ARE YOU IN-N-OUT?

WHAT KIND OF IN-N-OUT ARE YOU? HAMBURGER? CHEESEBURGER? DOUBLE-DOUBLE? PROTEIN STYLE? OR ANIMAL STYLE? AFTER SERVICE THIS PAST SUNDAY, SOME OF US WENT TO IN-N-OUT FOR LUNCH. YOU CAN NEVER REALLY GO WRONG WITH THEIR BURGERS 'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS JUICY AND GOOD. IT WAS SUCH A SWEET FELLOWSHIP BEING SURROUNDED WITH AWESOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD IN-N-OUT BURGERS YOU'RE DEFINITELY MISSING OUT. IF YOU EVER VISIT SO. CAL MAKE SURE YOU STOP BY AND GRUB ON SOME SWEET BURGERS. IT'S SO GOOD THAT JOANNA & DANIEL HAD TO GET SOME BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO OKINAWA!

A THROWBACK IN TIME

IF YA'LL DON'T KNOW DANIEL SEDOTA. HE IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND HE IS ALSO A MISSIONARY IN OKINAWA, JAPAN. WELL HE WAS DOWN IN SO. CAL FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR HIS SISTER'S WEDDING. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IN WORSHIP WITH HIM AT CC LIVING WATER THIS PAST SUNDAY MORNING. IT REMINDED ME OF WHEN WE USED TO SERVE IN MINISTRY TOGETHER IN THE PAST AND HOW SWEET IT WAS. I'M BLESSED TO KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT GOD HAD STARTED IN DANIEL'S LIFE IS NEVER COMPLETE UNTIL THE DAY HE RETURNS, BUT THAT GOES FOR US TOO HERE IN CALI. I ENCOURAGED YOU TO CHERISH EVERY MOMENT YOU SPEND WITH THE ONES THAT ARE DEAR & CLOSES TO YOU BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN GOD MIGHT SEND THEM OUT TO START A NEW WORK IN THEIR LIVES.

"Greater love has no one than this , than to lay down one's life for his friends." [John 15:13]

MINISTERING WITH RAUL DIAZ

YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER RAUL DIAZ. IF YOU DON'T; HE USE TO GO TO CC LIVING WATER BACK IN THE DAY. WELL PASTOR CISCO, ZACK RUIZ, MELISSA JOYCE AND I HAD AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER WITH HIM AT A SPANISH/ENGLISH CHURCH IN SAN BERNARDINO YESTERDAY. I WAS ABLE TO LEAD IN WORSHIP WITH ISA & ZACK, ALSO SHARE ONE OF THE SONGS I'VE WRITTEN. THEN, ZACK SHARED BOLDLY IN PSALM 1. ZACK GAVE AN AMAZING TEACHING ABOUT CHAFFS, TREES AND BEING A BLESSED PERSON. THEN, PASTOR CISCO DID AN ALTAR CALL AT THE END. PEOPLE GOT PRAYED FOR AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE GOD'S WORK LAST NIGHT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR VISION AND THE CHURCH. IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A TREMENDOUS BLESSING SERVING WITH RAUL AGAIN.

SWEET SMELLING CHUCK

THIS IS A SWEET STORY! HOPEFULLY YOUR READY FOR IT. AS YOU KNOW THIS WEEK WAS THE PASTOR'S WIVES CONFERENCE AT CCBC AND THE STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE CLASS ALL WEEK. SO JON, DANIEL AND I WANTED TO VISIT ZACK AND HAVE DINNER AND ALSO CHILL WITH HIM. WHILE WAITING FOR ZACK TO MEET US. JON, DANIEL & I DECIDED TO GO TO THE COFFEE SHOP AT THE SCHOOL. JON HAD TO MAKE A PHONE CALL SO DANIEL AND I WENT AHEAD TO GO TALK INSIDE AND SIT ON ONE OF THE TABLES. PASTOR CHUCK SMITH WAS THERE AND HAD JUST GOTTEN HIS ORDERED SMOOTHIE. THE FUNNY THING WAS THAT HE WALKED TOWARDS DANIEL & I AND DECIDED TO JOIN US. DANIEL INVITED HIM FOR A LITTLE CHAT. CHUCK, DANIEL & I WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE...IN TOTAL AWKWARD SILENCE. SO I DECIDED TO START THE CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT PEOPLE PROBABLY TALKS TO PASTOR CHUCK ABOUT THE BIBLE ALL THE TIMES SO I THOUGH WHY NOT CONVERSATE CASUALLY. SO I ASKED HIM 'WHAT'S NEW PASTOR CHUCK?' HE REPLIED, 'GOD'S OPENING NEW DOORS FOR MINISTRY!', SO DANIEL ASKED, 'ARE YOU HERE WITH YOUR WIFE?' CHUCK SAYS, 'YUP & MY DAUGHTER CHERYL ALSO BUT THEY ARE TEACHING AT THE CONFERENCE.' THEN HE CHANGED THE TOPIC TO, 'DID YOU GUYS WATCH THE ANGELS GAME LAST NIGHT?' WE SAID 'NOT REALLY BUT THEY WON' THEN JON ARRIVED AND SAT WITH US TOO AND THEN ZACK FOLLOWED AFTERWARDS. THIS IS THE BEST PART...ZACK ASK CHUCK A QUESTION ABOUT ABRAHAM. CHUCK ANSWERS IT. BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MORE STUDENTS STARTS GATHERING AROUND US. 1...2...3...THEN THERE WAS ABOUT 18 TO 20 STUDENTS AROUND US. SOME OF THE STUDENTS STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS TOO. IT TURNED TO BE LIKE A LIVE VERSION OF PASTOR'S PERSPECTIVE BUT SO MUCH BETTER. SOME KIDS TREATED HIM LIKE A CELEBRITY. THROUGH ALL THIS, IT KIND A REMINDED ME OF WHEN PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND JESUS. HIS PRESENCE WAS AMAZING AND INVITING. NOT THAT CHUCK IS JESUS BUT HE DEFINITELY HAD THE AROMA OF CHRIST. HE ENCOURAGED US TO BE SWEETER CHRISTIANS FOR THE LORD, ALWAYS SMELLING SWEET AND INVITING.

ACTION PACKED WEDNESDAY NIGHT @ CC LIVING WATER

LAST NIGHT WAS A SPECIAL SERVICE BECAUSE A FEW OF THE PASTOR'S WIVES WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THEIR CHURCHES & MINISTRIES. DAWN & JOANNA SHARED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN CC TOKOROZAWA & CCBC OKINWA & CC GINOWAN. SOME OF THE LADIES LIKE ANABELLE SMITH [CC WATSONVILLE], JEANNE HALLMAN [CC WILLIAMSBURG], CINDY DOUVILLE [CC HAGERMAN VALLEY], & KRISTY BARNETT [CC OKINAWA] JUST RECORDED VIDEOS AND SHARED THROUGH MEDIA. MONIQUE SALAZAR WAS DOWN IN CALI TOO SO SHE LEAD IN WORSHIP WITH DANIEL SEDOTA WHICH WAS A HUGE BLESSING AND TO CLOSE THE SERVICE; DANIEL SHARED FROM THE WORD. IT WAS AN ACTION PACKED WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR US. IT'S ALWAYS SWEET TO HAVE THE MISSIONARIES SHARE IN GOD'S MIGHTY WORK.

AFTER THE SERVICE AT CCLW. A FEW OF US HIT UP A LOCAL JOINT FOR DINNER CALLED, 'WINGSTOP' IN CORONA. IT WAS SUCH A SWEET FELLOWSHIP AS YOU CAN SEE. AND THE FOOD WERE INCREDIBLE TOO...ONE OF THE BEST CHICKEN WINGS EVER SOUTHERN STYLE. GO WINGSTOP!