Friday night the Youth group at CCLivingwater had their Christmas party at the Horne's house. They had such a blast. Like always, the gift exchange got the most laughs. As the youth look back on 2005, they have so many good memories. Praise God, next year will even be better.
Yesterday Itsuki Kudaka arrived safely from Okinawa. She will be with us for 2 weeks, spending time getting to know the Church family at Livingwater. She will also attend the CC Missions conference in Murrieta. It is such a blessing to have her here.
Thursday night we were blessed with the opportunity to head out to Bakersfield and visit with Pastor Gil and his family. After a time of fellowship at Gil's gamestor, we headed out to Delano and had a wonderful time of fellowship with the body. It was a blessing to see the beginnings of a new work in that area. Please continue to lift up Pastor Gil and the fellowship in Delano. We believe that this is just the beginning of great things in this area.
This is a great picture of the students at CCBC Jerusalem. For those of you who do not know, Rosie (center left) has been serving at the Bible College for about 2 years. Her mother and brothers attend CCLivingwater in California. It is such a blessing to see the students serving and loving the Lord there in Israel. Please continue to pray for everyone at CCBC. They will begin their next semester in early February. We love you guys.
Saturday morning was the last breakfast that will be held at the Hacienda Del Rey. For some of you who know, my father has owned a Mexican Restaurant for the last 34 years. I grew up being around and working there. In fact, when we began the church CCLivingwater, we held our very first services in this banquet room. It was a wonderful morning filled with memories of the blessings my father has given to the church for many years. He has recently sold the property and will be retiring. Pictured on the upper right is my father and the same cook that has worked for him for 34 years (Elena). To the upper left is Daniel Sedota leading worship (for some, you remember Daniel, he was a part of the 5 week summer team to Okinawa). On the bottom left is Jesse Hernandez, the teacher for the morning, and to the bottom right is Able and Mario. God bless you men, we have many great memories in this place. Pastor Tommy
We had a fun Friday afternoon. Segmon's sister (pictured in the center photo) works at Disneyland, but her last day was Saturday. Segmon hooked it up so when we arrived in California, we were able to take the family for the day. Everyone had a blast! It is cold in California, I am so glad that we took our coats. Because we arrived in California the day before, we tired out quick and called it a day, towards the early evening. Thank you again Joyce for blessing us, and may the Lord bless you as you move on to other things.
God bless you all, we are heading to California for 3 weeks. We will be ministering in different churches as well as spending time with our family and our church family back at CC Livingwater. We are looking forward to seeing my mother as some of you know that she broke her hip 3 weeks ago and is still recovering. Also my father will be closing his restaurant that he has owned for over 35 years, so we will be helping him with that project. So, we will keep you informed on how ministry is going. Also, if you would like to hear an audio message from me, please click the box below. May the Lord continue to bless you, Pastor Tommy
These are the pictures that Jon Horne (bottom right) sent to us from the youth camp this year up at Green Valley Lake. They has such a wonderful time. There were so many guest speakers and worship leaders. Pictured above on the top right is Scott Cunningham, who is worship leader for Worship Generation Orange County. Also to the top left is Royce Rull who was a missionary to Idaho and now is attending CC School of Worship. Pictured below to the bottom left is Pastor Cisco, and boy is his hair getting long, but looking sweeto (japanese for cool)! In the center picture is Lena Ochoa (soon to be Lena Horne) and my daughter Hannah on the right. Hannah and Zach were totally blessed this year in that they left Okinawa a week earlier and were able to attend the Youth Camp with everyone from CCLivingwater. Good job Jon and everyone who put together this years Winter camp, may the Lord continue to lead and guide your steps. Pastor Tommy
Hey everyone, this is Mike Langley in Pakistan. He emailed me the other day and said that things are going well, but he misses everyone back at home (Okinawa). Mike is in Pakistan helping with Relief efforts from the earthquake that hit a month ago. Pictured above is Mike refereeing a basketball game for the guys on one of thier free times away from work duty. Please continue to pray for Mike and all the servicemen and women who are serving oversees. Remember, many of them will be gone this Christmas season, and the best thing that we can do, is to lift them up before our Heavenly Father in Prayer. God bless all of you oversees and remember that we love you. Pastor Tommy and your church family.
Sunday mornings the Jr. Highers at Calvary Okinawa meet downstairs for thier own Sunday morning service. Pictured above is Vunder praying and Natsumi interprets for the Japanese speakers.
These are the latest pictures send from Nile in Italy. The guys had a great time visiting the land. They were able to attend some of the Calvarys in Rome. As you can see from Damien, no missions trip is complete with out trying some of the local food. That is one big burger Pastor Rick.
We are back in Okinawa, and the wheels get turning. Thursday we had M.E.L.T. (my english lunch time) and Tim Newell resumes duties in ministry. Tim and Ayu are back from thier honeymoon and serving the Lord together.
Monday we were also invited to minister at Central Philippines University. Rob was able to lead in worship and we taught the students on "the renewed life in Christ". It was a great time, Rob also met some skaters on the campus and fit right in. Also, on the campus we were invited to visit thier butterfly sanctuary on the campus. If you would like to see more picts, click onto http://photos.yahoo.com/philippinestrip2005 We put up a lot more pictures.
Monday was our last full day in Iloilo. We went to J.B. High school and did some ministry to the students. The students just finished studying Japanese culture and have begun learning about Israel. It worked out perfect. I was able to share Japanese culture, and then Pastor Mike and I shared about our adventures in Israel. Mike did a wonderful job of sharing the Gospel message with the students. Pastor Tommy
Well, Segmon emailed me today and said that he attended Church service at CCDavao. He did not give much details, but is sounds like he is having a wonderful time. He has been able to hang out with his relatives, his uncles, aunts, and grandmother. Please keep him in your prayers. We love you Segmon, continue to let the Lord lead and guide you.
I just recieved an email from Jason Arbogast, who was the photographer at Tim and Ayu's wedding. He is a real blessing of a brother, and he sent me the site for all of his pictures that he posted from the wedding. The are incredible! When you get a chance check them out, click onto http://rfp.smugmug.com/. I know that you will be blessed. Pastor Tommy
Segmon left for Davao today. Davao is located in the Mindanao area of the Philippines. He will be there for a total of 1 week. He will arrive back in Okinawa on the 10th of December. God totally put it in the heart of Segmon to go to Davao to see his grandma. He knows that the Lord wants him to be there, so he was happy to get on the plane and see what the Lord has in store for him. Please continue to pray for this young man, as he continues to seek the Lord for His plan in his life. We just recieved a C-mail from him at 2:00pm (Philippine time) that he has arrived safely in Davao. So we know that he is now there with his relatives. Pastor Tommy and Vunder will miss him while he is in Davao.
For the past few days, the guys have been painting Mark's new house (guy on the farthest left). Mark was given a house from his grandparents to live in, and his wife and young son are blessed. Mark is the assistant Pastor here at CCIloilo, and he assists Pastor Mike in all kinds of ministy. He is a great guy. We have posted many pictures from the trip thus far and if you would like to see them, please click onto http://photos.yahoo.com/philippinestrip2005 . Segmon leaves tomorrow morning for Davao which is located in the Mindanao area for 1 week. He will be visiting his relatives and will try to attend the Calvary Chapel there in Davao. So please keep us in your prayers as we have an outreach scheduled tonight with a bunch of College kids from the Universities here. God bless you all, and check out the picts.
We had a great midweek service at CCIloilo. I had the opportunity of sharing the Word and leading in worship. Vunder stepped out in faith and played some lead guitar, that guy is getting good! Afterwards we headed next door for a late evening snack at Jollybee's (Philippine McDonald's) and it began to storm, and I mean storm. Living in Okinawa I have seen some rain come down, but this blew me away! So much rain in such a short time. I will tell you about it, in detail when I get a chance. God bless you, Pastor Tommy
