Please pray for our baby girl!

Please pray for our baby girl!

Introducing little Naomi Grace Costanzo Our fourth precious child, Naomi Grace Costanzo, was born yesterday, April 6th.Since she was born 2 months early, she is still very small, weighing 2 lbs 3 oz and is only 14 inches long. She cannot yet breathe on her own, and...
Harvey Cedars Jammies

Harvey Cedars Jammies

This summer, while on vacation, our family created a new music video to celebrate our all-time favorite vacation spot, Harvey Cedars Bible Conference. While the music isn’t original, the hip-hop lyrics and amazing dance moves are 100% guaranteed fresh. Click and...
We’re back!!!

We’re back!!!

We’re back–finally! We are very, very grateful to God who took good care of us on our 900-mile trip back home to Maryland. There was initially a great deal of doubt that everything would actually fit in our moving truck, especially after acquiring an...
Mike’s RTS Senior Banner

Mike’s RTS Senior Banner

Mike’s RTS Senior Banner This year, Mike was given the privilege of designing this year’s RTS Senior Banner! He was asked to design a hand holding a burning heart along with the phrase, “I offer you my heart, Lord, promptly and sincerely.” Here...

Moving Day

It’s hard to believe we’ve been in our new home for over a week now!  It’s about time to get some pictures from our moving van-loading party up on our blog! Here’s Mike at the beginning of the day — the truck’s still pretty empty,...

Landscapes from Harvey Cedars

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...

Public Announcement from Jen

Jen is happy to announce that over the winter vacation, she didn’t gain a single pound or kilogram — Yay!!! (As a little note, I was a little nervous that with all our holiday gatherings and travellings, I would put on the pounds.  Now, all I have to do...

The Sweltering Days of Summer

So just how have we been spending our summer vacation?  Allow us to take you on a little tour of our summer break! Umi no hi (Marine Day) On Umi no hi (a National holiday in mid-July), we took off on a day-trip with the principal of one of the local elementary...

Computer problems…again

Remember when we said our computer was ok? Well, it’s not; it’s busted…again. Bad hard drive. So now we’ll be getting on the plane with a defective computer, and fighting our tech support battles with HP from overseas. What a nightmare this has...

It’s not about me

It’s all about You Jesus, And all this is for You. For Your glory and Your fame. It’s not about me. As if you should do things my way. You alone are God, And I surrender to Your ways. From Jesus Lover of My Soul by Paul Oakley It’s not about me...

At last… Gospel peace!!!

So, today is my official last day of school; I graded my last test, and recorded the grades, and I’m about to drop them off and be all done with school. Man, do I feel great! What a moment. But, I don’t feel great for the reason that you probably expect. I...

Final finals and the last big push

So close, and yet so far… That’s how I’m feeling right now about school. My graduation is just over 1 week away, and I’m in the midst of studying for my final finals right now. On the one hand, I’m stoked and excited; on the other, I do...

Graduation, Here I Come!

Three more weeks!!! Three more weeks!!! It’s May 1st, and that means that in three short weeks, I will be no longer be an undergraduate student, but a fully graduated alumnus of the University of Maryland. Incredible!!! It’s hard to believe, especially...