the last week or so..

Here's a little update with some pictures from the last week since my most recent post...
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Last Friday I was able to go with Joe to hang out with Tim and Simon from Teen Challenge. After a devotional time and sharing some testimonies, we went to a war memorial site. The cave that we went into was part of a crucial Japanese network of caves that allowed them to hold their ground, for at least a short amount of time, against the American attack on Okinawa in 1945. It was a sobering experience seeing and reading about the atrocities that would take place in caves like this one.






Below is a picture I took outside our school building, on the roof of the apartment building next to us.

On Monday we went to Katsuren castle. Okinawa, formerly known as the Ryukyu Kingdom, was ruled be various kings for most of her history. In the picture below you can see Aaron risking much injury for the sake of 1 odd picture. : ) It did come out pretty good though.

After we had visited the castle, we drove to Hamahiga Island where we spent the rest of the afternoon. We pretty much did what we normally do when we come to a beautiful Island beach graced with a cool ocean breeze and clear blue waters; we climbed stuff. There was a real big rock, rising a good 90 feet out of the water, that we just couldn't resist. Ron and Josh led the expedition up, but once it came to the real climbing part, we ended up taking three seperate paths. Jayme and myself took the smartest and safest path, and Ron and Josh almost died trying other ways up. : ) Tom's words from the beach, "Hey! Aaron! Watch your sisters!" (At first Kayla was with us as well). Good old Tommy.

Good times...

Picture of our beach from the half-way point on the big rock...







And finally, Mr. Photogenic Ron, with his little chicken friend. I think that the face paint is what helped him catch it. I mean, I'm just saying, from a chicken's perspective, he's definitely an eye-catcher. : )

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So we just found out that we'll be going to Korea on or around the 15th of November. Fun stuff. We'll be there for 5 days most likely but I'm not sure yet what all we might be doing. Sunday we'll be leaving for a 4 day, 3 night stay at the Okuma campgrounds up north. : D We're just too blessed. We seriously live on a little piece of paradise. We'll be camping right next to the beach and just spending time relaxing and being refreshed. Good stuff. Things have been going well and I'm learning more and more each day in regards to different aspects of ministry as well as in Bible study. My class has been going well and we'll be finishing up 1 Samuel next Thursday. It's been a blessing being able to learn both devotional aspects and theological aspects of 1 Samuel and David's life in general. Truly, the Lord is so faithful to speak through the vessels He's chosen for teaching His Word...So much with that....

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Until next time, may He "grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." (Eph. 3:16-19)

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