Pictures : D

So, I had one of the girls cut my hair on sunday and we decided to leave it a little crazy for a day. Yeah, that was definetely a one time thing. The crazy thing was that just about every Japanese person that saw it thought it was the most amazing thing ever... Everyone else, however, thought it pretty nasty. haha, good times.
Here's the hair now. I guess a haircut needed three pictures on the blog, but cutting my hair was a pretty big thing for me... It's nice though to not have all that extra baggage anymore, especially in all this heat and humidity.

To the right are memorial flowers placed at a site commemorated to a group of Junior High girls that were forced into military service during World War II by the Japanese. Something like 80 to 90% of them died from different causes by the end of the battle for Okinawa. The girls were drafted as nurses, first to help out in the main hospital in Naha, but then as the fighting got heavier, in caves thorughout the southern and central area of the island. The story of these girls and what they went through during the Battle of Okinawa was pretty touching; yet another testament to the grim realities of the results of man's sinful nature. "What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel." James 4:1-2

This was probably the highlight for me this week. Above is a picture of the sunrise over the island teusday morning. The bikeride down to the beach from our house is about 20 minutes with no traffic. When I left, it was still dark out and the stars were still out to greet me : D. The sunrise was uts'kushi! It was a great time to just worship our mighty and awesome king! The flawless designer concerned with every intricate detail.

"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" Psalm 8:3-4

I'm not very good at taking the time to keep this thing updated regularly, so for more stuff be sure to be checking Tommy's E3Missions blog.

Prayer is much needed! So whoever my brother's and sister's in Christ are that might be checking out this site, please pray for the ministry over here in Okinawa. : D and leave comments too...