I'm excited today in my guitar class i figured out how to play the song "Yesterday" by Paul Mcartny. I don't know if thats how you spell his name. But anyway is very exciting for me.
Everything is going well. A lot of things coming up this weekend. We have a retreat for NWN leadership team. Beside so many other things and events. I don't know how i'm gone get everything done. I'll get it done.
I'm excited i'm going to be able to see two of my favorite people this weekend well i gotta go. Catch ya'll later.
sergio@qvo.cc

Hello! I pray who ever reads this is doing well. i'm doing work inside my home. I got finish studying for my class and study the bible a little. See what God is telling today. Well, i gotta go so talk to yall later.
sergio@qvo.cc

Hello! I pray things are going well. I just got back from taking some of my boys to the movies. I'm reading a book by Elizabeth O'connor titled "Cry pain, Cry hope". And i'm thinking about the harsh realities that we have in our society. I at times wonder why God has Chosen me to be here. I fled my country for a better hope. I've been here in the US for almost 13 years now. With the hope that some day i would hold in my hand a green card. A key to a brigther future. A key that would open the door to free college career. A key that would help me walk into any job without the fear of being rejected because of my social security number. A key that would let me hold the key to my own house.
My dreams are endless just like the ones of many ilegal aliens. Illegals from South Africa working for $4 dollars an hour in the streets of DC, hoping to take care of their family back home.
Once again my dream has been held back. While driving my friend Rudy to the airport early this morning he tells me the news. "Your application for legal status was rejected by the INS," said Rudy. Another hard blow that life gives. I really had set my hopes up high this time. But i gained nothing.
I compare my life with the story of Moses. A stranger among his people. He was taken from his home and put in a strange land twice. He suffered many times. And yet our Father called on Him. He was a servant leader for his people.
And i think why God brought me here. A stranger among familiar faces. But i thank God for bringing me here. He has open my eyes to the cries of my people. His people. And i hope that in the end after He leads me am able to bring them to Him.
sergio@qvo.cc

Hello everyone! its about time this thing started working. I've been trying to write but something was a up and i wasn't able to put my writing up on the web but here we go again. Things have been going very well. The situation in the neighborhood seems to have calmed down.
I feel a lot better about it. God is good.
Well, we started our new study on a Ephesians. So, for the next seven weeks we are going to be reading that. We want the guys to learn about getting along like brothers in Christ. We want Jesus to unite us all in Him. Last night was the first study and it went great.
I almost wish that some of the guys from Harambee Center would come. We would have a good mix of people. The guys in the Bible Study, Have not been exposed to Black Christians. Only the drug dealers and gang bangers that live around us. So, thats my reason for that. I've been trying to get some of them down here. but haven't been succesful yet.

But thats whats going on. I wish you'll all have a happy day of friendship and love. I sent my sweetie a couple of cards. I so thankful for her.
She is a good gal.
Well thats all for today. Be blessed.
sergio@qvo.cc

People! Waz up? Well, i feel kind of tired. There has been a lot of activity in my neighborhood. There was a fire accross the street from my building. There is like a rehab center for drug addicts. And one of the rooms caught on fire. Fire truck all over the place. Cops had the street blocked no one could drive in and it was a big mess. If you read this. Please pray for safety for the people that live here. There has been some heavy stuff going on. I can't really say what for security reasons. But keep prayer in mind. Thanx.
Well, i had fun tonight me and some homies played basketball over at Victory Park. it was good. My team won of course. Like always.
I can't write more my stomach is killing me. write to ya'll later. sergio@qvo.cc

Hello my Gente! I was reading my last blog. And i was noticing some of the bad spelling. Its kind of funny. I was remembering something my friend Sara told me a long time a go. Sara and i were talking and i pronounced some word wrong and she was like who spoke you how to taught. It was funny. But anyway. Let me get back to my daily life. The past two days have been as normal as they get. I just been hanging out with some of the guys in my ministry. Getting to know them and challenging them. I've been going to Jesse's school often. Just this week he suspended for tagging on the bathroom stalls and threating some kid in school. The cool thing is that the school got him on school suspension. Instead of just sending him home and letting him run around. So, i'm glad for that. Also, i made arrangement to get copies of his homework so he won't get away saying he don't have any. So, will see how it goes.
We had Bible study today. We went over Luke 21:1-4. We had a good conversation with my guys about what real sacrificial giving is.
So, will see if they apply it to their lives. Well, i have to go and rest so have a good day. And keep reading.

Hi! I just got back from the running around the Rose Bowl. Well, i didn't run all the way around. Cause one of my legs was hurting. But i got at least two miles in. Well, this past two days have been crazy. Remember about the girl i invited to my church? Well, after church Von, Corey and I went to a spot in East LA called "El Mercadito" its a like a big market with every type of Mexican stuff you want. From food to medicine. They got the best food up in there. Thats why i took them both. It was good. But anyway, on our way back. I get a call from this girl. The one i invited to church, and she is crying. They were on the way to our church when somebody hits their car. So, she was just shaking and nervous didn't know what to do. So, she calls me. I went over to their house and talked to them both. I read some scripture to them and they calmed them down. After that, my and my guy went to hang out. So, it was cool. The car wasn't damaged that bac. And the lady that hit them is paying for the car to get fixed. Last night, one of the mom of the guys in Bible study comes and talks to me. She was just sad. They got until the end of this month to move out of their apt. And the three older sons aint' doing nothing to help her. So, she is in a tight spot. But anyway. I can't write more i really need to study and get ready for the rest of the day. So, talk to ya'll later. sergio@qvo.cc

The Bible says David got up in the early hours of the day to talk to God. I got up this morning around 5:45 to have breakfast with one of my deciples before school started. I was on my way to his house up Los Robles. I called on the way there around 6:15. He answers the phone and tells me he is not going because he is sick. "Ok" i answer and don't bother to ask any further questions. After that, i decide to head over to the Harambee ministry house for the morning devotions. As i approach the house i see little Ronnie walking aways from the house saying that no one is answering the door. So, i ask Ronnie if he wants to go have Breakfast with me. He agrees but goes to let his mom know first. We went to this spot on the corner of Orange Grove and Los Robles. The place is called "Tony's" a small but very well presented establishment. They have all the differentf type of fresh fruit juice you can think of. From fresh orange juice to Papaya. Every kind of juice you want they have it. I order a Mexican hot chocolate in water not milk cause i'm lactose intolorant. We both had the Machaca con huevo. I recomended for breakfast. But you have to get an order of avocado with it. They also serve it with beans and rice and home made tortillas. Those are the best. But anyways let me get back to what went down. After me and Ronnie met I dropped him off at school. I came home and minutes later. My guy's sister calls me telling me that he left the house kind of mad because of an argument between the two. And she was worrying about him. Well, she says that he was trying to play the rat(skip school). I'm assuming he wasn't trying to take finals at school. He was saying his ear hurt and didn't feel like going to school and saying he didn't have any finals, making up excuses. He was trying to play his mom but his sister knows better. So, his sister got on his case and didn't let him stay home. So, he got upset and crying, was threatning to commit suicide and saying that she didn't care about him and so on and so forth. She made him go to school anyway, later on. His sister calls me and this is how i know all this. She felt bad so she wanted to talk to someone. Crying she was telling me that she felt bad that she had to be so hard on her brother. She didn't know how to handle it. She feels like she was playing mom and felt alone and feeling like God has walked away from her. I know thats not the case. So, i talked to her and calmed her down. And letting her ventilate i shared some of the good news to her. I asked her about her church and how she says that she feels like her church is really not for her. And all these other things. So, I invited her to go to my church and check it out. After getting off the phone with her and while dropping off Carlos and Jeffrey off at their school. I called PHS(Pasadena High School) to find out if he got to school. And he was there so i felt better. I called his sister to let her know so she can rest her mind a little.
after all this i was thinking about Luke 18-19 and what that means to me as a Christian. I know what it means to me. And i just thank God for giving me a spirit that cares about his people and that He has equipped with the right words to say in times like these. Well, i'm gone talk to my guy after school so you'll can be praying for us and his family. sergio@qvo.cc