THE GOLD OF FACIAL TISSUES “Our oil-absorbing facial papers go back three generations,” a salesman of cosmetics and beauty accessories reckons. In those day that type of Japanese paper was placed above and below thin sheets of gold, before beating the metal into gold leaf. The gold leaf was then used to decorate temples and…
DetailsA dear friend in Montana wrote a poem and it expresses our hearts’ desires, too, during this special Season of remembering our Dear Savior’s birth: The Best Gift at Christmas There is no gift that I can bring.No package wrapped with colored stringTo give you lasting happiness,To offer life and peace and rest.So on this…
DetailsWith praise and thanksgiving we rejoice at the attendanceand attentiveness of those that came to our ChristmasProgram. May God’s Word continue to work in their hearts!Our guests-uniformed girls are from the junior high; next to them is the former mayor and his wife-Mr. & Mrs. HondaBehind them (to the left) is Mayor Asada and to…
DetailsNever have we seen a month go by so fast as this November has and we apologize for not continuing our history review for this whole month. But you honestly weren’t left wondering, were you!! God moved in the elderly gentleman’s heart to allow us a two year grace period. We had to pay for…
Details…not only for the past but for the present: for YOU, for all who care about God’s work here in Teshio and for us. For God’s Goodness in ALL things and in EVERY way!We were blessed to hold the annual thanksgiving fellowship here and we were able to welcome the newest family to the northern…
DetailsMany of you may not know how we ended up in Teshio so want to explain how the Lord worked to show us where to go. During our training time, the missionaries we were training with went every week on Sunday afternoons to hold one S.S. outreach. That meant that every other week it was…
DetailsAs we look back on various beginnings in the ministry both during training and once on our own, we are reminded that God’s timing is never “coincidence”. The key is just having our spiritual eyes open to see the openings that God gives at any particular time. One example of those times came in the…
DetailsFirst range for cooking was like this one. Still have one like it downstairs in church kitchen. The little window below the top burners is the little grill area where the Japanese cook their fish. Twin Tub washing machine (semi-automatic)Only one hookup available even today for most wash machines–so cold water is used. As we…
DetailsBefore we forget, we apologize there aren’t very many pictures from our first couple years…we realized that they are all still in slides yet! Guess we should find a way to get them put from slides (beings we don’t use them any more) to digital pictures. Having run across our prayer letter we sent out…
DetailsWe can’t remember some of the early adjustments without talking about food! Strange food? No, just different food…in a land of almost 100% differences we tried as a family to say that things were different not strange–for they weren’t strange to those that lived here. ‘UUUyuck’ was never allowed to be uttered, although even we…
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