My Heroes :)

Sandra Chin (I've actually met her before&she's the best,haha) 

Kenneth Chin (when he speaks, you will laugh and cry yourself off the chair)

Philip Mantofa (such a cool and amazing man of God :) )

Bobbie Houston (my spiritual momma :) love her..really can't wait to meet her :) )

Priscilla Shirer (she preached a killer message at Hillsong Conference '11!) 

Banning Liebscher (Jesus Culture changed me forever)

Kim Walker (haha! love her! she's just *too* amazingg..I know we could be best buds!)

Darlene Zschech (another momma of mine :) )

Judah Smith (this is my spiritual daddy! love him! :) he's my favourite leader by far! cannot wait to meet him! )

Debbie Prescott (she reminded me that I am valued and worth it :) )

Sam Evans (she invites His presence like none other!)

Brian Houston (my other spiritual daddy! :) )

I have honestly had the most profound privilege of being able to be influenced by such awesome men&women of God in the last year or so.It's like I know God is wrapping all these people up in a pretty little box and going "Here Anne, I know you'll love this one!" and true enoughh,haha!...He knows me too well =) Hard thing though is not being able to meet these people face to face and really pour my gratitude and heart out to them! It's not that I'm fans of these people, I just really like them cause they've change me and my relationship with God...and when a person does that to you, you kinda wanna say 'Thank You!'  Haha...After experiencing three conferences throughout 2011, (Acts Church Conference 2011, Hillsong Conference 2011, Kingdom Women's Conference), I come home so moved and changed and inspired, but sometimes a little sad too, cause a part of me wishes that I could meet and bond with these awesome people...

Then this one night I had a conversation with God =)

Here's sorta what happened:

Me: ...But God, I *really* wanted to give her a hug and speak to her and tell her how when she talked about that bit it *really* moved me to tears...I like *really* want to see her one day and tell her all these things...Can you make it happen pleaseeee??

God: Haha! You really like them don't you??

Me: Yesss!! They're like *so* cool!!! =D

God: Okayhh!! Haha, yeah they are pretty cool =)

Me: So when?!?!

God: Oh, about meeting them?? You'll meet them all for sure one day!

Me: Really!? No!!? When?!?!

God: Haha! When you come Home =) They'll all be here =) I'll introduce you to them =)

Me (teary eyed): Oh, hehe, okay..Cool =)

Home =) I have Home (Heaven) to go to and meet *all* my heroes =) How cool is that?? 
So whenever I wished I knew someone 'famous', personally, I just think of Home and I feel all better =) Teehee =D

Hello Hurricane

When I first heard this song, I instantly smiled. There’s just something empowering and assuring about the lyrics and the melody that makes you feel and think that “Everything’s gonna be okay =)”

I know that in every circumstance and season in my life, God has always come through. The good, the bad, the ugly, He’s always been there. And that has built my confidence in Him, to know that however big the storms may be, I can still smile and know I’ve already got the victory =)


"I've been watching the skies
They've been turning blood red
Not a doubt in my mind anymore
There's a storm up ahead

Hello hurricane, you're not enough
Hello hurricane, you can't silence my love
I've got doors and windows boarded up
All your dead end fury is not enough
You can't silence my love, my love

Everything I have I count as loss
Everything I have is stripped away
Before I started building I counted up these costs
There's nothing left for you to take away

I'm a fighter fighting for control
I'm a fighter fighting for my soul
Everything inside of me surrenders
You can't silence my love
You can't silence my love, yeah

Yeah, I said hello hurricane"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqxpDZfKHJ4

welcome to the aftermath

Soul Cravings

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been really challenged and changed by the writings of Erwin McManus in Soul Cravings. Here are a couple of quotes from his book that inspire me to dream and live a purposeful life:

We humans are most alive when we passionately pursue our dreams, live with purpose, and have a sense of destiny.

Bottom line: we cannot live the life of our dreams without an irrational sense of destiny.
And all of us have dreams.
More than that all of us need dreams.
Some of us sadly are just sleeping through them.

All of us long to become something more than we are. We are driven to achieve, moved to accomplish, fueled by ambition.


All of us long for our lives to count in some way. We all have an internal need to achieve some kind of success or to somehow find significance. Pursuing the future we desire energizes and inspires us.

Every one of us longs to create even when we don't know exactly what. All of us, at the very least, want to create a better life, a better future, a better us.

A part of growing up seems to be acquiescing to mediocrity. It's death to our souls. When we stop dreaming, we start dying.


There is a destiny that awaits us all. It calls us, and if we ignore it, we are soon haunted by it.

Without dreams we have nothing to pull us forward.

Not only is ambition a good thing; it's a God thing.


When there is no future there is no HOPE.

The maddening reality is that each and every one of us has been created with a soul craving to become-- to become something-- something better, something different, something special, something unique, something admired, something valued, something more than we are.


This is from me:
Here’s the thing, you are given one life, this one chance here on earth to do all that God has call you to do. Don’t waste it. Don’t live a life of regret, but take joy in your day to day living. Do all that you must for your King. “God has given you everything that you need, to do what He has called you to do, and only you can do it” Joel Houston.

Tyra's Essay

I was watching Friday Night Lights (a show I lovee so much!) and this was Tyra’s monologue; her college application essay:

“Two years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure. But now I find I can't stop wanting.I want to fly somewhere on first class. I want to travel to Europe on a business trip. I want to get invited to the White House. I want to learn about the world. I want to surprise myself. I want to be important. I want to be the best person I can be. I want to define myself instead of having others define me. I want to win and have people be happy for me. I want to lose and get over it. I want to not be afraid of the unknown. I want to grow up and be generous and big hearted, the way people have been with me. I want an interesting and surprising life. It's not that I think I'm going to get all these things, I just want the possibility of getting them. College represents possibility. The possibility that things are going to change. I can't wait.”

Here’s my version:

“Years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure and failure would lead to disappointment. But now I find I can't stop wanting. I want to travel the world; visit and experience every culture possible. I want to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. I want to teach and be taught by young child about faith, hope and love. I want to meet the famous people I’ve admired and tell them how amazing they are to me. I want to see myself as the beautiful child God has made me to be-to never second guess myself. I want to surprise myself. I want to be the best person I can be. I want to define myself instead of having others define me. I want to grow and have people be happy for me. I want to not be afraid of the unknown. I want to be generous and big hearted, the way people have been with me. I want an interesting and surprising life. It's not that I think I'm going to get all these things, I just want the possibility of getting them. And God represents possibility. The possibility that things are going to change. I can't wait."

Something changed in me when I saw this and when I found my own version of it. I hope hopelessly now, and I don’t feel silly about it. I love that God listens to me, and that’s all I really want; someOne to listen to me =)

One Thing Remains

As I sang to You, You hushed everything else and said

“Listen to my daughter as she sings to me”

My prayers are lifted up to You Lord. Be it this country that I was born in, the city I grew up in, the institute I study in, the church I serve in, the family I live with; whether it be me, I place it all into Your loving hands, believing and knowing, You will work all things good in accordance to Your will.

I trust You Lord. And to some that may not be enough, but it’s more than enough for me.
All I have is Your trust Lord, and I hold on to it so tightly.
May I never forget how precious I am to You.

Higher than the mountains that I face
Stronger than the power of the grave
Constant through the trial and the change
One thing remains
One thing remains

Your love never fails
it never gives up
it never runs out on me

On and one and on and on it goes
It overwhelms and satisfies my soul
And I never ever have to be afraid
One thing remains

In death and in life
I'm confident and covered by the power
of your great love
My debt is paid
there's nothing that can separate my heart
from your great love

Wish

This may seem a little ignorant, but I was honestly unaware about this phenomenon. Had I known or be informed about at the time, who knows what would have happened. But yeah, news came to me late, and I’m living the shock now =P

Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys is a Christian; like a proper gospel singing, Jesus loving Christian…Who knew?! Haha, maybe that isn’t news to you, but I grew up with the ‘Boys’, loved them, wanted to marry all of them (well maybe not all), and to find out that one of them was a Jesus follower all along…It’s mind blowing (literally)...I am so pleasantly and genuinely surprised and inspired =)

Anyway, this one song that’s on Brian’s album ‘Welcome Home’ always puts a smile on my face. It’s like the thoughts in my head were interpreted and then this song was birthed, amazingg. It’s pretty self explanatory, and it’s really how I feel about the past and future sometimes. Hope you enjoy it =)

For just a moment
I wish I could have been there
To see Your first step, hear Your very first word
Tell me, did You ever fall and scrape Your knee?
Did You know Your wounds would one day heal the world?

For just one moment
I wish I could have seen You growing
Learning the ways of a carpenter's son
Just a little boy gazing at the stars
Did You remember creating every one?
If you passed by, would I have seen a child or a King?
Would I have known?

I wish I could have been there
My only wish is to see You, face to face
Wish I could have been there
Just to see You, Jesus, face to face

For just a moment
I wish I could have been there
When You left Your footprints upon the waves
To walk along beside You and never look away
Just Your whisper and the wind and sea obey
To see You feed the people
To feel Your healing in Your touch

To hear you pray in the garden alone
Laying down Your will with each tear
To see You walk that lonely road
Willing to die for me
And in that moment
I know I should have been there
You took my cross and gave Your life
And you live again, oh
And You live again!

Someday I'll be there, I'm gonna be there
I'll see Your face, Your mercy, Your grace
Someday, someday
I'm going to see You, Jesus
Face to face

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmacF-VZrqk