Save some for me!

Don't worry, there was so much food! We all ate until we were stuffed! But there is more, there is still dessert.

Turkey Surprise

The Japanese are always blown away at the size of the turkeys. For many of them this is their first time trying one. Every likes turkey!

Tuesday Thanksgiving Celebration

Since Tuesday is a Japanese holiday, we celebrated Thanksgiving Japanese style. So much food! Only in Japan can you eat Turkey and spam sushi at the same time.

Costa Rica Fundraiser

Sosimo will be leaving for Costa Rica soon, so there was a fund raiser for those who will be heading out.  Nate came down for the event to see Sosimo and Ina was there too. It is so good to see the old gang. Praise the Lord, we are blessed with the pictures. Thank you Ina!

It's Official!

Daniel Sedota is engaged! And to a wonderful gal! God bless you both, we are excited for you. It is not every day that you get engaged (but that has been happening a lot lately), so we pray that you enjoy this special time. For the rest of you who want to know how "Mr. Romantic" popped the question, you can check it out on his blog; www.sedota.blogspot.com . For the rest of us, please leave an engagement greeting below.

Birthday Lunch

We took Toki and Tom to our favorite Ramen joint; College Ramen. This is the best ramen in all of Okinawa. If someone knows of a better place please email us and we will check it out. But we have tried a lot of places and no one has topped "College Ramen".

Yoshua' Grandpa at Lectures

Shinyosan experienced the war first hand as a little boy. His testimony for Jesus was incredible! It all started with a missionary sharing the love of Jesus. We were all so blown away! Let's keep going forward for Jesus Christ.

A Good Looking Crew

This was the group that headed to Okuma this week. All the students had a great time, it was such a blessing. We are all thankful that the Lord allowed us to have this time away, just to seek and hear from the Lord. Praise God! He spoke to so many of us.

The Birthday Boyz

Tom’s Birthday is today and Toki’s is Saturday. Both of these guys are such a blessing. But I want to ask one question? What is up with the pink cake? I thought that it would have been more manly for these two guys, maybe a chocolate with chocolate chip sprinkles or something. What do you guys say, why do you think it was pink? Happy Birthday boys, God bless you!

Time to Say Goodbye

It was sad to see Pastor Rich leave, but he has to head back to Fuchu. Thank you bro for a blessed week. God did a good work!

The Righteous are at Peace

Both Aya and Emi are asleep on the beach at peace. Sleep in Jesus is always the best. On the beach in the sun with a cook breeze, priceless.

Session IV

The last stand! Paul finishes up his letter to Timothy..... Fulfill your ministry! Be faithful to the end! The students are being faithful, but we need to be faithful to the end.

Sweet Bonfire!

The last night was Rockin! We had a blast worshipping the Lord and sharing in testimony. In the end Joel let us bust into the sugar cereal and eat some snacks...... Awe!!!!! It was better than cookies!

Session III

Chapter three of the book of 2Timothy, some good stuff! We are living in the last days. Paul told Timothy that he has followed his life as an example of Christ. Let's follow Jesus just like Paul.

Newell's at Okuma

Tim and Ayu came up to spend some time with us for the last night session. Little "Tom"oki (Tomoki) is so cute! He stole the show. Thank you Tim and Ayu for coming and blessing us.

Session II

"I don't want to be a vessel (trophy) I want to be a cup". That was the theme of the session. We saw 7 pictures of the "duties" of the man of Christ.

Sweet Campsite

This is a good looking site. Early in the morning people are still sleeping.

Great Picture

Thank you so much Ina for sending this picture; this means so much to us here in Okinawa! Not only is it great to see the Amargo’s but so awesome to see both Kevin Inca and Sosimo. God bless all of you. We are so looking forward to seeing you at the missions conference. We are bringing some surprises this year, more Japanese gals will be with us so they can be introduced to our Gaijin families.

Relaxing at Okuma

Just chillin out on the patio. Chips and dips, the perfect snack. Yes!!

Session I

"stir up the passion juice" it said it all! A powerful first session for all of us. Timothy was chillin out and needed to "stir up the gift". Don't be chillin on the fridge.

Setting up the Tents

Twenty eight people will be tenting it on the beach. For many of the Nihonjin students (Japanese) this will be there first time. We are looking forward to a great time at Okuma.

Let the Okuma Retreat Begin!

We made it safe to Okuma to have our CCBC Retreat. We are so blessed that Pastor Rich will be teaching the students.

Pastor Rich from Fuchu

Rich came all the way from the Tokyo are to come and be with us for most of the week. He taught at our Men's breakfast and Sunday morning he will be at CCNaha followed at CCGinowan Sunday night. Monday he will be with us for 3 days camping at the Bible College Retreat. It should be a blast!

Calvary Men's Breakfast

It was such a blessing getting all the Calvary' together for a Men's breakfast. The only one who was missing was Pastor Tim. But that was my fault for the late invite. It was a great blessing.

Maria and her Baby!

We go way back with Maria. Back to her days at OCSI. She is now married and has a beautiful baby girl. It was so good seeing Maria. She heads home soon back to Oklahoma. God bless you Maria, hopefully next time you can bring your husband.

Taliya' Testimony

This was the first time that Taliya gave her testimony in English. Part of their ESL (english as a second language) class, they have to give their testimony in English. She did a fabulous job!

Homemade Chestnuts

These are delicious when prepared properly. This was our first time roasting them. I know that I can do better next time. One actually exploded in my hand, but I will let Hannah tell that story.

Kayo's Flower

This is the beautiful plumeria that I gave Kayo the other day as her and Andrew left our house. Plumeria's are the most beautiful flower in all of Okinawa.

Jewish Lecture

Mr. Joseph is a Messianic Jew living in Jerusalem. He is visiting here in Okinawa and giving lectures on Israel and the Messiah. We were able to take the students into Naha City and be a part of one of his services.

A First Again on e3missions

When was the last time you saw Eric Bloom? Well this post is so special because we have the first picture of his new wife Lilly. Praise the Lord! We miss you Eric, we hope you are doing great. We are so blessed for you bro! God bless you all!

Major Mark Davis

Nate apologies that the picture is not clear, but anything will do for us. Isn't it great to see Mark again. He is stationed at Camp Pendleton in California. He still looks great! It is good to see Christy and Josh too. God bless you 4, it is great to see you again.

Brother Nate and Pastor Rich

We all know brother Nate, but many of us do not know Pastor Rich. He is the one who will be taking over for Pastor Jeremiah in Machida. I was able to hang out with Rick in Tokyo last week. He is a great guy. God bless you Nate, great to see you again.

Hanaui Celebration!

We are taking the students to the Yomitan Matsuri. But first we stopped off at the famous "Hanaui Restaurant". The food is delicious like we always remember!

A Great Photo

This a great shot that Joel took from his camera. After Wednesday night service the gang celebrated Kayo's Birthday. Everyone had a great time.

Simon is here!

We are so blessed to have Simon here with us teaching in the morning lectures. Simon is a part of Teen Challenge in Okinawa. He started out as a student, but now he is involved in leadership. Thank you Simon for being here this morning.

My. Fuji from the air

This is the clearest I have ever seen Mt. Fuji. It was absolutely beautiful from the air. Usually it is cloudy and you can only see the top. But as you can see, we see from top to bottom, beautiful!

Mr. Cool

Eder sportin Pastor Tom's shades. He looks good! We are getting ready to board the plane back to Okinawa. God gave us a great trip for His Glory.

Leaving Tokorozawa

Well, it is time to head back home to Okinawa and see all our wonderful family. Thank you Tokorozawa gang for such a blessed time at the conference and Church. God bless you all!

Happy Birthday Kayo!

Today is Kayo's Birthday and we are so blessed for her. We pray she has a blessed day. God bless you Kayo, and Happy Birthday!

Serious Eaters

When you get two interns together, watch out! This is some serious Ramen, fried rice and gyoza. Usually you get one or the other, but these dudes are “having it all”. I was not in on this food fest, but hopefully the next one. Watch out Eder, remember it is harder to come off.

Absolutely Adorable!

The Newest Newell; Tomoki Aaron Newell! Praise God for a healthy, natural birth! Thank you Jesus! We are so blessed for this wonderful couple Masaki is going to be a good big brother. We are so blessed for you Tim and Ayu. For everyone else, please leave a baby greeting below.

Japanese Culture Day

We are celebrating it at Costco. Pizza and soda, a Japanese tradition. The boyz are loving it!

Fireplace Sweet Potato

We baked some sweet potato right in the fireplace. We wrapped the sweet potato in foil, put them right on the grill and let nature take it's course. Absolutely delicious!

The Meeting Room

This is a birds eye view of the meeting room below. This picture is taken from our sleeping room above. Eder and I are crashing out next to each other.

Walk before Lunch

Some of the guys went on a nature walk before chowin down on Travis' homemade "In N out" burgers, they were delicious.

Beautiful Okutama

We are staying in a cabin right by the river. There are 28 Pastor's Leaders all hanging out together. The fellowship is out of this world!

Three Amigos

Trevor is here! He arrived today from Sapporo. So we are looking forward to a great time together at the Conference.

The Spearman's

They are looking so good, especially Amber. She is less than two months away. We are so blessed for them. Please continue to pray for them.