An Update for me Familia!

How is everyone doing?

How you doing Chin? You good today, nice to hear that! How's the Family!!?
How you doing Mark? Well Brother we're praying for you, and God is faithful!!
Hey, how are you Serge? I hope you are well, and God is bringing you closer to him daily!!
Hey Teresa, I hear you may be coming out early tomorrow, thats great!! See ya then.

Sorry, I cant greet everyone, but Im saying hello to all, we'll talk later!

Anyways, enough of the intros, I have good news, great news and extraordinary news, you decypher them, k!?

Ok, remember I was telling you guys about the Job situation for Carmen, well she got the Job she wanted, Congratulations baby!! She got a real good Job, she is going to be working with Albert Einstein Mental Health Department, Yay!! Good pay, good position, good timing, God is soooooo Good!

Secondly, we are almost done with all of our packing, we are actually doing real good as far as packing, Carmen has been working overtime, being that I have been at work during the day, and she was done at her job last Friday!

Everything so far is going too smoothly to be true? Well, I know that the fun has yet to come. Anyhow, I have a long weekend ahead, and it starts Friday at 1pm.

Anything else, let me see, all I have to say is that I am truly grateful to God, for all His Provisions, Grace and Mercy!

I want to share this poem, it was written by an unknown sister in the Lord, I take no credit for this remarkable work of creativity and expression:

PRAYER

In that beautiful moment,

When Song Birds fill the air,

I seek the quietness of my room,

To be with you in prayer.

Away from the busy world,

I can to you convey,

My thoughts; my hopes and dreams,

When I kneel to pray.

Gentle glowing embers,

Warm my inner being,

Though darkness fills my eyes,

It’s you I’m clearly seeing.

Beyond the far horizon,

More deeply I’m aware,

That my gentle loving Jesus,

Is alive with me in prayer.

Please read this song!! Please!!

Now I have been listening to this song by Da T.R.U.T.H. they name of it is "They" it is so awesome, I love the lyrics, and to me it is such a deep and realistic song here are the lyrics:

Artist: Da T.R.U.T.H

Song: They

Album: The Faith

Chorus

What is this about?/

I'm tempted to fold my arms, poke my lips and pout/

They say you only live once. Am I missing out?/

Cuz they do what they wanna do, play how they wanna play/

move how they wanna move, say what they wanna say.

So what is this about?/

I'm tempted to fold my arms, poke my lips and pout/

They say you only live once. Am I missing out?/

Cuz they go where they wanna go, glance where they wanna glance/

smoke what they wanna smoke, dance how they wanna dance.

Verse 1:

Wait, wait say no more/

I'm a saint I know the feelin, it's the same or the Lord

temptation it don't change-it's either say no or/

just yield to flesh and be/

filled up on sex and weed/

go at excessive speeds/

ridin through life or just/

just grit your teeth/

and suffer with the people of God for the rest of the week/

I wouldn't hold you live you holy.

You won't miss a beat/

and just trust your reward is great/

Bust down the doors of faith/

trust that the Lord that saved you can touch you and all your state.

He can keep you real firm/

Ask my wife she graduated a virgin/

22 years old, old. Now I know that's unheard of/

especially when it's a cultural norm/

to get caught in the dorm/

fornicate and man i know that she had to talk to the Lord.

Chorus

Chorus: What is this about?/

I'm tempted to fold my arms, poke my lips and pout/

They say you only live once. Am I missing out?/

Cuz they do what they wanna do,

play how they wanna play/

move how they wanna move,

say what they wanna say.

So what is this about?/

I'm tempted to fold my arms, poke my lips and pout/

They say you only live once. Am I missing out?/

Cuz they go where they wanna go,

glance where they wanna glance/

smoke what they wanna smoke,

dance how they wanna dance.

Verse 2:

Question: "Is the grass really green on the other side of that plasma screen/

Where the fashion queen--walks the carpet and rappers seem---to be/

free from the cares of this life?"/

At least compared to the likes of the people sharing in Christ's suffering and I'm like, like/

Lord that's not fair/

but you know that in this culture man it's not rare-/

to catch the same people that are at fault/

get caught and charged with assault and battery walk/

with a slap on the wrist though it's not solved to the person for whom justice was sought/

But wait, that's not all/

the same rappers that are braggin about breakin the law, /

are the same rappers whose smarts got em climbin the charts/

and I'm like the Clarks, "Is my living in vain?"/

They got women and fame/

but is what they get really worth the soul that they give in exchange?

Chorus

Chorus: What is this about?/

I'm tempted to fold my arms, poke my lips and pout/

They say you only live once. Am I missing out?/

Cuz they do what they wanna do,

play how they wanna play/

move how they wanna move,

say what they wanna say.

So what is this about?/

I'm tempted to fold my arms, poke my lips and pout/

They say you only live once. Am I missing out?/

Cuz they go where they wanna go,

glance where they wanna glance/

smoke what they wanna smoke,

dance how they wanna dance.

Verse 3:

Listen, Man I can't front/

It's kinda hard watching the wicked go wild in the club/

Grown-ups roll blunts, sisters out in their pumps/

and I'm like, "but that's a lie and up front" /

They alive and they crunk, high and they drunk/

but they don't show when the sun rise and they slump-/

over the toilet seat/

with a migrane from alcoholic drinks/

Hence, all we see, are the wicked growin tallest trees/

I.E. I did 4 thou in a week/

I was geeked/

but 50 sold 1.6 million more than me? /

But how? He's a godless man/

with a mouth like a garbage can and I'm faithful like David /

Yep, Jay did the Garden and/

I know that it's just a cover up but/

I get discouraged--undercover I covet/

I can't have it, I want it until/

till I go to that place/

Psalm 73... that's why I know that their fate-- Is like that of a fish that takes the bait/

If only he could forsee that his fate/

is a hook and a cook-- in the south, flake, bake and fried up on that plate/

Okay so now I get it/

Prior to reading that, man I was bitter/

Well we aint suffering for nothing-- we got crowns that are fitted/

So what if don't fit in we get in/

in that heaven. They get it/

They catch his wrath in a minute/

We gonna bask in his presence /

Plus we got peace and joy/

We've been delivered like pizza boys--from the wrath the come.

It's gonna be war like scenes from Troy/

but most people don't think that He cares/

or that destruction is near/

but look in the mirror and objects are closer than what they appear.

So what is this about?/

Well now I get it. It's the wicked that are missing out/

And not us, Christ is enough. In every christian vow we say, /

"Help me to be content Lord"/

"Help me to see the end"/

"I'm frail and I need your strength /

or my heart will fail me again" /

Ok, It's time to go back to work. Everyone have a great day and if you in NY remember April 29, mark that date, I drop! Holla at ya Bruh! Hit me up! Come see me!

You get the the drift!

One, Luv ya and God Bless!

Les

I have been a Bad Host!!

I have been the most terrible Host ever, I invite you into my home and forget all about you, and tell you nothing at all!!

I just abandon you in my home, I start a conversation and rudely walk away and neglect all of yous!!

Im such a bad host, bad Host Lester!

Im sorry guys, alot has happened since we last spoke, we have been very busy and preparing for our move on the 29th of April!

Like I mentioned before we found an apartment in Yonkers, and Carmen has almost secured a job, she has had 3, I believe 3 Job offers but she is waiting on a particular Agency affiliated with Albert Einstein Hospital, thats the job she really wants, and we know and trust that it will all work out! So far every Interview she has gone to has offered her the job, but when you are a hot commodity like my wife, you get to choose where and how much you want, now all this in retrospect to what God wants for us, of course!!

So now it's a week before we move and we need help packing, we just dont know where to start? We put our books away in boxes, but everything else is like stuff that we need until we move?? Man we are experts at this moving stuff by now, but we cant get packing!! Im scheduled to work till the day before we move and I have to wear a suit to work everyday, boy I aint gonna miss that!! So I have to leave the suits out right?? We have kids, they need their toys, otherwise they will be bored to death!! We need to eat so the food cant be packed away yet!

We need help! We are tired, exhausted, Carmen has had to make last minute trips to New York for interviews and things like that, and its tough keeping the house stright with the kids around, so we have a mess, and we need to pack!! Feel me! Ahh, Im just venting family, I just need to let this out, we will be ok, and we will be fine, we will be ready for next Saturday, and Everything will turn out just fine, God is on our side! He will give us strength!

I forgot to mention that I will heading into NY on Friday right after work, and drop off the kids with their Grandparents, Pick up my moms, uncle, cousin, sister and brother in law that same evening and head back to RI, so they can be at my house in the morning to help us move! Sounds like a nice smooth day, but Im soooo grateful to all of them for their willingness to come out the prior night to help us move, I thank Jesus for them all!!

Ok, im signing off guys, there is more but let me procrastinate! Just kidding, there is more but I dont want to bore you, and let you hear me complain and rant about MY LiFE!

See ya! Luv yA, Smell ya soon!

Les

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I added "Free Christian Mixtape Downloads" Check it out, great music, and its free downloads!! Smell ya!

WHATS GOING ON!!! I have been extremely busy at work so...

I havent had the time to keep the Blog updated, but Im back and With more consistency!!


OK!
I have great news!

This weekend we took a trip to New York for various reasons:

1. Carmen had a Job interview in Beacon NY, it went well, however she didnt feel that it was going to a perfect fit, but the interview went on for close to 2 hours, that to me sounds like a good interview, right??
Anyways, Carmen is an asset to any place that would hire her, she is definitely a "HOT COMMODITY"!!
And Im not just saying that because she's my wife, she possesses excellent work ethics, and her commitment to get the job done is supperb! She is gifted for the area in which she chose for a career, and being a spanish speaking person only adds to her strengths. Being a Christian makes her 100% better at what she does (Whic is Master's Level Licensed Clinical Social Worker).
And again as we were looking at apartments in the Orange County, New York area, Carmen gets in contact with her fromer Bronx Employer, where she worked before we came to Rhode Island, and it happens that they are looking for an Assistant Director in the Social Workers Dept. Anyhow, getting to the meat of it, they are interested in re-hiring Carmen for that position and the pay is wonderful. The job is like 98% hers.

2. We went apartment hunting in Walden, Beacon, Newburgh, Marlboro, Maybrook, Middletown, Bloomingburg, Peekskill, Ossining, and finally Yonkers. We must have seen 15-20 apartments from Friday to Sunday! Finally it was really tough to decide, we loved these condos in Middletown, man we really liked them, but 1.5 hr commute from the Bronx to Middletown can take a toll on a person, we decided on an apartment in Yonkers in the north Yonkers section, really nice neighborhood and the apartment was awesome, in a thirteen family building!

SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?
We are heading back to NY, MAY 1st, the apartment is I would say 75% ours. We are waiting for the Landlord to check our credit and references, which we have no doubt that will come up superb. We have an excellent track record.

Anyhow, we are excited that we are going back to the NY! It feels good to know that we are going back HOME!! WE are not of this world, and we are not of Rhode Island also!

So we are taking all the volunteers that we can to help us move, we need ya help either here in Rhode Island or in Yonkers when we arrive! So sign up the sheet is going around!

Hey, remember the LORD's Hand is upon us, and we are coming back STRONG!!

PRAISE GOD!

ONE HOLLA

LUV YA!
L

Hey an update to a story I posted before in one of...

Sorry I know that I never finished my story I will get to it, but I have been busy and unmotivated, sorry!!

Love ya



This is an update on those Missionaries that were framed in India, accused of murdering a child.

Read on...

Dear Mr. Kyne,I have wonderful news to report to you today: Because of the prayers of God's people all around the world, our missionary in Rajasthan, India, has been released from jail!When a little child in Pastor Kasota's community died after suffering a lengthy illness, the pastor and several members of his church were framed for murder by Hindu fundamentalists. As soon as we heard of their arrest, we asked you and other members of our GFA family to intercede for their freedom. And the Lord has been so faithful to answer. Pastor Kasota and these Christians still need our prayers. Although they have been released, their court case continues.

Click here to read the full story: http://www.gfa.org/newsupdate031406Let us also pray for Pastor Kasota's ministry to be increasingly effective in this area of India, and that his persecutors will come to personally know the love of Jesus. We must always recognize that in our labors to reach the lost, "we do not wrestle against flesh and blood" (Ephesians 6:12). I am so very grateful for your partnership with us at Gospel for Asia. Through your prayers, you are helping spread the Gospel to remote and sometimes hostile regions where the name of Jesus is not yet known.

May the Lord bless you.
Yours for the unreached,
K.P. Yohannan
Founder & President
Gospel for Asia

Part 3! My Testimony!

Hey, Im going to try to finish My Testimony today! Aight! If I don't finish then the check is in the mail!

When I last left off we had just had an encounter with that baglady at the Beach in Ft. Lauderdale, and we went back home a bit perplexed, yet life went on, and we shortly forgot about that encounter, but it was still in the back of our minds.

About the third week in Miami, I found a job working at a store equivalent to Macy's, it was called Burdines of Florida, it was an awesome store, and I worked the Visual Display Department, I loved my Job, and I was the only straight male on the whole Visual Display Team, and there was 15 staff members on the team, and 2 were females. My job involved various and multiple tasks, from setting up specialty shops, promotions (Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, many different name labels) cosmetics, and fragrances (I got to meet Oscar D'Larenta, he wanted my hair for some odd reason, I think he had water in the canoe too!) dressing up manequins, coming up with creative concepts, our job was to make everthing appealing to the eyes, we were also a flaqship and prototype store, that meant that we got alot of creative liberties, and the best budget to advertise!

Moving along, I began to become very bored in Miami, I believe that when I first got the job I didnt have a car, so I couldnt do much, and my sis was always out, and my brother was into video games, hanging bumming out. I got really disinterested quick, and I wanted to smoke more, but I didnt know where to get it. I had introduced my brother to MaryJane a few years back, and he really didnt have any connex. So I was sad. I met this lady, who had demonstarted an interest in me (she being from New York also), she was older, and I was not interested in her at all, but I didnt have much friends, so her friendship was reciprocated. She had a son, and he became my smoking buddy, in fact, it was kinda ackward, cause I wasnt interested in his mom at all, and his mom used to tell him that she dug me. Weird, but hey I wanted to get high, and they had the connex.

About this time, maybe like 6 weeks into living in Miami, my dad and I bought a car, I saved up enough money to pay for more than half and my dad helped me out, I bought my first car, a Nissan 300ZX two seater, a sports car, it was an old car, but it was in mint condition, and we got a good deal on it. I was one happy camper, oh I forgot to mention that around this time I also moved in with my dad to Hialeah. Interesting time, Alice knows!

Ok, so now I have a good paying job, because I came from New York, and I had some prior experience working Visual Display, they upped my pay, and I was chilling! I had a car, I could get around, and I was getting my smoke on, and then I started to go clubbing, coming from that environment, being a club promoter in New York and all. I also bumped into an old friend, let's call him Crazy Rob. (Chin the moment you have been waiting for!) Actually, my boy Chin, you know him as Alex, told me that Crazy Rob lived in Kendall, and I was like yo, I know Kendall, my sis lives there. So I get up with C-Rob. C-Rob had his own crib, a nice crib too, the complex had a Gym, pool, game room, and many other things. Rob had a two bedroom apartment, and he had just broken up with his girlfriend, or something like that, I never quite got the whole story right. But, Rob was an interesting character. Rob had a nice whip (Car) I think it was a BMW or something like it, but the problem was that his license was suspended, and I didnt know why, I didnt really care, but at this point I was a bit happy to have found some kind of remnant from the past, a friend: Crazy Rob.

C-Rob was very meticulous and liked things a certain way, I used to crash at his crib alot cause we used to hang out late, clubing and all, and He supposedly used to go to school, more on that to come. Rob also used to come home loaded with mad cash at times, he used to show it to me, and it was alot of cash. Oh, I forgot to mention that I somewhat became Rob's chauffer. Rob had this raspy voice, and for some odd reason he didnt like to tell people that he was Dominican, he used to insist to tell people that he was Italian, oh and by the way he didnt look Dominican, he was fair skin and he could get away with saying that he was Italian, heh.

Rob was into material things and making money, I was into being happy, and just chilling, money was and still isnt an aspiration for me. I just want to live with peace. So Rob used to bug out, really bug out. For some reason he rubbed people the wrong way, girls in Miami werent too found of him, he used to have that "it's your lost mentality", and it wasnt working. Im not the most handsome fellow in the world but hey I "had" game. But Rob was responcible for alot of lonely nights, Just the Two of us!

Hey, I don't realize how long, and detailed my Testimony is, so once again I have to say I will continue later!

Remember that was the past, and today I am a new creature in Christ!!

See ya and I love ya, and have a good weekend!! Mi Gente!!


JESUS loves ya!

One, Les

Holla!!

Yo chin you better comment!

Hey keep em coming peeps!

Lays

Sorry guys! It takes time to be on top of the blog, and I have to be more consistent I admit!! I left ya hanging, right?

Well, Im going to try to finish my Testimony tomorrow, today is payroll, I work at a Bank and it is extremely busy today, it's been busy all week!!

I apologize for not being on top of my postings!!

Anyhow how has everyone been? I hope you guys have so far had a great week, and I want to address a particular person whom responded to my Blog:

Dear Discouraged Reader, I am so sorry for not following up to your message earlier, I will definitely make it my business to check comments more often, I actually try, but like I mentioned before I had been very busy this week. Thank you for reading, and I hope you continue to visit my Blog, and like always feel free to comment and contribute!!

I will leave you guys with a little challenge if I may call it that, they are actually called Stereograms, I have always loved these pictures, basically they are hidden pictures within other picture, they seem to pop out like 3-D!

The trick is cross your eyes, stare, and move closer or back until you can make out the inner image, Good Luck!

Enjoy! Here are a few:

An easy one, For you ocean lovers! See it? I do!!

This one is cool, a little more difficult to see, lets see if you can see it!

This is one my favs, a little more challenging, lets see if it becomes yours!

Aight I hope you guys had some fun with these!! I will see ya tomorrow, and I will definitely finish my Testimony!!

See Ya, Love Ya!

Holla!

One, Les!

I covet your comments, I'm a needy dude! Spoil Me!!

I want to post this before I get into my Testimony today. I just wanted to make you guys aware of what is going on in other parts of the world!

I got this from a friend who is personal friends with the person who sent it, and wrote the letter, and also knows the people involved in this tragedy!

[GFA Emergency Update] Believers Framed for Murder------------------------------------------------------February 22, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------
Dear Mr. Kyne,
One of our Gospel for Asia native missionaries and several other believers are in jail today because of a radical Hindu plot to frame them for the murder of a child!Even as the open persecution of Christians in India continues to increase, this is a new low in the efforts of these extremists to stop the spread of the Gospel.
Now, more than ever, powerful prayer is needed to battle this spiritual evil!The 16-month-old child was suffering from a prolonged illness and was under medical care near Udaipur, Rajasthan. Because the parents had quarreled with the pastor's family over some land, when the child died the radical Hindus saw an opportunity to place the blame on the Christians.Apparently, members of the local Hindu nationalist political party advised the parents to dash their dead child's body against some rocks, breaking its bones.
They then took the body to a doctor for a post-mortem examination.Only after threats from the radical Hindus did the physician reluctantly file a false report, citing murder as the cause. Then the radicals advised the parents to file murder charges against Pastor Kasota and 10 other Believers Church members, including four other pastors, saying the murder was part of a plot to grab land for a church building.My dear friend, this terrible incident is just one more example of how desperate the radical Hindus are in their efforts to stop lost people from hearing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
As I have said many times before, this is a spiritual battle, and such battles can only be won through prayer and fasting. So I call on you today to pray for these, our Christian brothers and sisters.
Please pray that the accused will be granted bail, and that the police and courts will see through this sinister plot by the radicals.Pray also that God will protect our pastors, their families and church members during this tense time. Pray that this incident will not be a hindrance to the sharing of the Gospel, and that this trap will be used by God for good, according to His purpose.
Thank you for your prayers at this critical time.

K.P. Yohannan
Founder & PresidentGospel for Asia

It's really real!

If Chrsit isn't real, then all these peoplle who are suffering for the sake of Christ, are suffering in vain! When Christ walked the earth, He chose twelve men, ordinary people to live the legacy, these men but two, died martyrs. Did they die for a lie? Would you die for a lie? Now, these Men didnt die fighting, kicking and screaming, they died LOVING! We have a bunch of lunatics today, who are dying for their "so called God" in the name of hate! Jesus did it best, He laid his life for you and me, willingly, THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE! The final sacrifice! Jesus did it in the name of LOVE, He is Love!!

One, Holla!!

Think on these things!

See ya!!

Comments please!

Lester

My real continuation to MY TESTIMONY, SORRY for delay!!

I have to apologize for delaying My Testimony, however, I will continue and attempt to finish today!!First, I want to say that I miss you guys, and I really want your feedback, so please comment by saying anything, even saying "I read your blog, BYE!"Let me tell you guys that I have been ok, trying to overcome daily struggles and temptations. I need to seek His Face more! I need to be constantly in his presence, whether at work, or anywhere!Ok Im gonna finish my Testimony here it goesLast time I left off here:...After living with these dudes for 4 or so months, I decided that I couldn't live in this state (literal, in both ways) any longer and so I moved to Florida...Ok. I moved to Miami, Florida, Kendall to be exact, My dad, sister and brother were all living there at that time, I stayed with my sister and brother for about three weeks, My dad lived elsewhere. You know that coming from NY, I had no need for a license, so I had to get a license if I wanted to get around in Miami. At this point I had decided that I was no longer going to smoke, and drink, yeah right that lasted for about a week. And that only occurred in that manner because I didn't have friends, or a car to get around. But after like a week or so, Alice, company, and I were out getting ripped (Drunk, High). Look at me now, getting high and drunk with my sister, no shame huh. Now this is the same sister who had become a Born Again Christian a few years back in Guatemala. She had her own struggles and her own story. This experience Im going to share, by no means is it to bring glory to actions and practices we partook in. But, I want you to understand that the powers of evil are real, and things do happen for a reason. Anyhow, one night, while I was still staying with my sis' crib, we decided to go to South Beach, Miami Beach area, and we bought some fruity alcoholic drinks, ghetto stuff, and went down to the beach to get twisted, I wanted to drink and smoke, but I didnt know where to get smoke from, so I settled for some alcohol instead, hey we did our thing, it was like four of us, and we met up with some dude on the beach that had smoke, so we got to puff some too, anyhow, my sister got real sick that night, after like just smelling the stuff (J/K) when we were done, we thought that the beach was just too boring so we decided to go to Ft. Lauderdale to the beach down there, and we headed over there. We got there and it was way more pumping than Miami Beach, normally it takes like 20-30 minutes to get to the Ft. but it seemed like it only took 5 minutes, guess who was driving? Yours truly, twisted, high and all. So we get to the beach out in Ft. Lauderdale, and we decide to park in a garage cause there was no parking anywhere, so we go into the garage and as Im parking the car I decide to hit the gas instead of the brakes and smash the front end into a wall, well once we get out of the car, Alice is like ahhh, its nothing, I was surprised, but she was also twisted. I was shook, cause It wasnt my car, it was my sister's car, and I also thought that her mom and my dad were going to be upset. But my sister was so carefree (in those days) she didnt care about her car being banged up. So we left the car parked and went to the beach to walk around, this guys named Frantz was with us, and he wasnt drunk or anything, he didnt really do those things, even though he said he did, he babysat a beer for a long minute, and didnt even finish it. We bought more beer there, and I was guzzling them joints down like water, I wanted to escape the reality and pain of life. So as we were walking around and fooling around, having fun, this lady approached us, and she seemed like a baglady, but there was something about this lady.
This is how it went she approached us as we were stumbling along the boardwalk, and I really can't recall word for word what she told us but she started to quote scripture and make mention of Getting out of Egypt, Moses or abraham, Im not too sure. But whatever she was saying brought us back to reality, and we stopped to listen to her, and she was truly speaking into our lives, my sister and I at least, we were convicted by what she was saying and shortly after that we bounced back to Miami on home. If I recall correctly the lady was saying something about God using me, keep in mind that at this point I had been going through alot of encounters, but yet I have not made the decision to follow Jesus, I was still skeptical about the whole God thing! I know that what this lady was saying I see it as prophetic, out of all the people on that beach she came to us, and had specifics for us?? As I think back, I remember her saying things like you will be used mightily of God, and that I was going to be a powerful instrument! (Alicia if you recall anything else, please interject, OK?) What I do know is that she was really talking to me personally, and singled me out.

That spooked me in those days, and really caused me to think about my life even more. It also made me think about how real God was, The Bible says that He can take the foolish things of this world to confine the wise. That baglady seems as a foolish thing to many, I was a fool, yet He chose me to be set apart. To bring even those who proclaim to be wise, and know great things, that they truly don't know the basics of this world, that there truly is a Creator who cares about you!

Im sorry, once again I will have to leave you there... Coming soon, The Adventures of Lester, and see Lester come face to face with CRAZY ROB! Who will prevail, who will overcome, watch on the next episode of "My Testimony."

Familia, I love ya, and bare with me, I am at work and I try to make these entries as my day strolls on by. I hope all of you guys are doing good.

I want to ask any and every single one of you guys to make a prayer request, post it on the comments for this posting, and we as a community will lift up these requests, and believe God for whatever it is that we ask.

I will start with my requests:

1. I need wisdom on how to raise my kids! We live in perilous times, and the competition is appealing visually, physically. I want to raise children in the ways of the Lord, yet I dont want to be irrelevant, and I dont want to shelter them to the point of causing them damage, rather than good, feel me. I need wisdom!

2. I want to be a better husband, I want to put my wife's needs before mine, and I want to be selfless when it comes to my treatment to her. The Bible says I ought to love my wife like Christ loves the Church, I want you to understand that If Christ died for the Church, He loved the Church greatly, right! I want to die to myself in demonstration of my love for my wife!! I need help, and God can only do this, I want to put my wife before me, and I want to cultivate her to her fullest potential, Im not doing a good job at this right now my friends, so I ask that you lift this request!!

3. I need wisdom when it comes to financial matters! We are in such a debt, school loans, and credit debts, we need to overcome these obstacles, its hard to progress in these areas!

Thank you, and Im trusting that you will lift these up, The Bible says the prayers of a righteous man accomplishes alot.

Please post your comments, prayer requests, and stay tuned for more!

One, Les!!

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Hey tell me what you think about this design, be kind, John, My sister's hubby designed this Tattoo design for me! Tell me what ya think!

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THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY, and MONDAY's A HOLIDAY!! YEAH!!

Hey I thought these were interesting quotes to start the day off! Today, I will continue MY TESTIMONY! Think about these quotes, and keep checking my blog as I will be making entries throughout the day!

Don't forget My peoples I Luv YA!

"According to a 2004 Barna/World Vision survey, more evangelicals than ever before expressed strong interest in donating to HIV/AIDS education and prevention. But still, a stunning 59 percent of surveyed evangelicals expressed indifference or were unsupportive of HIV/AIDS causes overseas." - Christianity Today

"HIV/AIDS is the greatest humanitarian emergency in the history of the human family." - Holistic Mission Study Group, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (October 2004)

"The work of Muhammad is based on being honored and the work of Christ is based on being insulted. This produces two very different reactions to mockery. If Christ had not been insulted, there would be no salvation. This was his saving work: to be insulted and die to rescue sinners from the wrath of God." - John Piper, desiringgod.org

"I wish he (Jesus) would come in my lifetime so that I could take off my crown and lay it at his feet." - Queen Victoria, from 444 Surprising Quotes About Jesus

Today! I wont be continuing yesterdays Blog...

But I will continue tomorrow, today for some odd reason is a busy day at my job. It's payday, hey!

But I will say this, I will be talking about my experiences in Florida, Miami, Ft, Lauderdale (The Beach where I banged up my sister's car), I will tell you about Crazy Rob, about Jenny, about the Hyper Pentecostal store front Church she went to, about the crazy nights I had out there, and job, and car and apartment over there!! And why I came back, and why my life ia no longer the way it was before I left Miami! Ha!

Have a good one, be safe, and stay away from monkey grease!

One, Les!

Hallelujah!!! Rejoice with me Familia!! Lio's Home!!

Hey Peoples!!
I want to take a few moments to recognize and set the background for why I'm Rejoicing!! The set for my conversion to Christianity was totally orchestrated by the Mighty Hand of God!! There were alot of people involved in the plan, whether they knew it or not! One of my Good friends had converted to Christianity in 1996 or so, his name is Charlie, and along with him one of my cousins (Ivan) seemed to follow, around this time my sister Alicia, was in Guatemala and she received the Lord into her life. Along the way, I was preparing by reading different kinds of literature from the occult, to different religions and agnosticism (the study of knowledge). The reason I sought and was inntrigue by these types of literature, first, I didn't believe in God, and my exposure to anything of God was Catholicism, and every time I went to a Catholic church, I was bored to death and hated every moment of it. I didn't see the point in it, and couldn't understand why anyone could enjoy the Mass. Being that I couldn't see God or feel God, I rejected any concept of it, and to me it was a cop out, to my dismay I cursed God. So when all these people around me were converting, and so called found the "Truth", I was preparing to combat their faith, negate their faith, and provoke doubt in their own faith. Little did I know that there was a greater purpose behind all this exposure. Which brings me to the joy I am currently feeling.
In 1997, I met a bunch of great guys who corporately welcomed me into their home, I had been jumping from home to home, and from bad experience to the next. I left my mom's house sometime in 1993 or so, and I had went through a bunch of different living situations, I lived with my grandma for a few, moved in with different roommates plenty of times. Along the way, having no sense of purpose was a common feeling, depression and psychological dysfunction was my diagnose. I was self medicating myself with Drugs, Alcohol, Girls, and the Night Life. I was working as a club promoter, and held a job at JC Penneys.

So I moved in with these guys, Sammy, Carlos and Lio, back to Yonkers, Linden Ave. At the time I lived in Mt.Vernon in a temporary living situation with this guy named Carlos different than the Carlos I will talk about later (Thank you Carlos wherever you are for sheltering me when I was in need), cause I had a fall out with my prior roommate, who didn't tell me we were getting evicted till a day before we had to leave. I worked at Jc Penneys, and Sammy worked in the same mall Jc Penneys was in, I was talking to the dude and briefly commented on my situation and he offered for me to move in with him and his nephews, Carlos and Lio. I accepted, and of course I paid my share of rent there, they had a three bedroom apartment, I took the living room. I can truly say that my experience with these dudes was unique, these guys had a history of growing up in the church (Pentecostal), what was I getting myself into, I didnt know? Carlos and Lio were brothers, and they were extremely talented (still are) they were musically gifted, and they had this pain, agony and dissatisfaction inside of themselves, they knew something I didnt. Anyhow, they had these songs they did that really hit home with me, they rapped, but it was a unique style something I never heard before, the lyrics were all about pain, and the vainity of this world. To a certain extent I can relate with what they singing and rapping about, they had a few songs called "Why it Happens," "Meaningless," and "Certain Evil." I can relate to these because it expressed a need for purpose, a sense of reality for me at the time, and to this day these songs still minister to me, they are very thought provoking. I forgot to mention that Carlos, Lio and myself, were constantly under the influences of pharmaceuticals (Drugs, ok!,) alcohol, "Demons" and chicks. Another detail I left out, while we had these deep theological and phylosophical dialogues under the medication of our drugs of choice, there were Bibles all over the house, let me tell you we had some serious mood altering sessions, all that we got from our conversations was pain, and I didn't understand why I was feeling this way. Little did I know!
We were soon on our way to hell, great!! In this time living with Sammy & Company, I was confronted with the reality of what God truly meant to some people, and the mood one can be suffering when they forsake God, all this was very untangible to me, yet I somewhat related, even though I had never acknowledge God as my Savior. I remember Carlos and Lio, telling me that I was called, and that I had an understanding that far perceeded that of just anyone. I thought that the Bible was just a book like any other, and I had a good understanding of what I read. Anyhow, we indelved in occult practices, more drugs, and practiced alot of dirt. Our apartment became such a den of darkness, it was evident that we were not right. To our advantage, we established a tight bond with each, after all we all understood each other. It was a sad situation, we had invited the forces of darkness to move in and we were suffering the consequences. Truly no glory to our lifestylees, but I made longlasting relationships with a bunch of guys that to this day, I hold dear to my life. Lio was a soft spoken, smart, excellent understanding of the Bible and talented young fellow, awesome voice sang and rapped. He was caught up, and it was evident. Carlos was the oldest of the brothers, had a tremendous gift for rapping, singing, and lyrics. This dude can provoke the most controversial verse and flip it. I truly enjoyed their company and dialogue. After living with these dudes for 4 or so months, I decided that I couldn't live in this state (literal, in both ways) any longer and so I moved to Florida, and the rest will be continued tomorrow!

As for details I will get into tomorrow, I'm rejoicing because Lio was incarcerated and in prison, he rededicated his life to Jesus. He is dead serious about this new walk, and God is in control. Well Lio was recently released from jail, PRAISE GOD!! I had been praying for my brother for a long time, and he is FREE!! In every sense of the word!!

LIO WELCOME HOME!!! I sent your brother my Phone number, Call me today!!
This is for you specifically, and to all an encouragement:

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Be Encouraged Familia!!! Do your thing LIO!! PRAISE HIM!!

Holla at me fam, check out LIO's comment, check yesterday's posting and comments!!

Greet my Brother, and welcome him back home!!

One, Les!

I'm going to move my Blog here, it is a bit better and more appealing than easyblog.com, hope you guys like it!

Now on to business!

Hey, we got burried up here in the North!! We must have gotten anywhere between 1.5-2 feet of snow! I love it, I hope we get more snow, Ha Ha Bryant!! You get no snow!! Ha Ha!

Anywayz, I have been really good, Oh, I gotta confess before I get ratted on, I have been cheating on my diet, yesterday I got a Phone call form my good friend Alex, and as I was talking to him, I was eating this AWESOME cheesecake that was sent to us from New York, I mean this cheesecake was soooo awesome, I wish I would've brought some to work, and my boy is like yo you liar, I thought you were on a diet, and the truth is that I have said anything on the Blog about my diet lately, because I havent been completely faithful to it, but I try I really do. Anyhow, Im enjoying this cheesecake and he says I thought you were on a diet, and Im like Bro, this cheesecake is sooo good, I cant resist, and he was like yo Im gonna rat you out tomorrow, so here I am fessing up before I gett ratted on!! I'll get you CHIN!! You'll see, wink wink!!

I have been so intrigue by U2 lately, and I have been doing alot of research and really looking into Bono's faith, and I found out that this guy is trully a converted, Born Again Christian. His views and concepts aren't exactly traditional or persay common Christian views, but I really like that. I truly agree with everything he does, and practices. His focus is on some very basic, yet practical Biblical concepts and principles, that I can't say that we as a Christian communtiy truly neglect. Some of the few things he (Bono) is involved in for example are as the following: AIDS research and aid, and Feeding the poverished. He has a great relationship with our President, who is also Born Again. Bono shared a Homily (Sermon) at a faith based Breakfast with political figures and co. (I will send the link, please check it out) and it was solid truthes and solid burdens, I believe that as Christians if we want to be heard more we are going to have to put our money where our mouth is, some Preach it, but no fruit, others preach and are doers!! I want to be a DOER!!

Check out the links, truly awesome stuff, the first one is a synopsis of the breakfast, keep scrolling down their is a transcript of the sermon Bono shared! I will be sending stuff on U2, here and there so expect them, aight, see ya layta!!

Click Here>>>http://www.ccmmagazine.com/weblogs/jay/default.aspx

Oh, one more thing, I'm also attaching a link to a movie that is coming out, and this movie is limited screenings, so try to find where they will be showing this movie and support PLEASE!!!! This movie wont be shown near me, so if you can check it GO!

CLICK HERE>>>http://www.thesecondchancemovie.com/_site/


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