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12-31-2008, 06:59 PM
|  | Puritanboard Freshman | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Okinawa Japan
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| | Hello from Okinawa, Japan #2
Okinawabones here, seeking God and trying to understand Him beyond 30-minute Sunday morning sermons and often inconsistent Sunday School curricula. Looking for intelligent (but simply-written), loving dialogue about issues that matter. The desired end state is an increased knowledge of God's character and my part in His plan.
I'm a US Marine, stationed in Okinawa with my wife (Okinawamama) and three of our four kids. Our oldest is stateside at NC State University, and the rest of our extended family is spread out across central and western North Carolina.
We've been here since July 08. We're happy to be here, and we've plugged into a church that has met some of our needs- but we're not sure it's where we're supposed to be. So- here I am. As my dw said in her intro, be gentle- I'm a baby Calvinist in a Baptist's body.
Bones
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Koza Baptist Church
Okinawa, Japan
USMC
Husband to a homeschooling mom
Big Daddy to four great kids and a dog
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12-31-2008, 07:06 PM
|  | Puritanboard Doctor | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clarksburg, WV
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| |  from a former USMC once stationed up in Iwakuni.
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12-31-2008, 07:12 PM
|  | CurmudgeonlyAdmeanstrator | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dallas, Texas
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Chip,
1. Welcome!
2. You should get in touch with Rich (Semper Fidelis), I think he can point you to a sound church.
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12-31-2008, 07:15 PM
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12-31-2008, 08:32 PM
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12-31-2008, 08:42 PM
|  | Puritanboard Junior | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Suffolk, VA
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12-31-2008, 09:09 PM
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12-31-2008, 09:14 PM
|  | Dux Tyrranus | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Virgnia
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Welcome Top! Are you guys at Hansen?
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12-31-2008, 09:32 PM
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12-31-2008, 10:17 PM
|  | Puritanboard Freshman | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Okinawa Japan
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Originally Posted by Semper Fidelis Welcome Top! Are you guys at Hansen? | Thanks, Sir. We're living at McTureous. I work up at Schwab. I read your recommendations to my wife regarding Central Baptist. Thanks for the help.
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12-31-2008, 10:23 PM
|  | Dux Tyrranus | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Virgnia
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Originally Posted by okinawabones Quote:
Originally Posted by Semper Fidelis Welcome Top! Are you guys at Hansen? | Thanks, Sir. We're living at McTureous. I work up at Schwab. I read your recommendations to my wife regarding Central Baptist. Thanks for the help. | There's a Sgt McCarthy and his wife, Rachel, that live near there. They attend Central Baptist too. Rachel is the daughter of one of our elders in SoCal. I'll send you their information.
Lord willing, I'll be TAD to Okinawa in the March timeframe.
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01-01-2009, 06:33 AM
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to the PB. Nice to have you.
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01-01-2009, 07:28 AM
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WELCOME!!! Nice to have you here.
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01-02-2009, 12:23 PM
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01-02-2009, 12:27 PM
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01-02-2009, 12:29 PM
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01-02-2009, 12:51 PM
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01-02-2009, 12:59 PM
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01-02-2009, 07:22 PM
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