Dear loved ones,
Pleasant
Greetings, Happy Christmas and more Blessed New Year from CA, USA! I am happy
to inform that I successfully completed my 9-days Novena Masses to prepare for
the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, fulfilling my life-long tradition! Yeah,
JESUS I LOVE YOU!!!
Aside
from the spiritual aspects of preparing for Advent and the season, kept busy with
shopping for gifts, sending out greeting cards, keeping up with health
appointments, meeting up with friends, and the series of holiday parties.
The
first of a series of pot luck dinners was with our BCBP Sacramento outreach
group held at the home of our leader Art and Rose Romanos at Elk Grove, fetched
by neighbors Robert and Odette P. Our regular coffee and doughnuts are held
every Sunday after the morning Masses, sponsored by various parish ministries,
in addition to the regular Wednesday after Mass ‘coffee Joe’. These times allow
parishioners to know and bond with one another, develop closeness with those
who share common values; I have met many more friends through these gatherings.
Then we had our ‘green’
Christmas party held at the residence of Teddy and Glenda Regala at Gold River,
near our place. Our group look forward to the ‘White elephant’ gift exchange,
‘bring me’ games, sumptuous potluck buffet, photo-ops, news updating, and many
fun activities which lasted from 4pm to midnight. I had been attending this
themed party for the past 10 years. We missed Jojo who usually hosted the party
but had moved to Pinas, but we managed to keep it going with Daniel Z. and
everyone cooperating; Jojo was virtually present vis skype/internet the entire
party.
Other highlights of the month:
·
Stull enjoying watching Dr. Shawn Murphy and his clever skills on the
The Good Doctor. With the season finale, I am looking forward to the next
season’s episodes in January 2018; The life drama is very interesting!
·
Keeping up with Doctors’ appointments.
I am so happy to meet my new primary physician, Dr. Rodney Acuna (from
Davao, Pinas). I asked family friend Dr. Edna Tanegra to refer me to a good
doctor specializing on my case. She assured me that I will be comfortable with
him since he has bubbly /energetic personality and we speak the same language.
True enough, during our 1st meeting, I truly felt at home and
trusted him completely. We interspersed our conversations with ‘panalo’, ‘wagi’
ka Ate’ and ‘high fives’ and fist bumps. I was so impressed by his energy and
good humor friendliness. Dr. Edna was
100% correct. And GOD is truly GREAT! In one of our Wednesday morning coffee
session, I was seated beside a lady with 3 kids she was dropping off at St.
Mel’s school. She introduced herself as Maria Acuna, turned out as the
doctor-wife of my Dr. Acuna. She studied at Velez in Cebu and love our place
Panglao, Bohol. What a great small world it is, and GOD is truly great, working
on HIS creations as in a puzzle, arranging them in proper places /fit, Truly
amazing and wonderful !!!
·
Happy to be back to my contemplative life, more prayers and gym exercises,
commitments to Church activities – Adoration chapel schedules, after-Mass
coffee Joe’s on Sundays and Wednesdays, BCBP meetings, meeting new GOD-sent
friends, Opus Dei Recollections, Meditations, and Confessions/ Benediction;
·
Movies watched: Jumanji, Star Wars (The Last Jedi);
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Enjoying using my new MacBook Air, amazed its fast it processing and giving information, compared to
my slow ASUS which I enjoyed for 4 years. I am glad that Sean insisted on this
upgrade – wonderful!!!
Much love and Best Regards!!!
SUSAN BG
