A Great Email From Royce Rull

Hi everyone. I just received this email from Royce back in California. It was a great email on how things are going with Joanna, Daniel and the gals from Japan are doing in the States. I could not have written this post any better, so I am just inserting what Royce said to me. I hope you enjoy this post.

PIC 1 [CCLW WED NIGHT]
> LAST NIGHT WAS A SPECIAL SERVICE BECAUSE A FEW OF THE PASTOR'S WIVES WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THEIR CHURCHES & MINISTRIES. DAWN & JOANNA SHARED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN CC TOKOROZAWA & CCBC OKINWA & CC GINOWAN. SOME OF THE LADIES LIKE ANABELLE SMITH [CC WATSONVILLE], JEANNE HALLMAN [CC WILLIAMSBURG], CINDY DOUVILLE [CC HAGERMAN VALLEY], & KRISTY BARNETT [CC OKINAWA] JUST RECORDED VIDEOS AND SHARED THROUGH MEDIA. MONIQUE SALAZAR WAS DOWN IN CALI TOO SO SHE LEAD IN WORSHIP WITH DANIEL SEDOTA WHICH WAS A HUGE BLESSING AND TO CLOSE THE SERVICE; DANIEL SHARED FROM THE WORD. IT WAS AN ACTION PACKED WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR US. IT'S ALWAYS SWEET TO HAVE THE MISSIONARIES SHARE IN GOD'S MIGHTY WORK.

PIC 2 [WED NIGHT @ WINGSTOP]> AFTER THE SERVICE AT CCLW. A FEW OF US HIT UP A LOCAL JOINT FOR DINNER CALLED, "WINGSTOP" IN CORONA. IT WAS SUCH A SWEET FELLOWSHIP AS YOU CAN SEE. AND THE FOOD WERE INCREDIBLE TOO...ONE OF THE BEST CHICKEN WINGS EVER SOUTHERN STYLE. GO WINGSTOP!

PIC 3 [CCBC WITH CHUCK] & PIC 4 [CHUCK]> THIS IS A SWEET STORY! HOPEFULLY YOUR READY FOR IT. AS YOU KNOW THIS WEEK WAS THE PASTOR'S WIVES CONFERENCE AT CCBC AND THE STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE CLASS ALL WEEK. SO JON, DANIEL AND I WANTED TO VISIT ZACK AND HAVE DINNER AND ALSO CHILL WITH HIM. WHILE WAITING FOR ZACK TO MEET US. JON, DANIEL & I DECIDED TO GO TO THE COFFEE SHOP AT THE SCHOOL. JON HAD TO MAKE A PHONE CALL SO DANIEL AND I WENT AHEAD TO GO TALK INSIDE AND SIT ON ONE OF THE TABLES. PASTOR CHUCK SMITH WAS THERE AND HAD JUST GOTTEN HIS ORDERED SMOOTHIE. THE FUNNY THING WAS THAT HE WALKED TOWARDS DANIEL & I AND DECIDED TO JOIN US. DANIEL INVITED HIM FOR A LITTLE CHAT. CHUCK, DANIEL & I WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE...IN TOTAL AWKWARD SILENCE. SO I DECIDED TO START THE CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT PEOPLE PROBABLY TALKS TO PASTOR CHUCK ABOUT THE BIBLE ALL THE TIMES SO I THOUGH WHY NOT CONVERSATE CASUALLY. SO I ASKED HIM "WHAT'S NEW PASTOR CHUCK?" HE REPLIED, "GOD'S OPENING NEW DOORS FOR MINISTRY!", SO DANIEL ASKED, "ARE YOU HERE WITH YOUR WIFE?" CHUCK SAYS, "YUP & MY DAUGHTER CHERYL ALSO BUT THEY ARE TEACHING AT THE CONFERENCE." THEN HE CHANGED THE TOPIC TO, "DID YOU GUYS WATCH THE ANGELS GAME LAST NIGHT?" WE SAID "NOT REALLY BUT THEY WON" THEN JON ARRIVED AND SAT WITH US TOO AND THEN ZACK FOLLOWED AFTERWARDS. THIS IS THE BEST PART...ZACK ASK CHUCK A QUESTION ABOUT ABRAHAM. CHUCK ANSWERS IT. BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MORE STUDENTS STARTS GATHERING AROUND US. 1...2...3...THEN THERE WAS ABOUT 18 TO 20 STUDENTS AROUND US. SOME OF THE STUDENTS STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS TOO. IT TURNED TO BE LIKE A LIVE VERSION OF PASTOR'S PERSPECTIVE BUT SO MUCH BETTER. SOME KIDS TREATED HIM LIKE A CELEBRITY. THROUGH ALL THIS, IT KIND A REMINDED ME OF WHEN PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND JESUS. HIS PRESENCE WAS AMAZING AND INVITING. NOT THAT CHUCK IS JESUS BUT HE DEFINITELY HAD THE AROMA OF CHRIST. ENCOURAGED US TO BE SWEETER CHRISTIANS FOR THE LORD, ALWAYS SMELLING SWEET AND INVITING.