2026 April
Welcome Back
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…
January 2024
Your Voice in Japan Since 1983 Dear Praying Friends Psalms 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. There are so many reasons to Praise the LORD! Two are listed in this verse. First, not just because His name…
2023 January Newsletter
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…
May News
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…
January and February
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…
2020 November Newsletter
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…
October Hope & Happenings
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…