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2012 Possible Schedule

Kyle Yates — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:08:40 +0000

~~Things are still being worked on, but the most likely dates for the homestay program this year will be from between July 23-24 to August 14-15.~~

It’s looking like the date we will leave for California will be either July 21 or 22 and returning somewhere between August 13 to 15.

Possible dates: July 21-22 to August 13-15

Once the dates have been set, I will post them for everyone to know.

Looking Forward to 2012

Kyle Yates — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:04:20 +0000

2011, we took a year off. Next year, 2012, we are planning to have a summer homestay program in California! Yeah!

Anyone interested in attending next year can go ahead and begin the signup process. Contact us through the Contact page and we will send you the necessary paperwork to begin getting ready for next year.

No Homestay This Summer

Kyle Yates — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:50:02 +0000

What? No summer 2011 homestay program? Yes, that is right. Unfortunately, we will not be able to have a summer homestay program this year. But we will have one next year, 2012!

ごめんね！

2010 Arroyo Verde Park

Kyle Yates — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:08:46 +0000

We arrived at Arroyo Verde Park in Ventura at 10:30am just when the fog was burning off allowing the warm sun to shine. It was another beautiful day! The air temperature was about 23C or 73F. We couldn’t have asked for better weather!

After arriving, we setup the volleyball net that the Morenos brought from home. Then we played a little volleyball together, ate, played some softball, relaxed and talked, played frisbee and catch, hiked and then played some more softball before cleaning up and heading back to our respective homes to spend our last night together with our host families.

Pictures from the picnic at Arroyo Verde Park.

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Sayonara Party

Kyle Yates — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:07:15 +0000

Like every year, we don’t really know where we are going to have the Sayonara Party. Thanks to the Piszczeks and their friend Laura, we were able to have the Sayonara Party this year at a place where the everyone could swim, lounge around by the pool under some shade and even ride or pet horses. It was a blessing!

Tom Triplett and Kyle served the food and the families sat around discussing the homestay this year while the kids swam in the pool and played around. We had some great conversation and it was another successful party to end another wonderful amazingly blessed homestay program.

Here are pictures from the party.

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2010 Hurricane Harbor

Kyle Yates — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:45:42 +0000

Hurricane Harbor was so much fun!

We arrived just after it opened and spent the day playing in the water. The weather was perfect! The air temperature was around 85 F that day, about 29 C.

Disneyland 2010

Kyle Yates — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:50:44 +0000

Yesterday, we went to Disneyland in Anaheim. We left early in the morning and made it down in just over an hour and 45 minutes.

Using our special ride application, we were able to do all the following:

Small World
Indiana Jones
Space Mountain
Thunder Mountain
Haunted House
Pirates of the Caribbean
Buzz Lightyear
Matterhorn
Davey Crockett Explorer Canoes
ToonTown
Fireworks

It was a long day, but lots of fun! Most everyone bought lots of omiyage (souvenirs) to take back to Japan! Mio and Saaya bought Dale hats. There were no Chip hats available. They are so cute!

On the way to the car, we also had an amazing surprise. Dave and Shihoko, friends from our church in Japan, Suita Bible Gospel Church, just happened to be at the right place at the right time to see us getting on the tram back to our cars. They were visiting Disneyland on their vacation in America. What a small world after all!

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Last Day of VBS

Kyle Yates — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:15:51 +0000

It was the last day of VBS. All the kids at VBS had one more day of practice for the big Friday Night VBS Farewell Party where and friends came to watch and listen the kids dance and sing.

There were over 500 people in the audience. It was a good turnout and a great testimony of what the kids did and studied about during the week at VBS: God’s Love.

Here are some of the practice pictures during the daytime. More photos of the night event and Disneyland will be posted later tonight.

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2010 VBS Day 4

Kyle Yates — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:58:02 +0000

The theme today was Incredible Impact. The students have been listening to stories throughout the week, playing with their newly-made friends, singing and dancing and doing many other fun things during VBS. Hopefully the students have learned many things that will help them in their lives.

After VBS, we went to the Ventura Cross overlooking Ventura, ate lunch and then went shopping at Kohl’s and the Camarillo Premium Outlet Stores where the students bought many things to take back to Japan.

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Another Fun Day at VBS

Kyle Yates — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:36:58 +0000

Today, Day 3 of VBS, was another fun time together with all the homestay students and VBS students and volunteer staff. The kids made crafts, one I also enjoyed doing and have not quite finished, sang songs, danced, listened to and discussed Bible stories, ate snacks, played games and ran around. Many students have made new friends. One little American boy said all the Japanese girls are his friends and wanted to get his picture taken with them. He talked to them for a while today and said “See you tomorrow” to each one individually. He was very cute!

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