Yesterday, I was the host for our monthly U.N.I.T.Y. rosary.  It was so uplifting and spiritual that even my husband’s cousin, Liem, could tell that I was at peace once everyone left my house last night.  The great part about our gathering was incorporating prayer intentions for everyone to participate in.  Before we started praying, everyone listed prayer intentions on my whiteboard.  Each intention was said during every mystery.  After the rosary we just hung out and ate cake.  We laughed, we cried from laughing so hard, and we were all in good company.  As religious as my family is, we never really started praying the rosary together.  However, my mom does light the house candle everyday and occasionally we would say a family prayer.  I truly believe in the saying, “Families who prays together, stays together.”  This is true with my family from church.  A group of my fellow church friends and I have started a new group, which I mentioned earlier.  U.N.I.T.Y., which stands for “Understanding, Nurturing, Inspiring the Youth”.  Our group consists of youth and young adults that are motivated to “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord”.  We are a close group with an enormous heart.  This month we are planning on having a “Friend’s Movie Night”.  This is Manang’s great idea :D  We will be showing the movie Hotel Rwanda and afterwards have a short discussion on the movie.  One the 23^rd of July we will be having a BBQ at our church in commemoration to our brother, Reggie Lacosta, who will be leaving for Iraq this September.  I was so sad to hear that he was leaving, but I know he’ll come back home.  I’m just going to miss playing basketball and football with him the months that he will not be here and also seeing him on Mondays and Wednesdays at church.  I know God will be watching over him. 

So, my life has been good these last couple of weeks.  My best friend was home the whole month of June, which was great.  I actually go out when she is home.  Since almost all the schools are on summer break and no teachers are requesting subs, I have been tutoring two students who used to attend Kid Angel, the after school literacy program I used to work for.  I really enjoy working with them one-on-one because I know that teacher’s now-a-days cannot offer that to their students, especially since teacher’s aides were removed from the classroom.  Speaking of classrooms, it would be so awesome if I could have my own classroom this year.  If I don’t, then it’s okay because I have already been offered a long-term substitute job in Poway. This is the best way to get noticed by a principal. HAPPY THOUGHTS!

Well, that’s all for now from me.  I wish you all a great Fourth of July weekend.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANETTE and JAJA