We trust your Thanksgiving gatherings were filled with joy and thanks for our dear Savior’s goodness to us day by day, month by month, and year by year! We are also thankful for each of you! We appreciate your friendship, your care, and your prayers! God bless you through this coming Christmas season as you…
We have neglected our blog posts for far too long. We do apologize. It’s not always easy to balance everything and get older at the same time too! But we want you to be more informed and have a place to share out lives in an updated way beyond our prayer letters so will try…
Mansells, Your voice in Japan since 1983! Dear Praying Friends, For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Romans 14:17 The Kingdom of God has many aspects in Scriptures. Here in Romans 14, the main emphasis is to have Christians focus on…
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Matt. 13:15 Eyes, ears, and…
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:4-25 Even the exemplary Christian, Paul, confesses this internal struggle…
Dear Praying Friends, November 2020Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20We do give thanks for all the faithful pastors, churches and individuals who have stood with us in prayers and financial support over these many years as missionaries in Japan. We…
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.I Cor.10:24 Paul’s attitude and admonition expressed in this verse is the polar opposite of what most of us normally do. Our natural tendency is to take care of ourselves first. If we are satisfied, safe and prosperous then we can begin to think about…
How We face the Challenges
in our lives, show forth the
strength of God within us!
God created so many flowers and fish in this wonderful world! Well we have been able to see so many right here in the desert or in our kids’ yard. Hope you can enjoy them as much as we do! Have you ever seen an owl in the wild? We got to watch some siblings…
