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Lorenzo's Goals for 2011

Lorenzo's Goals for 2011

I.  SPIRITUAL FAITH

This year, I will continue to have a closer relationship with my Lord Jesus Christ, Church Leaders and members, then the year before.  

In order to achieve my goal this year, I will do the following steps. 

1. I will do my Time Alone With God, read and meditate on the Word Daily. 
2. I will expand my knowledge by reading my bible and Christian related resources. 
   
3. I will participate more in Life Cell, Intercessory Prayer, and ROTV Ministry.
   
4. I will learn more about my camera and other TV media equipment, and video making techniques within the ROTV Ministry and become an expert at it. 

II.  FAMILY

I will prepare the house and grounds for Rhoda, Larraine, and Rafael Frenz's arrival from the Philippines prior to their later arrival this year. 

1. I will continue to support Rhoda, Larraine, and Rafael Frenz's spiritual, physical, and emotional needs in the Philippines.
2. I will continue to work on important documents for U.S. Immigration so that Rhoda, Larraine, and Rafael Frenz's will gain approval on their entry to relocate to Guahan. 
   
3. I will make it a point to chat with Rhoda and Larraine daily on Yahoo Messenger or Skype, but no less than 2 times a week.  
4. I will continue to tell Rhoda, Larraine, and Rafael Fren, that I love them everyday.
   
5. I will visit Rhoda, Larraine, and Rafael Fren, at least 2 times this year, and our family in Butuan City.

III.   HEALTH

I will lose 50 more pounds, and continue to eat organic healthy foods, this year.

1. I will follow the CrossFit HQ's Workout of the Day and scale it to my workout level.
2. I will eat healthy organic foods by reading labels, or growing my own vegetables and raising my own livestock.
3. I will drink 1 gallon of water daily and supplement my fluid intake with natural juices from fruits grown on the ranch. 
   
4. I will continue to see my VA social worker and Doctors at my appointed times. 
   
5. I will continue to take medications prescribed to me by VA, but look for herbal alternatives to those medications. 
   

IV.  CAREER

Within 10 years, I will have a sustainable organic ranch near Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; and Texas, by God's Grace.  My ranch here on Guahan will be in full operation producing organic crops and livestock.

I will have no less than 3 sources of income this year. 

A.  This year, I will continue to build a successful sustainable producing ranch here on Guahan, growing organic vegetables and livestock by God's design.

1. I will grow vegetables using proper organic methods and raise beyond organic livestock that is healthy to myself, family, and future clients.
2. I will respect and care for the livestock in my care.  I am their steward, not their master..
3. I will start my own direct sales market from the ranch and grow consistent produce for my clients/customers.
4. I will plan, develop, and produce my own Value Added Products for Matua Ranch.
5. I will incorporate Matua Ranch before year's end. 
   

B.  I will establish a safety training company this year.  Also become an instructor with GCA's Trades Academy. 

1. I will complete my Safety Technician Skills Training at GCA's Guam Trades Academy this year. 
   
2. I will obtain an LLC Business license for a safety training company and to teach at the GCA Trades Academy.
   
3. I will continue to take OSHA related courses to further my skills and knowledge to become a Certified Safety Technician Instructor.
   

V.  SCOUTING VOLUNTEER WORK

I will re-establish Venture Crew 26 and Scout Troop 26 and have them re-chartered this year.

1. I will invite neighborhood teens from the Backroad Rt.15 and Gayinero Area to participate in the Matua Scout Program based on Christian Faith, Extreme Outdoor Activities, Character Building, and Leadership Training. 
2. I will "ONLY" work the position that I volunteered for: Scoutmaster/Adviser.
   
3. I will encourage parents or young Christian adults to fill needed adult leadership positions to help the Crew and Troop.
4. I will only work with youth ages between 14 and 18 years old.
   
5. I will lock out and reserve 6pm to 7pm,  Tuesdays as our meeting days, and 1 weekend a month as our adventure days.
   

I will choose a Mentor(s) to help keep me on target for my goals this year.  I will plan to meet monthly with my mentor to go through my monthly goals. 

I will remember that these are my goals for this year 2011.  Should I not meet the time line for any of my goals, I will not become discouraged.  I will simply readjust the time on target for a later date. 

I will review these goals monthly on the 1st of each month. 



Lorenzo Taitano
January 1, 2011

Unsubscribed from lots of mail lists and groups to clean up my email inbox. Getting lots of junk mail.

Cleaned up a bit in the ranch. Trimmed back some of the banana trees, pulled some debris cuttings to the hedgerow, and burned some wood.

Have a Blessed New Year!

Reviewing Goals for this Year, and Making New Goals for the coming Year, 2011.

Looking over my goal sheet from this year.  I did accomplish a lot.  There were some goals that I did not finish or did not even do for one reason or another. I'll have to do some reflection on those. 

All my goals either accomplished or not accomplished boiled down to availability, convenience, and available financial investment. I may have to do better planning on my goal setting for next year. 

It'll take a day or two to finalize my goals for 2011. 

ESTA...

Desert Christmas Eve Gathering.

This evening after service, I was reflecting on a special Christmas years ago.  Not the one with my wife and daughter in my wife's hometown in 2008.  This one was while I was on deployment with the 82nd Airborne Division during Desert Shield in 1990.  

Word had spread around the base camp that there would be no Christmas Eve service at the makeshift theater turned chapel.  The news from the chain of command from XVIII Airborne Corps was that, we are not to offend the host nation, Saudi Arabia, with our Christian Christmas Services.  It was actually illegal to have any other Faith in the Kingdom other than Islam.  Our Chaplains were not allowed to wear their branch insignia on their uniforms.  That was replaced by their actual rank.  

So when Christmas Eve came, we treated it like any other routine work day.  I even volunteered to pull another Sergeant's shift on guard duty, so he can call home to CONUS.  We didn't have access to call Guam back then, like they do now with today's technology.  All we had back then was snail mail and AT&T.  So I pulled the day shift, supervising a machine gun team on one of our bunkers along the wire.  It was pretty much an uneventful day.  

Later that evening after chow, our chaplain's aide told us that there was a small get-together at the helipad at 2300.  A small group of troopers were getting together to celebrate 'quietly', Christmas Eve.  My squad had decided that we would go check it out, since there was nothing else to do.  It's not like the First Sergeant was going to have our necks for breaking lights out.  

When we got to the small area of the helipad.  I noticed that it was one of our chaplains from my regiment that was leading the small group in singing Christmas carols quietly.  It was weird singing in whispered tones.  But slowly more small groups were approaching our little area of the helipad and joining us.  Someone had brought candles and we were lighting it up, one by one, in the cool desert night.  It was funny.  Our small platoon size group turned out to be two brigades in the helipad.  Every trooper standing shoulder to shoulder in this standing room only crowd.  

A senior ranking chaplain had come out, with other chaplains from the other units.  A couple of troopers brought guitars and a trumpet.  Next thing I noticed.  The Filipino workers who manned the base fire station were also there.  Our quiet singing turned out to be a loud affair with paratroopers singing in unison different carols led by the small group of leaders to our front.   I thought the MP's would come and disperse the crowd.  But they were there singing along next to us.  As I turned to my right, I noticed familiar faces, my Regimental Commander and Command Sergeant Major; next to them was my Battery Commander and First Sergeant; behind them was my Platoon Sergeant and Platoon Leader.  My Platoon Sergeant caught my eye and gave me head nod to face forward and carry on.  I nudged my team leader on the side and pointed at the command group to our right.  I guess we're good to go if the command is there singing along.  

For an hour we sang, well past midnight.  We left the helipad the same way we arrived, in small groups, back to our unit areas relishing what Christmas meant that night.  Out there in the desert surrounded by a faith that didn't like us, but we were there to protect.  That night, I knew what Christmas meant.  It was about Jesus.  And no Order, was going to stop us from celebrating the Lord's Birthday.  

Merry Christmas