Dennis and I had quite a day— Both of us had to be in Greenhills by noon because call time for the worship team (which I was a part of today) was 12:30, while Dennis also had to finalize everything for his preaching. The whole afternoon and night was work, ministry, work. We both had a great time serving God and the church today, but I was also looking forward to going home and just relaxing after a day’s work. I was looking forward to maybe a movie treat while muching on some snacks in the comfort of our bedroom (using a laptop, of course, since we don’t have TV in our bedroom anymore).

Can I just share this??  We were about to go upstairs just earlier tonight when Dennis and I got a very cute treat from our daughter, Alyanna. She saw her dad’s Bible on the coffeetable and started to open it……

ALYANNA: “I’m just going to preach to the people, okay?!” (With a very excited tone, both arms in a “Hi I’m Alyanna, I’m from quezon citeeeey!” gesture)

“Okay, everyone! Let’s just praise God….Let’s make God happy okay??” (one arm raised, as if asking for the people’s amen…of course, by “people” I mean, me and Dennis)

ALYANNA: *points to the Bible which was facing us, just as teachers do in storytelling time*  “So, this is Jonah…and he said to the bad guy…to make Jesus happy, okay?”

(The Bible starts to slip off since it’s too big for her)

“Uh..I just need to get a table and a stage okay? wait….” *Puts her Bible on our coffeetable*

“Okay, mommy will sing and praise Jesus and then I’ll come back and preach after mommy worships God okay? Mommy sing!” (she calls me to the “stage”)

“Here mom! on the stage now…..worship God people!! Clap your hands!”

—-*clap!clap!*—-

“Okay, I’m just gonna preach but first everyone let’s watch this movie…” *walks off to the side and watches, just like the pastors do whenever a video starts to play*

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“Okay, now the kids will be singing. They will wear a skirt just like a princess and then sing and dance and take a bow…Okay kids!” *calls the imaginary kids to the stage and walks over to the side so the kids can take the stage*

“Oh, they’re not yet starting because the teacher is still talking to someone…….oh, now they’re starting already!!”

……..”Okay, thank you kids!” *goes back to the center of the stage*

“I have a mic here, only one on my face okay?” (describes the kind of microphone her dad uses to preach)

“Okay, preaching time!…. God said to the kids….they will go to a princess store…..and they will go up and down but Jesus is still up and He’ll go down to the kids…..” (and she “expounds” on this topic, which I totally don’t get)

———this part is all jumbled up in my mind….all I get is a princess, a princess store, a castle, the kids’ skirts…..———-

“Oh no, the boy grabbed the toys and it’s broken and God said, Do not grab because if you grab it will get sira already….and God said we have to share our toys and if we don’t we will get a rod because we have to obey…..”

———and for another five minutes it was a series of mommy leading praise and worship, watching a movie clip, and Alyanna preaching again——

“Okay, let’s pray. *Raises one arm up towards the people*  “Lord, thank you for those that will eat food, and then after mom sings, we’ll eat already our snacks, okay? Amen.”

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Alyanna never fails to amuse us…and amaze us. Just when we thought that our kids don’t pay attention in big church (what we’ve coined our adult service), they do this!

PS: video to follow