Jetlag claimed the first Victim

Samuel could not handle; he was too tired and gave into sleep. Maybe it was the turkey, who knows. Sleep good bro, you will be wide awake at 2am.

CCBC Thanksgiving Celebration

In honor of the Hawaii students we moved our celebration to Friday evening. They were in mid flight Thanksgiving day so they did not miss out! We are grubbin down.

Po and the Hawaii Group

The guys from Hawaii arrived safely and they hit the ground running. They began the morning by sharing their hearts with us in devotions. Then it was off to Kakazu Ridge for some Okinawan WWII war history. After lunch (Joel famous fried rice) they went to Mihama to shop and exchange money. Next stop; Thanksgiving Dinner, then out witnessing. Whew! They are going to sleep good tonight.

Taliya Translates

Pretty awesome, this is the first time that she has just translated on the fly. Her English skills are growing rapidly, so blessed as she continues to grow in Jesus.

Dessert's Galore

So many sweets! Sugar heaven, Japanese style, black coffee and desserts, the only way to go! In the words of Joel Coronado "too much!"

Thanksgiving Celebration

We are so glad that we had the celebration downstairs instead of upstairs. There were so many people and everyone is so full! Pastor Tim gave a great Thanksgiving devotion. So many Japanese people.

Back in Okinawa

Korea was a super blast! But it is sure good to be back in the warm weather of Okinawa. We were in pants and jackets in Daejeon but here on island we are wearing t-shirts, shorts, and flip flops, whooooeeeee! It is good to be home!

Filipino Family

This is part of our Filipino family in Korea. They are from Iloilo and they are studying in Korea. They were such a blessing to be around with. Like I tell everyone, the best thing about the Philippines is the Filipino people. It was a bummer leaving them, just when we were getting to know one another. God bless you gang, we love you.

Heading Home!

We had such a wonderful time in Daejeon. Pastor Mike and Cobb are great brothers. The team had such a blessed time ministering to the Korean Brothers and sisters. Pastor Victor showed up and blessed us with a special prayer. It was great seeing him. Next stop; Fukuoka.

Ministry at "School of Tomorrow"

Daniel teaches at SOT. He has been there for almost a year. It was a blessing to share Jesus with all the kids. Good job Daniel!

Juan-Diego Garcia

Hi everyone! Here is a recent photo of our brother Juan-Diego; He has recently been accepted to the land "down under", Australia. He will be heading out for a missions trip to serve along side YWAM for a few months. Please keep this special brother in prayer. Isn't it so exciting to see so many people taking steps of faith for the Lord. God bless you bro! Be blessed, and you will be in our prayers.

Holy Cross Gathering

This is a Christian Coffee House in Daejeon and it rocks the house. It is so beautiful, it puts Starbucks to shame. People come and just chill out. Sam is loving it.

GooDay Mate!

This is Bradley our good brother from down under! We spent a lot of time with him talking about Australia and how he came to know Jesus Christ! Go is doing a good work in his life.

Thanksgiving Celebration in Daejeon

Today in Korea all of the Christian Churches celebrate Thanksgiving. So we gathered at CCDaejeon to have a fun get together with the church. There was thanksgiving fixin's for everyone. The blessings of Costco gave us some fat apple pies and pumpkin pie, out of this world. Thank you CCD and thank you Jesus!

Ministry at Cheonan Church

On Sunday morning, Pastor Cobb, Taliya, Nichole and I headed to the Cheonan church to lead worship and serve at the church. Taliya did a great Jon of leading worship. It was a blessed time.

Busy Day Finished

After a busy day everyone gets online. We are all at Dunkin Donuts checking our email and getting caught up with life. The only thing is that we are not talking to each other. Hurry up, it's time to go home and get to bed. Tomorrow will be a super busy day.

House of Hope Servants of the Lord!

The title says it all!

Daikon for Everyone!

This is pretty amazing! At the "House of Hope" they are harvesting daikon (it is called something else in Korean). They dug this huge hole, then they put the rice stalk on the bottom, then they fill up the hole with the daikon and cover it up with more straw and then cover it back up with dirt. Because the temperature will drop below freezing, this becomes an outside refrigerator for the rest of the season. 12 inches below the earth does not freeze so the daikon will be kept fridge cold. This is amazing! We chopped off the tops of the daikon, then hung the stalks to dry in the greenhouse, and hand loaded the daikon into the hole. We are real Korean farmers.

Taliya and Yuko lead Worship

At the "House of Hope" the people gathered as we had a time of worship before we went outside to do some work. The students did a great job of showing the Love of the Lord!

Korean Green Gold!

We went to the "House of Hope" the physically and mentally challenged Christian home in Daejeon. We did a lot of work and here Daniel is carrying the Kimchi Cabbage. Ahhhhh heaven sent!

Waffle Ice Cream

Another must stop when you are in Daejeon; waffle ice cream and they are super cheap, less than 1 dollar. All of the students loved them. Even Dean got into the munch down.

Wii Fellowship

After the English Outreach some of the students from the outreach came back to the church with us for some fun fellowship. It was good to just hang out. This is what Pastor Mike wants; friendship evangelism.

English Outreach in Daejeon

The Okinawan Students hosted an English outreach with Pastor Mike here in Korea. We thought that only 15 students would come but 26 showed up. It was a great time. The students did an excellent job.

Moses is Here!

This guy is a handsome dude, he is looking great! Moses has been so busy. He is attending CCBC online full time classes as well as holding down the fort at church in Seoul. He stated that he is so busy! God is using this Man of God!

Last Girl Standing (sitting)

If you know Taliya she "bats cleanup". Which means that she eats slow and finishes up for us. The food was too delicious to pass up and leave behind.

Toast Sandwich (Breakfast of Champions)

For anyone who has been on one of our missions trips to Korea, you know that we are going to take you to "People making Toast". It is a delicious egg sandwich! Also they make delicious fruit smoothies like old time (Orange Julius). "Sam and the Sammyetes" looks like a good band CD cover.

Pastor Santo: Lectures in Ministry

The Bible College students today were so blessed to hear from a Great Pastor. Pastor Santo spoke at the Lectures in Ministry class at CCBC Okinawa. Santo has been a Calvary Pastor for many years now and brings a wealth of information to the students. As God continues to do a good work in the Tokyo area, we look forward to what He will do next through men like Pastor Santo. Thank you brother for taking the time to bless our students.

Safe Arrival

Like clockwork, Pastor Mike picked us up ontime! He brought with him a new friend, Pastor Cobb who serves also in Daejeon. Let the blessings begin!

Korean Air

The students are excited to fly on Korean Air. The Video screens were huge. Next stop, the country of Korea!

Thank you Joanna!

She got up early and made lunch for the students. They were happy when we arrived in Fukuoka. We were all hungry. You know Taliya, she is excited when it is time to eat.

Korea Bound

We are heading to Korea today to join Pastor Mike Loudermilk as visit with the other missionaries in South Korea. Please pray with us for a safe and fruitful trip. To God be the glory.

Tatsuhiko's Testimony

It has been a blessing having Tatsuhiko here with in Okinawa. He comes to us via CCWestTokyo with Pastor Santo. Tatsuhiko is a student at Okinawa International University and is majoring in English. He continues to grow leaps and bounds in his relationship with the Lord. It is truly a blessing to have him around.

The Korean Krew

Please pray for us answer will be making our way to Korea this Thursday to go and serve at CCDaejeon. We are looking forward to seeing Pastor Mike, Daniel and his beautiful wife Nayeon and hopefully we will be able to see Dean Pera. Please pray that we will have a fruitful trip.

11.11.11

In honor of this special day we went to Drug 11 on 11.11.11 and had an ice cream to honor the day. We will honor any day that gives us an excuse to buy an ice cream.

The ladies of the Conference

Props and thanks go to the Bible College students for all of their service during the Conference. The gals who are taking Joanna's women in leadership class were in charge of all the preparations, worship and set up for the conference. Thanks ladies for allowing yourself to be used by the Lord, you all were a super blessing!

Calvary Chapel Women's Conference (Okinawa)

The gals gathered from the different Calvary Chapel's here on the island. It was a real blessing with the different ladies leading in worship and teaching for the sessions and the workshops. The ladies all had a great time, and they said that the teachings were excellent. Praise the Lord! To God be all the Glory!

Pastor Rich from CCFuchu

The students were blessed to have Pastor Rich speak to us about ministry in our Lectures class. The video was not the greatest quality but the audio did the trick. It is a blessing to use this technology, since Rich is all the way in Mainland Japan, it is too difficult to fly him in just for the lecture. But we did "fly him in" via the web service. Thank you Pastor Rich for blessing us with your teachings. May God continue to do a great work with you up there in Fuchu.

Prayer for Dan Bolinger

Dan was able to come up and spend some time with us. Before he left we were able to surround him and join together in prayer. We love you Dan!

Pastor's Retreat at Okutama

This is a good picture of the group. Everyone had a blessed time. It was good to just hang out and get to know each other. The weather was unusually warm. Most of the time between sessions we laughed, joked around had fun.

Pastor Bill Giving Instruction

There are over 40 dudes gathering at the Pastor's conference. Travis had to rent an extra cabin to accommodate all the men. The gang are having a great time.

Zach Leads Worship at Pastor's Retreat

The conference is going full force ahead. There are a lot of people here in the mountains of Okutama. Pastor Bill Stonebraker spoke and challenged our hearts, we are being blessed.

The Japanese Students Leadership Conference

It was a blessing, the Japanese Bible College students were invited personally to come and join in the Conference at Koza Baptist Church. Tom Blackaby was the featured speaker. They were all thoroughly blessed.

Dean Pera in Tokyo

We picked up brother Dean today from the station. He is here in Tokyo to work on his visa situation for Korea. We are blessed in that we are able to hang out together. God bless you Dean.

Spiritual Leadership

Today the Bible College Students were invited to be a part of the Spiritual Leadership Conference at Koza Baptist Church. The speaker was Tom Blackaby, son of Henry Blackaby the author of the book "Experiencing God". It was a blessed seminar focusing on Leadership in the Church.

Lectures in Ministry - Pastor Mike Silva

Pastor Mike Silva from CCIwakuni was our guest speaker this past week. He did a great job of encouraging us to serve the Lord and put him first in our lives. Just as Mary worshiped at the feet of Jesus we too should worship Jesus and not get caught up into the motions of works. Pastor Mike did a great job! It is always a blessing to hear from him. This technology thingy is a blessing!

Wednesday Night with Migiwa

Migiwa is a Christian performer who is touring in Okinawa. Her first stop is with us at the Koinonia Cafe, so we had a special concert. Also with a special message with Yoshua. To God be all the Glory.

The Newell's Fellowship House

Sunday night after the Nago Service we came over for some fellowship and fun. Pastor Tim has the new IPhone4S so he was showing us some fun things. The kids are growing up so fast. We had fun with Masaki.

The Diaz's New Apartment

Joanna and I had the opportunity to visit Eder and Amanda's new apartment. God has blessed them with so much and this is just the beginning of what the Lord will do for them. Please continue to pray for this wonderful couple.

The Robb's Heading to Tohoku

Please join with us in prayer for the Robb's as they have left to start a new mission in faith as God has sent them to the Tohoku area. In faith they step out for Jesus. All for the Glory of God.