Here's a quick school update!
I tripled my work load, I'm pushing hard to get done by the beginning to mid July. I was worried as I started, I'd been having a lot of trouble staying on top of things with a regular load and so I had no idea what would happen with a tripling of the load.
I was able to pull it off last week, and I'm on track for doing it again for this week. I decided that unless I made a set time when I'd stop and be done for the day then I would never be done and wouldn't see my family for a long time....so i made the cut off 4....which is WAYYYY earlier than I'd usually been getting it done. I'm managing.
I've got a biography to write about George Washington, and the research is really making me mad. The authors of the books I'm reading is portraying him as a power hungry, immature, little creep. GRRRR
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Basketball!
Our neighbors has this basketball hoop that they just let lay in their yard since they moved in. Since then we have had 1 typhoon, a lot of rain storms, 2 blizzards, and a lot of ice. When the snow finally thawed I went and asked if we could set it up. They agreed.
We first put it at the end of the street in front of our house. But our other neighbor decided to keep parking his car right under the hoop, and so we were afraid the wind would blow the hoop onto his brand new car. Plus there wasn't much room. And every time you missed the shot, the ball would go into the farmers corals. so we moved it.
I can dunk with this thing....I'm not sure how high it is...maybe 9 feet. But i like to dunk it, and feel all pro!
Siblings and neighbors have played me in many games, but I've got the advantage of being tall and knowing how to play...so i usually win!
Vitacost (a food company that we order food from that we can't get in Japan) decided to send us this.....I guess if I plan on getting huge and buff, I got the stuff to do it!
BTW! Our human video team made it into the talent show! YAY!
We first put it at the end of the street in front of our house. But our other neighbor decided to keep parking his car right under the hoop, and so we were afraid the wind would blow the hoop onto his brand new car. Plus there wasn't much room. And every time you missed the shot, the ball would go into the farmers corals. so we moved it.
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| From 2010-04-07 |
I can dunk with this thing....I'm not sure how high it is...maybe 9 feet. But i like to dunk it, and feel all pro!
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| From 2010-04-07 |
Siblings and neighbors have played me in many games, but I've got the advantage of being tall and knowing how to play...so i usually win!
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| From 2010-04-07 |
Vitacost (a food company that we order food from that we can't get in Japan) decided to send us this.....I guess if I plan on getting huge and buff, I got the stuff to do it!
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| From 2010-04-07 |
BTW! Our human video team made it into the talent show! YAY!
Goodbyes
Here we are at the airport....I wonder how much of my life I spend at an airport!
That is us saying goodbye in Japan.....
....and this was the welcoming commity for Dad in the States
He is safely arrived at his destination after 7 days of travel...crazy!
That is us saying goodbye in Japan.....
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| From 2010-04-02 |
....and this was the welcoming commity for Dad in the States
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| From 2010-04-02 |
He is safely arrived at his destination after 7 days of travel...crazy!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Human Videos!
I've said in previous posts that I'm heading up a drama team at the chapel (human videos). It's time I get y'all a real update about that!
Our target audience is the Japanese. We just recently performed our first video at a youth rally off base, with a lot of Japanese. It was an amazing experience, and I'm glad the church had a couple there who could explain what we were doing. I've done some thinking about that, and I realize that the struggles an American youth goes through is different from that of a Japanese youth, making the message of a video not as powerful as it could be. I'm trying to find someone who has a heart for God and understands the Japanese culture to help us bridge the gap.
The youth rally was amazing though. The couple that was doing the speaking did a great job.
The high-school on base is having a talent show, and we signed our human video team up to perform in it. I wasn't sure of details or anything like that, but we decided to go for it. We started working on a new human video, to the song Set Me Free by Casting Crowns. The song is very powerful, and when we add the choreography to it, it should be a real smash. We've worked a couple of weeks on it, and so we have the general concept down but still don't know how to do it.
WELLLLLLLLL!!!! One of the team members e-mailed me today at 11:37 and said that the auditions for the talent show was tonight at 5-8. I hadn't thought of auditions, but here it was. The rest of my afternoon was spent frantically trying to get the team to meet for the audition with just several hours to spare. It has been a very wild afternoon! By 3, I hadn't heard from a lot of the team. I knew for sure there would be 3 of us, but it is hard to do this video with only 3 people! I started calling folks...didn't get much feedback. I waited and prayed...and tried to get school done! lol
In about the last hour and a half before I needed to leave for the base I started to hear from the team...about half was going to be there for sure. I went into my room and did a lot more praying. I was like, "God, if You want us to be there, then You open the doors and bring it together." I was very nervous riding up to the base. I still didn't have our main role covered.
When I arrived at the audition place there weren't very many people from our team...me and one other guy. I signed our name up at the bottom of the list to buy time and waited. In the end we had half the team show up, which was amazing with such short notice. Our main teenager wasn't there and so one of the team played her role. That was her very first time to play that role and she did amazing! We also didn't have a second Roman and so another guy played the Roman for the first time, and he did a great job as well.
When you think about all of that, how we weren't even sure if we would have a team or even what video we were about to do. Because we had just started working on the new one, that is the one we plan on doing in the talent show, we aren't real good with it yet. And so we were hoping they would let us do the first one we had learnt as a sample. But we didn't know if they would go for it until we standing in front of the judges. It is amazing. The team did an awesome job and they really pulled together. Some other people, who were auditioning as well, was peeking through the wall and were crying. God did some really cool stuff today. And the team did a great job. We all got together and we all prayed before we went in there. I just can't even put words to how amazing of a team they are, and how God did such a miracle all at the same time.
We find out Thursday if we are in. So please be praying for that!
Our target audience is the Japanese. We just recently performed our first video at a youth rally off base, with a lot of Japanese. It was an amazing experience, and I'm glad the church had a couple there who could explain what we were doing. I've done some thinking about that, and I realize that the struggles an American youth goes through is different from that of a Japanese youth, making the message of a video not as powerful as it could be. I'm trying to find someone who has a heart for God and understands the Japanese culture to help us bridge the gap.
The youth rally was amazing though. The couple that was doing the speaking did a great job.
The high-school on base is having a talent show, and we signed our human video team up to perform in it. I wasn't sure of details or anything like that, but we decided to go for it. We started working on a new human video, to the song Set Me Free by Casting Crowns. The song is very powerful, and when we add the choreography to it, it should be a real smash. We've worked a couple of weeks on it, and so we have the general concept down but still don't know how to do it.
WELLLLLLLLL!!!! One of the team members e-mailed me today at 11:37 and said that the auditions for the talent show was tonight at 5-8. I hadn't thought of auditions, but here it was. The rest of my afternoon was spent frantically trying to get the team to meet for the audition with just several hours to spare. It has been a very wild afternoon! By 3, I hadn't heard from a lot of the team. I knew for sure there would be 3 of us, but it is hard to do this video with only 3 people! I started calling folks...didn't get much feedback. I waited and prayed...and tried to get school done! lol
In about the last hour and a half before I needed to leave for the base I started to hear from the team...about half was going to be there for sure. I went into my room and did a lot more praying. I was like, "God, if You want us to be there, then You open the doors and bring it together." I was very nervous riding up to the base. I still didn't have our main role covered.
When I arrived at the audition place there weren't very many people from our team...me and one other guy. I signed our name up at the bottom of the list to buy time and waited. In the end we had half the team show up, which was amazing with such short notice. Our main teenager wasn't there and so one of the team played her role. That was her very first time to play that role and she did amazing! We also didn't have a second Roman and so another guy played the Roman for the first time, and he did a great job as well.
When you think about all of that, how we weren't even sure if we would have a team or even what video we were about to do. Because we had just started working on the new one, that is the one we plan on doing in the talent show, we aren't real good with it yet. And so we were hoping they would let us do the first one we had learnt as a sample. But we didn't know if they would go for it until we standing in front of the judges. It is amazing. The team did an awesome job and they really pulled together. Some other people, who were auditioning as well, was peeking through the wall and were crying. God did some really cool stuff today. And the team did a great job. We all got together and we all prayed before we went in there. I just can't even put words to how amazing of a team they are, and how God did such a miracle all at the same time.
We find out Thursday if we are in. So please be praying for that!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
ME!!
The story behind this picture is pretty expansive. Mom and Dad were paying taxes, I was bored and in my room. I had just figured out how to actually take and save pictures on my Japanese cell-phone and so I decided to take a picture. I have an American flag on my wall (I believe in keeping a low profile) and I had myself. So I took this picture. But then I decided it was such a cool picture that I needed to get it onto facebook.....and so I went and got mom's camera. I set my cell phone up on my lap and then attempted to take a picture. But the lighting and focus was bad and so I deleted them. The following picture is the result of a lot of work and effort. It is an amazing story of determination and duty and love. Happy day! 
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Deployment Goals
Last night, while we sat around eating ice-cream, Dad asked us what our deployment goals are. hmmmmm.....during this last month I've spent a lot of time with my siblings. Probably more than I've done since we got to Japan. Because I hadn't had school to do, I spent a lot of time with them. And now that March is over and I'm starring down the barrel of some very long school weeks, I don't want to go back to what I'd been doing before this month started. So my first deployment goal is to spend at least .5 hour playing with them everyday, be it board games or outside.
My second goal is to update the blog for Dad at least 3x times a week. :)
My third goal: Max out on the bench press at 160lb. I can do 130 now, so I figure I'll just keep pushing. I think I'd like a six pack too, but I'm not sure that is an official goal!
I also plan on cutting back on Facebook time. I wanted to see if I could go the whole day yesterday without getting on facebook. I did it, but it was hard!! I hadn't realized how much time I'd spent on facebook. It has started to overcome me, and I don't like things having any control over me and so I'm going to try and wean myself of it.
My second goal is to update the blog for Dad at least 3x times a week. :)
My third goal: Max out on the bench press at 160lb. I can do 130 now, so I figure I'll just keep pushing. I think I'd like a six pack too, but I'm not sure that is an official goal!
I also plan on cutting back on Facebook time. I wanted to see if I could go the whole day yesterday without getting on facebook. I did it, but it was hard!! I hadn't realized how much time I'd spent on facebook. It has started to overcome me, and I don't like things having any control over me and so I'm going to try and wean myself of it.
I've had a lot of "last days," this last month. Yesterday was our last full day with dad before he deploys. Dad had packed earlier in the week and so we just played and went to the bowling alley.
I actually beat Dad in bowling (which is a first) in both games. I was pretty happy! I also made a new high-score for myself, 160 points.
I actually beat Dad in bowling (which is a first) in both games. I was pretty happy! I also made a new high-score for myself, 160 points.
We had dinner and opened up a package from g'ma. Thank you g'ma! I had been looking for a whistle, keeping the human video team focused can be hard sometimes!
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