day 2: on dish ( we went to the gymn first though of course...)

We checked out the On Dish restaurant and had their all you can eat ice cream, soup and salad, and drink bar. You can be well assured we took advantage of this occasion and ate as much ice cream as it was possible.

day 1(of Ivan's visit): six out of six

Ivan is finally here. We picked him up last night at 10:30 last night and took him to all the late night "must sees" such as, Union to get his first bento and Mister Donut to get those delish mochi donuts. :P heehee...

two in one deal

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This past Saturday was Ally's birthday (blowing out the candle) and Paul's (the one with the rice field worker's hat) going away party. Julie and Chris hosted the whole thing (in pic together). Check out those cakes because it was about a 4 day project for Julie. These ladies are amazing cooks. It was a night of food and fellowship. See ya Paul! and Have another great year in service to the Lord, Ally ^_^

celebrant : belated version

Since the family was gone for Pastor Tommy's birthday this summer we celebrated it after church on Wednesday. You got to appreciate Japanese cake/pie for not being overwhelmingly sweet like most American desserts.

they're back ^_^

The Ruiz family arrived back in Okinawa on Wednesday. It was good to see them back. Right away the ladies surrounded the growing chubman Masaki. I wouldn't blame them :D

women worship team

After the study the ladies who for the majority are related (Reiko, Hiromi, and Kuniko are sisters and Ai and Naomi are Hiromi's daughters), they went up and played and sang as Kayo led with the guitar. an all out Okinawan girl worship team. They're very musically inclined. It was a blessing to watch. They're all so sweet.

women's study

My mom taught the last Monday night while Yumi translated. We're going over 2 Thessalonians which relates to the end times and Paul relaying to that church certain foundational doctrines concerning the end times and living in Christ. It was a blessing to hear that one of the sisters was thankful that they have been teaching on the end times because it has been what she has been wanting to know about. It just goes to show how much the Lord know the desires of His children and is willing to give.

sisters hang

My mom took us out to just chill well really to do laundry while Melissa was here visiting before she left back for the states. It was fun getting to see the sisters Christina and Melissa together. Don't judge we ate at Subway for lunch while we were waiting for our laundry because it was pouring all that week. Hahaha that was a bad pic that I took. Caught in the act. (Izak was with us to just fyi... so we had to get that much food). Melissa left this past Sunday Father's day night. It was a blessing to get to know her with the short time we did have :D

birthdays galore

It was Trevor's, Rusty's, Paul's, Ayu's, and Joe's this weekend and last weekend.
They're all so great ^_^

change of Command ceremony

Yesterday (Friday 12th) they had a changing of Command for the Naval hospital on the Foster base. It was a neat ceremony. There was a special surprise in the program which was the Commanding officer's (who was leaving) daughter, Zoe, who sang for everyone the Miley Cyrus song "It's a Climb" Later we "interviewed the star" and she told us that it's just a song about life. She is so cute.

with the folks.

I moved into my parents apartment and this is what the view looks like from our front door in the morning.
As you could tell from the reflection our our car that we live on the third floor which makes broadens the availability of the breeze.
it is beautiful to see the creation of our Creator. I have just been reminded recently of the necessity to stand in wonder of the God we serve. Because we can never fully comprehend Him in this life . So I encourage you and to whomever this may concern, which should be every believer, to revert back to the child like awe of our awesome God.

Lakers vs. Orlando Magic

Some of th guys went to Taco Bell to watch the the NBA finals Lakers vs Magic game. Even lil Masaki Taylor Newell was watching the game instead of taking a picture with me... he didn't even want to look at Kobe though... *sigh*
It was fun not to mention chubbing out at Taco Bell. We didn't watch all of it but apparently it was a good game:
overtime, tied 98 to 98 for a bit, Lakers prevailed.

A Lil Bit o' America

We had Arizonas today and taco bell on base today after working out. We thought we'd treat ourselves... for exercising.

Edah's

Eder is 23. Christina made a bear cake. Kuma-san ^_^ Happy Bday Eda!

Last Sunday

In more recent News, it was Megan (ice cream pic sorry Meg you left too early to take pics with i didn't mean to make you look like a chub hahaha you're eating ice cream!),
Amanda, and Dean's last Sunday night so the congregation prayed for them after service to be sent out. They actually left this morning along with Megan.
Amanda and Dean are going to be in Korea and Iza will follow them later and Megan will be in Tokyo area in mainland Japan where I will follow her in mid July. The Lord is going to do awesome things in and through them.

I won't even title this that night we had a a chub out. One of the brothers from the church graciously gave us girls at the d house. i know i know it was pretty chubby of us but the Barrios just left.
But we had good fellowship and conversation.

The Barrios said bye

The Barrios were definitely a blessing to be around still

They had a "Mata ne" party for the Barrios kids in Children's ministry.
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Still Missed

It's been over two weeks since this day that Melissa and Kelsi left.
but they are still very much missed. ^_^ Hope you guys are doing amazingly.