VDAY!

Happy V-Day to everyone! :)

Fact: Men don't have as great a memory as woman... so this post serves as a reminder. haha
Oh and I said this earlier on my yahoo pulse. Just in case you missed it...

Memo: To all the single woman out there, you are all BEAUTIFUL!

-Eli

20120214

*I posted this last year but it still get's the job done. lol *

Yes...Yes...Shame on me. lol

Good morning :) It's been way to long! lol

I'm not gonna make excuses why I haven't updated. I will just blame it on the recession. lol Tim, Tomas, and I took a trip to Fontana this past week. They had their annual West Coast Youth Conference. Like Meg Rowell (Pronounced: RAAAAWWWLL) best put it, we had the time of our lives! lol There was a great turn out of people. It was good seeing new young people from the Santa Clarita Church., praying at the alter. I think there wasn't a single empty seat in the place. :0 ! I personally sat inside a Sunday School room and listened. Lol Afterwards, there was about a hundred different people to greet. Following the service was the lock in. It was fun hanging with the awesome people of Whittier, they have a great sense of humor. I met the legend "Josh of West Coast" Sister Julie.

Josh of West Coast

Talk about a cool person! Kyle in the meantime made fun of my basketball skills. lol I was rusty to say the least. haha  After the gym we all headed to Norms. The look on the staff's face was priceless. haha Cassia had all of captivated by her story telling skills. She told us about The Elijah Room. Lexis had me laughing the whole time. While we all took turns reading poems written by Shauday (pronounced Shawty). Here is an excerpt.

"I thought I would have a stroke......


                      ......but it was all a joke"


-Shauday


It took me about 4 Hours to finally get her name right. I also got to hang with my good friend Daniel. I anticipated the evening would be memorable so I brought my camera. Only problem is, it was dead. lol So the pics below were courtesy of Meg.

This ones Kyle's

I forgot to mention, I got the rebuking of a life time that night. From a bunch of people who read my blog, not enough posts lately. I will improve. hehehe There is nothing like Godly, clean, fellowship :) 

One last thing....

#True Story

A hilarious moment: I was walking by my coworker. He was sitting down. I noticed a wallet on the floor, just behind him. It kinda looked like mine....

 I say to him, "Who's wallet is that? He goes, "That's Mark's wallet!" 

I go, "You ARE MARK". "Why are you referring to yourself in third person?!" hahaha  I asked him if he's feeling alright. lol 

*sigh* Mondays lol

Have a great day!

-Elias

20120130

A New Year :)

Good morning :)


Hope everyone had a great holiday break! Most of us have our new years resolutions. I say, good for you! Just STICK to it! Weather it's loosing some weight, running a marathon, or learning to ride a bike. lol

Updates

V.T. : Were in revival right now with Bro. Brown!

School: New semester coming up! Sign me up!

Work: It was a little slow but it really has picked up!

Family: We've enjoyed the time spent off from work and hanging together! :) March is coming up & Uncle duty awaits. lol ;)

Random: I went shopping at Downtown L.A. last week, I forgot how fun it can be! The people can be real interesting too! lol I was buying a bb gun for someone and asked a vendor for the price. She told me eight dollars..I said no thanks...(Knowing what was coming next) I walked away. She then yelled "It's yours for the right price". In my mind, I wanted to say. haha I win. lol

Random # 2 My brothers were selling candy for the music department. I took them to sell. I was kinda curious to see how much we would sell! Well we set up(Just stood there with a box of chocolates) lol and sold! Well we definitely exceeded expectations. Selling in just a 2 hours, over a hundred bars and over thirty sour worms! How did we do it you ask?! I give them the old puppy face, just to give you a pretty close image  of my gestures

.      "Would you like to buy a chocolate bar?" & Just like that. LOL



Here it is 2012! Can you believe it? Start if off right and make it a year you never forget.

Live it for God.

-Elias

20120105

Christmas Shout out :)

Hi there! Hope you all have a great holiday weekend!

  Be safe and enjoy the family time :) Act surprised when you open your gifts..lol jk Many pics and great posts to come :)




-Elias

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As promised!

Good Morning! :) Here are a few pics from Victory Tabernacle Christmas Recital 2011 :) enjoy.....

Pic #1: Victory Tabernacle Musician of the Year

Jasmine Benavente!

Special Presentations

Josh Mayes

Stevie Garcia

Some of the many in attendence

Sis Tricia

Sign Language Team!! Gary, Chloe and Gary.

Vern & Rach

Sis. Sara!

Cesiah!

Talley

Jas

Jas & Chloe

Matt during our song..

Stevie during our song

Worlds brightest flash! 

Tom during our song..Sis Daisy on the left. lol 

Kids Choir!

 

It was a blessing to hear all that music. So much praise unto God! :) 

-Elias

20111213

Dog's over cats....

Good morning! I do apologize but I forgot my camera charger this morning so I can't upload my pics. Last night was the Christmas Recital and it went so well! Our church has been blessed to have Stevie Garcia (Excellent Guitarist & great teacher) teach so many of us from Victory Tabernacle. All that practice has been paying off for the students. My friend Gary plays the piano and it was his first time playing in front of a crowd! He received the biggest applause of the night! I had to hold back all the lady fans. haha Probably had all the ushers on alert. LOL There is that slight fear of messing up a chord or even worse......YOUR Voice cracking! haha  What always calms me down is this mentality..."Your doing it for God".  As simple as it sounds, it works. lol Stevie, my brothers and I, did "Jesus Messiah". The most popular version of this song, sung by Chris Tomlin. Tells the incredible event of Jesus (God) born to this world and eventually dying for our sins. It's a simple song but I love it. I had a blast! Many visitors attended. My good friend Joseph also came! So the pics are STILL to come...Hold your breath. lol

Okay so Dog's.....There the best! They protect you, they don't ask for a whole lot, there always happy to see you! Everyone knows this! EVERYONE. lol So why the need for a cat? lol! I never really got it.

http://giggledaily.com/2011/04/dogs-rule/

legalschnauzer.blogspot.com

Oh well! haha ;) 

Have a good day :) 

-Elias

20111212

What's new?

Good morning :)

   I'm trying to fight through this cold I've been plagued with. lol. Our Christmas recital is this Sunday! I'm hoping to be better by then. If not then I will have a great excuse for not singing in front of a 100 plus people. haha Jk If I'm even 50 % I'll do it. I'm so proud of my younger brother for the progress he's made on the guitar. It just takes consistent practice. Him and I have different instructors, which I think is neat, because we can develop our different styles. It's been great working with Stevie Garcia, he's a real patient guy! haha

This is the guitar I should probably stick to....

Lol :)

  Okay so I started tutoring. Just a couple nights out of the week. Basically 7-9th grade. I can't tell you how much fun it has been. Watching, the kido I work with, get a better understanding of Algebra. Together were working towards improving his overall grade. Every kid is different, some have different learning methods. As for me, all it took was that one good teacher I had. She really gave me a true understanding of it. It's unfortunate it took so long. lol but now I can help others and have been. You just have to make time and really focus.

  This has just been a much needed update. Look for this Monday's post for Recital Pics.

Have a great weekend :)

-Elias

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