once [...]

Why You Shouldn’t Have a TV at Home

Written by Warren | Posted on July 16, 2009 | Comments

Since Hazel and I got married, we never bothered purchasing a TV at home. Most folks couldn’t live without TV in their home. But to us it is a wise choice. We’ve been officially disconnected from TV for 1 year and 5 months.
Normally we work between 8am to 5pm. And sleep by 10-11pm. Between 5-9pm, [...]

I am an Israelite

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on July 1, 2009 | Comments

I’m still in the process of digesting all of this at the moment but I would like to share with all of you who come here what I recently discovered.
I am an Israelite.
Yes, I am. If you’ve been with me on Facebook, you may have already read my status messages which I shared in [...]

Father’s day blues?

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on June 18, 2009 | Comments

This morning, a dear friend and brother asked me if I would be sad for Warren this Father’s Day. I stopped dead in my tracks in an attempt to digest the question, would I be so callous if I’d say I won’t be? But, that is how I feel. I won’t feel sad for Warren, [...]

Do dead children become angels?

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on May 16, 2009 | Comments

“When a child dies, he or she will automatically become an angel of God.”
This is common belief, but what is the biblical basis for this claim? Do dead children really turn into angels? If not, then where do their souls go? Why is it important to know the truth behind this claim?
Angels
Angels are spiritual beings [...]

Miss California on a Hot Seat

Written by Warren | Posted on April 22, 2009 | Comments

What I would answer if I were in her shoes:
“God did not designed gay marriage”
how complicated could that be? but still people refuse and made it more complicated.
I love how Prejean answered in one interview:
“I wouldn’t have answered it differently. The way I answered may have been offensive. With that question specifically, it’s [...]

Our Day-off Date

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on April 20, 2009 | Comments

Hi everyone! I was just telling Warren this morning about how I miss writing here and the reasons for not doing so lately. He thinks my reasons are valid. I am still trying to make up my mind on whether I should tell y’all or not, but while I am on that, I [...]

Updates on my niece, AJ

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on March 23, 2009 | Comments

We got to the children’s hospital along Banawe Street in Quezon City on Saturday afternoon. I opened the door and my niece’s aunt from her mother’s side of the family was lying on the bench asleep. I woke her up and asked for a face mask. I had to firmly set my feet where I [...]

Pray for Hazel’s Niece AJ

Written by Warren | Posted on March 20, 2009 | Comments

Please pray for Hazel’s niece AJ (left). She was diagnosed with lukemia when she was 9yrs old and went on remission from October to February. Then just two weeks ago it recurred again and is now being confined to a hospital in Manila.
We’re not yet sure if she has received the Lord as her [...]

Just in the nick of time

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on February 8, 2009 | Comments

Honeymoon’s over.
Warren and I have been arguing a lot lately and it isn’t easy for us both. I want him to grow up already and my impatience is getting the best of me. There are times I try so hard to shut my mouth but I just explode. When I try to stifle it, [...]

… because I am just a poor Pinay

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on January 3, 2009 | Comments

We just had the worst possible two days of our lives.
Warren’s mother spent the last couple of days incessantly barking into Warren’s ears just how unfortunate and disappointing it is for her to have a son like Warren – jobless, poor, wanting to be a pastor and married to a woman she does not [...]

Our consciences never lie

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 4, 2008 | Comments

This morning, the maid went to the health center with the Baby Sister under the pretense of going to the nearby plumber to report our broken pipe. The maid’s hour and a half long disappearance caused me to worry (remember she just had an accident not too long ago, too) and the husband to wonder [...]

I’m so in love with yah, Andrew! :)

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 2, 2008 | Comments

Satsim and Andrew

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No gentle way

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on October 8, 2008 | Comments

I am so glad to be back from a very short blogging hiatus (duh, did you feel it? I bet you didn’t even notice! lol).
I missed this space on the web and I intend to be back, well, hopefully with more sensible thoughts to write and with more provoking issues to raise. Beck, I realize [...]

Weekend Snapshot

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 22, 2008 | Comments

Little Big Andrew and Satse Warren
Meet Andrew! He is Warren’s six month old nephew and we just love, love, love to carry him whenever we pay him a visit in Las Pinas or whenever we get together in Baler. He is such a cuddly little fellow, so cute and so sweet, too! He likes his [...]

Two week wait

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 8, 2008 | Comments

We are now on our two week wait and this would have to be the longest two weeks of our lives, yet.
The final result of my tests with the fertility specialist came out well. I ovulated and the eggs ruptured, plus the lining of my uterus thickened which means that if I am pregnant, then [...]

Thanksgiving

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on September 5, 2008 | Comments

I have made a promise in this blog to keep everyone updated on the results of our visits to the gynecologist and I am sorry for procrastinating a bit…
I underwent follicle monitoring on the 3rd of September and the doctor saw through the ultra sound machine that both ovaries are ovulating. The right one was [...]

Normal

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on August 25, 2008 | Comments

I am so relieved to hear from my OB Gynecologist (well, officially, she is now my doctor, lol!) that my uterus is normal.
All possibilities of cysts, tumors, fibroids or abnormalities were ruled out today after the transvaginal, it seemed to have taken forever, but as soon as she announced that I have normal reproductive organs, [...]

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