by Mike Costanzo | Jul 7, 2008 | Graphic Design, Vacation
The first morning, Jen and I walked down to the beach at around 6am. The sun was already up, but the beach was so still and calm that it was like another world: Later that week, we noticed the huge amount of beach erosion that had (apparently) just taken place. Where...
by Mike Costanzo | Jun 23, 2008 | Mike, Scenery, Video
For those of you who appreciated ” Bring It On Down To The Downtown ,” here’s a new music/dance video that’ll get your toes tappin’ and your hands clappin’! Everyone, it’s time, so… ” Let’s Get This Party...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 11, 2008 | Mike, Teaching, Wakakusa
This past Friday, I (Mike) had my best day ever since coming to Japan. It was my last day of teaching at Takine Elementary School. Now pretty much every time I teach at an Elementary School, I have what I call an “Edward Bloom” day—a day where you get to...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 12, 2008 | Friends, Missions, Travel
The day after we got back from Kyoto, we embarked on the second stage of our winter adventures. This time, we went to Sendai to stay with an OPC missionary family, Murray and Tsuruko Uomoto. We had met them briefly in May when we visited the Cummings, but we wanted to...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 4, 2008 | Culture, Missions, Prayer, Travel
For months now, Pastor Tajima (our pastor from Koriyama Baptist Church) has been encouraging us to visit his sister, who lives in the historic city of Kyoto . Apparently, she loves to host folks from out of town, especially if they have never seen the city and its...