New Year's Resolution!

... as people say that a picture can be worth a thousand words, this one... had to be shared!

I don't know who the author is... I just think it's amazing!

Much love to you all,

Helinha :)

God is SO faithful!

People I love so much,

I've been amazed at God's faithfulness and have to write something about it... my mind has been blown away in ways beyond what I can possibly describe and all I can say is... He's faithful! All the time... good, all the time! Placing our lives and our days in His precious hands is the best choice ever! I choose to live for Him... it's soooo worth it! There's noooo better life!

Last year was a year filled with challenges... losing one of the most important people of my life - my precious dad, who was the center of my days - moving to an unknown land knowing just some people and not being able to rely on them - as God wanted to teach me to rely on Him fully - getting adjusted to a culture that wasn't mine, to a language that wasn't mine (but that was given to me by the Holy Spirit, for God's glory!), to an unknown environment... and here I am, blessed beyond words, surrounded by a wonderful God-given family, precious friends who are there for me full time, involved in many, many different college ministries, meeting amazing people who love and serve the Lord fully... I'm SO blessed! All He asked of me was that I trusted Him in all things... whatever He promises, He delivers!

God is also taking care of my heart and working on bringing restoration to a relationship that has started in His precious heart... and He will get the glory for bringing us together!

In all things, at all days, at all times... to YOU BE THE GLORY, GOD!

Much love in Him,

Helen =)

P.S.: I got this tattoo, Magen David - the star of David - yesterday in honor of my precious parents, Maria de Lourdes Santana and Leon Pelipecki. My precious mom passed away on Jan. 7th, 1991, and my lovely dad last April 21st. I've been so inspired and blessed by their steps in my life and needed a permanent reminder in my skin of who they were and still are to me, to their important in my life and in who I am today... as I went further in studying about our background, our roots, I faced Jewish blood from both sides - mom's Spanish background and dad's Polish background, both of them Jewish. It's also a reminder of God's love, grace and faithfulness to Israel, the center of His promises... now I have those same promises in my skin! I love and miss my parents beyond words!

Tinted Windows

From time to time we're caught with listening to songs that pretty much describe your life and things you're going through... that has happened with me lately with the first album released by the new band of Taylor Hanson, Tinted Windows. I looked for their songs because I had just met Hanson again - this time here in Georgia - and wanted to be updated in whatever the brothers were writing or doing outside the band. As I went through the whole album, the lyrics just sounded like the poems I've kept with me in a special diary through the time... the emotions, the sensations, everything was there.

This song "Take me back" has been on my mind for the last few days, and it has lyrics I wish I could sing to someone... and just can't... for now. Through circumstances seem tough, I'm not giving up. God is with me and working in all this and through all this, and will get the glory! The harder things are, the more the fight is worth... specially when God's plans are involved. The same amazing and faithful God that has promised will deliver... He can't deny himself.

As for me... I keep praying and waiting on the Lord WHO has promised.

You are my miracle, a promise from God... and I'm certainly not giving up on you.

Every single day here I'm reminded of Job 42:2 - "I know that You can do all things; no plans of Yours can be thwarted."

I just want you like it was before

But nothing seems to work anymore

I'm open to suggestion

Give me some direction

Tell me what you're looking for

You know I

Been working overtime

So I can change your mind

Look what you put me through

Oohooooh

It's not enough enough

To love someone

When the one you love

Just wants to cut and run

Tell me what I've got to do for you

T-t-t-take me back

T-t-t-take me back

T-t-t-take me back

I've been trying every trick in the book

Hoping you'll give me a second look

I've been driven to distraction

Still there's no reaction

You still got your phone off the hook

You know I

Don't want to waste your time

Maybe I can change your mind

If I can just get through

Oohooooh

It's not enough enough

To love someone

When the one you love

Just wants to cut and run

Tell me what I've got to do for you

T-t-t-take me back

T-t-t-take me back

T-t-t-take me back

You've got something that I can't deny

Come on now sugar give me one more try

Since you said goodbye I just wanna die

I just wanna die

I just wanna die

It's not enough enough

To love someone

When the one you love

Just wants to cut and run

It's not enough enough

To love someone

When the one you love

Just wants to cut and run

Tell me what I've got to do for you

T-t-t-take me back

T-t-t-take me back

T-t-t-take me back

Girl won't you take me back

It's not enough enough

It's not enough enough

("Take Me Back" - Taylor Hanson)