Yes. This school year is about to end. The school year that has scared me at first. Hurt me at second. And lastly, made me who I am today

This scared me at first. Why? Because this is going to be my last year in JHS but I had to transfer school due to inevitable circumstances. I had to leave my friends from my former school who had been with me through the beginning of this journey. But as what my mother told me before we have to go at JILCF (which is my school this year) "If you wan't to grow, you need to leave your comfort zone" and I think, I have proven that phrase. I left my school, and at first, my heart keeps coming back to it. Sometimes, we need to try something new in order to know if we can still do more. JILCF welcomed me with open arms. They put me in not the best but the better section. In JILCF is where I have found a family. Generous, My Friends and My teachers.

Second one, this school year hurts me (almost broke me). This school year has taught me a lot of things. And it changed me. I remember what my adviser once told me, "Pag sobrang tigas mo, at di ka nagpadisiplina sa Diyos. Malamang pupukpukin at dudurugin ka ng sobra ng Diyos..." Maybe that's one of the biggest lessons I learned in staying for almost a year here at JILCF. There are things that happened this school year that I badly wish it didn't. But maybe, Lord has sent that problem to me, to change me. This school year hurt me because for the first 2-3 months, I miss my old school. I keep on coming back to my former school and to my friends there. But that missing level hadn't last. Because JILCF has showed me that I had to focus on myself. To fix myself. To understand myself. And lastly to love myself. They embraced me with love and empowerment, and so am I.

Lastly, the school year that scared me, and hurt me, is also the one who made me. They have taught me that sometimes, people fail. Sometimes, we fall hard. They taught me that not all of things that we want, we'll get. But if we work hard and prayed for it, God will make a way to give it to us. They also taught me that not all of your friends will stay (so make it a point that you enjoy every single second you are with them.) They taught me that, it's really not easy to forgive but we should. They taught me to love myself even more. They taught me to stand up after being dragged down. They taught me that we don't need to talk too much in order to find someone who will understand us. They taught me not to depend on others. They taught me to conquer my fears. They taught me to grab every opportunity. They taught me to be responsible on my own. They taught me to enjoy every single second of my life. They taught me to be strong alone, fight alone. But they also taught me that in everything I'm going to face, I am not alone. And I think, It's the most precious lesson I learnt this school year. That in everything I am going to face, I am not alone because God is always there to conquer it with me. I can say that JILCF has been an instrument for me to let God enter my life. They taught me to trust, believe and have faith in Him. I remembered a worship song which God taught me this year, maybe I can say that It's my favorite worship song because it really touched me. And it really defines me, and my God. It says there that:
🎶 Saviour of my soul
I confide in You
Through all my darkest moments
In You I find my peace
My comfort when I'm weak
I trust in you through storm and raging sea🎶
That song is what my JILCF family has really taught me. They taught me not just the song, but the song beyond itself.

So that, I would like to thank my Lord, for bringing me to JILCF. As what they say, "The reason of everything is because God allowed that to happen and It's in his plan for you". Without you God, I am nothing. Thanks for making my last year in JHS a fruitful one. Thanks for not failing me. Thanks for bringing me back to you. Thank you for teaching me everything. Thank you for being there when I need you. And thanks for giving me a whole new family.
To JILCF, I can say that this isn't the end. But this is just the beginning of my journey, as a JILIAN.❤