Use Rogaine For Thicker Hair, And For Thinner Hair Get A Haircut

Well unofficially this blog is about me, and what I do... So I figured that I would mention something about me once, and that is a couple days ago I had my hair thinned out. My hair had gotten somewhat long, and my hair is thick. So I had it thinned out... Now I am not sure, but this is my hair this morning haha. It was raining and it was windy... But I style it like this anyways. So make fun of me or love it, but this is me, with a little rain and wind :P The rain and wind messed it up a bit haha... And I can't fix it by looking at the webcam. haha... So this is one of my first posts almost completely about me.

Taken on a cheap webcam while talking to my brother haha...

Curiosity Killed The Cat, But Curiosity Helps The Man

So you may wonder, "What on earth is that supposed to mean?" Well it would help if I knew the answer... Good thing its my own thought.

According to Wikipedia (Best Source Ever) the phrase is this,

Curiosity killed the cat is a proverb used to warn against being too curious lest one come to harm.

So there you have that side, but how does it help man?

Well if man weren't curious and experimented how would we ever have found out that we can eat chickens? Or who was the first one to pick a mushroom and eat it to find out if it was edible? How about this one, what maniac decided to boil a snail? When did someone figure out that potatoes fried in oil would taste good? Who was the poor guy who found out what a laxative was? The list could go on and on and on... But most of man's strange curiosities have led us to very interesting and helpful discoveries. So I decided to save everyone the trouble of wondering how many times my blog has been read and I put a stat counter under the followers. So if you ever wonder its right there under the followers.

Don't forget to feed the fish :D

It Can't Rain All The Time

It can't rain all the time... A song that I like. Basically saying things won't be bad forever.

Now in Okinawa it may not rain all the time but it rains a lot; and we are expecting another typhoon.

Meet Typhoon Chaba. I wanted to fit all of it, but it made a small picture... So if you click on it you can get the full size picture. This is our next beauty to come our way. Now this is only a category 1 hurricane (typhoon). But when it comes our way it will be a 2. So we are going to have some nice rain for a little bit. Now this means also that the base will be closing. So whatever we do on base will have to be cancelled. But its all in the Lord's hands. So yeah. We will praise Him in all circumstances. A category 2 hurricane is nothing for Okinawa so we will all be fine, but we will have some good rain.         Job 37:9 Job knew that cold air meant a strong storm coming. And today has been nice and cold, the sign of a coming storm. Fun. Thank you Weather Underground for the maps and all the great tools you give me to check the weather haha. We are the little red dot. (Edit) Hey its a category 3 now.

HTML Rulez D00d

Oh and yet, I've been cleansed.

And yet I've been cleansed with the water.
A purity no mind can grasp.
A purity so cool upon my fingertips.

The vision that I have seen.
This is the action that spawns from the end.
For the longest time, I've been watching the world breathe again

What lies here.
What lies here,
Are mountains composed of tombs, tombstones, tombstones, tombstones.

Examine these beautiful faces, keep singing now, keep singing now.
Examine these beautiful faces, keep singing now.
Examine these beautiful faces. Oh.

Will we push bedlam noise to the state of blissfulness?
Display her beauty to the people, to the people. Oh.

A purity no mind can grasp.
     
-The Devil Wears Prada- HTML Rulez D00d

I love it when I don't understand lyrics. Its like a puzzle to be opened in a way of speaking. But this one is pretty well known to be talking about the Church and being saved.

We are purified by Christ in a way that we cannot understand. It brings refreshment to us, and when we look back all we can see is the mountain of death that we left behind. But now we can examine the beauty that Christ has changed us into. So we need to push bedlam (chaotic, crazy, insane) noise to a state of blissfulness (joy, happiness) we can do this by displaying the beauty of what Christ has done in us.

We were lying, thieves, with murderous, and adulterous hearts. But Christ took us and cleansed us from that with His blood. So that we can display what He has done to the world. We need to show them their filth, and give them the privilege that we take for granted and that is His cleansing blood and forgiveness.

Oh keep singing now... Of the great and wondrous things that He has done for us; and display to the world how Christ took the Church and made her beautiful.

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Recently I have been lost in a world of confusion and chaos called studying. I typically hold to Ecclesiastes 1:18 when I am in these situations, but this is midterms week and I think I have to study. Ecclesiastes 12:12. So I have tons of midterm studying to get done, but I won't let that get me down... Just need to plan something to take its place now. Ecclesiastes 11:9

Read those verses and it will make so much more sense.

And I was asked to put a donation button on by a good friend some time ago... I did, but I never mentioned it... So if you'd like to donate it is there, but you'll have to find it...

Oh The Rains Came Down And The Floods Went Up

And the house on the rock stood firm.

Well in Okinawa we are being hit by heavy rains for this whole week. Typhoons are fun in a way... But please keep China, and Amami island (Its north of Okinawa) in prayer. China is going to feel the brute force of this hurricane, and Amami island has been flooded and they are just getting the outskirts. We are getting the outskirts of this typhoon and its going to be big, and its heading straight towards China. Please keep them in prayer.

Us in Okinawa just have some rain and wind... But those two places will need prayer.

We are the red thingy... Okinawa that is...

Open The Eyes Of My Blind Heart And Thanks For The Sweet Sunglasses

Praise God that He opened my eyes. I just wanted to share something that I "heard" and heard yesterday at our men's Bible study BOB (Brothers of Boaz).

So our one and only Chuck Robb was teaching, and he ended up in 1 Samuel chapter 3. The call of Samuel as a prophet of God. While Chuck was teaching I was shown something very interesting. Through a combination of R.C Sproul's notes, and through God speaking to me I was shown something interesting. I thought you'd all like to know, but this post was made without any copying and pasting haha.

1 Samuel 3:1-2

Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the Word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.

Ooooh an interesting passage clearly it has some hidden meaning behind it. Perhaps. Here are a few things God showed me. This was a time in Israel's history that was very dark spiritually. There was evil even in the priesthood (1 Samuel 2) and it was a very sad time. But what does the reader choose to point out about this time? That there was no frequent vision. Now R.C Sproul told me through his commentary that vision in the Hebrew word has an emphasis towards the audible speaking of the Lord, not necessarily a visual. So people were just not hearing from God. God was silent, or they weren't listening one of the two. I think perhaps it was a nasty combination of the two, but God was certainly justified to not speak to the people, and I think at the same time the people are completely guilty of just ignoring God and His Word. The priests were deliberately breaking God's law, and they had no care. They were not listening, so even if God was speaking I don't think anyone would notice.

Now the second thing that I find interesting is that Eli's vision is gauged here. Now I may be over spiritualistic with this idea, but we see that Eli's physical vision may have been bad, but we also know that his spiritual vision was pretty bad also. I will quickly sum this up but in 1 Samuel 3:3-9 Eli was totally ignorant that God might have been calling Samuel.

So this is a time of spiritual handicaps. The people were deaf, and blind to God. They could not discern what was from Him, and when He was speaking to them. Now here is the reason I am sharing this with you. How is your spiritual health? Is your spiritual sight dimming, can you no longer hear God speaking to you through His Word?

Really think about it, God wants a relationship with you, He wants to speak to you, are you listening to Him? Or are you spiritually blind and deaf to Him? Lets look at a good contrast to Eli.

1 Samuel 3:3, 10

The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark was. (Vs 10) And the Lord came and stood, calling as other times, "Samuel, Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears."

What a contrast! What contrast you might as? I'd like to first point out one thing before I spiritualize this section. That the lamp of God being lit was a time marker. Now I would like to make this super spiritual. There was still a light of God shining. God's light in this dark world will still shine. That light at this time was Samuel. He was being called to shine God's word as a prophet to the people. God wants to use us to shine His word, but if we can't hear God ourselves how will we tell others what He says in His word? Let me show you the contrast between Samuel & Eli. Where was Eli spending that night? It says, "(Eli) was laying down in his own place." I added the bold in case you wondered if that was in the Bible. I added the bold print, but the Bible tells us that Eli was in his own place. Now where was Samuel (I am going to add bold print for my bold statements. Bad joke.) "Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was." Whoa... So different... Eli was sitting in his own place, all set up for him, and all the things he wanted huh? Where was Samuel? He was in the temple of the Lord, where the ark God was. So Eli was sitting in his own way. Samuel was sitting in the presence of God. Do I really need to say more? Of Course.

Where are you? Are you sitting in your own problems? Are you sitting in your own comfortable schedule? Are you laying and resting in your own life? Or are you laying in the presence of God? Are you right next to the ark of today His Word and resting all your cares in that? Are you resting in the temple, the presence, the glory, the majesty, the greatness, the goodness of God? Or are you in your own place?

See I think this was the big difference. Samuel was there with God constantly, he was sleeping in the temple, and I don't remember there being beds in that section of the temple. And Samuel heard God's voice. He heard what God wanted to say, while Eli was dim of sight and could not hear God. Eli wasn't listening and I don't know if he cared to listen.

So are you hearing from God? Is God's word alive to you? If not I would really consider examining your spiritual life. The first sign we hear of Israel's spiritual deadness is that they did not hear from God. If your not hearing from God than examine yourselves. Are you in your own place? Are you in you own comforts? Or are you resting in God's?

The Proof Is In The Pudding, But All I Have Is Cake Mix

Thought I would share some of my work since I am able to share this one.. The others are top secret. Not really but this one is a lot easier to put on a blog.

This is a "newsletter" I made for missions class. Hope you enjoy it...

Missions Newsletter Midterm

You'll have to download it, and its a PDF so you should be able to open it.

When The World Revolves Backwards I Will Make Sense

I was looking at my blog posts, and I realized the incredible randomness of my train of thought. But just in case you didn't notice, I thought I would point it out to you.

My first post was pretty typical blog post with attempted humor, a dash of sarcasm, and some purposeful insight on the subject of the blog (me).

My second post was me updating about what was going on in my life, and then a random spiritual filler so that I don't have a few paragraphs as a post. Pretty normal for a blog of this nature.

Third blog post was completely information, except my introduction, and told in a manner that belongs more in a hotel clerk demonstrating a room, than a missionary telling of their ministry. But both are relatively effective. Then there was an attempt at more humor, but also an "encouragement" to read the Word and a picture of a cat...

Fourth blog post was of complete seriousness and was a relaying of my thoughts, which were provoked by the song lyrics that I shared.

The fifth post was again an update of my ministry, but given in the form of a weather forecaster. Not typical, but when have I ever been typical or normal.

Then a completely unrelated post, the sixth, concerning the fish gadget I found. Really entertaining by the way.

And then the seventh post which was in all serious again, and was what God has been speaking to me... Now I could have continued on with this serious train of thought, but hey, what's a train without different cars? So the last thought might have been like the important fancy dining cart, and now we've moved into the travelling circus or something, not sure.

But regardless, if you are reading this blog... Expect train cars (blog post) like that of a circus. Some is where the ringleader stay, others the clowns, and then the animals have the spot. My posts will at times be refined, encouraging, and spiritual. Then my posts will also be about what I do and my thoughts... And my thoughts are not normal so don't expect it.

So that is my review of me and my blog... Please tune in next update to find out what happens to me next week on... (Can't think of a call station)

The Lining of the Clouds May Be Silver, But I Only See the Gold Sunshine

Life is like a river as it twists and turns,

The water moves as it runs to the ocean.

The water can be calm, and it can be stern,

It can be quiet or cause a commotion.

But without fail life continues on,

It moves slowly and swiftly.

It continues to flow down,

And it will end up in the sea.

Life will be rough, it will be soft.

It will be calm, and it will harsh.

But life will always flow into the ocean

And then all will be calm without commotion.

Christian life that is... I just don't know how to fit that into the words... My poetical mind is not that good yet.

But God is good and He gave me a great encouragement last night.

I was wondering what God's will was in my life... A pretty confusing subject it seems, but He showed me what His will was... Through one verse, and a few... what are they called, the little notes that tell you of similar verses... I can't remember but through those. God told me what His will was, for any Christian.

First verse was...

"Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is." Ephesians 5:17

So I did not want to be foolish  but I wanted to understand what God's will was. But this confused me cause how was I supposed to know? I mean really how am I supposed to know where God wants me to go in life. I was kinda thinking to myself, "God really you expect me to know without You ever telling me?" Then God reminded me, "I've already told you in my Word." And then I felt like Job, 

"And the LORD said to Job: 'Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.' Then Job answered the LORD and said: 'Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.'" Job 40:1-5

So I went to find what God's will was... And those little footnotes helped me a lot. They led me to Romans 12:2

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Okay, so to discern the will of God I need a few things. 1) I can't think like the world and be conformed to it. 2) I need to be transformed by the renewing of my mind. And 3) I need to be tested. So I thought, "God brought me out of the world by saving me... His Word and Spirit have been transforming my mind to be more like Him... And I seem to be going through some pretty interesting testings... So what now? My discerning seems to be a bit off."

So verse #3... 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

"For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you."

So... The will of God is for me to be sanctified, to continue to become more like Christ? Seems like it would be, that's what it says. I am sure that this is not the only place that God has a will for me though. I mean I am already growing more like Christ. There must be more, I feel like I would be doing God's will a misfavor if I left it to this. Although this is clearly part of God's will for me, I don't think it is all of it.

So verse #4 1 Thessalonians 5:18

"...give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

Now I would really recommend reading the whole chapter here. I actually recommend getting the whole context of all these verses you will be blessed. But to give thanks in ALL circumstances. Its a pretty big word for only having three letters. In every circumstance, in all circumstances, in everything that happens to you whether good or bad, give thanks. That was a tough one to digest. Thank God in everything that happens? I mean really why would I thank God for the evil things that happen to me? Why would I thank God for bad times in my life? But then again Job answered that question... Job's wife told him, 

"Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die." 

I was kinda thinking the same thing in a way. "God why are you letting all these bad things happen, why are you making things so difficult on me?" And I was frustrated with God in a way. I was really wondering what was going on. But I didn't want to give up on God, I knew He knows best. But Satan was really telling me, "Why are you holding onto God, just give up on Him and live life with your rules." He was telling me, "You could easily run away from your problems, just forget them and do what you want to do." And you know what, its tempting. I could easily drop away from God and Bible college and get a job and then work my way to comfort. Then I could do whatever I wanted. But then Job's answer to his wife made me think and sobered me up you could say.

"You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" Then earlier Job also said, "The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord."

God gives, God takes away. Although God does not put evil things upon us, we shouldn't be willing to only accept the good things in life. If God promised us a bed of roses, what's a rose without a thorn? I want to have a heart like Job's. The Lord gives, the Lord takes away. Shall I receive only good from God, no I will receive both good and evil; and in all this I want to give thanks in every circumstance, event, or thing in my life. This is another part of the will of God in my life. To thank Him for everything He has done for me, whether it seems good or bad.

Fish!

I've got fish, and they're awesome... I am actually really enjoying these fish... Click on them to feed them for me haha... These fish are too entertaining...

Update

So here is an update. I hope you enjoy it.

Classes as usual, then ministry tonight. Following that my 3-day forecast is marked by scattered events. 

Saturday looks like it will be sunny with a high of 75, and it will be Asa's birthday party at Try yakiniku. Yum... Also Saturday night it will be cloudy with a 100% chance of takoyaki. As a takoyaki storm develops in Ginowan Okinawa, expect takoyaki party and a chance of good fellowship.

Sunday a low pressure zone moves in and is going to make the day a nice, relaxed one. There will be scattered ministry opportunities and a good chance of playing bass for worship that morning. Following Sunday morning Sunday afternoon will have a good time of rest and a chance of fellowship. Sunday night there will be showers of blessings as W2 service makes its way towards Okinawa later that evening.

Monday seems to be very unpredictable, as there is a chance of a large amount of events. We are unable to say for certain, but the event likely hood is at about 55%, but there is still a chance for an event to blow through. Monday night though looks promising though as winds change for the usual and BOB blows on through. For those who don't know BoB or Brothers of Boaz, is a Monday night bible study for the men. But it looks like a 100% chance of BOB on Monday night.

And this has been my 3-day forecast, signing off. (After editing grammar and spelling of course. Anyone catch the Relient K reference? Drop a line if you do.)

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Hey John, What's Your Name Again?

I'm gonna hope for you,

I'm gonna pray for you,

Amongst the reckless and the black.

Salvation lies within.

I'm gonna hope for you,

I'm gonna pray for you,

Amongst the reckless and the black.

My time is yours, my friend.

We all find ourselves so horribly weak.

Here's an offering!

Here's an offering!

Offering, offering!

 - The Devil Wears Prada -

So if you know me pretty well, you might know that I am a music otaku (geek, nerd, whatever)... And I love song lyrics, poetry in music why not? So I thought I would share these lyrics because I want to say the same thing haha.

I would like my friends and family to know, that I'm gonna hope for you, I'm gonna pray for you. So when you find yourself horribly weak, and you need prayer, well here's an offering.

And if your feeling weak then here is an encouragement from another band I like, Haste the Day. The song's name is As Lambs.

You send us out as lambs amongst the wolves,
But the lion stands by our side.
You will be my guide.
I need you to lead me,
I am so weak without you.
I'm tired of fighting
I need you to fight for me.
You will be my guide
Jesus
Your voice is so sweet to my ears
Jesus
I desire to be close to you,
Fill me with your Spirit, God.
You've given me a sword to kill my enemies.
Father, take these struggles from me.

The Days Where Nothing is Found

So today is one of those Saturdays where nothing can be found. How is it that nothing is found? If your not looking for anything how do you find it? It finds you. And today I have found absolutely nothing to do, or maybe I'm just being a bit lazy. Either or, I have found nothing.

Tonight we are going to be going out to Mihama, or American Village in Okinawa. For those who don't know Mihama is a huge American tourist spot. It is basically an entire town devoted to overpricing American military, and tourists. 

It looks a little like this...

                                              (The first picture on my blog!)

Ok it looks exactly like this. This is the street corner that we stand across from.

                                                      (The second one!)

We stand over here, by that first tree all the way to the left (your right if you turn around), in front of the movie theater. There we set up a worship band, and play some worship and sometimes other random things. "Entertainment" provided by Calvary Chapel Ginowan Bible College at Mihama is the following, a worship band equipped with: an acoustic guitar player, accompanied by one or two singers, then only the best bassists, an electric guitar shredder (or in common English someone playing electric guitar), we have a kahone or a box (Basically a drum set in a box), and on rare occasions we'll through some other instrument in the mix. Sometimes we have someone to open air and share the Gospel. And tonight we are featuring Calvary Chapel Ginowan's dance crew, who's name I can't remember. Then we hand out tracts and share the Gospel one on one with people.

1 Corinthians 11:1 Paul said to follow him as he followed Christ, also in 2 Corinthians 4:16. So I think I have one point down, Acts 26:24. So after you have gone and read those verses read the whole chapter God's word always benefits those who hunger for it.

(So I edited this post to mention I had my first and second pictures, but this is my third blog post. So I think I need a third picture.)

                                (How this is related to anything is beyond me but,
                                                     the third picture!)

Blog Post Numero Ni

Blog post number 2, and no roll has been started. Chances are these posts will come in pretty randomly. 

Today everyone is leaving for Korea, and what does that mean for me. It means I am not going. But not necessarily a bad thing. I will be spending most of this time getting ahead in work. I place emphasis on most of the time. This means my time will be dedicated to Chuck Tracks, and guitar.

I thought I would also bring to notice, that I have placed stupid ads on the side. They are there by my choice, I thought I would experiment with them. See if they really work.

Thought I would share this also,

2 Peter 3:5 has prophecy in it, Peter is talking about those who come and scoff Christianity, 

"They will say, 'Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.'"

What is Peter prophesying? There will be people who come that say Christianity is not true. Then they will say that things continue as they were from the beginning of creation. This is part of the theory of Evolution. Evolutionist believe that since the beginning of time things like, rocks dissolving in water, ice melting, and water evaporating go at a constant rate. Like if an ice cube loses 1 ounce of water in a second when it melts, every ice cube since the beginning of time has been losing 1 ounce of water a second when it melts. God knew well in advance that people would say this and He puts it in His word. What else does He have to say about these people?

"For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished."

The evidence for a created earth is humongous. It is scientifically impossible to say that the world was not created. There is too much evidence for intelligent design. So why do they deny this? They deliberately overlook it. We have clear evidence of intelligent design, and a global flood, but they ignore these evidences.

Check out http://www.answersingenesis.org/ for more info. Read the whole chapter too, and it talks about what will happen to those who ignore this evidence.

Me, Start A Blog... Never!

Well I did. So I am relatively new to this blogging business and I can be rather lazy. But perhaps a combination of boredom and a sense of duty will keep this blog updated. I am sorry to all those who wanted to know what I was doing, but never knew how. I am afraid of blogs and of writing about myself. But know all those who feel like knowing all my movements, here might be your chance.

So I figure some news about me might be nice.

College is continuing as usual. The Korea Missions Trip is this Friday, but I will be staying behind. No visa renewal required for me. I would love to go to Korea, but God's will is elsewhere right now.

What am I doing then you might ask? Well I could tell you of all the wonderful things, but then I would be lying and that is frowned upon.

At the moment for ministry, I have been continuing leading worship and occasionally teaching a youth group. We are planning on going out to witness this Saturday, hand out tracts, and share the Gospel. The rest of the days have been committed to learning.

Tuesdays are Romans, Wednesdays are Missions and Wednesday night ministry (Kid's ministry, or playing on the worship team.) Thursday is Theology, Friday is Missions and Youth Groups... Saturday is always some different ministry, always different. Then Sunday is a good day of ministry. Monday is a good time of rest.

So that is what I do week by week. Perhaps if I get a camera there will be pictures haha.

Otherwise pray that I will remain diligent. I am looking for a job at the moment and will be needing one of those, so prayer for that would nice also.

Until the next blog post, be blessed.

If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit. 

2 Corinthians 5:13