Dear Praying Friends, Feb/March 2009 Greetings from the north land of Wisconsin. We have been on the road since the beginning of March for our annual short reporting furlough, this year to Minnesota, but also included a church in Iowa and southern Wisconsin. This week we have been able to participate in a college mission’s…
DetailsDedication to Fathers Committed to God …
…not only for themselves but for their children!In memory of my father and father-in-loveand in honor of my husband I am not sure why this year I am a little more emotional about birthdays than normal but it seems there have been a couple memories that have come to mind. Whose birthdays? Since we came…
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Thought you might like a visual of a small storm aftermath at our house! Wish you could have joined in! In front of our entryway door Using a ‘mama-san’ dump Load it up, then push it out! Our neighbor next door running his ‘daddy’ dumpster! (just kidding on the name)We are very thankful for our…
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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…
DetailsMay the Lord Bless you with Wonderful Memories & a New Year filled with the Hope of His Return!
A 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…
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With 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…
DetailsDay 10–God working so we can stay in Teshio!
Never 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…
Detailsa Note of Thanksgiving!–Praising God…
…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…
DetailsDay 9 Move to Teshio or Toyotomi?
Many 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…
DetailsDay 8-Invitations and unique opportunities
As 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…
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