Christmas Eve 2007

Robyn and I had about 15 people in our small apartment on Christmas Eve. Robyn cooked all day and night, we ate all day and night. It was such a blast to celebrate Christ with our Okinawan family. Robyn and I feel so blessed to have such amazing people surrounding us and sharing God's story with us. Christmas certainly is a time of celebration and joy.
Imagine having all your prayers answered, everything you ever wanted, complete satisfaction.
I can, and I did.
Thank you Jesus!



Robyn and I with sincere hearts thank all our supporters for you selfless giving.
"This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God." 2 Cor 9:12

Merry Christmas!

What are you thankful for?

My 2nd and 3rd Graders had some time to express there thankfulness during some awesome P.E. time.

Click on the picture if you can't read it.
What are you thankful for?
Write me a comment.

Stream Bed

Not that I don't mind learning new things but it has been almost incredible on how much I have tackled since arriving to Okinawa (list to long to write). I'm to the point now where if something new comes up I don't hesitate to try it because I know that God's got my back. As with anything new I made mistakes but that's when you learn the most and understand the beauty of what your learning. I feel like a stone in a stream bed, constantly being smoothed out little by little. With each new obstacle I feel God smoothing off a few rough edges. Sometimes it's painless as water rushing over the stone and sometimes it hurts a little like being banged into other stones. Whatever it may be it's a humbling feeling. My latest smoothing out has been in coaching. I have never coached volleyball but an opportunity arose and of course I said "why not". I learned a lot, made a lot of mistakes, studied the game and had a blast of a season coaching 10 awesome girls. I also had the privilege of having a great cast of assistant coaches, my wife and our neighbor Susan.

I never thought I'd do a lot of things I'm doing but that's the adventure of following God.
Do I look rounder?

Osaka/Kyoto 8/12-8/15/2007

Over the summer Robyn and I did get to sneak up to mainland for a few days.

Summer Project

Room 1 and Room 2

I have been working diligently to create a new fitness center.
It has been a compilation of many people seeing a vision and going for it.
Here are the old pictures of the two weight rooms.
When we are done I will post the picture of the new ,1 room, fitness center.
God is Good!

Typhoon Man-yi

Typhoon Man-yi
There is a lot of wisdom to be said about the Japanese building everything out of cement. (South Fl. could take a few pointers)
Check out the video and you'll know what I mean.

Fathers Day

What a great day to celebrate our earthly father and our Heavenly Father.



Thank you God for giving me such a great father.

FLIP FLOPS

The 2006-2007 school year at OCSI is almost over and we are both ample with mixed emotions. Imagine being brought to a new culture, newly married, new kids to teach, everything is NEW. Sounds crazy right? Not if you know the right person.

Looking back we are so thankful of what God has allowed us to do. Being able to grow as a family was the most important part of this journey. Robyn and I are extremely blessed to be a world away with time to learn, love, and enjoy each other.



This school has impacted us in so many amazing ways. The teachers we have met are amazing, some of them are best friends, some are like grandparents, some are curious, and some just plane fun. We love the team God has put together to progress us through this school year.



The culture is amazing and so pure with kindness. It took a while to get used to, I must say, being from New York. Being able to leave my keys somewhere or camera somewhere and know it would be in the same place when I got back. We used to lock our doors out of habit but now it's just a waste of time for us both. Imagine how much time we loose locking and unlocking doors. People here for the most part have a genuine respect for others, period.



The kids, wow! From 2nd grade to the graduates they are just fun, unique, and God loving people. And the students who don't love God are receiving Gods love through teachers and students. I have learned so much from them over this year. It is humbling to see such wisdom being carried around by students. We have both had the opportunity to teach, listen, grow, and pray with these students and it is simply awesome.



A few days ago we saw 23 students cross a stage and receive there diplomas. It's a nice feeling to know that these kids are our future. It's nice to know that I will see most (hopefully all) of these kids again one day and we will be able to live in God's perfect harmony. Hey, you never know if we will all be at Gods place with flip flops on feeling like we all just graduated from the biggest school of life. As for the one below, she sure hopes so.

I want you to feel content in knowing that those feet are totally committed to God.

Thank you God for giving us such humble people that support us in Okinawa. You know who you are and we certainly thank God every night for your prayers and support.

Otsukare,

The Robison's

God is Good!

Best Game Ever!

You take all your time and energy and pour it into something or hopefully someone and wait for it to grow. I've been coaching girls basketball for the past 2 months just waiting for them to realize their potential. It was there all along they just never stepped up and claimed it. This past Tuesday we had an awakening or should I say an epiphany. The lights came on, they realized what they were capable of. We played a 4 quarter game and at the end we were tied with the other team. In over-time with three seconds left, still tied, one of my players Lisa hit a 3 point shot to win the game. The crowd went nuts, the girls were crying, happy crying i guess.
It was amazing!

God must feel the same way for those lost souls or even saved souls not living up to their God given potential. God waits, and pours in everything just waiting for that 3 point shot to win the game. God has already won. The question is are we willing to step up and claim that we are on the winning team?

Lisa's the one kissing the ball.