Kansai Franklin Graham Festival

Loads of people went forward to receive Christ as there Savior. God is so good he is working in Osaka.

Ryota 2nd phase

Hallelujah Blessed be the name of the Lord.  Ryota a young man from Osaka with life controlling problems has come to TCJ and is growing and learning to live a new life in Christ...
Brother Ryota has successfully completed all the requirement for 1st phase and passed with flying colors.
Please continue to keep the Brother in Prayer.

Dendo

Pastor Tanaka invited TCJ to share testimonies on the last sunday of september.
A lot of young people were there and heard how Jesus changed our lives.

out for fun

Action pack and fun in the sun summer is coming to an end

Shingo 3rd Phase

Brother Shingo completed all his assignments for 2nd Phase and here by is awarded a certificate of approval to start 3rd phase...during 3rd phase Shingo had accepted the challenge to take on the position of Student Leader...TCJ in its self is a tough job and Bro.Shingo is going the extra mile....please remember him in your prayers...He will need it.

Osaka

Nozomi and I had a vacation we went to Osaka and as my wish was granted we visited the Castle and had a Ball...


Here we are dressed in the battle armour and one could not but think how in the world did those guys fight day in and day out with such heavy armory.

TCJ Noah church camp

Hokuzanso has her own private beach


the old missionary new the need for a spiritual reteat they've invisted and in the next couple of years there will be a ne building to replace the old.

building friendship at camp the youngest in the center with the oldest.

Hallelujah the adventure never ends.

out fellowshiping

Kansai Franklin Graham Festival

Teke Juku

Old sword marks of students settling arguments in side the small quarters of a school for doctors in the Bakumatsu Era...Nozomi and I went to Osaka to Visit my Old Boss and now friend Rev.Chad Hammond of BGEA...Nozomi the better educated of the two sought to see the place of study where old Samurais traded there Katana for the scalpel of a surgeon.

Life at TCJ

Work Hard Play Hard sleep it off and back for more ...Rehab in TCJ is quite different from that of other known programs...TCJ loves to take it to the extrem

with that in all areas of daily living...from one extrem to the other. from negetive to positive ...from dirty to clean...no hope to all hope...there is nothing to extrem for us when we think about all the crazy things we use to do so why not live in extrem in Christ...

Born Again

My favorite jump point in the chubu area...Kadena Marina.

I love taking the boys out for a swim...every opportunity we get we hit the kadena marina for a born again experience...The boy's me included take a leap of faith and into the deep blue as if to signify a death to the past and a rebirth into the future...

YWAM

Brother Shingo Has a sister who happn's to be in Okinawa the same time he is in the program...
On one hand Shingo the older brother is in okinawa to rehabilitae himself in Jesus;And on the other hand his sister is in the YWAM program getting trained to share Jesus in the other parts of the world...Interesting... I decided to make time for a small family reunion Pastor Yoshida agreed and allowed for the meeting and with out say it was a healing time for the both of them in the Lord.

To God be the Glory

!st Phase Shingo was Baptised in water on 2010 June 13th

The Cave

There are a lot of natural caves in Okinawa.

This one in particular had a Historical significance some found old artifacts from way way way back...

'Leadership Link July 2010'

'Leadership Link July 2010'

My Mum

2010 June 6
Mum - Yamashiro (Hogan ) Tomoko
Gave her Testimony at Shin Sei Church in Itoman (Pastor Higa)
Mum went through a lot in her life and She gave all Glory to Jesus her Savior ... starting with the pagan worship and the lies of the devil through the yuta (mediums) she spoke of the one and only true God which she hear at a Billy Graham crusade in the 80's....God's promises are for those who love him and remains faithful til the end...After she got a hold of Jesus she never let go even though her son brought much grief and pain she credited Jesus as the one who got her through...though all may forsake she said with tears in her eyes Jesus never did...
Hallelujah...Go Mum Many of the older saint in Church related very well with what mum had to share and had a ball after church during fellowship...in one accord .

Masaki's graduation

Shingo and Ayumu gave a special song offering to there Big Brother in Christ as we all celebrated Masa's Graduation...


4th Year of Teen Challenge Ministry...Our 2nd Graduate. Masuko Masaki.
One year of being a student;Then after completion remaining in the program to continue the discipleship proragm. Total of two year here in Okinawa Masaki graduates with high Honor...

Please Pray for Masaki

Nozomi's Testimony

2010 June 20th Nozomi ( My sweet sweet Wife )
Gave her Testimony at Shin Sei Church in Itoman (Pastor Higa )
It was a Blessing to see and hear my wife's heart and where she is at in the Lord making a bold Testimony in Church encourageing the Brothers and Sister thereof....In her Testimony she gave much account of the work of TCJ and again I was very proud to see the TCJ mum in her...
Please keep Nozomi in your prayers as the ministry keeps me at the center 3 day out of the week ...

Shingos Baptism

Brother Shingo was Baptised in water on June 13 2010.

Brother Shingo is in 2nd Phase and is enjoying his new life in Christ.

Shingo has a great buddy in the program and is always trying to out do each other in body building running and singing some times they are to loud but I praise the name of Jesus for what He is doing in the students lives...

Thank you Jesus

Baptism

Brother Ayumu was Baptised in water on April 12 2010
He is currently in 3rd Phase serving as a student leader...
Brother Ayumu has a new life in Christ and is excited to learn new things and putting himself to the test on a daily basis...He has picked up the joy of playing guitar and is able to praise the Lord with it and has memorized many scripture verses on a weekly process, and loves to train his body his short term goal is to run the 20k of Sashiki which is full of mountains and long long hill but he is so into running...Please remember the brother in Prayer as with all the students in TCJ.

Family Reunion

Masaki's Family Visited Okinawa to celebrate Masaki's Graduation from TCJ.
God is so good ...in His goodness he is able to do more than we can ever imagine.
Masaki never thought he could ever be reunited to his family and recieve the forgiveness that they so easily lavished on him through out the process of going through the TCJ Program.
Now they are his great supporter and is encouraging him to stay on the straight and narrow but even more to live for Christ...
Hallelujah

Uken Beach

Testimony at Uken beach.

6 churches in Uruma City came together for the first time to initiate a Gospel fun festival...
The Objective was to Share God's Love to the People of Uruma. The Boy's had a blast and there was Gospel music and break dancing and a whole lot of friendly faces i haven't seen for a long time...

Hike

Up The mountain down the valley ,over the rock in the waters...I bet some of them rather be at home ( center ) than out in the booneies..