Christmas

ok so christmas this yr was supposed to suck extremely badly especially since my husband and i have been without of work for seven months...i was thinking of canceling christmas!!! i went out wit a friend and she was shopping freely and as soon as i got home i started crying not because i couldnt get anything but because of our financial situation! how is renting going to get paid...how are the bills??? but i prayed and went to sleep...we put up our christmas tree and then i got sad again! because our tree underneath had two fakes presents with lights on them and derwin gift which i bought with money someone else gave me for a xmas present and to pay some bills so i couldnt get myself anything and all i really want for christmas is season seven of smallville or a board game lol and this past friday i was praying and looking at my tree and i was grateful to God for everything we did have like our health, our family, the love between and husband and a wife, friends, my church, and i was praying telling God que me falte todo menos tu! i realized that its not about having gifts under my tree its about having God in my life because the real reason of Christmas is because Jesus was born to bring us salvation so i was happy and satisfied and i felt i didnt have to complain anymore....but God has a funny way of always giving me my desires...i went shopping yesterday with some money my mom gave me and i bought her, my bro, my dad, and derwin a gift even though they are extremely cheap and nothing big at least its a gift and i wanted my family to have something to open up for christmas so im soooooooooo beyond words happy because there are gifts under the tree and my sister in law gave me one and derwin one so thats more gifts so im beyond thankful to God for granting this desire because i dont deserve his mercy and grace but he continues to make me happy even in times of sadness because of that and sooo much more i love my Heavenly Father!!!

The Story Of Brenden Foster

This little boy of eleven yrs old died last week from leukemia but his life was not in vain...this little boy dying wish was to feed the homeless people he saw on the way to the hospital! can you believe it? a little boy who is dying instead of packing instead of crying instead of being angry all he wanted was to help feed the homeless some sandwiches!!! i wish nowadays we could find people with hearts like Brenden Foster who do selfless things! and its amazing how he knew he was going to die soon...he said ill probably not be here next week but i had a good life and ill continue to have a good life until i leave....i put myself in his shoes and i realized that if i knew i was going to die next week i would NOT be sooooooooo calm!!! i would be freaking out...i would think of all the things i wanted to do...like travel to europe, travel around the world...have babies with my husband...buy a house, etc etc but this little boy all he cared about was feeding the homeless and planting some seeds so wildflowers could grow for the bees...some volunteers gave Brendon his wish and feed 200 homeless people and after that there was this big food drive all thanks to a little boy....its unbelievable the difference on how children think and us older people think no wonder God says unless we become children again we wont see the Kingdom of Heaven because the Kingdom of Heaven is promised to the children and now i understand why because children are not selfish...they have a good heart and no matter how much we punish them or put them on time out...they always come to give us hugs, kisses, and tell us i love you....unlike us..if someone yells at us we would probably never talk to them again!!! we always remember the bad things people do to us and we dont forgive but luckly the children do forgive and forget so lets pray that God helps us become more like children and that we may have hearts like children because all they know how to do is love... God bless and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

It is worth Suffering!!!

ok so i went on this amazing trip for two months full of victory and the presence of the Holy Spirit...so many people were baptized, gave up addictions, received the Holy Spirit and us the group of 12 come back home to realize its time for the trials!!!!! my husband and i have been without work for 7 MONTHS!!! , not 7 days, not 7 weeks, 7 MONTHS!!! its insane because even if we dont have work...the bills keep on coming...thats the only thing that is constant because it doesnt stop!!!! however i need to Praise the Name of My God Almighty because even with seven months without work...there has always been food on the table and the rent has always gotten paid...how do you ask? well simple God provides...DUH!! but the things just never seem to go our way...my husband and i had plans to celebrate our wedding ceremony this dec and i have everything ready just no money so it had to be canceled...my husband couldnt start school...we had to move back to miami from gainesville and my stress and frustrations keeps on raising!!! and i realized that i did also have a bit of depression but i thank God because even though we are passing through this bad times that just keep getting worse i thank God because i know his plan is perfect...i know that maybe this trial is making me a better, stronger person...and this too shall pass and everything will fall into place and i believe in my God's promises that there is no son who is let alone...if he provides for the birds how much more is he going to provide for us...and if sinners give good gifts to their children...how much better are the gifts the Lord will give us...and if we ask for bread he will not give us a stone...so Praise God for his promises and for his love because its worth it suffering if God is with me!!!

California

I Praise God because he has been good to me! we went to LA California to see a church that we have over there... and i was in shock when i saw the church because i have only been used to the church in Miami and High Springs were they are big churchs... but LA was a tiny little church but since the moment we walked in and gave thanks to God we felt his presence! it was awesome because God spirit was all around us in that tiny church! people who had been away from church were soo touch that they wanted to get baptized! so praise God!

Arizona

In Arizona there is only one family of our church and the lady of the house is basically the only missionary there. She lives there with her two children and husband. when we passed by on wed night they treated us like kings! they made a lot of food for us and it had to be the best chicken ever! we ate until we were stuffed.... we showered after a whole day without showering and baby wips werent going to cut it! lol we sang there, gave a testimony, and prayed for them! it was awesome and God presence has been with us the whole time. Praise him!

trip so far

it is crazy i have been around the UNITED STATES IN ONLY 2 WEEKS!!! we started off in arizona, then to LA, California, El Paso, Texas, Cuidad Juarez in Mexico, back to San Antonio Texas, to Chicago, to Detroit, to Buffalo New York, Canada and now we are in PHILLY!!! everyone was excited about the philly cheese steak.... ps. in chicago they do have the best pizza ever!!!!

big day

today is the big day when all packing has to be done because tomorrow at 6am we are leaving to california God willing!!! i am sooooo excited and nervous at the same time! especially about going to mexico its soo scary because all the movies of kidnapping happen in mexico!!! (like man on fire!) lol

wedding dress

I BOUGHT MY WEDDING DRESS!!! I'M SOOO EXCITED AND I LOVE IT! thanks to my mommy she bought it for me!

our apostle

one of our apostle died sunday night and it was very sad but it was amazing how loved he was... the funeral was in miami and people from mexico, cuban, costa rica, all around the united states came to see him and it was nice how much people loved him. they even had a special service for him. but people were happy because when you are a servant of the Lord we believe in the Lord promise that when we die we gain eternal life in the kingdom of heaven so a lot of people cant wait to be reunited with him in the kingdom of heaven. our prayers go out to his wife and children.

Beyond excited!

So i have an awesome week ahead of me! i am graduating this sat thanks to my God! my parents are coming up also are my inlaws and my mom birthday is the next day so i'm excited i'll spend it with her! i'm kinda very sad that i wont be graduating with honors i feel like my mom will be disappointed in me and it kinda hurts that i couldnt make her proud but at least i'm graduating so hopefully she wont care that my gpa wasnt a 3.5. and next tues my husband, ten other ppl, and i are on our mission trip around the United States to preach about God and i already have three messages to preach and to give my testimony of how Jesus has changed my life! i am sooo excited but now i have to finish studying for my french and crim final exam! pray for me and God bless! :o)

Dios es Capaz!

Por que ponemos en duda el poder de Dios? Por que se nos hace tan dificil aceptar que solamente El puede mover esa montana de dificultad que tu sientes que te impide continuar? Tantas veces que el Senor se nos ha manifestado, que nos ha mostrado su poder, que hemos palpado su capacidad para hacer cualquier cosa, para llenar cualquier necesidad, por que sera entonces que la duda amenaza en ocasiones con derribar el edificio de nuestra fe?

Dice un himno: "Dios es capaz de hacer todo lo que estamos dispuestos a creer que El puede hacer" y si no hace mas, es porque en nuestra ignorancia, limitamos el poder de Dios a nuestra poca capacidad.

Cada vez que dudamos, Satanas se apunta un tanto. Cada vez que frente a la prueba creemos que no vamos a salir adenlante, nuestrao enemigo recibe aliento para continuar su batalla contra nosotros. El sabe cuando estamos debiles y nota cualquier cambio en nuestra forma de servir a Dios y no pierde oportunidad para hacernos tropezar.

Cuando sientas que flaqueas porque la carga es muy pesada, sabe que Dios es capaz de hacer que el mar se abra frente a ti, de que la pena de agua, de que el mana descienda del cielo. Es capaz de volverte a la vida y hacerte sentir su gloria de tal manera, que tengas que testificar de su poder. Solamente tienes que creer que Dios es capaz de hacer lo que tu creas que El puede hacer.
No dudes del poder de Dios, El es capaz!

dont hold a grudge

"If you are angry, don't sin by nursing your grudge. Don't let the sun go down with you still angry." Ephesians 4:26

there has been a lot of people who have came into our lives and walk out of them leaving us broken hearted/hurt because we felt we could trust them and yet they betrayed us and hurt us. however being a better person is learning how to forgive and forget... you know why? because we are not perfect... have you ever done something to someone that you loved and hurt them by mistake... what if you truly were sorry but they would not forget that incident or forgive you? treat others as you would like to be treated... if someone hurt you... forgive them because we are not perfect and you and i probably hurt someone and want their forgiveness. also... look at Jesus... us being sinners he died for us... he forgave our sins.. and he is the son of God... us being made of dust... what makes us better then Jesus... why cant we forgive and forget if Jesus forgave us...

pray and ask God to help you and dont curse the one who hurt you... and dont wear your hurt on your sleeve dont give that person the satisfaction that you still care and are hurting about it because it makes them feel important. pray for God ask for forgiveness because we had evil thoughts against them and pray that God helps you get pass it... but just let it go because if not... you keep holding on to the past... when will you have time to look ahead for the future... God bless.

22

i cant believe how fast time flies... God willing i'm graduating in a month... 4 years flew by and i'll be able to give my mom that diploma she always wanted.... i know she is going to cry like a baby so i'm very excited i can give my mom that gift! and then a month later i will be turning 22!!! i was sooo excited about turning 21 and now i'm gonna be 22! i feel old but yet still short! my life has changed sooo much and i praise God because he brought me sooo much happiness.... and now i'm wondering what i should do for my birthday?

graduation

i cant believe i'm graduating in may its soo close by and i'm sooo happy because i already rented my gown and cap so i'm very happy and excited my family is coming up to see me walk. thank God!

tampa weekend

this weekend in tampa it was amazing even though it was short. it was nice to see a new church because i had never been to the tampa church before... i am beyond happy that michael rodriguez.. which is only 15... received the promise of the Holy Spirit... he had been waiting even with derwin and i and finally he received soo Praise God! this weekend it was a family weekend...it was nice and they had like a teaching about when you have kids..it was nice but since we dont have children i was like ok... but its very true what he said... when your child ask to play with you... you should never say you are too busy or you cant or dont want to because all your child wants to do is hang out with you and feel that mommy or daddy loves them. and it made me excited for when we have children... because i want us to have all this corny family traditions, vacations, prayers, fasting together, etc. i just want us to be a big part of our childrens lives and never be too busy or tired for them. but its easier said then done!

and i remember my message which says... "todo lo tuyo es mio".. so even my children when i have them will be God's and it made me really happy because even though we have not had them i have already dedicated them to him and i want him to use them for his glory and for them to be humble and faithful servants. may God bless you!

Almost the Sabbath!

i get so excited about thurs because i have bible studies with Tia Mara and i know tomorrow the sabbath starts. before fridays and saturdays would be my favorite time of the week because it including me going out wit friends or my girls from the 304 and doing stuff that looking back on was a waste of time and not good for me. but now i get to happy that i get to go to God's house and worship him and give him thanks for another week he gave me of life! many people have heard that saying life is short but we just really dont know how short it really is. we have to thank God every single day for being alive because even though we are alive.. there are a lot of people dying that every same day. two weeks ago three different people died in that weekend who i knew. one of them being a man who was a god-father to me, another one who i knew since i was a little girl because my aunt worked for him since i could remember and i would sleep over, and another little person i didnt get to meet but was so excited to think i was. and we should feel lucky if you are reading this because it means God blessed you with another day. and i started thinking what if i were to die tomorrow... am i ready to go to judgement day... am i ready to stand in front of God Almighty and have him review my life. Am i ready to tell God what i did for him or what i wanted to do? i would love to see God tomorrow... even today but i'm not ready to go yet because i have not saved any souls for Jesus. i have not spoken to the world that Jesus Saves... i have not preached that God loves you to enough people.. i'm not ready or worthy to be in front of God yet... but it would be great. when we die i thought it was a sad feeling... someone else who we loved died... very sad and tragic... but God has given them rest! rest from this evil, corrupted, sinful world... a world where everyday people are getting killed, raped, beated, are stressing out to pay bills, or what they are going to eat... we are always on a defense mode because we cant really trust anyone. so when God picks you up.. your battle with satan is over! but did we complete our mission? our mission to get help others find and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior... if you already found salvation and forgiveness... is it fair to be at home and letting satan have another soul! NO! the same way i found Jesus i can help overs find him too! i was an unbeliever! i'm the type of person who loves stuff that is logical! i need things to make sense and to be shown to me why they make sense. but with God... all things are about having faith because all the answers to lifes question cant be revealed just yet... in Heaven you will have all your answers but will it even matter? Just thinking that one day by the grace of God i might even be near him... nothing else matters... what about this and what about that?!?!? who cares! doesnt it matter that God loves you... you who were made of DUST and that God has mercy on us to even call us his children! does that not matter?!?! PRAISE GOD!!!

There was this story i heard in church this weekend and i would like to share with you... a girl was so sad of this world and the devil appeared and told her to sell him her soul for ten million dollars and she said ok and the devil said he would be back the next night to pick it up. she told an elder in church and the elder said that if she gives her soul to the devil she will be lost forever! so she changed her mind and doesnt want to sell her soul anymore so they both start praying. the next night the enemy returns to pick up her soul and she is praying to God please help me i have changed my mind.. then comes in this white light and its Jesus. The enemy said you cant have this soul i have paid ten million dollars of it but Jesus says i paid for her soul with my life! Praise Jesus because he died for you... so its only fair for us to live for him!

Let us be ready for when Jesus returns that we may stay on track trying to help lost souls find there place in the kingdom of heaven with our Heavenly Father!

church songs

in church when they start singing i get excited because i love praising God and its crazy how a single song can touch you so much that makes you cry. and i start thinking wow i'm such a cry baby but its because i feel God presence and the Holy Spirit is moving freely and how can i not cry out of joy! i love my God and his spirit that is inside of me wants more and more of him and just gets so happy when we are praising him!

and some songs are just how you are feeling at that moment or describe your situation but it all involves God being there for you or how we should live more for him! i wish i could sing him a million melodies like the angels do and even though my voice is horrible and i know God loves it when i sing for him (in my own house, no one is there except derwin then he starts complaining so i have to stop lol) because he knows it comes from the heart and my intentions are good i was want to glorify him! May God bless you!

church

when i started visiting derwin church in 06 i was positive i was never going to be apart of it! and it was insane how the service is almost 2 1/2 hours long! it was crazy and boring and a lot of singing and someone saying Jesus loves you blah blah blah! NOW its like i'm eating my words! i Praise God because he touched me, he blessed me and now i'm after him like white on rice! i want to be in church every single day of the week, month, yr! we go to church on fri, sat, and sunday and yet it is not enough. 2 1/2- 3 hours of church is not enough anymore it doesnt satisfy me! i have fallen so in love with God and i cant wait until Jesus returns because i'm not going to be those people who are running and hiding in the caves hiding from Jesus' wrath like the bible says.. i'm excited and ready for Jesus's return because i'm his child and i want to see him and be with him and stop living in such a corrupted, sinful world. in heaven there will be no more tears and we will spend our days for eternity PRASING GOD's NAME!!! i cant wait! during bible study tia mara told us that when Jesus returns we are going to be with him for a thousand years and then we would return to earth but before she finished explaining i started crying because i thought i was only going to be with Jesus for a 1,000 yrs and return to earth and it made me sad because i want to spend billions and trillions times millions of years with Jesus and a thousand is just not enough! but what i didnt let her finish was that we were returning to pick up the people who changed their minds and accepted Jesus. so i am going to be with him Forever! (God willing)

now i want to be involved in church, i want to preach, to sing (God willing he will give me a voice), to tell people Jesus loves you because he really does love us. who else would die for you? would you die for someone who didnt believe in you, who you didnt even know? Jesus is beyond anything i can describe and i hope i can be used to tell others about him. i want to always praise his name and i want my last breathe to be used to spoke of Jesus and his love. May God bless you!

preaching

God willing i will be preaching this sunday and i'm a bit nervous because my spanish is not perfect but i know it will be the Holy Spirit speaking and not i because he has told me so and i have faith! i hope people understand what i am saying and that at least one person is touched with my message that i received from God in a dream. may God bless you!

directed

i directed this past sunday service and i was sooo nervous! but everyone said i did it very well and once i started i didnt want to stop talking lol but i had to because people had to sing. the title was "tell me about Jesus". what is means is that we need to tell others more about Jesus for the people who dont really know the whole story or the background and the purpose of Jesus and God's beautiful and perfect plan! A lot of people do not realize that Jesus came to save the Jews but since the Gentiles which is people who are not Jews had more faith in Jesus and actually believed he is the son of God, Jesus gave the Gentiles an opportunity to find salvation too. So we who are not Jews are adopted to this promise God made with Abraham because we had fatih.

We who are the people teaching need to understand what Jesus would do: heal sickness, cast out demons, preach the word, brought people bought up from the dead because we who have the Holy Spirit have the same powers that Jesus has. and if we have faith we can move mountains. And Jesus came to save us but his purpose for us is to do the same works he did but greater because now he is with his father in Heaven sitting at his right hand side. John 14:12 Truly, Truly, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. and our great commission is to "'Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'" Matt 28:19-20
and it says it in my message when i received the Holy Spirit that the Great Commission is to baptize people who believe and repent.

crazy

it's so crazy i remember being in disney for new yrs and now its already gonna be valentine's day! wow on may derwin and i will have been together for two years! its crazy because time flew at the same time i feel like we been together forever cuz now we are married but yet i feel like the yrs went by so fast i didnt even feel it! i'm soo excited to see what the Lord has for derwin and i in the future!

directing service

i am soo nervous about directing service this sunday and preaching the next but God has told me dont fear for i am with you! however i am soo excited to do it! i been wanting to preach, to direct, i want to be in the choir (pray for i to get a new voice!) i want to do anything that involves God! i been giving bible studies to my brother and i love it! i want to do missionary work i just want my life to be about God and derwin :o). even though i'm terrified of public speaking... it will not be me who speaks but God's Holy Spirit in me and i should trust him because he has told me not to fear! even though i am kinda dissappointed about not preaching this friday because preaching on fri and sat is soo huge and major because the whole church is there and the preacher is the main event! and i feel that my message everyone should hear not just the couple of ppl who show up on sundays! but watch one day i will preach on fri because it will be God's will. may God bless you!

i'm not worthy!

today i was soooooooooooooo sad and i just wanted to be touched by God and oh boy did he touch me! i was in class praying that he would speak to me and he did and i asked him... God do you love me? and he said mi hija yo te amo! and its amazing how good he is to me! i def feel like an outcast in school because now i dress differently, i cover my head because i'm praying or speaking to God or reading the bible in class so people look at my head weird. and i just want to run to the ppl in church where we have the same love and focus. but i have received God's Holy Spirit because he had mercy on me and how many ppl can say that? so i have to be the light on the darkness and like my husband said.... how can i shine if i'm hiding. i just have sooo much love for God and i wish ppl knew how much love he has for us. God wants to bless us because he loves as so much! look at the mercy he has on us! he has not destroy us even though our world is corrupted and full of sin! we have to be grateful to have a healthy family, a home, food to eat and that is because its God's will to bless us individually. i am not worthy of what God has done for me! God please help me touch those who need you in their life. tonight i had a five hour bible study and it was the most amazing, most fun i have had in a while and we felt it went by sooo fast and i was dizzy and had a headache and God made it all go away. the bible holds sooo much wonders that i wish all the people own a bible so they could read the TRUTH! and not have other ppl lie to you! God have mercy on the ppl who have not met you yet! te amo padre mio!

2008

it is crazy that today is january 1, 2008! i was truly blessed with 2007... i cant even begin to imagine 2008! in 2007 i got married to derwin by law ..now in 2008 GOD willing we will have our big ceremony wedding. in 2007 i found God, got baptized through water and by the Holy Spirit...PRAISE GOD!!! he is sooo good to me and to my family! with God's help i will get baptized in May 2008. and my new years resolution is to lose 14 pounds so i can fit into my wedding dress and to save a life for God. hopefully its one of my family members or a close friend :o)

Holy Spirit Messages

TANIA ALMEIDA
CREAN EN LA REGENERACION. HOY HAS VUELTO A NACER, HOY TE DOY NUEVA MENTE, NUEVO CORAZON, NUEVA VIDA. YO NO PONGO REMIENDO NUEVO EN PANO VIEJO, NI VINO NUEVO EN ODRES VIEJOS, YO TODO LO HAGO NUEVO. LAS COSAS VIEJAS PASARON.
TANIA, BIENVENIDA AL PUEBLO DE DIOS. YO SOY TU FAMILIA, TU ERES MI FAMILIA. CUIDA TU CASA, CUIDA MI CASA, TODO LO TUYO ES MIO, USALO PARA MI GLORIA, CONMIGO NO TE RESERVES NADA, PORQUE YO NO DEFRAUDO. TU ERES MI HIJA, YO SOY TU PADRE. TESTIFICA A TU FAMILIA LO QUE ESTOY HACIENDO EN TI, PORQUE ESTA ES LA GRAN COMISION: EVANGELIZAR AL MUNDO. ALELUYA! AMEN!
SUPERTE. GUSTAVO DOMINGUEZ


DERWIN ALMEIDA
DERWIN, DERWIN, YO TE LAME Y TU DIJISTE PRESENTE. TU ERES DEBIL, PERO HOY YO TE HAGO FUERTE, DANDOTE DE MI ESPIRITU, QUE ES LA VERDADERA FORTALEZA.
YO SOY DIOS DE PACTOS Y HE ACEPTADO EL TUYO. QUIERO QUE PREDIQUES A LOS TUYOS Y DESPUES AL MUNDO, QUE CRUCES FRONTERAS, VAYAS A OTROS CONTINENTES CON MI VERDAD SUBLIME Y REDENTORA.
NO TEMAS QUE YO SOY CONTIGO.
SOLO TE PIDO QUE NO TE APARTES NI A DIESTRA NI A SINIESTRA.
TE PONGO POR CABEZA, TU ERES PARTE DE ESTA NUEVA GENERACION QUE DEFENDERA MI IGLESIA. UNETE A ELLOS PORQUE SOLO ASI SERAN VENCEDORES. TE DOY ESCUDO, TE DOY CAZCO, TE DOY MI ESPADA. ¡A LUCHAR!
SUPERTE. GUSTAVO DOMINGUEZ