Our First Sunday Service!

Today was woken up at a little after eight o'clock by Naomi. Did the usual morning routine then we had a wonderful breakfast altogether. We decided that Sunday breakfasts should be eaten together; we had eggs, sausages, a salad, and waffles so it was quite a feast!

After cleaning up and such, we started our first Sunday Service with the four of us in this house. Erin lead the worship and we sang some 'oldies'. ^_^ It was nice singing the old, familiar songs I've grown up with. We had a quick 'news' time and I spoke up because last night before going to bed I had a strong word from the Lord. He said that if we four girls continue to pray fervently and seek His way, he will have a 'covering' over us and that our home will become a shelter.

Erin also gave us the word and she spoke about 'Unity'. It's especially important for us to have unity and though we may at first try to perfect many areas of living together, being one and unified is the most important thing.

We ended our service with the song 'We are Family' then had some time to ourselves before going to Kaimuki Church. We went to the 10:30 and got to introduce Maki to the whole church and some people. Pastor Ron talked about 'Feeding the Multitudes' and tied it in with the trip he took to Africa.

Oh, I just wanted to comment that we song "Lord, You're Beautiful" in the service. I just love that song!!

After the service, talked to Ericson a bit as well as Shirley and some other lady who does sign dancing. On the left is a picture of Nikka (on the left) and Kyla (on the right). I'm not quite sure who's carrying them; they're nursery workers.

For lunch we went out to eat DimSung (again for Naomi and me but we LOVE the food there!). *sigh* I love the food there; I could honestly go eat there every week. :P

Went home and seriously, we all just headed for our beds to just relax from all the food. I started writing my story again; it's slowly but steadily progessing. Maybe I can finish it tomorrow... we'll see....

After we were pretty much 'settled down' we went to Logos bookstore (a Christian bookstore). I looked at all the books and the VeggieTales dvds. :P They have quite a few new ones since I last checked into VeggieTales. Naomi and Erin bought some oil for church and they decided on the one with the Lily of the Valley aroma. Very pleasant; we all liked it.

Next went to Punchbowl to visit Grandpa's cemetry. Maki and I gave our leis that we got at the church. It was a beautiful day so we also went to the Punchbowl lookout. The view is beautiful and you get an especially good view of Diamond Head.

Drove home and watched an episode of Remington Steele. Very fun episode, Remington keeps punching Murphy's 'wounded' arm. lol!

I downloaded quite a few Veggietales songs today. Hairbrush Song, Pirate Song, Barbra Manatee, I Love My Lips, etc., etc., etc... ^_^ Maki and I were enjoying them all a lot as was Erin who kept popping in our room.

At 6:00 we went to Aunt Jean's for dinner and she prepared quite a full course meal for us. First, salad with her very own vinegor dressing. Next is green apples and pumpkin soup (my favorite!) And for the main course, she roasted a huge ham and we ate it with a honey-walnut sauce. Also there was baked potatoes and some green. For dessert we had strawberry mousse (sorry, no picture but it was delicious!). Everything was delicious! We had a little mishap during the meal where a wineglass broke and spilled wine all over the white carpet. Never fear; Aunt Jean came out with her gloves and bleach and took away ALL the stains. We were all pretty impressed. ^_^

After dinner we watched The Legend of Bagger Vance which only I had seen. It's a really nice story; directed by Robert Redford so you can just imagine the style of the film. The whole story takes place in Georgia so I loved listening to all the 'deep southern' accents. :P Charlize Theron's character is so funny! My favorite line from the movie is when she says to Matt Damon: "I'm sorry. But it's not my fault. It's yours." LOL!

Oh, yes. We four girls agree that my cousin Yuichi looks a bit like Matt Damon... weird, huh? But it's really true, especially in this movie where they have this similar haircut.

The movie finished and we just talked a lot about school and our futures. :P Aunt Jean always loves talking about our 'future' and what we'll do with our lives. She's just always excited about us and what we're doing now. (Nice picture of us, right? I used the timer on my camera and it came out so well. Notice how the girls on the couch are so well lined up? ^_^)

Well, I'm home now and after chatting with Maria for a bit, I'm going to go to bed. ZZZZ... I have a driving lesson tomorrow probably in the morning. Then so far there aren't any other plans for tomorrow. Oh, yes... I have to try to finish my chapter! ^_^ Wish me luck!