Camping on a beach...

So last weekend, David, Chris, Chandler (a HS student david's mentoring) and I went camping. It was raining the few days before we left and all day on Friday. We talked about not going but felt like we should give it a try anyways. We piled into our Surf and drove to the northern tip of the island. It rained the entire drive! We stopped for a late dinner at the tiny little hole in the wall place. The owner is from Peru and would love to offer anyone cow heart. YUM! After eating dinner with out eating any heart we drove to the beach. Just so you know, it was POURING rain as we at dinner. We got to the beach and the rain stopped. Although very winding we set up our tents and enjoyed the full moon.

The sky cleared up and you could walk along the beach with out any flashlights. Its was beautiful. The next morning we woke up to clear skies and dry rock for climbing. David and the boys did great climbing. Chandler was a beast. =) It was so much fun to just be outside all day. The wind was still pretty strong but it kept us from getting eaten by bugs and kept us cool.

All in all it was a great time. David and I really needed to get away for the night as well. And we had been planning on going camping for months so it was about time. =)

Enjoy some of our shots.

www.okiym.com

So after hours of work, we now have a youth ministry website! yea!

I encourage you to check it out. David did such a great job.

www.okiym.com

Escape 2008!

This weekend was full of activity just like Junior High Students like it. We were able to play on the beach, play night games, spend time in the Word together and just hang out together. David and I had 5 students from Lester Middle School. This was our first "High Tide" retreat. Good times.

Pinky?

So we are now owners of two cars.  And one of them is pink! ha ha. It's a little Japanese car and its great. It has AC, is manual and has wonderful gas mileage. We are loving it. We got a great deal on it too! God is so good. 

David's Driving!

After almost three months of not driving, David can finally drive. As of an hour ago we got his license.

yup, he can now drive some where with out me. Poor boy has had to rely on me to take him everywhere.


This is a day of much rejoicing. =)

Whale Sharks

This past Saturday David and I were invited to go on a whale shark dive with one of his friends from Colorado, Jon. Although it was a little expensive David and I decided it was one of those once in a life time opportunity. It was amazing. We took about a five minute boat ride straight off of the coast. There is a very large net where the two whale sharks are kept. It serves as a research facility. They help pay for it by charging for the dives.
The whale sharks move like typical sharks but they only eat plankton. =) So I felt pretty safe. They were kind a like large cows, but more graceful. I would highly recommend this to anyone if they have a chance.

Staff Conference

This past week we had our Malachi asia staff conf. We stayed at a miltary recreation/resort place called Okuma. It's about a two hour drive north from our apt. The excitement heading into the week was a typhoon passing by us. Our first few days at Okuma it did nothing but rain. It was beautiful. The wind and rain was so powerful! How great is our God. Our last full day there the sun came out and the water was beautiful. David and I headed up to Cape Hedo (the northern most point on island) for the afternoon. We even found some routes for ROCK CLIMBING! =)

David and I really enjoyed getting to know our team more. Our speaker, Adam came and spoke on faith. God used him to remind us all where our passions truly should lie, in Christ alone. Even as David and I head into this new ministry we need to remember this, our confidence must be in Christ.