Prayer Request!

Please help pray for me...I am coming to the end of my Bible College experience, and I'm praying about going to Italy. I have been wanting to go to Italy for a couple years now, and have never been able to go. I don't know why God has put that place on my heart, despite the fact I'm part Italian, but I think maybe God has a work there for me to do. Help me pray that He would guide me as I transition out of Okinawa.

Now this might mean that I will go from Okinawa to California for a time, but then again it doesn't mean that either. Other doors are seeming to open that I can go to another country for a time to serve and also save money, with the hopes of still going to Italy in the summer of this next year.

Well, I am open. I want what the Lord wants...help pray God would reveal His will. Thanks....I covet your prayers.

Daniel

Toudou Ramen

This is simply my favorite restaurant in Okinawa....we went this past Sunday for lunch....they are a great restaurant because they are like a "Mom and Pop" place, very chill atmosphere, but lots of people come for the great food. They make all their noodles fresh every day, and only make enough for that day, if they run out, they close up shop!

Here are the Deans (Josh, Regina, Claire), Jessica, and Neely

Becca, Jesse, and Eder....chowin down on some grub

Claire....one of my new besto friendo's

Buff Jessica

Well, we have been working out at the gym lately....but Jessica has been training pretty hard! This car was sticking out too much, so we had her move it......with her pinky! lol....Eder is simply amazed...

Thursday Night Meals...

Here in Okinawa, Sosimo and I get to cook meals on Thursday for the Ruiz family and all the Bible college students...this past week we made a really great meal, one of my favorites....check out the pictures.....

Sosimo gettin creative with makin the cabbage for salad....he always does a great job!

This week I made pasta with only Olive Oil as the sauce...mmm....we usually have tomato sauce....but this meal only had olive oil to coat the noodles, with basil, garlic, and garlic roasted tomatoes. Just like Momma Coza's back home in Anaheim...

You can't have a Momma Coza's meal without a side of anchovies...mmm...just a little though because it is really salty.
We this is the finished product...Keli'i helped us out again, and we used Romaine lettuce to make "PF Chang" style lettuce wraps, with a spicy/sweet Thai sauce and chicken on the inside...pretty shnazy huh?Great meal! Thanks Joanna for the special stuff to make this dinner!

Ohayou Okinawa....Good Morning Okinawa....

Well this is the famous quote of Tamiko, who is now in Germany....when we were back at our old church, we would look out over the city towards Tropical Beach area, open up the windows, and most mornings Tamiko would say "Ohayou Okinawa"....sounds just like Ohio, the state....

Well I have tried to continue that tradition, and how beautiful Okinawa is in the morning! Awesome huh? No body probably can hear me, but the Lord can! Psalm 5:3 Please help me pray for these Okinawan people that have no knowledge of the Lord Jesus.

Halloween @ CC Okinawa

Well this year I dressed up for Halloween as you can see! And I only spent a grand total of 100¥ or $1 to make it...i had my own hair clippers so I rocked that myself, and then I went and bought some black tape at the 100¥ store (better but just like .99 store). Thats it....

Well we went to Calvary Okinawa, and got to rock out at their new building. These two guys in the picture are (Left to right) Thor, Charlie Brown, and Jon...they go to my youth group on base, they got to meet me there which was sweet.

The night was great! Hakugaijin.....the band I sing in, got to jam about 6 songs and then there were worship teams mixups the rest of the night while they had an indoor carnival. It started at 6pm, but they sold out of food by 8 and ran out of candy by 8:30pm....lol God did a great work...and their were alot of Japanese neighbors that came around and checked it out!

"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...