New CCNago Signs

Pastor Tim just had the new signs for the church installed today, they look great! Please continue to pray for the new work in Nago City. We know that God wants to do a great work up there, but the enemy does not want it to succeed. Please pray from Tim, Ayu and little Masaki.

Serious About Marriage

It says it all. For many of us we know our brother Josh Perry, he has been gone for some time serving the Lord and America on deployment. He will be coming back soon to Okinawa, and soon to be married. He sent some pictures to Trevor, but I think that this is the only one that I can put up on e3missions. We miss you bro, come home soon! God bless you!

Friday Lectures: Chaplain Arthur

Chaplain Arthur is the Head Chaplain on Camp Futenma. Eder assists him as one of our interns there. It was a blessing to have him come and speak to us. Afterwards we made him an “honorary Bible college student” by giving him an official CCBC Okinawa hoodie.

A First

It was so encouraging to hear Tamiko’s testimony and Emi translating for her in Japanese. It is wonderful having the Japanese and English students together. We are all learning Japanese more as we pray, talk and do our best to converse in another language. “Thank you Jesus for bringing these students to us”.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Andrew’s Birthday was Monday but we celebrated it at the Koinonia Cafe on Wednesday night. Andrew is not one, but we only had one candle (better than nothing huh). The picture of the 4 guys, I don’t know why I put it in there, it just looked good. They were so happy to be a part of Andrew’s Birthday I guess. God bless you Andrew and Happy Birthday buddy!

Finishing up with Prayer

At the end of the night we surrounded Andrew and spent some time in prayer for our good buddy. He is so blessed! The Bible tells us “He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord” (Prov.18:22) We are so blessed for you Andrew and Kayo, we love you both so much. Please leave a wedding greeting for this wonderful couple.

Corny

Andrew is from Iowa and he is a proud “corn eater”, he talks a lot about corn. So Trevor made up this game; He has to find a few other people and challenge them to a “corn eating competition”. He found three challengers, 1 girl and two guys, all Japanese. Sorry, Andrew lost, the second guy from the left one.

Where is my Finance?

Another one of our games was the Andrew had to walk up to 10 different people and ask them “have you seen my finance”? Tamiko is in the big picture, but as you can see Kayo and Andrew are in the back. It was really funny, he had to point out “this is not my fiance, but this one is her in the back”. He had some good responses, a lot of fun.

Neely Games

At Neely’s bachelor party we blind folded him and took him to Mihama and he had to do these crazy games and skit. In this one he had to find a random person and sing to them a love song that he wrote to Kayo. We just happened to find this couple who were taking pictures who will be getting married this week. Andrew sung this long song for them, they liked it!

Andrew’s Bachelor Party

 Monday evening we celebrated Andrew’s Bachelor Party. The guys got together and made him hi “prison outfit”. Please do not be offended it was all done in fun. We all understand that it is freedom and not bondage that he is getting into, but we just all wanted to have a lot of fun. Andrew was a good sport, we all had a blast! Pizza, chips, and soda, a perfect combination.

Super Bowl Monday

  We all gathered at 8am Monday to watch the Superbowl. 8am Monday morning is around 4pm Sunday afternoon in California. So we gathered for breakfast at the Habu pit on Camp Futenma. Some of the Bible College gals did not want to go, so Hannah had a breakfast part at her house with food and a movie. It was a good morning/afternoon.

Brees Talks About Jesus

Many of you know that Drew Brees is the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints that just won the Superbowl. It is interesting to hear in his own words how he came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. A really good interview. Please click on the link below and see it for your self. http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7dde44d1a0c8c69ccdec&sp=2 Another hero that our young people can look up to.

All Out for Valentines Day

Okinawa is gearing up for Valentine’s Day and the Japanese really love this Holiday. On Valentines Day here in Japan, the girls give gifts to the boys and a month later on “White Day”, it is the day that the guys return the favor. Check out all this chocolate, it is all for February 14th.

From Israel with Love

 Sosimo was in Israel for about 4 months and on his arrival back to the USA he brought some Olive Wood Communion Cups for the body here at CCGinowan. This Sunday we were able to bless the church. Thank you Sosimo, this is a real blessing.

Happy Birthday Oba-san!

Kayo brought her grandma to the Koinonia Cafe the other day, it was her Grandma’s Birthday. Kayo and Andrew will be getting married soon. It was great to see Kayo’s Oba-san. Happy Birthday Grandma!

Friday Lectures

We were blessed this Friday morning the have Pastor Rick as our first guest lecturer for this semester Bible College. Rick is a great teacher and a good communicator. He encouraged the students in a good way, thank you Pastor Rick for teaching the class.

Another True Life Hero

Tony Dungy used to be the coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Many of you know his life, but recently ESPN wrote an article on his life and how he is such an inspiration to so many people. He looks back at life and says that if he “only would have taken Michael Vick on that fishing trip” his whole life could have been different. I do not want to steal the thunder of this modern day hero, but please click on the link below and read it for yourself. Our young people need someone to look up to, and Tony Dungy is one of those men.http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=100128/TonyDungy

Morning Devotions

Joanna had the opportunity to share her testimony with the students Thursday morning. Now that the Lord has blessed us with full time Japanese students we do everything with translation. So as Joanna shared Yumi translated. It is a blessing to step out in faith and see God do His Great work.

Tim Tebow Article ESPN

I know that you are busy and time is precious but please take the time to read the article that ESPN printed on the front page of their website. Tim Tebow will join in on a TV add sponsored by Focus on the Family on Prolife that will air Superbowl Sunday. The Ads that run during the Superbowl run about 2 million dollars. He is coming under a lot of fire for his Christian values, but the article by ESPN is really good. For those of you who do not know Tim Tebow, he was the quarterback for the Florida Gators who won the National Championship last year, was a Heisman Trophy winner and is considered one of the Greatest College Football Player of all time. A real hero that our children can look up to. Please click on the full article link below: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?page=hill/100202

The Boek’s in Japan

This is a great picture of Jeremiah and Geigy. They celebrated their 16th Wedding Anniversary (Geigy’s crown is going to be huge in Heaven). This is a picture of them in front of Mt. Fuji, absolutely beautiful. We miss the Boek’s here in Okinawa. Hopefully they can come back and visit with us for a while. God bless you Boek’s, we love you.