Forgive the lack of communication these last few weeks…first it was getting ready time for Vicki’s trip to the States (May 24-June 24th) as well as get things set up in our home for temporary living with the Marks family that came back with Vicki. Now that month has come and gone, and we excitedly…
Celebrating Christmas is very popular in Japan, but December 25th is NOT a national holiday in Japan. Japanese people work and go to school as usual. But although only about 1% of the Japanese population is Christian (the rest are Buddhists and Shinto) Japanese Christmas is a big Day, with traditions that are uniquely…
Dear Praying Friends, Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. God gave us this verse as a mission…
Dear Praying Friends, July 2013 Ps 119:33, 34- Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. As we approach our thirtieth year anniversary in Japan, our thoughts…
Dear Praying Friends, www.worldtell.com Acts 4:9, 10 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified,…
October 7th 2013 will mark our 30th year as missionaries here in Hokkaido, Japan. We praise God for His graces in keeping us here for this length of time. Our Lord has supplied our needs and we, like the apostle Paul, have learned to trust Him no matter what support came in month by month. …
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: I Peter 3:8 To be of “one mind”, one has to be of the mind of Christ. When we truly let Christ’s mind be ours, we will see each other as Christ sees us and respond…