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I love my dog!  He cracks me up sometimes...like the other day, I had just come home from a shooting session and I saw him lying on the floor with all of his blankets.  I went right up to him and started firing away with my camera, but the funniest thing was when I shot one picture, he did a different pose for the next picture, then another pose, and another pose.  I swear, I must've done this about 10 times and each time he changed to another position...I must say, Tsuki is a natural model!

Okay, so I'm finally writing again in this thing...you see, I'm really bad at updating!  Well, last weekend, while everyone was busy watching ucla and usc football, I caught a Mariners and Angels game...and some Ichiro too!  I brought my friend Hiroko, who by the way is from Japan.  Unfortunately, the Mariners crowd was almost non-existent, except for Hiroko and I!  We were the lonely blues amongst the vast red!  Come to think of it, I don't know why I decided to cheer for the Mariners...I guess I was just an Ichiro fan.  Next week (Wed) a bunch of us are going to the Dodger game, so if you wanna chill watching baseball while eating dodger dogs, come and join us!!

Me (Mariners), Hiroko (Mariners) and Jaime (USC??)

Angel Stadium

Hiroko, G, Jaime, Maya and Josh (fiance)

Ichiro doing his famous pose

Ichiro in action!

Went to Carlsbad family camp on Friday and Saturday and spent the day eating, kayaking, swimming with those stupid life jackets and roasting marshmallows!  It was about 1/4 the size of last year's retreat, but I thought it was good that it was smaller because it was a more intimate environment.  Shu and Sho brought a bunch of their friends from Kendo class who are unbelievers, so we got to know them pretty  well.  I think its so awesome that they take opportunities like Carlsbad to reach out to their friends.  I can learn a lot from that.  "Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity" (Colossians 4:5).  We all had a good time...hopefully next year some of the "older" peeps can join me and Daichi!

                     Too small!                                                    Just right!

Sho with some of his Kendo friends

            Jumping off the "Glacier"                              

Daichi sharing the Gospel message

Japan Missions 2005: "Arms of Love"

              Saitama city                            our concert in the middle of thunderstorm!

Swimming at water park

Takayama Village (from the 18th century)

"Nori Face"

Concert at the Oasis

On the bus...nice and snug

                  Temple in Kyoto                                          Garden in Machida

Tim and Stacey...so cute!

Sayonara Nihon!