Just last Wednesday, I felt relieved by the moment I have sent the last letter to our Sec. Gen. monz. That was also the time when I finished printing the draft of our church pub. God is amazing! I can’t imagine that day’s accomplishments.
Before the day ended, we had our prayer meeting and I was tasked to be the worship leader. What a blessed night indeed that I really felt His presence. I felt the comfort surrounding me. He is the healer because I never felt I was tired at all.
We had meetings after that and I went to sleep at 2am. Praise God in times of respite.
The next day, Thursday, I woke up at 8am. I remember I had to make one last letter for the president of MORMS-AAI. I had to email it to him right away however, I failed to do so since the router was not turned on yet. Hence, I decided to wait for a while as I take my breakfast outside. I didn’t have the door locked since my ate jho was just inside the room and I don’t see the necessity to do so. I left and ate at the mess hall. That was 9am.
I was eating and ate jho came. That was 9:30. We had a typical conversation then went inside the room. I was astounded when I didn’t see my laptop on my bed, where I’ve left it. Clearly, somebody has broken into our room and stole my laptop! Insane intruder who had the guts to do such crime in the morning. What a day indeed.
I lost my 10-month old laptop. It is really disappointing because I have not had backed up the files. All our eucreo, jdc site, morms site, and all files including our financial statements, pictures, videos, bible teachings, and my work files and software. All of those were lost in just a snap! But I had that chance, that very big chance to praise HIM in the storm! I didn’t cry. One thing that entered in my mind is that, His grace was always enough. I trust Him. He is in control. He is good. Then I realize, He is again teaching me something out of this.
Now I am back and starting from scratch. I’ve already started recovering data and I claim that this will develop my patience more. I am using an old desktop and it’s not that bad at all. I guess God wants to teach me how to be patient in inconvenience. Yes, it is too inconvenient to jump from one desktop to another compared to the stillness of console with my laptop. The speed is great and the storage of data is even convenient. But I believe, these are all for my growth. This is an opportunity to develop patience, as I said.
