"Stir It Up" B³ Youth Winter Camp

Well it is starting to come together...here is the flyer for our Winter Camp in Okuma this December...7th-12th graders are invited, and we are so excited to have all you come and enjoy time with the Lord and other Christians. Please pray for this event....its my first time heading one up, and it is already tough with my school schedule to get stuff done, so yeh, please pray! But more importantly pray for the youth and leaders attending, that God would "Stir it Up" in their hearts to love Him and serve Him with all their heart!

Heading back to Oki...

Well, the night that I took off from California to head back to Okinawa, we went over to hang out with the "newlyweds" at their house and played some Wii that Gabe's brother Marky got for them. good times...




Well....as you can see we had to make our own characters.....but my dad.....wow.....it looks exactly like him.....we were laughing so hard, it was ridiculous!



Well this is us at the airport in LAX....the last few minutes are always the worst....there are always tears with my family....love you guys lots!





I love flying on planes....and i always love trying to get the window seat.....the clouds on this trip were sooooooo nice.....they looked like a blanket of cotton....looked like you could just jump out and land on it....amazazing.....


So I am back now.....in beautiful, tropical, warm Okinawa....glad to be back.....ready to do what God has called me to for this season! Pray for me please!

wow....2 months

just like the title says....it has been a long time since i have written....gomen ne! Sorry ya'll...been a busy 2 months, started Bible college, went back to Cali, came back to OKi....lots of stuff....ill keep up....but can you?! bye guys....and thanks for all those that are stickin along with me!

Dinner fit for a king....

Well...i normally am in charge of making dinner on Thursday night...but this night was special....we were having Brian Yates come over for dinner....but we pulled out all the stops and made so many great and tasty things...

I was able to put some ground beef in my already great sauce for spaghetti....mmm....

then we made some japanese style fried zucchini...pretty awesome





And we got blessed at the store with some really cheap fruit....so we made a fresh fruit salad...which Hannah is holding here....with apples, asian pears *the ripest I have ever tasted*, bananas, kiwis, pineapples, and Craisins....and in that order....mmmmm...

Then...sort of like normal....we had some cabbage....but we have been making it really good lately....shredded instead of cut....and it makes it easier to put in your mouth....we put all these great veggies and stuff too....so good....









There was much more....like the Piccasia bread and garlic bread....mmm...we had some satisfied customers this night....yumm yummm....



afterwards we watched the videos my parents had sent me from TV back home....first the "I survived a Japanese game show", which was pretty fun....but then she sent two episode of "Wipeout", and oh my it was hilarious....we were literally on the floor laughing....i had a raspy throat from laughing so hard...Wipeout is about people who try to get across a hard obstacle coarse, for a chance to win $50,000, but it is fun to watch them eat it, get all dizzy and stuff....wow....American's got TV down....making people want to hurt themselves and humiliate themselves in front of millions of people, just for money....yep...

Military here I come....

Well I'm just scaring you again....im not really entering the military, but I did get a real military haircut today....well here is the story....

I always love cutting my own hair, but this time I didnt cut it really that great, so I decided for our very own Christina Duran to cut the back of my hair and freshen it up....she took about a quarter of a semester of hair school (hint hint....jk). Well fast forward....she was cutting the back and messed it up, cut a part of the edge in towards the middle of my head, about an inch in....ahhh....had to get it fixed and she was too freaked out to try again...

I went on base and got royal treatment....I haven't had a good haircut in a long time....I literally almost fell asleep in the chair, it was pretty relaxing....and then when she finished, the lady gave me a mini massage, chopped on my back and my shoulders, ahh....all for 5 bucks....wonderful....here is the final product....sooooo typical Marine style haircut too...but its ok....peace!

Meet Nick

Nick has been here for a week or so now....but this guy has been a big blessing so far. He has come from Temecula, and it was just really random how he found us...he just was looking online for Bible Colleges, found Tommy's blog, started talking to him, and decided to come down for 2 weeks....sweet juice huh?

We went out to lunch and I showed him the ropes for Chinese style lunch in OKInawa...he enjoyed some chicken karage (just big fried chicken goodness) and I got a good ol' shoyu ramen (Soy sauce ramen noodles).....good times...

Meet Mika

Well...amidst the rumors, I found that it is the right time to tell you that I have fallen in love....she is so beautiful....ahh....


Meet Mika...
Oh did I scare you? You should be ashamed! Nah this is my little friend....she's so cute....this is Dan Pallman's youngest daughter...she is so funny, I love to make faces at her, and she always smiles and flirts with me....lol love it....but honestly there is no other woman in my life....yet....hopefully she will be as cute as little Mika though! Peace guys...

Aniya Baseball Practice....

As of late.....Mr. Rob Wunderlich got out of his semi-pro contract with a team called Samurai in Naha city, and signed with Aniya, which is another semi-pro team in Okinawa.....I have been messing around with Rob for close to a year, on and off, catching him as he need pitching practice....we would jsut through it in the street by Tom's house....but he trains in this underground building that has like a bullpen and batting practice area.....well I went with him and caught for him in front of another pitcher and his coach....it was fun....

I haven't suited up for baseball in like 7 years....it was a blessing....they had some gear and stuff, but what stunk was that it was boy's gear, and it was way too small.....man it was humid and hot in there too! Here are all the video's that we took for last night's practice....mostly we took them for fame and glory....no just kidding.....Rob needed them to watch his form and stuff, get better....stroke his pride....nahh just kidding....lol love you robbie....

This was me in my greasified condition......im telling you it was hot.....whoooooo.....

I caught off of a Japanese dude too, probably like 30 pitches....i think his name was Jin...not sure though.....what stunk really bad, is that he was only 50ft. away from me, when the normal pitching range is 60ft.....he was so close, it felt like it was coming 90mph.....but it was just because I was too close....i caught it bad once....felt like i broke my thumb....but it was fine....just a little sore today.....

Well then Robby came up and started to pitch....we moved the home plate about 10ft back...then we started.....Rob pitches pretty fast ya'll.....he was bringing it....watch and you'll see....i felt a lot more comfortable with Rob pitching....again I have been catching for him now for some time....it was a great practice....

CC Ishikawa....

Well there isn't a church formally yet....but doesn't that sound really great! A church is definitely not a building, just the people that come to meet with the Lord.....and we did that this Wednesday at Dan Pallman's new house that he just moved into! It was a great time, in the book of John....Dan is also translating for himself the message, just in faith, even when everyone can speak English great, but he is preparing for the time that someone comes through those doors that needs some Japanese translation.....what a blessing!

Japanese Class

Well we have been so busy the last couple weeks with stuff, that we havent been able to have japanese class....we have been learning from the beginning of the summer how to witness in japanese....but we are memorizing Bible verses and sentences.....so sweet....I have been so blessed. I was missing this class, it was good to get back to normal and study again....this is what we learned this week....














We dont just learn how to say Bible verses in japanese, but write it down too...this picture are all the Kanji that I have been practicing....for the next couple weeks we are talking about sin, pretty much going through the Romans Road....we had to memorize Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."
ローマ人への手紙　三章二十三節
”すべての人は、罪を犯したので、神からの栄誉を受けることができず。”
Subete no hito wa, tsumi wo okashita no de, Kami kara no eiyo wo ukeru kotoga dekizu.
All people, sin committed, God's glory receive can not....literally, that is kind of what it says...sentence structure is completely different, that is apart of the reason why Japanese is so hard.....

Learn with me! hehe

Here is Tommy trying to recite the memory verse for the week! Ganbate Tommy....keep it up bro!