It took some time but we have found our new church home and we can't wait to join in on all the different ministries they have. We have tried several churches off base but it was difficult to find one that spoke English and had sound doctrine. The ones on base were non denominational and gave blanket messages that didn't give us the spiritual nourishment we needed. We finally found Calvary Chapel Okinawa and have been going there for almost a month now. The people are very friendly (a mix of Americans and Japanese), the messages go deep and verse by verse, and they have many ministries reaching out to the Japanese community and military youth. Another thing I really enjoy is that we sing the worship songs in both English and Japanese. I was able to find a few videos our worship leader posted on youtube back in February. It's a Wednesday night service but we still sing the same songs. You can also listen to sermons at calvaryokinawa.com. Just click on the "podcasts" link and "Sunday morning messages." We actually had a guest speaker this week that used to be a member of the church but now travels around Asia with Franklin Graham. Pastor Rick will be back this week though. Right now we are going through the book of Matthew.
In other news, TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!! yay 21!!! The downside to this is that I couldn't renew my license until my actual birthday and because the mail takes so long I won't have a new one for probably a month. I now have to convince Dayne to take me everywhere and I feel bad making him go places right after he gets off work. Hopefully it will come in soon. Speaking of coming in though, OUR STUFF HAS ARRIVED ON ISLAND!!! They told me it would be another month on Tuesday. I don't know how they were that off but I'm happy. We will have our dishes, our microwave, our fall clothes, and our holiday decorations. If I don't post this next week it's because the house is in chaos, but I will post pictures after I get everything in order.
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