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NoWCon LUMINO held at Agoo, La Union last October 19-20, 2013

" In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16

The Perfect Storm, as they say. My life has been in total mess. I would still remember, August 3, 2008. I graduated as a YFC in a camp. My sole reason in participating that camp?

So as to avoid being alone in our rest house. I was at brink of taking all of my problems down with me. My father has a drinking problem, they are always fighting. My grades are failing, I got addicted to many things, and during that time my faith is burnt to the ground. I thought I don't believe in God anymore.

During that camp, that perfect storm became the most wonderful and excellent timing for God to shine in my life. It was a hard and tedious start but God really did made a miracle. God is really great at making things possible as it happened here in Baguio City(ILC 2010) was my first experience of ILC. I've been praying to experience it and there it was, right in front of me. Everything comes with a service as they say, I became both a participant and a helper to the transportation and workshops committee.

First two days were very tiring but fun. I had various experiences like guiding lost participants, eating with the logistics committee at the backstage and many more. I wanted to attend another one I told myself. I started to save money for ILC CDO(2011) but unfortunately I wasn't able to attend as my sister's 18th birthday is approaching. I saved money again for ILC Aklan(2012) but my time didn't permit me to go. This year, many things happened.

He made me experience things, stories that I can share to my fellow YFCs. Thanks to Him, I made it this far. Thanks to Him, I am still alive and serving. And Thanks to Him, I will be attending this upcoming ILC. This time, I made sure that my time would be vacant.

Seeing Christ in your brightest days or darkest.

I must admit , few weeks ago, before the ILC, I have trouble talking to God. I don't know why I did but I felt my life partly empty again. The whole three days let me think, pray and discern. Is this what I really want? When the sessions started the second night, it hit me. When I was tapped as a chapter head a year back, it may be God's plan; and so as the cluster position offered to me a few months ago. In this ILC, we were with some of our elders but they gave me the decisions to make. It's hard, my partner wasn't there because of school and I really don't know how to be a leader. Honestly, I haven't been much of a leader in our chapter, I can't decide on my own. But this. Realizing that it isn't really in what you are to lead. It's showing yourself to them, being with them whoever they are. You know that you're a leader when you don't just lead, it's when you feel with them, you care and everything that's going on with them, it's with you

I can't say that every first is the best. Because every time I experience God is always the best. :D

Happy Birthday YFC, continue loving and following Christ <3

-Elaine Vizmanos