From that title we are sure you get the idea–the food in Japan–the same or different you wonder! Browns that remind you of chocolate; dark creams that remind you of peanut butter; bottles that look like wine but have oil in them; vegetables that we have never seen the like before…and then there is the…
Beings we didn’t have a car the first couple years we were in Japan it was nice that at least the church was only about a 15 min. walk away (depending on whether we were walking with our children or not). It was a quiet neighborhood but opportunities to be with neighbors especially with small…
Here is a portion from the letter that included the following picture. Ken started working on simple S.S. lessons about 4 months after we arrived. It took quite a lot of time as you can figure out by the following sent to Vicki’s parents: I thought you might like to see what the rough draft…
Greetings again during our 25 days of 25 years of memories! We stayed with the veteran missionary family for 7 months. (Oct. 83-Mar. 84) The lower left picture is of the kitchen we shared with them. The right hand two pictures was our (Ken and Vicki) living/sleeping/studying area upstairs in their home. The 3 children’s…
A supporting church Pastor’s Wife sent us a copy of a letter she wrote her family. It was so good we asked permission to share it with you–We live in a wicked cultures, and sometimes it seems that all we can do is complain about it. I just want to share a couple of events…
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single…
Our island is Hokkaido. Where the red dot is on south-eastern part of island, Kushiro, is where the earthquake was. We live on the northern point area on the western coast to the right of where that white island ‘dot’ is. From Teshio to Kushiro is about an 8 hour drive.That area can have quite…
Congratulations to Richard, Angela, Abigail & Emma—
Is summer almost done in your area of the world? Do you feel like time is rushing by and you don’t want to go that fast? Or has it been a slower paced month and you can report much done and some time taken to reflect on God’s greatness and goodness as well as vacation…
The lanterns floating down the river to help guide spirits The food put out on the altar at home Dear Praying Friends, July 2008 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. Ps.89:5 In the summer night sky, we can see the multitude of stars…