PCS
Because of the fires and whatnot I haven't been able to see my middle schoolers for a couple of weeks, which is a bummer. These two are Destiny and John.
I've only got a month or so left with them, so please pray for Kevin, Ashley and myself, that we could just love on the kids. I remember how sucky middle school could be, with all the pressure to be "cool" so you would be accepted. I hope that through us they could see God's unconditional love.
Labels: kids, ministry
retreat support
It seems as if I've moved my way up the M199 ladder. For two semesters I endured landscaping...
...while Jeanette scored some sweet M1's, like security.
Well, now that she's graduated, I snagged her old M1 - retreat support. Also, I even have my own name tag plus a walkie talkie. If that's not a recipe for prestige, I don't know what is.
There are a lot of minor details and whatnot. But the gist of the job is making sure that the weekend retreats run smoothly. The best part about it though, is driving around the ladies in my golf cart and helping them with their luggage. I've gotten all kinds of sweet gifts: Egyptian chocolate, a coaster featuring a bunny in a pile of pears, room and board offer in New York, prayer, etc. I've even had some really cool conversations with them, and I feel encouraged as I'm able to encourage them.
Labels: college, mexifriend, ministry
margarita middle
Get this - I have the
same community service this semester. I'm working with the Boys & Girls Club at Margarita Middle School. My first day was last Wednesday, so I'll be going back in a couple of days. I snagged a shot with my iphone.
Don't they give you warm fuzzies? They're pretty darn cute. I'm stoked to see what God will do this semester. I've already gotten pwnd at dodgeball.
Labels: college, kids, ministry
kids and bc street
On Sunday after church we all went to these apartments and went door to door trying to rally up the kids for a kodomo party.
Kayo's super good at translating for little kids.
Um, the guys did this pirate play...and it didn't really make any sense, even they didn't know what was going on...but if anything else, it was way funny because for some reason Aaron was a hunchback and their accents kept changing with every line. Yokudekimashita, guys!
duck duck goose!
These kids are so cute they'll break your heart. Then here's a picture of us ministering on BC Street...
Juuuust kidding. We went to Daiichi Baptist, played some music and just hung out. There are a lot of Indians that have businesses on that stree, so I went into this one really cool store with all this stuff imported from India. I got to talk to the owner, Victor from Jaipur, and he was so nice. I bought an anklet as a reminder to pray for this him...so if you could join me in praying for Victor, that'd be great.
Labels: kids, ministry, okinawa
christmas at barclay
Saturday night we went to Barclay Court to play some Christmas music and witness. The Japanese are starting to celebrate Christmas on a really small scale although most people don't really understand the reason behind the season. So we were able to use this as an open door and pass out some music.
The young people here are so good at going up to people and making friends off the street. It's amazing.
Labels: holiday, ministry, music, okinawa
tako man
Well, this weekend's gonna be filled with ministry. Goin out with a bang. Sunday night we'll be going to Gate 2 street, or BC Street, as in Bar and Club Street. Without trying to sound stuffy or pious, the word debauchery really does come to mind when i think about the stuff that goes on in that area. But where sin abounds, so does grace all the more, right?
Pray that we'd be able to minister to the people and meet them where they're at. We wanna see people respond to the love of Christ!
Labels: ministry, music, okinawa
South Korea: day 2
Day 2: To Cheonan!
>There we visited KSoM (Korean School of Ministry) and had some lunch with the students. I'm pretty much obsessed with mandoo.
We learned a lot about the church in Korea. There are many truly devoted believers with a passion for missions here, but there are also many cults, like the Moonies. Also, the church is influenced by shamanistic beliefs that hinder their relationship with God.
This building is actually used by a Korean witch doctor.
Then we drove to a mountain top where many people are drawn to worship this huge statue of Buddha.
These stairs almost killed us.
It was heartbreaking to see people bowing before the lifeless statue of a man instead of the living Son of God. That they would know the One who loves them!
These tiles are bought at a high price so people can inscribe their prayers on them, that their prayers might become part of a temple.
You can also pray for Pastor Victor and his fam. He has a vision to learn the Korean language extensively and then take the Gospel into North Korea.
Shannon and Nicky, I hope those tasted good and were worth getting into trouble over.
Then we hauled it to a public college where Mike teaches an English class. He asked us to pick our favorite verse from the Bible and then speak on it. At the end, a guy was wondering what book we were reading from, and when we told him it was from the Bible he planned on going to a church and getting one. Awesome.
More mandooooo. Dude, I can't get enough of this stuff.
Whew, so that was day two, and sadly it was also our last night there. We were wiped, so we all knocked out pretty quick.
Labels: food, ministry, south korea, spiritual
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