One strange week
Strange things are happening in a week's time.
Spammers from European countries have been registering in our church website with strange sounding names. For at least four days we’ve been bombarded with these out of this world usernames and email accounts. It’s a good thing that our web developer was able to block these undesirable elements. Now we’re hoping for the best.
Coincidentally, unsolicited calls have been contacting my mobile phone for days. This day wasn’t spared either. I still got calls from these 803+ numbers. And yes, the usual early morning call, too. My dad, who was annoyed of the calls, too, came into the picture by talking to the people who apparently had no idea that their phone’s being used. They, too, were surprised of the said calls. Now we’re hoping that this will be resolved soon.
As I write this very moment, we are waiting for the police to come to our place. Our church van, which was parked beside our house, was stolen in broad day light. The strange thing was that my dad and I were both at home for lunch; we never realized of the stolen van until early this afternoon when my dad looked out at the window.
The van was gone without a trace. My dad and I were both stunned. We’re still wondering how it happened without us hearing any commotion or any engine at work. For first timers, it’s not easy to drive, in reverse, along our driveway because it’s hilly and a lot of cars are passing on the main road; yet the thief still managed to do it. We believe then that it was planned for days or weeks earlier to do such mischief. Now the van is reported under stolen vehicle nationwide.
Last night, I prayed for a better day today. And yes today is still the best day. I am thankful because my dad and I were spared from any other untoward incidents should we have caught the bad guys in action.
One thing is sure, whether in cyberspace, the phone, at home or any place, nothing is safe anymore. Times are hard indeed.
And although the strangest thing happened today, I will all the more keep on praying for God's protection.
Spammers from European countries have been registering in our church website with strange sounding names. For at least four days we’ve been bombarded with these out of this world usernames and email accounts. It’s a good thing that our web developer was able to block these undesirable elements. Now we’re hoping for the best.
Coincidentally, unsolicited calls have been contacting my mobile phone for days. This day wasn’t spared either. I still got calls from these 803+ numbers. And yes, the usual early morning call, too. My dad, who was annoyed of the calls, too, came into the picture by talking to the people who apparently had no idea that their phone’s being used. They, too, were surprised of the said calls. Now we’re hoping that this will be resolved soon.
As I write this very moment, we are waiting for the police to come to our place. Our church van, which was parked beside our house, was stolen in broad day light. The strange thing was that my dad and I were both at home for lunch; we never realized of the stolen van until early this afternoon when my dad looked out at the window.
The van was gone without a trace. My dad and I were both stunned. We’re still wondering how it happened without us hearing any commotion or any engine at work. For first timers, it’s not easy to drive, in reverse, along our driveway because it’s hilly and a lot of cars are passing on the main road; yet the thief still managed to do it. We believe then that it was planned for days or weeks earlier to do such mischief. Now the van is reported under stolen vehicle nationwide.
Last night, I prayed for a better day today. And yes today is still the best day. I am thankful because my dad and I were spared from any other untoward incidents should we have caught the bad guys in action.
One thing is sure, whether in cyberspace, the phone, at home or any place, nothing is safe anymore. Times are hard indeed.
And although the strangest thing happened today, I will all the more keep on praying for God's protection.
Comments
Indeed, these are hard times brought about perhaps by the global mess. The depressing times are aggravated by people with ill intentions to further inflict pain, suffering and anxiety to others who are quietly taking the difficut realities of life with courage and faith.
I am hoping the grim worldwide scenario will improve. Meantime, what we can do is to be vigilant and hope God's mercy will intervene to ease the weight on everyone's shoulder and that evil which may be brought about by the hard times may not triumph.