石垣 day 2 and 3

So, yesterday was sweet. We had yakiniku its like an all you can eat meat place, it was kinda funny cause the name of the place was gastro. no, tom nor i had any gas, but i did get kinda sick that night, ugh. We had a little kids study go, miss joanna taught on the wordless book, I've actually never heard it before so it was sweet.

Today, we went to the northernmost part of the island...i think. we saw a lot of ishigaki beef (they were still mooing), rice fields, and spectacular ocean views. we also had a sweet worship session with some of the locals; a great time with the Lord.

We leave tomorrow back to Okinawa, pray for safe travels and all.

石垣 (ishigaki) day one

Tom, Joanna, Christina and I made it safely to Ishigaki today and we are pretty excited to see what the Lord will show us while we are out here. I took a couple of pictures today I hope that you enjoy them.

....i did hula....that will be up in the next couple days. i bet you cant wait to see it. Anyways these pictures are from the week before easter and easter week.


easter sunrise service at foster military base.....we had to wake up very early,
but it was a blessing to be there :D thanks for inviting us Chaplin Woods.


my good friend who leaves today to mainland japan to attend law school,
we'll be praying for you Yasutomo.

getting things ready for good Friday, where we showed the passion of the
Christ in Japanese. twas sweet.


playing a game at a kids outreach...i think it was kick ball.
i wouldn't know cause i was taking care of other things.


Chris on his thingy of wooden fun, i forget what that is called
so if any of you can enlighten me on what it may be please
do so.


this contraption would not be seen in America cause its not "safe"


a picture from the apartment where we made lunch for the outreach. we
are looking over Mihama right now, its a sweet place.


I almost got sick taking this picture...i hate heights.


here we are knocking on doors inviting kids to come and partake in the
festivities that were going on at the park.

We are getting ready to go to South Korea next Tuesday so please keep all the students and the ministry out there in your prayers. thanks.

thanks guys for the prayers!! my mom is just fine, it was just a swollen lymph node thank God :D

pray for my mother; she went to the doctor's this morning and they found two lumps in her right armpit, pray that they are not cancerous, and pray for my family as they go through this troubling time. on Wends. she goes back to the doctor's to see weather or not its the real deal or not.

thnx.

so today i did laundry over at Rob's place, thnx rob, and on my way back to the house some Mormon stopped me and started to speak to me in Japaneses. i let the dude speak to me in Japanese for a couple seconds and then i started speaking English....lol, you should have seen his face, it soooooo was funny. well, it was funny in my eyes. Oh! it was also raining on the walk from Rob's place to the house....o well. mmmmmmmmm...that is all i can think of today, and hannah sorry for drinking that milk of yours. next time dont laugh at my demise, its not cool.

I've been lazy, i know, im sorry

Hey all, I'm so sorry that I have not written much. Life out here has been busy and a blast all at the same time, so woot :D





we were able to check out a cave and what not. A cave
where some of the Okinawains were able to hide during
the war.



thats my old high school history book... really no relevance.


Pastor Tom is doing such a great job studying his Japanese, keep up the
amazing work buddy.


ministry with the kids on camp foster while the parents
are having a valentines game going on.

ministry at Camp Schwab...amazingly fun people but very long drive...
I'm glad that there are people who are with me while I'm driving. :D


mini version of my mom's car...I thought that it was funny.


The famous Pineapple park picture.


A well deserved break from all the craziness that goes about the school.
One of the teachers here and i spent some time with our best local friends
down at tropical beach, it was so refreshing.

Me doing a mouth fart on my knee while Kaiyo plays
the guitar.

Gazing off into the awsomeness of God's creation...it was such an amazing
day!

Christian monkey hugging Doraimon showing
the love that we Christians have for the Japanese.


Keep the students in prayer as we are reaching the halfway point of the semester, that they may stay focused on Christ and what He has called them out here for.

what they think of me

This is what the students see me as...

The students

To save time describing who they are and what not, I have put up pictures with their names on them. Enjoy.

In preparation for the incoming semester Pastor Tim, me and some other dudes went to the Onsen (Japanese bath house) and it was amazing. All the students are just about here now except for one guy who will be here on Tuesday. Keep these kids in your prayers, and I'll have some pictures of them up in a bit.

made it

hey, im here now thnx for the prayers.