Dear Praying Friends, 1Ki 8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake; When we go beyond our Jerusalem, we do so for the Lord’s name sake. We have a command to go beyond our comfort zone and reach the people…
DetailsDear Praying Friends, “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night” Ps 92:1,2 We give God thanks and praise for the mornings and nights of fellowship, travel and…
DetailsDear Praying Friends, February 2010 Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Most of us spend all of our timel, effort and resources on the outer man. However, that outer man will perish. The outer man…
DetailsAc 16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. It is interesting that we often refer to this verse as Paul’s call to enter Europe as a mission field and so it is. However, do we…
DetailsMotomi in her Bible study time Motomi requested a Japanese meal…she had never eaten one made by a foreigner…oh the result?? She said is was very good! Mrs. Sonoda (rt) talking to Mrs. Yajima lt-Mrs. Tokumaru’s youngest daughter, Harukaand her two friends Ken talking to ex-mayor Honda and his wife Ryo, the young man that…
DetailsTeaching Miss Tsuzuki(new high school nurse) Mrs. Sonoda (3rd from left) playing in Okoto group for culture day Town Hamanasu Chorus Mrs. Sonoda (our longest saved believer) Mrs. Fukuda the policeman’s wife—- Ps 107:1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Giving God thanks is…
DetailsWell we have been busy getting the roof of our building painted to help it ‘last’ another year. We sure appreciate the help of a fellow missionary and his son in this work. Probably the last time we’ll be able to put off getting the roof replaced. It is still the original roof even after…
DetailsJuly/August Prayer LetterDear Praying Friends, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11:28When we last wrote we were going to be seeing a specialist about Ken’s back to find out what was causing the pain he was constantly experiencing. The long and short of…
DetailsIn our last update we had arrived home and were really glad to be back. Little did we know that the ‘testing’ was not over!! Within 3 days of returning Ken was experiencing pain in his lower right leg along with redness and hardness along the top of the leg. Ken’s father went home suddenly…
DetailsThe man we always get our used cars from lives in Asahikawa. We have given witness to him over the years. He came on the last weekend Ken was there to visit him. His name is Mr. Igarashi (ee-gaw-raw-she) Mr. Minoshima was in Ken’s first room and kept checking in with Ken every day! Several…
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