6.27.07 - i believe
i believe... you and i are made to worship
i believe... god is bigger than the air i breathe
i believe... there's no greater love than jesus
i believe... god's mercy endures forever
i believe... god is more than enough for all of me
i believe... god is breath-taking & breath-giving
i believe... god gives and takes away
i believe... god speaks to us with thunder & lightning
i believe... god also speaks to us with wispers
i believe... god answers prayers
i believe... "no" is a valid answer
i believe... the darker the room, the brighter a light will shine
i believe... the skies are beautiful right after a storm
i believe... we often need to experience "bad" in order to see "good"
i believe... in order to give grace, we have to be able to receive grace
i believe... in "god-incidences"
i believe... god transcends time and space
i believe... god uses our weaknesses to show his strength
i believe... god's plans for me are so much greater than my own
i believe... i could sing of god's love forever
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6.18.07 - sawatdee krup
cheers to fathers (heavenly & earthly), fotos, friends, food, and fellowship. just a quick update, cause i'll be in thailand this week on a business trip.
have a great week everyone!
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take it all (excerpt)
hillsong united
jesus we’re living for your name
we’ll never be ashamed of you
* whoa o oh *
our praise and all we are today
take take take it all
take take take it all
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6.12.07 - superheros
recently i've been sharing with people about how hard it is to live two lives. no, i'm not schizo. no, i'm not a secret agent. no, i'm not a superhero . . . although, sometimes i can relate. superheros have to live their lives without other people knowing about this whole other side of them. they're known as just every-day peter parker / clark kent / bruce wayne. yet, most of the world has no idea about what really makes them tick, what drives them, what makes them spiderman / superman / batman.
one fear that i have, is the thought that my life in the usa & my life in japan will have to stay seperate. there are things about me that people in japan will not understand, and there are things about me that people in the usa will not understand. that's only natural. of course, there are chances for my 2 lives to overlap. there are people that can at least understand & sympathize with my situation, and i thank god for placing people in my life that can understand who i am, and where i'm coming from.
this summer is an answer to my prayers. there are a bunch of people coming to japan on vacation, and so i really feel like it's an opportunity for my lives to start mixing. it's a chance for my japanese friends to meet my american friends, and vice versa. what i'm most excited about, is the chance for my american friends to see me in my "new life". to experience first-hand, what it's like to live in this amazing city. i'm so excited! so for everyone that has already visited, and everyone that will be visiting . . .
thank you. you have no idea how much it means to me.
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a call to live (excerpt)
neah lee
am i willing to stay
or willing to go
we like to say "whatever you will o' lord"
but does this heart even have an open door
who am i truly living for
who am i truly living for
is it my way, my thoughts, my comfort, my rights
does the "i" become greater than "i am"
the greater battle is in our hearts my friends
is it him we're truly living for
is it him we're truly living for
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6.07.07 - june
before i update about my past week, i just wanted to ask for your prayers for gail yoshimine. gail, and her husband jon, were two of the most influential people in my life when i first stared youth ministry. they taught me how to love unconditionally, and what it is to have joy in ministry. i will always be greatful for the example they have set for me. gail sufferend an aneurism in her brain, and is currently in critical condition. please join us in prayer for her and her family, as they are dear friends to sooooo many people.
*update* - gail has gone home to be with the lord. although i'm filled with sorrow, i'm comforted by knowing that gail is now worshipping with the angels up in heaven.
after a weeks worth of training and taking care of guests from thailand & india, i'm exhausted. working out here in the countryside definitely makes things a bit more relaxing though. this pic of mt. fuji was taken from our lunch/break room here on the 3rd floor. in the midst of it all, i barely even realized that it's already june! yow, this year is flying by!
this past saturday, i had frontline practice. afterwards, garett, nyika, yuuki, and i headed over to roppongi to catch a showing of spiderman 3. it seemed like everyone had gone and seen it, so we were excited to finally go. we figured everyone would be out watching pirates of the caribbean: the world's end, so we took our time to get there. to our surprise, it was sold out! doh! so we decided to eat away our sorrows with all-you-can-eat shabu shabu. but first, we went bowling to work up our appetites. garett amazed us by bowling his last game over 200! it was crazy. by then, our stomachs were "pupe pupe", so it was on to dinner. pork and cabbage shabu shabu w/ gomadare (sweet sesame sauce) left me manzoku (satisfied). by the end of dinner, the dissapointment of not being able to watch spiderman 3 was long gone. guess we'll try again this sat.
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madly
charlie hall
and i'm madly in love with you
and i'm madly in love with you
and i'm madly in love with you
and i'm madly in love with you
let what we do in here
fill the streets out there
let us dance for you
let us dance for you
all of my life
and nothing less
i offer to you, my righteousness
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