Hmmmm

Hmmm well maybe I will actually start blogging again.

Recently I have gotten a job. It pays well but I am very very busy now. But good news is is that I am still able to do ministry in the Church. I have now started leading worship at the Church. It's been a blessing to be able to still serve the Lord.

So I am going to be using my phone to blog more often. So we shall see how this all works out. I am actually able to post pictures now but I don't think I will for this post.


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A New Post!

So I have no idea what to post about right now...

School is over, and its the break... I wish I had a camera, blogging would be much easier haha.

Just went to Tonaki Jima and we were able to share with Izuru and have some fellowship with him. That was a blessing.

So also tomorrow we are supposed to have a nice typhoon coming. So will tune you in with more.

Let's see, what else... Things are rather uneventful right now. I am working on a newsletter to start actually sending out. It will be different from my blog as the focus of the newsletter will be different. I am going to do my best to make it monthly, but there are no promises.

So what God has speaking to me recently.

On Tonaki I was reading through Titus, and this was really on my heart.

an elder must be without fault; he must have only one wife, and his children must be believers and not have the reputation of being wild or disobedient. For since a church leader is in charge of God's work, he should be without fault. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered, or a drunkard or violent or greedy for money. He must be hospitable and love what is good. He must be self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the message which can be trusted and which agrees with the doctrine. In this way he will be able to encourage others with the true teaching and also to show the error of those who are opposed to it.
(Titus 1:6-9)

I was reading this and it reminded me... This is what God wants from me. I want to be serving God in the ministry. I want to oversee His work in the Church. Other translations don't say a Church Leader, but say a steward of God. But I want to be a steward of what God gives me, and I want to be a good steward. This is what God asks of me.

I need to be prepared to fulfill these qualifications. I don't believe I am a drunkard, arrogant, quick-tempered, violent, or greedy for money. But I don't think I can say I am faultless. I still have many things that someone could say are faults. God is wanting me to work on those areas and to be disciplined.

This will be my standard, this is my point of aim. With God's help I know I can be these things, otherwise He would not ask these things of me. So my prayer is that I can be qualified for the services God has for me. I want to be able to say, my life is modeled after this.

Been a bit...

Its been a bit since I last updated this. I became way too busy to make any worthwhile posts. I apologize for my lack of time and efforts, but it was a necessary sacrifice.

So since my last post things have been very interesting. Finals week came around and I had some good finals to do and study for.

We also had a worship conference that was a huge blessing. It was a blessing to listen to the pastors teaching on the subject of worshiping in hard times. I was very blessed by what they had to say.

Then came the sad week... Everyone was leaving... My best friend left... Sadness... But she will be back :P

I really need more time to write on all this. But everyone was truly a blessing this semester... And it was fun to have everyone here...

I promise I will get around to writing something more thorough and in depth but I have one last final to get done... So until then...

A Cheerful Heart

(Proverbs 17:22 GNB)  Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.

Even though the fig trees have no fruit and no grapes grow on the vines, even though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no grain, even though the sheep all die and the cattle stalls are empty, I will still be joyful and glad, because the LORD God is my savior.
(Habakkuk 3:17-18 GNB)

(Isaiah 51:11 GNB)
Those whom you have rescued will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever, forever free from sorrow and grief.

(Ecclesiastes 7:14 GNB)
When things are going well for you, be glad, and when trouble comes, just remember: God sends both happiness and trouble; you never know what is going to happen next.

Since God has allowed us to be happy, we will not worry too much about how short life is.
(Ecclesiastes 5:20 GNB)

Happy is the nation of whom this is true; happy are the people whose God is the LORD!
(Psalms 144:15 GNB)

"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
(John 15:11 GNB)

School...

School...
It is time consuming
And I find it amusing
That I have nothing else to do...

Trusting in Trouble

So I was recently was praying to God... I was asking God, "God just let things work out this way, so that I can just avoid all the trouble of it." Then as I was reading the word something just clicked I guess you could say.

Trying to avoid troubles like that isn't trusting God.

In a trust fall you show that you trust your friend how? By putting yourself into trouble and letting them save you.

Now I am not saying go get in a bunch of trouble so that God can save you.

But if you are trying to avoid troubles avoid hardships then you need to check your trust in God.

God might be leading you to do something, but being afraid of the troubles that thing "might" bring is not trusting Him.

If you know that God wants you to do something, don't avoid it because of troubles it might bring.

If you don't fall back in a trust fall it is because you don't trust in your friend.

You need to trust God in taking care of these problems, and follow Him.

Tonaki Jima 渡名喜島

I believe that is the right kanjis...

Anyways recently we went to a small island for a youth retreat called Tonaki.

The time there was amazing, a huge blessing. God really spoke to many of the youth.

I would love to write tons about it but I don't have the time at this time, as I have some work to do.

But I might later have the time to write about it.

But a basic overview...

Our theme for the camp was called Search Me. Our portion Psalms 139.

A few of us all taught a different section. I taught a section from 5-12 about following God.

Many of the youth asked for prayer to have a stronger relationship with Christ.

It was a very blessed time. Praise the Lord for it.