Jackie Salas Life Story

When I read the blog about me and about JRS Contractors I said to myself maybe it’s about time for me to tell my life story to all and how JRS Contractors established. Maybe this is the way of God of how I may be able to fulfill my vow to Him when He called me to serve him.
I remember the story of Jonah from the Bible, when God commanded Him to go to Nineveh and warned the people there for their wickedness. But Jonas instead of obeying God’s command run away from God and flew to Tarshish. Because the destiny of Jonah was to fulfill the will of God. God sent a big fish and swallowed him and sent Him directly to his destination...to Nineveh (Jon 1-3).  When I remembered that I recalled how God called me and how He changed my life from a sinner into a totally new God’s creation.
It was year October 2007 when I got sick . The doctors couldn’t know what kind sickness I had. I was still under observation during that time but my body got weaker and weaker everyday. Until one night I woke up that I felt it was time the for me to die. I couldn’t breath anymore and my heartbeart run faster. My two kids and my cousin rushed me into the hospital. My heartbeat slowed down, my blood pressure went down also and I almost felt that my spirit departing from my body. Even I was unconscious by that time I saw my two kids crying, I said to myself this is not the right time yet to leave this earth. My body is unconsious but my soul is still alive. I asked myself where my soul will go?For sure hell because I am a sinner. Who will take care of my 2 kids? I don’t see anything unusual. What I can see is my body and I’m inside the emergency room. I feel so strong, I feel so light and my feeling is so strong too. If this is the time for me  to die, who am I to stop. I have no power. If my body is dead where my soul will go? I asked myself again. I pleaded God to give me another chance to live and I promised Him that I will surrender my life to Him. After that I felt my spirit returning to my body. It’s a miracle. I revived and survived.
When I was in my consciousness, I thanked God so much for giving me a second life. It didn’t stop there. Because of that trauma, I couldn’t sleep everynight. I was afraid that it would happen again. One night when I couldn’t sleep I watched 700 club and this incident started to change my life. I looked for a church that can help me grow my faith to God and I found the Word of Hope infront of SM Annex EDSA.
Because this is my second life I should fulfill my promise to God that I should surrender my life to Him. Because of that trauma, I left the father of my kids because he is a married man and it’s impossible to make it legal because her wife is still alive. This is the greatest challenge to live someone you love to follow Jesus. It is not so easy to leave someone that you’d been with for more than twenty years. My life was too dependent on him. The second hardest thing was to stand on my own feet. I had no job that time. I was an HRD Manager of an appliance company and I resigned and entered into business venture that didn’t prosper. I lost all the money I had. And if I would start a new life it would be a negative zero. How would I able to stand? How would  we able to live? My life is not unsual. God gave me the second chance because I have a mission in this life. What God wanted me to do is to take a one step and follow Him.
My kids and I looked for a small room which we can start for a living. We didn’t bring anything from our new house. We started from scratch. We have no anything, no appliance, no furniture, only few clothes. I didn’t know that time but my kids had no complains about what was going on. Even we’re only just sleeping on the floor, because we had no bed that time. Maybe they felt the trauma of what if they lost their mom. My eldest voluntered to stop from studying and looked for a job. But I din’t allow her to stop. I only allowed her to look for a part-time job in which she can work by day and study by night at the same time. Because of what happened their Dad didn’t give them any support anymore maybe because he wanted to prove that I couldn’t stand it myself. But I put my trust in the Lord that anything is possible to Him who believes in Him. Because of my body and mind was still in the proccess of recovery that time I couldn’t work yet. Night and day, I cried to God, seek His assistance to give me courage and strength to fight. You know what is the best in the Lord, He never fails. During the time of hardship God is there to carry me (carry us). I was amazed that my eldest was so active. She didn’t feel weary of working by day and studying by night, and she never complained. And I was amazed that she told me she’s a student council officer and run for a president. God is really an amazing God. One time I prayed to God and said that I do really missed the delicious food we ate before like Jolibee, Chowking, KFC, and so on and in that day also when my eldest came home from school she had take home food from Jolibee, Chowking, KFC, Shakeys, Siomai etch. And I asked here where it was came from. And she told me that they have an affair in the school and the food was overflowing. And the organizer gave them the extra food to bring home. Wow! He’s really an amazing God?
 Although the hardship is there but  God never dissatisfies us (This is really really true). Because cash is limited, I went to church for prayer meeting(Word of Hope Church) every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, (Sunday together with my kids) walking, from Roosevelt to SM Annex Word of Hope Church and SM Annex Word of Hope to Roosevelt home. The faith in the Lord in my heart turned to grow day by day. And I always uttered His Words “All things are possible to Him who believes, (Mark 9:23)” I believed that God is the God of possibilities. I believed Him that I could establish a business again even without capital in my hand. Everytime I passed by in the building near our church I layed my hands and prayed that I would have my office established in that building. But God said in His word, “Faith without action is dead” (James 2:17). So I took every opportunity to receive the blessing of God  set for me. I seeked assistance from my brethren in the church, but no one from them trusted me to be their business partner. I understand them, because maybe I would do the same if I were in their shoes. It’s hard to trust money to someone who have nothing to secure. I kept on praying laid my trust in the Lord. Because I do really believe that God is a living God. When I feel weary,  I just  sing the song Nothing is Impossible. And in that way I kept myself going.
The build of JRS Contractors Name
One day when I was at the roof top of our rented house, I saw a man fixing his house. I got an idea. Why not try to advertise home repair service. I prayed to God about this. If this was his will, let Him guided me.I had no computer that time.  So I went to a computer shop and rent there. I had no other name in my mind but JRS, not to stand for my name but to stand for the name of Jesus Real Saviour (JRS). Because He’s really a saviour. Cash was really limited I had no budget to rent a computer shop all the time. God guided me and gave me a friend in the church whom I could stay and used computer. Day and night I was there, advertising the home repair service of JRSCONTRACTORS, small repair only such as: electrical, carpentry, plumbing, painting and so on. November 12, 2008 client from Forbes Park responded to my ads. I hired a plumber to fix the leakage from their sink and toilet and I charged them P3,500.00. After that, many clients called us to do some small repair in their home. And because of God’s assistance, services expanded. Clients requested for some other services and that request, God transferred this to me as an idea. I let God guided me the way to do it. God provided my family our daily needs. I asked God for my office to establish. I prayed for it and planned how to get it. God gave me an idea to look for people who could help me establish an office. Once again I advertised and thanked God four people responded to my ads. We looked for an office near our church. We inquired the building where I always passed by and prayed to be my office. But you know God really wants to give what is best for us. One of them found a unit at Cityland Shaw Tower and the unit was far beyond my expection. Again, I was so amazed with the wonders of the Lord.  All of us agreed to get the unit. They let me signed it under my name! I told them I don’t have cash yet and had no check to give for a bond. But one of them trusted me and she let me used her check to pay the unit. All of them gave me the payment and I paid it directly to the Cityland Broker. They helped me to process necessary things such as telephone and internet facilities. The idea was just a small office desk for me because I had no cash contribution with them. When we started the operation, one of them didn’t push thru because she needed to go to the states and she let me use her office share. I forgot her name anymore. I don’t know if she’s an angel of God or God used her to give me assistance. But really many thanks to her.

JRSContractors: The Grow of JRSContractors

JRSContractors: The Grow of JRSContractors: "I hired one staff to help me in the business such as taking orders and delegating the orders to appropriate suppliers. There were some suppl..."

The Grow of JRSContractors

I hired one staff to help me in the business such as taking orders and delegating the orders to appropriate suppliers. There were some suppliers who really couldn’t make their promises in delivery time. But because we had no place, tools and equipment, delivery truck yet to fabricate furnitures we had no option but to rely it on our suppliers during that time. Some suppliers are good but some are not. You would never know, unless you tried. So those who did not pass our standard, we removed from our list of suppliers. Because JRS Contractors is the frontliner. According to clients JRS Contractors is the one who should be blame for everything. Despite of this problems JRS Contractors experience during its first year of operation, JRS Contractors didn’t stop to grow from its operation from simple repair to construction, and to interior designing. From no organize into developing company. The only capital is the faith in God, the strength comes from Him alone, and the inspiration of her kids. From manpower of one multiworker into 35 workers. From no office into an established office at Cityland Shaw tower unit 901 and unit 1502. From no owned shop into a 100 sqm shop at Kingspoint Novaliches. From P3,500.00 single bed order into P200k orders per client. From P3.5k project into P700k project. From P3k weekly worker salary into P65K weekly worker salary. From no office equipment, into fully computerized equipment (7 computers plus 2 laptops). And soon this company will have its first branch in Makati. Amazing! I din’t do it only God can do it.  Right now, we have special skilled workers like Engineer, Architect, Interior Designer, Sales Personnel, Estimators, and Project Coordinator. Do you know how many workers hoping in this company now. How many families hoping to be fed by JRS Contractors?

JRS Contractors holds Bible Study in their office every Saturday from 6-7pm. This service is created for the workers of JRS Contractors but if you feel to join with us you can come and share with us.

I remembered my vows with God during the time of pleading to restore material blessing in my life was to make my workers know Him, to let everyone knows the goodness of God in my life. And maybe this is the right time to share my story. Those whom you think this company offended you, my sincerest apology to all and thank you for blogging me because if not I wouldn’t fulfill my vow to share to everyone the goodness of the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is the beginning of my blog. I asked the Lord to use my life as a channel of blessing to everyone not to harm but to give inspiration especially to those who have  the same as my experience. Trust in the Lord and He can unchain you from all of the bondage. If you need counseling please don’t hesitate to call me at 996-1698. I am also inviting everyone to attend our Sunday fellowship at Word of Hope EDSA (infront of SM Annex North EDSA) we have 6am, 8am, 10:30, 2:30, and 5pm service. May God bless you all. MORE STORY SOON!

JRSContractors: The Rise of JRSFurnitures

JRSContractors: The Rise of JRSFurnitures: "One day, I received a call from a client who wanted a customized bed that would fit in her unit and because we do carpentry work she presume..."

The Rise of JRSFurnitures

One day, I received a call from a client who wanted a customized bed that would fit in her unit and because we do carpentry work she presumed that we can also do customized furnitures. I accepted the challenge and dealt with her requirement. So I looked resources who could help me do it. After that opportunity I got an idea to incorporate everything into one service: JRSContractors, “One Call Does It All”. From a bare room into a cozy room, from start to finish, all furnitures in, and maintenance are all in. A service at very affordable. But in executing this business venture, big capital is needed. Again I looked up in the sky and couldn’t imagine how big is God. So why I worried, I said to myself.  I trusted God and I let Him led me the way where to go and to start. I looked for suppliers who could tie up with me and I thank God I found them. In my experience, the first year of business is the most critical part. Being an owner, you must be a multi-tasker. I am the marketer, sales personnel, estimator, purchaser, deliverywoman, controller, etch. I can’t foget my experience when I go with the delivery. Even it’s already midnight, I’m still there to guide them to my client. I can’t imagine even it is already Noche Buena, while everyone is celebrating the Christmas with their family, my youngest and I is still  in the middle of nowhere looking for the house of clients. I learned to be a painter. I learned to look for the cheapest price. I learned to be creative and artistic. I learned to labor hard. I don’t feel weary instead I feel happy. I love what I’m doing. I learned to appreciate small and big things, good and bad things from God. Because everything I have and who I am now is all came from God.

I taught my kids to help me during the first year of operation. The eldest was in-charge in selling, taking orders, and answering phone calls (she’s really good in that now and graduating from College now ), the youngest was in-charge in texting the clients, answering email inquiries, and updating the website, (she’s taking Architecture now). Can you imagine we overcome the hardship of one year business operation?

JRSContractors: The Build of JRS Construction Services

JRSContractors: The Build of JRS Construction Services: " After the small home repair service, JRS Contractors started to accept construction services. Our first construction project was in Camp Cr..."

The Build of JRS Construction Services

 After the small home repair service, JRS Contractors started to accept construction services. Our first construction project was in Camp Crame. In that project I bought personal computer. At first we had no machine, no tools and equipment in construction. I rented machines and equipment to finish the project. Machines, tools and equipment is so expensive and it became a big problem to me. When I looked up and saw the heaven above, I couldn’t imagine how big is God. So I said to myself, “Why I should worry?”