Tess Recipe

This is one of the reccipe of Tess Kodama.

This is how she prepared it. But still I don't know the details.

For me when I tasted it, my old days in the middle east were all refreshed. I loved it !!! I'm sure you would love it too.

Thanks Tess for sharing such wonderful food like this one.

Miyazaki Multinational Family Association

The International Family for Global Peace

Miyazaki City, Miyakonojo city, Kobayashi City

This was taken during the Sunday service.

Teresa is giving her self introduction

Connie Hidaka is our speaker for this Sunday. She spoke about her report on her trip to Tokyo GPF last November 15, 2008.

MMFA Sunday Service

MIYAZAKI CITY-November 30, 2008, The International Family for Global Peace have launched its first Sunday Service on this day, the last Sunday of the month of November. It was attended by blessed families from Miyazaki City, Dell & family, Ernie and family, Lalaine and family, and Addie and family, from Kobayashi families Kanungu and family and Nthela Prosper, and also the Miyakonojo family Connie Hidaka.

It was held at the Family Federation for World Peace building at around 2:30 PM. The message was given by Connie Hidaka. She spoke on her reports regarding the results of her joining on the conference in Tokyo. She presented lot of staffs she took from there and it was really interesting to listen to her incredible experience how she manage to attend the meeting. She express her deep gratitude to all members who supported her trip in going to Tokyo. I actually can't put all into words how she made her trip successful. We really indebted to her efforts to bring to us all this kind of inspiration.

We wish that we can be able to arrange quickly our next schedule for Sunday Service. Initially, connie had volunteer that they will be preparing the program for next Sunday Service. It wasn't yet decided the date but through telephone we will get in touch to one another.

After our service Lalaine had served the snack for everyone. It was a sweet Bico one of the Filipino taste. We really thankful for this spirit of serving what she can do. Thanks Lalaine from the bottom of our heart.

Then we ended up to here. Thanks to all.

Tokyo GPF Participants!

Minami Kyushu Participants- These photos are courtesy of Rose Ninomiya. This was a group of second generation from Kyushu who attended on the GPF Tokyo last November 15, 2008. This was under the care of Mr. Tomoaki Kawano. They travelled from Kumamoto to Tokyo. It was more than 18 hours travel. A very long travel but for the sake of the event they went there.

The Participants On The Bus - On this bus they were so happy and full of energy. It ws really exciting because it was their first experience to travel for that long distance.

Rose got the opportunity to have this snap shot on the event. I hope everyone are still have good memory to remember all their names.

Thanks Rose for sharing these pictures.

alv/

Ms. Connie Hidaka Is Back To Miyazaki From GPF Tokyo!

Dear Peace Builders Families,

Our dearest sister Connie Hidaka was backed to Miyazaki just last Tuesday evening from her trip to Tokyo. She apologizes that she wasn't able to communicate to anyone among us as early as she can upon her arrival. She really have a lot of news brought back from the conference she had attended for two days plus her blessed experience to witness in her own eyes the glorious GPF main event in Tokyo last November 15th. For the last two days she have had a terrible headache that hinder her to move and even not to manage making a phone call to all of us. She i s really very sorry for that.

Besides she is waiting for her luggages to come and it is expected to arrive on this day or tomorrow to Miyakonojo as per the advice of her daughter who sent it through takyubin service. There are some materials and books she got there that she would like to show to all of us but most are in Japanese. And she had also some photos taken on the camera of her daughter and her daughter sponsored for the developing of the pictures why it is coming late. She thinks that she need also those pictures to bring with her when she comes here.

We had only a brief conversation over the phone because I was in the dental clinic of our son. She told me some exciting news as she was very happy to share with me that it was really a blessed two days to be a part of the conference. She able to take part through the help of MR. KOBAYASHI. He was assisted by him to get the most wonderful place and most comfortable seat during the conference. She is really lucky and happy to represent Minami Kyushu international families and in behalf of all members she thanks Mr. Kobayashi for all the assistance that she got from him.

Tonight she will call to me to give me the latest status of her luggages whether she got it or not. In this connection, I would like to inform you that if she got it today she will be ready tomorrow afternoon to see all of us here in Miyazaki. If she don't get it, she will not come and wait until it arrive. Just please wait my notice and be prepare for your availability because on Monday is also a holiday in Japan. She can't fix the time schedule yet unless she got those materials.

I'm planning to make a draft for our Sunday Service in English today if I can manage my time. I hope it will be our first ever international Sunday service launching here in Miyazaki. Please let's support for this good start.

I would like to get first the permission from the church to use the fourth floor room for our meeting. And am planning to invite our church leaders, Mr. Kim, Mr. Moon, and Mr. Ando. Hope they could join with us.

We wish to invite also our international families in Kobayashi City when the time is really set up. I think for the Kagoshima families might not be easy for them to join because of the distance but it is my hope and maybe all of us here that we could organize ouselves to go there in one or two big cars . We should let them feel our eagerness to have a unified power from Miyazaki and Kagoshima to bring success for God glory. Or we may invite Mr. Kobayashi to come down to Kagoshima to be our guest speaker on our meeting. So we could hear from him fresh and direct news about the providence in this country and around the globe. I think if we join our efforts and connect our heart in one common goal, our financial concerns would be lighten to everyone. What do you think on this opinion? Please have your say and share it here.

Thanks a lot. God Bless all of Us!!!

Dell and family

One Hundred Volunteer!!!

Marina Bay Cleaning
November 9, 2008
by: Dell Villareal



MIYAZAKI CITY- The IFMGP together with our friends went down to Marina Bayside for cleaning this sea side. It was a miracle that we able to gathered a number of 100 participants not including children. We were scheduled actually to gather at 2:00 pm but we attended first the Sunday service and it was ended very late so we moved it to 3:00 pm.

The weather in the morning wasn't fine and windy on that day. There was rain showers but we decided to pursue our cleaning plan whether it rain or shine. We adviced everyone to bring rain coat and gloves or tongs and plastic bags or even mask.

Members were excited and happy collecting pieces of plastic bags and leaves of trees or any kind of trash. It was pretty cold since it is sea side.

Children were more excited. And they love to run and run without doing nothing.

We able to invite teachers from Miyakonojo High School and some government workers from the city hall. I think they were happy to our spirit in working for one purpose.

The Second Generation were present too. They participated headed by Mr. Tomoaki Kawano. Most of them are now in high school and some are in the universities.

Some had bring their whole family to participate. So it was really enjoying to see how happy were these people to join in this kind of volunteer job.

You can have a look to the garbage we collected. We put them all in plastic bags and had taken them to the city garbage recycling facility.

Everyone was so happy. I can't describe everyone's happiness. You can only see everyone's smile with their shining spirit.

Just snap shots after collecting garbages. We just took a posed for pictorial. Our souvenir for this activity.



This is somewhat exciting activity and I could vibrate that everyone were happy in doing this kind of volunteer job. I hope someday we could have another activity like this one.




Look at them, they were all second generation.

The day was getting dark as finished it until 4:30 pm. It was really a very cloudy and very cold afternoon.

Thanks to all of you!!!

for all your participation in the spirit of volunteering your time and efforts for a very special ways. I know God would acknowledge all the things you have done on this day. May you can come again for our next activity in the future ahead.

God Bless Us All!!!

alv & family

Follow Up Activity

Aoshima One World Festival
November 2, 2008
by: Dell Villareal

AOSHIMA, MIYAZAKI CITY- The IFMGP , International Families Movement for Global Peace, participated on this day to AOWF charity event. The goal of the Aoshima One World Festival is to bring many different people together in Aoshima to share in stimulating experiences from different cultures and to realize that it is together that we create and enjoy culture. Each of us has her own role to play in the making and sharing of this One World! 　

The event has started at 10:30 am at Kodomo no kuni as the first part of the Festival. There was a selection of space encourages participants to remember the simple joy of childhood, a time when we are capable of being without prejudice, open-minded and free. Here participants can take part in many different experiences from around the world. We joined particularly at World Food Village, and offer a Filipino Cuisine or the Filipino favorites. We really experience here the beauty of participating to other group. It was lot of fun. I can't imagine the number of people who went there and witness the event. The IFMGP got his first experience here. We would like to Thanks our best partner M. Theresa Kodama for her untiring support and understanding to the goal of the movement. She is actually innocent about the purpose why we have to participate. But later we explain to her slowly that we are going to participate to the event as our fundraising drive to get funds to finance our plan of sending representative to Tokyo main event on November 12th to 15th.

Last August 26, 2008, we have had our emergency meeting of IFMGP in the church to discuss our planning to have even one representative to go to Tokyo. It was Connie that we have chosen but the main trouble is how to finance her going there, staying there and going back here. We finally end up of having a contribution of 5000 yen each family. If in case we can't make it until October 30, 2008 we might be using the OMC card of Connie to loan in the bank. And this money would be payable by each member for 1000 yen monthly. This money shall be use to buy food materials to be sold out in the festival. It was then approved by all members present during the meeting.

A day before the 30th of October, the money that we are expecting from Tokyo as they will reimburse the half payment of Mr. Kobayashi's plane ticket has been deposited to Lalaine's account. The amount is 15,000 yen. This money is not the payment as to what they promise to give us for the rental fee of our venue. Please take note of this matter. We didn't receive any payment for venue rental fee.

It was intentionaly not being announce to everyone that we got already this amount so that we can still collect the contribution from every family. Why we did it like that is because we need a bigger budget for buying food materials. So when we can prepare more foods the more profit we could gain. But unfortunately, no additional amount gets in the bank account of lalaine. I myself gave my part 6,000 yen and Lalaine gave her part of 4,000 yen. The total budget that we able to accumulate was only 25,000 yen.

The total gross income of our sales was 44,416 yen. We got a little gain because our expenses fall to 22,484 yen. On these expenses we don't yet deducted the suppose payment for gas stove of Theresa which was used all through the night. Last November 11, 2008, Lalaine transfered an amount of 44,000 yen to the bank account of Connie. Then Connie flew to Tokyo on the 12th early morning of that day. Let us wish her a great success!!! We have to pray that may she can able to sneak around and get the best and safe place during the meeting and fairly good accommodation on her stay. Then may she can safely get back to us here in Miyazaki.

Connie San, it is our hope that as you get back here after you got a good rest and feel like to share with us what has been the result of your trip to Tokyo you can give me a signal then I can inform everyone to be ready for your coming to Miyazaki. I think this will the beginning of our launching of having a Service for International Families for Miyazaki.

And lastly about the festival, Aoshima Shrine Finale 15:30-16:30 It was the culmination of a day of enjoyment. A day of sharing and enjoyment. We have looked through our differences and join together in a spirit and symbol of oneness by creating a human chain around the holy island of Aoshima. Encircling the island, we had stand alone for one minute. We listened to the waves, the wind, and the ending of a day. We touched our inner peace, making the traditional Japanese prayer gesture, gasshou. Then with peace we turn to our neighbors and greet them recognizing that in our hearts we are the same, we all wish for peace and happiness. Finally, we hold hands and become one. One circle, perpetual in its form. A circle of love and prayer of thanks for the oneness of the world. A demonstration of peace, a symbol of what can be done when we look beyond difference and see the power of unity. The historic moment has been captured by an aerial photograph, hoped that all may be inspired by Miyazaki’s truly international cooperation. 　

Thanks to all of you!!!