Soup Kitchen

Thursday I was able to go to Tel-Aviv, to help there with the soup kitchen they have every week on Thursdays. It was an adventure getting down there on the Shurut(mini-bus) system, but praise God that Vellerie took me all the way. While there, I was able to meet up with Nick Nunez, no pictures of him on this post but will get some up soon. We had a really fun time in Tel-Aviv, ministering there to the people, and sharing with them through actions and word His love. He really is good, and no doubt He will continue to share that with His people.

First Day out

Today was my first day here. I don't think I have fully come to the realization of it completely yet, but I'm sure it will come soon. Today was really cool, it was like one of those be still and know days. Not really having plans yet, it gave me the chance to just walk around and see. Let me speak about the food really quick too. I went to a place they call Burger Bar...mmmmm...cho oishi. It was really good, funny story about it too but I'll share later, then for dinner I was able to have a famous Israeli shwarma. It's really good, the hand in the picture makes it look kind of gross but it was good either way. I also got to go down to the old city, and look around a little bit through the Yaffa gate. The day has been an adventure filled with coffee and meeting new friends and recent old ones. I also got to learn a little Hebrew! He is always Good, all the time. Well untill the next post...Baruch Hashem.

Day of Arrival

Well if you didn't catch it from the last post, I've arrived safe and sound. After about an hour, I came out of the airport. Then again after another hour/hour and a half, I caught a shurut)mini taxi bus), as you can see there were a lot of people. Getting here safely I was able to put my stuff down, walk around a bit, and then attend a study that very same night. A team actually is out here for a couple months and did a study. They did praise in Hebrew and Spanish, it was really cool. Spanish is used a lot here, another open door. Thanks be to God.

Thanks be to God

Alright in order to tell the story, Im going to have to start at the beginning. Once upon a time...no im just kidding...hee hee hee. Now when I was returning to Cali from Korea there was two things I knew i wanted to try and get set up. One was hanging out with the Harringtons while they were still in Cali, and the other was work. I left it in the Lord's hands, and focused on the ministry there in Korea. When then lo and behold, I got back and He took care of everything. The first full day being there we had dinner with the Harringtons and Richard called me to set me up in work again. He is Good! A couple weeks went by, and then SURPRISE there ended up being news that the CCBC Semester had to be cancelled. The cool part is no matter what, are God is fully omiscient, and every news is same news to Him. Continuing in His word and seeing where He wanted me, God through; circumstances, patience/percerverence through His word, godly advice, and listening to His Spirit, told me still to go. Taking that step of commitment, He revealed plans for 3 weeks out of the 16 weeks He allowed my plane ticket to be. God is a God of details, but He doesn't always like to share every single one...lol. So taking that step of faith actually into full action I left LAX and now am here in Israel. He has done great things already. Even on the plane, He showed that languages are no barriers for Him, and He shows His love even in the midst of a three language conversation. Our God is big, as we trust in Him He shows us more and more how big He really is. As for the weeks ahead He'll make it clear soon enough. Baruch Hashem for His awesome grace and mercy. To God be the glory, Shalom Shalom-Sosi

CC Kid's Camp

August 14-16 the Calvary Chapel Kids ministry had their annual kids camp.

This year it was themed, Armor up. Pastor Pule invited us to come lead worship on Friday night. We had a blast singing Halla halla la la la leluya, this is the day, and other ones too(ya i forgot...lol). The kids seemed to have a lot of fun in the whole camp. They even got to play some kind of capture the flag with chalk covered soft balls to throw at people to get them out with. Most of all though, they got to study in the Word of God for a whole weekend. May they grow more and more from this young age to great men and woman of Him, Praise His name.

Festival de Costa Rica

On the 9th of September, I was able to go with my family to the
annual Costa Rican festival at Prodo Dam, Chino. It was so sweet being able to hang out with family(Sol included) and other Ticos(Costa Rican's) from all over the area. It was a great time bbq with the Fam, Dancing with my mama(check the crowd), and just being in a little bit of the culture again. A lot of fun, Gracias a Dios.

TakeOff

Alright well I know there has not been many post lately but even though I've been short on time I should have still put some up, I'm sorry. I will continue to update it as I can. This picture really isn't mine either, it's from Amanda's blog. I don;t know who took it but because my camera has been broken since Karaoke night it's all I got. We left Korea the 22nd and now we're in the United States serving Him here. It was a blessing to serve God there for the time He allowed and see His working hand in the ministries He gave us the privilege to be a part of. HE truly used us so much and did wonderful things that only He can receive the glory for. Thank you Lord for strengthening us to be used as vessels of honor, thank You for doing the things that You have done, and thank You for doing the things You will continue to do. We give You the praise for You are worthy of all of it. Continue to be glorified in the lives of Your servants and bless those whom You've allowed us to be a part of in their lives. Bless all Your Children around the world and continue to lead and guide them in your Love and Grace-Amen.

The 2nd going away Party

Before leaving Korea on Wednesday we had one more outreach ministry to attend , M.E.L.T. at night. Since that would be officially last class we decided to set a time to hang out with the students before our departure. So after M.E.L.T. at night we went to McDonald's packed it out and the headed over for a famous night of Korean Karaoke. It was a great time of last night fellowships and last words of encouragement to the body there. We has a lot of fun singing Karaoke but ended the night with a hymn of worship and an uplifting in prayer to God for His children there. God was truly in that place shining His love and encouraging all His children.

Lunch and Shopping

One of the last days being there in South Korea some of the guys decided to take us out for a special going away lunch. They took us to have some sweet grilled cuts of beef and different types of side things with it that were really good. We hung out, fellowshipped with food and just shared praise reports on the things God did in our lives and looked forward to things He does continue to do. Afterwards they dropped us off downtown where we met up with the rest of our foreigners group and did some last time Korean shopping before heading back to the states. The video kind of shows a little bit of the guys' personalities, they were fun to hang out with.

Going Away Party

After our last Sunday Night Service we continued as a regular and went to the local Holy Cross Coffee Shop for fun and fellowship. While there the group brought out for us some surprise cakes and sang us a song (a Korean song saying you are loved and will be missed). It was a lot of fun playing games and accidentally blowing out the candles too early when the song seemed to be finished but wasn't yet really. It was a blessing to hang out with everyone, and even the staff came out from the back to give us a gift and shared some kind words. It was cool to see that the witness we left there; just coming, showing His love, and cleaning up after ourselves became an encouragement to those around us. Praise the Lord=].

Last Sundays

The first service that we were able to be a part of going on at CC Daejeon was the Sunday Night Worship Service, and leaving out last service was the same Sunday Night Worship Service. It was a blessing being able to serve there with the body and minister in His name. The pictures and videos are of Daniels last Saturday teaching and the last couple Sundays helping in worship. The last two Sunday's Daniel and I got to take turns in sharing with the body His word, but i didn't get any pictures...but they still were good. Enjoy the ones up though.

Presbyterian Church Sunday

The first time God took me to Korea was a little more than 2 years ago. On that first trip we were able to go to a Presbyterian Church in Cheonan and minister alongside Pastor Mike and the rest of our team from Oki. Ministering there I remember sharing specifically with a group of junior higher kids that God really touched my heart with. Being back in Korea I was hoping to go and see them again but was not able to because of different ministry opportunities I was committed to. On the second to last week thought, the doors opened up and it was really cool being able to encourage and share the word at that same Presbyterian Church that day. It was a blessed time seeing those kids again and seeing them continue in the faith and serving Him. Praise God for His faithfulness in His children to them who he is and continue to grow them more in His Love and grace.

Da Sweet Feathers

For six or so months God blessed me with a sweet hairdue, but after the sixth month period it was time to cut it. For those of you wondering all the sweat feather flips were natural, no curlers or perms at all, it was all natural God given beauty=]. The hair came out really sweet, but the time set apart for the hair was finished so the feathers were cut away. I had some fun the last night messing around and making the hair funny but let it fool you, it was sweet all the way. Now the only feathers i have are the ones He gives by waiting on Him and in time soaring like an eagle (Isaiah 40:31)=]. Praise the Lord for who He is and designing a sweet head full of hair.

Fnals

Being in Korea for 6 months God really grew our spiritual family with more and more siblings in Him. One of the greatest experiences was carrying out the Bible's commands in making disciples and serving with orphans. It was such a privilege to hang out and share His love with young and old alike in the different ministries He allowed us to be a part of. In the pictures you'll see some of our final discipleship classes at the local Holy Cross coffee shop and a picture from our final day serving at the orphanage.

Lotte World

About a week or so before Daniel and I left Korea, Pastor Mike and his wife Hye-Young treated us out on a day of fun to Lotte World, the not so local 2 hour with traffic 4 hour drive away(thanks Mike) amusement park. It's a really sweet park that has both indoor and outdoor entertainment. Since we did go in the middle of the summer rainy season we only really got to do the inside part of the park, but it was still a blast. It was a big dome building that was specifically designed to compact all the sweet rides they had to fit inside, really cool to see. They had roller coasters, boat rides, blimp thingamabobers, they had a lot of sweet stuff...we were really blessed. The funniest thing about it was, as you can tell from the pictures, it was pretty much an imitation of Disney. It was funny to see that all the rides had the same basic ideas, the name was very similar to one of the Disney parks, and the logos were almost identical. We had a lot of fun trying to match all the similarities up; it was really a great time. Thank you guys again so much Pastor Mike and Hye-Young!

Sunday School Kids Club

So like we've shared before, Sunday's at CC Daejeon was started the new kids club Sunday School program. I didn't put up any pictures of the service yet, so here are a couple. God really blessed us in the Sunday school program. For the first week we set up the foundation of how the class was to go and made it so that it could run as smooth as possible (at least speaking in an organizational sense). The kids started off few but no doubt God will continue to grow the class as He desires for His glory. The really cool part about was that the kids come for English and get sweet English worship to the Lord though guitar and CD but even better get the straight out word of God taught to them exactly where they are in their comprehension levels. It was really cool in continuing to see the word of God simply taught simply to His little ones so that they might grow to know Him more and more.