Missions

05
Sep

Japan Missions Trip Recap

Our 9^th annual trip to Japan was really special because not only did we pass out 600 Walking On Water DVD’s, teach little kids about Jesus and how to surf, we also premiered the Promised Land movie! Four Japanese Christian organizations rallied behind the premiere (Christian Surfers Japan, Bridges for Peace Japan, A Bridge Between Zion and Japan and Naha Baptist Church) which over four hundred and fifty people showed up to. It was by far the largest screening we have ever done in Japan! After the movie Todd Morehead, director of Promised Land, gave a message to the Christians about our special responsibility towards the Jews and also shared with those in the audience who did not know Jesus yet as their Lord that peace is only found in Jesus the Messiah. In Japan there is the wide misconception that Christianity is a western religion, when in fact it is not western at all! Jesus was Israeli! Both the movie and the message emphasized that Jesus is the Messiah for all nations, even the Japanese.

Another highlight was that the Promised Land study guide was skillfully translated into Japanese and 5,000 copies are being spread all over Japan! One of the pastors helping with the event said that she had been praying for a fresh dose of God’s Spirit to come upon Okinawa and that she believed her prayers were answered through the Promised Land premiere. God continues to work in Japan through Walking On Water mission trips and He continues to show us that He has anointed the Promised Land movie and has a plan for it far beyond what we could have imagined.

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05
Sep

Surf Camp Recap/Hawaii Camp Promo:

This past summer Walking On Water hosted 5 amazing surf camps at La Jolla Shores and Del Mar Beach in San Diego, CA. Each camp was uniquely special and more fun than we could have planned for! Many students made first time decisions to follow Jesus Christ and even more students rededicated their lives to the Lord at the camps. Bryan Jennings shares, “Year after year I am left in awe at Gods ability to change lives; Watching Him work in each of the students life is truly something to behold. Thank you to all who attended the 2012 Camps! It was a very special time!”

For those who did not attend, please check our website this February for the 2013 camp dates and details. If a year is just too long for you to wait to experience a Walking On Water Camp, then we would like to invite you to our Hawaii Family Camp this November 10-11 in Waikiki, HI with Bethany Hamilton, actress Sonya Balmores and other special guests. For more information please visit, our website walkingonwater.com. Also, feel free to email [email protected] with any questions you may have.

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02
Jul

Hawaii Family Missions Trip

Thank you for your interest in our Walking On Water Family trip with special guest Bethany Hamilton this Nov. 10th and 11th in Waikiki, Hawaii. My wife Korin and one year old daughter Ella are so excited to host our 2nd Walking On Water Family trip to Waikiki and so hope you and your family can join us! We are hosting this special Hawaii trip with the following goals:

1. To give you and your family a special time together in beautiful Hawaii.
2. To give you and your family an opportunity to serve God together and share the Gospel with the people of Oahu through praying for Hawaii, hosting a Walking On Water movie night outreach, handing out Walking On Water DVDs to the international tourists, and serving a poor community.
3. To encourage you and your family through our morning devotionals and special guests.
4. To inspire your children to see all future trips as opportunities to serve and share the Gospel.
5. To get to know you and your families better with the hopes that you will join our Walking On Water family for a long time.
6. To raise funds that will enable the Walking On Water ministry to continue to share the Gospel around the world.

WHAT WE PROVIDE:
The Walking On Water staff will provide two full days that will include: Morning devotional on beach, 2 hour surf lessons for entire family, photos of your surf sessions, 1,000 Walking On Water DVDs to giveaway to tourist on beach, time with our special guests pro surfers and actors/actresses, a Walking On Water movie night outreach, and a serving opportunity in a poor community.

COST:
Each family is responsible to book and pay for their flights, hotel, meals, and travel arrangements. This trip is also a fundraiser for the Walking On Water ministry. We ask that each family prayerfully considers either joining our core monthly financial support team of at least $50 per month and/or making a one time suggested donation of $1,000 or more. These funds will help Walking On Water continue to share the Gospel with this generation! (If you can't afford either of these and still would like to come to this Hawaii trip please email[email protected] to let us know.)

HOTEL INFO:
You can stay at whatever hotel you prefer. We have a low group rate discount with the Pacific Beach Hotel (http://www.pacificbeachhotel.com/) which is 1 block from the surf spot at Waikiki Beach on Oahu. Korin and I stayed here last time and the location is great, rooms are nice, and there is a 24 Hour fitness attached. The Pacific Beach Hotel nightly room rates are $139 standard room, $159 Partial Oceanview, $189 Oceanview, and $229 for Oceanfront. To book your rooms or if you have questions please call Jacqueline at 808-921-6143 or email her at [email protected]. (Just let her know you are with the Walking On Water/Bryan Jennings Group)

FLIGHT INFO:
Flights are currently between $385 and $480 out of LAX or San Diego airports.

SPECIAL GUESTS:
Sonya Balmores Chung Actress from Soul Surfer movie, Faith Faye actress from Soul Surfer movie, TJ Barron Pro Surfer, and possibly: Pro Surfers: Bethany Hamilton, Damien Hobgood, Tom Curren, or actress AnnaSophia Robb from Soul Surfer. (I am still waiting to hear back from these special guests on their commitments.)

OTHER INFO:
You are welcome to come early or stay later than our trip dates. I will be attending the Christian Surfers International conference on Oahu Nov. 4th - 9th. You are invited to come to this if you want to come early to Oahu. To see photos of our previous Hawaii trip please go to this link: http://walkingonwater.com/photos/hawaii-family-missions-trip/

HELPING ANOTHER FAMILY ATTEND:
We are hoping that each time we host a Hawaii family trip we will be able to offer a free trip to a hurting family. If you can afford it and would like to help pay for another family to go please let us know. I am hoping to bring our family friends who lost their mother a few weeks ago. They obviously could use some encouragement.

HOW TO REGISTER:
1. Go to this link to make the monthly or one time donation mentioned in the "COST" text above.
2. Online donation link: http://walkingonwater.com/donate/
3. You can also mail a donation check to: Walking On Water, 5928 Balfour Court, Carlsbad, CA 92008
2. Email the following information to [email protected] :
We already made our trip donation or joined your monthly support team. YES OR NO
Full Name:
Full Address:
Email:
Cell Phone:
Number of Family Members and how many will be taking surf lessons?
Each attendees full name, age, and height?
Will you be staying at the Pacific Beach Hotel or a different location?
Are you friends with any other families who are coming? If yes, who?
Anything else we need to know?

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24
May

Sign Up Now: Walking On Water Missions Trip!

Okinawa Japan

Dates: August 10-20, 2012

Ministry opportunities:

This is our 10th annual mission trip to Japan! This year we will be working with the organization Christian Surfers Japan (CSJ), and the local churches in Okinawa. CSJ has an amazing network of awesome believers in Okinawa and we look forward to working with them again this year.

Some of the ministry opportunities include helping out at a community Stand Up Paddle competition, passing out free WOW DVD's to the local surfers, surf coaching etc. The main event will be the premiere of Walking On Water's latest film Promised Land so much of our work in the days leading up to this event will involve promoting. Last time we were in Okinawa we had our biggest surf movie night in Japan with about 300 people coming and hearing the gospel! We hope for a similar turn out this year.

Japan is one of the least reached countries in the world with the gospel, as less than 1% of the population believes in Jesus. There are over 2 million surfers in Japan which means that there are more surfers than Christians. This is a great opportunity to use your love for surfing to reach the lost!

Approximate Cost:

We are still working on the final details of the cost of the trip but it will be approximately $1200-1500. This cost includes food, lodging, transportation, materials etc for the entire time we are in Okinawa. You will be responsible for purchasing your own airfare to Okinawa.

If you are interested in this amazing short term mission trip please email [email protected] to request an application. Space is limited!

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26
Mar

Word: 2 Peter 1:3-9

“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.”

In the passage above, Peter stresses the importance of keeping the Gospel at the core foundation of our daily living, “not [forgetting] that [we] have been cleansed from [our] past sins”. This good news is designed to transform our lives and bear fruit in us. Transformation is an active and ongoing process. We are never to move past or move onward from the gospel message but are to assimilate it into our daily lives, recognizing that ongoing transformation requires daily recognition of what God has done for us in the gospel.

In a study titled, The Gospel Centered Life, authors Bob Thune and Will Walker discuss the importance of living “Gospel-Centered lives” just as the title suggests. They state, “Many Christians live with a truncated view of the gospel. We see the gospel as the ‘door,’ the way in, the entrance point into God’s kingdom. But the gospel is so much more! It is not just the door, but the path we are to walk every day of the Christian life. It is not just the means of our salvation, but the means of our transformation. It is not simply deliverance from sin’s penalty, but release from sin’s power. The gospel is what makes us right with God (justification) and it is also what frees us to delight in God (sanctification). The gospel changes everything!” As we move forward, let us not put our hope in the false sense of our “goodness” but let us find rest and hope in Jesus our perfect Redeemer who is “our righteousness, holiness and redemption.” (1Corinthians 1:30) Not so that God can make much of us but so that we can be freed to make much of Him! (paraphrased from The Gospel-Centered life)

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23
Jan

US PREMIERE OF PROMISED LAND

To see the Promised Land Trailer and other info CLICK HERE.

I hope you and friends can join us for the U.S. Premiere of Promised Land on February 3rd at 6:30pm in Capistrano Beach, CA! 3 X World Champion surfer Tom Curren will be our special guest. He is also featured in the movie.

EVENT INFO:

When: Friday, February 3rd at 6:30pm (Come early for good seats.)

Where: Capo Beach Calvary Church

25975 Domingo Ave.

Capistrano Beach, CA 92624

Cost: $5 per per person Tickets Available Online and your name & tickets will be on the guest list. (Includes 1 FREE Promised Land dvd per family)

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW CLICK HERE.

OTHER UPCOMING DATES FOR THE U.S. PROMISED LAND TOUR:

(All tour dates are listed and updated at the Promised Land Webpage)

Capistrano Beach, CA Feb. 3rd

Encinitas, CA Feb. 11th

Rancho Bernardo, CA Feb. 12th

La Jolla, CA Feb. 18th

San Juan Capistrano, CA Feb. 24th

Oakland, CA March 9th

Wilmington, NC April 19th

Outer Banks, NC April 20th

Virginia Beach, VA April 21st

Pensacola, FL April 22nd

Seal Beach, CA May 4th

Europe June TBA

Your City TBA (If interested in hosting email: [email protected])

GOD BLESS YOU TODAY! SEE YOU AT ONE OF THE SCREENINGS!

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17
Oct

New York Soul Surfer Screening Miraculously Successful in one of the best theaters in Manhattan!

I absolutely love how God works and it is interesting that I just taught on Luke 2:25 about Simeon being "Prompted" by the Holy Spirit. After a Walking On Water supporter made a donation from New York city a few weeks ago, I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to host a Soul Surfer screening in New York city while the world tour of surfing was there and during the tenth anniversary of 911. I asked Bethany Hamilton and AnnaSophia Robb if they would like to come and to my surprise that had already been invited during the same exact dates to attend a Cantor Fitzgerald's fundraiser. God had set it all up in advance. So before I knew it, I was on an airplane flying into New York city on September 11th. As our American Airlines flight flew past the new towers being rebuilt in downtown Manhattan, I couldn't believe that exactly ten years ago to the hour such a terrible thing had happened in New York. My next three days in New York were full of divine appointments. I attended Mike Doyle's (He worked at WOW for 5 years) new church appropriately named The Movement, attended the Cantor Fitzgerald memorial (They lost 658 employees out of 1,000 employees on 911) where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke, met up with Bethany Hamilton and AnnaSophia Robb for the Cantor Fitzgerald charity day which donates all of their profits that day to over one hundred charities, and finally hosted the Soul Surfer screening at the famous Ziegfeld theater where most Hollywood films are premiered in Manhattan. It was a very full three days to say the least. The Cantor charity day requires that charities bring celebrities to do the trading that day on the phones. Ben Stiller and President Clinton were among two of the celebrities and yes I met Ben Stiller and called him "Adam" thinking he was Adam Standler (Sorry Ben!). Between Bethany and AnnaSophia they traded over 2 billion dollars that day on the phones with investors. However the highlight of the trip for me was seeing the famous Ziegfeld theater packed out with Bethany fans and especially one divine appointment that happened. After I hosted the question and answer time with Bethany, she had to get going for her early flight the next day and as she was leaving a Chief New York Fire Fighter and his daughter happened to show up late and were one of the few who had the opportunity to meet Bethany and take a photo with her. His daughter was absolutely freaking out excited and when Bethany left I had the honor of talking to this chief fire fighter about his 911 experience. He and a fellow fire fighter barely escaped when the first tower fell and when the second tower fell his fellow fire fighter friend unfortunately did not make it while he happened to jump into a garage of a neighboring building which saved his life. We thanked him for his service and I asked him if we could pray for him and his family. After praying for him, I said, "They might all be excited to meet Bethany but that is how I feel about meeting you. You are a hero and I am so thankful that you lived on 911 and to meet your beautiful eight year old daughter who would not be here if you had been killed." I then went back into the packed out theater and shared the Gospel message after the movie. Over thirty people received Christ that night. I absolutely love watching God work!!! This N.Y. Soul Surfer event was officially hosted by the Friends of Bethany Foundation in partnership with Waking On Water, Movement Church, and Cobian sandals. For More info on the Bethany Hamilton Foundation please go to: www.friendsofbethany.com A very special thank you to the Hamilton Family, Robb Family, Gilbert Family, Polakowski Family, Movement Church, Friends of Bethany foundation, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cobian Sandals, and thank you for all who prayed and supported this trip!!!

Tags: AnnaSophia Robb, Bethany Hamilton

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17
Oct

Miyazaki, Japan Missions Trip

Walking on Water recently returned from a mission trip to Miyazaki, Japan. While there, the team worked with Christian Surfers Japan in the little town of Kawaminami. Kawaminami has been affected by the Bird Flu and Hoof and Mouth disease these past few years, resulting in much devastation and hopelessness to the small farming community. During our stay, we were able to spread some light to the people by hosting an ice cream party for the kids and by running an English Bible camp where we shared the good news of Jesus Christ. Japan’s national surfing championship, which attracts the best surfers in Japan, also happened to be held during our trip! Taking advantage of this amazing opportunity to evangelize, we passed out 1,000 Walking On Water Dvds along with 600 “Surfers Guide to God” (these are Gospel of Mark booklets in Japanese complete with surfers testimonies). The Lord thoroughly blessed our time in Japan beyond what we could have planned for! Please continue to pray for the people of Japan, as well as consider joining us next year. For more information on our upcoming missions trips please visit the missions page on our website.

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04
Jan

Tapachula, Mexico

Trip Status: Closed

Dates: December 27, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Trip Description:

Come with us to Tapachula Mexico to teach orphan kids about God and to spend time surfing with them. We will be working with "Mission Mexico" an orphanage in Tapachula which has been a ray of hope to orphans around Tapachula. Mission Mexico has a need for Christians to come down and share God's love with the kids of the orphanage. This is a perfect trip for surfers because not only will you be able to share the love of Jesus with these precious kids, but you will also get to surf with them! Many of these kids are surfing and have found it to be an amazing outlet for their lives. There is a wonderful documentary made about the orphanage called "Somewhere Near Tapachula." Please go to: www.somewhereneartapachula.com to watch the trailer and learn more about the opportunity to serve in Tapachula Mexico.
Trip Cost: $500 (airfare not included)
For more information regarding this trip or to request a Mission Trip Application email us at: [email protected], or call Todd at (949) 677-5001

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04
Dec

Japan 2010

Miyazaki, Japan

Trip Status: Closed

Dates: August 17-26, 2010
Ministry opportunities:

Be a part of the premiere of Walking On Water the movie (subtitled in Japanese)
Give out free Walking On Water DVD's (Noah's Arc dvd, subtitled in Japanese) to the Japanese surfers on and around the beach.
Give out free “Surfers Guide to God” booklets. This is the book of Mark with professional surfers testimonies specially geared towards Japanese surfers.
This trip is focused on relational ministry and a lot of time will be spent creating friendships with Japanese surfers that will last a lifetime. In the past 7 years this has been a very effective way to introduce the Japanese to Christ.

This is our 7th annual trip to Japan! Each year we work directly with the organization Christian Surfers Japan (CSJ). This will be our second time going to Miyazaki and working with Daisuke who is the Regional Coordinator for CSJ. Daisuke is a pastor and a surfer who desires to see more Japanese surfers come to know Jesus.

Japan is still one of the least reached countries in the world with the gospel. 99.5% of Japanese do not know the Lord! There are an estimated 2 to 3 million surfers in Japan, which means there are more Japanese surfers then there are followers of Jesus. There has never been a better time to be a surfer who also wants to share the gospel!!

This trip has gained much popularity and will fill up fast.

Trip Cost: $800 (airfare not included)

For more information regarding this trip or to request a Mission Trip Application email us at: [email protected], or call Todd at (949) 677-5001

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