Girls can read this. Guys don’t. You won’t understand. Well, if you do, then it’s nice to know that you understand.
With the recent typhoons ravaging different places in the country, World Vision was actively involved in the relief operations (and still is). Tonight was the time to give appreciation to volunteers. True Love Waits was able to get a booth outside the auditorium to promote our cause.
I was only expecting to man the True Love Waits booth and help give away stickers and fliers but this became a night full of surprises. It all began when JC (a TLW volunteer) told us that he’d be leaving Monday for Canada for good. This was the last night he’s going to volunteer with us. Well, that is really sad because JC is one of the resident jokers of TLW. We’ll surely miss him.
We gave out fliers and asked questions about purity. That way we educated people of what True Love Waits stands for. I can’t believe that I would actually meet people (some of them Christians) who are okay with homosexuality. I thank God that through our booth we were able to share the truth about homosexuality in the light of His Word.
One of the parts I liked in manning the booth was the food. I love eating and I made sure I ate what was served. Haha. I didn’t have seconds though.
We were so occupied in the booth but went in the auditorium later to support Ahava--the band that works with True Love Waits. Their songs are really written well for a specific audience. If God wills it, I hope they’ll be able to release an album in the market. Anyway, so there we were supporting Ahava. I went out after they performed but was pulled in again because Gab Valenciano was there.
I’m not actually a fan of Gab but then it’s great to see him dance. Actually, this is the first time ever that I saw him dance apart from a commercial of his with his dad. Man, I bet he doesn’t have bones.
After him was Acel, who performed Torete. Among her back-up instrumentalists was Teacher Liza, my violin teacher!
Then after Acel… well here it goes… Sam Concepcion was there!!! And it’s his birthday too! *inward uproar of shrieks* Okay, okay, I used to have huge crush (I don’t like the word ‘crush’ but then I don’t know what word to use) on him. Guys, don’t read on. You won’t understand what I’ll say.
I’d say he’s really a good performer. Well, you bet I was taking pictures and then I started deleting some bad quality photos from my camera because my memory card was running out of space. Just as I finished deleting, I looked up on the stage and did not find him there! Instead, he was right in front of me singing and going around making the audience sing with him. I was stupefied and horrified. Stupefied because I never thought I’d see him that close; horrified because he might just put the mic on me. Well, at least the latter didn’t happen.
After he performed I went to the back and looked for my fellow TLW volunteers. I was shrieking inside and I had to vent it out on some people I know who would understand. The farthest I could go was grin, grin and grin. :D
After coming out, Kuya Franco, our national training coordinator (who saw me grinning like a Cheshire cat) told us that we could meet Sam. I was like, “No.. no it’s fine. I already saw him. That’d be enough.” But Kuya Franco stood up and motioned me and Hannah to follow him. I was shrieking inside while walking to the backstage room. Where did Kuya Franco get all this confidence to talk to people he doesn’t personally know?!!
Finally we were in the backstage room. And there was Sam. We were introduced and then we got into little chats. He’s a very conversational young man. It’s like he’s just part of our church’s youth group with the way he talks. And you know what? He is interested in True Love Waits. I mean, he has read a book of it that was used in their camp so he’s familiar with it. I hope and pray that he’d be an advocate of True Love Waits. I mean, he would be really an effective ambassador of purity.
Of course we took pictures with him afterwards. I never thought this would actually happen! But there, it happened already and I am blogging about it. ;) Talk about surprises and meeting a former crush! Haha!
One thing I regret though was I wasn’t able to tell him about Do Hard Things. My faulty brain was whirling then and I now hate myself for forgetting to tell him about Do Hard Things! Well, I have a feeling that we will meet again if ever he comes to the office to help TLW. And I’ll make sure then that Do Hard Things will be the first thing I’ll talk about with him.
Well, that’s all for the night. I’m not sure though when this plastered smile on my face will vanish. This is such a girly post! Am I not a mixed martial arts green belter?! What a shameful girly talk! See guys, you would never understand.
