Dear Praying Friends, That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. Philemon 1:6A great goal for our lives in this New Year, is to make the “communication of our faith” effectual. How is that accomplished? This verse gives us the…
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; I Peter 1:14,15As we enter the New Year, the contrast between old and new is on our minds. Here in Japan the present…
Greetings from northern Hokkaido where winter hit us with lots of wind and snow a couple days ago and still trying to wear us down! Please safe on whatever kind of ‘winter’ roads you have this winter and remember ‘Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the…
As soon as we were able, we wanted to get a report to you of the earthquake here in Hokkaido. Here are some facts and some thoughts as well! 1. It was 5 hours south of us so we had no residual damage from the earthquake itself. 2. As a result, though, Hokkaido Power who…
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. This month a thought from our son Richard who is a pastor in Virginia. “In Luke 14:23 the master in the parable told his servants to invite people to…
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. II Timothy 3:15 Both of us were raised in a Christian home where the Bible was read and honored as God’s Holy Word. What a privilege to have…
How quickly the new year began and a month disappeared. It has been a long time since we have written on our blog and we trust to be able to keep up much better this year. The month of February is also disappearing: short month, month filled with furlough planning and preparation, full schedule as…
We apologize for not posting our monthly prayer letter and other news here since October. Below is our December news and January news as well.
Dear Praying Friends, Ex 1:8 ¶ Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. Another generation came and did not remember the great help that Joseph had been to Egypt. God did not forget Joseph and his family, people did. People and time have a way of forgetting the past. …