Greetings from Teshio!! Summer time will quickly wane, we think since it is now August but we pray not, as it came so late this year!! Crops and hay were about 2-3 weeks behind!! Now we have the opposite problem and haven’t had rain in a couple weeks. Now I am not complaining!! Every day…
(Ken reading some verses during our missionary thanksgiving get-together) Dear Praying Friends, Thanksgiving is a special time each year here in northern Hokkaido Japan. We get to host the missionary families in these northern areas at our house. This year there were 35 people that gathered for a great day of food, fun and fellowship.…
Our home and mission building. We live on the 2nd floor. Services and office on first floor Mrs. Sonoda and Amanda our summer intern from N.C. Miss Tsuzuki (in Bible study with us on Sunday evenings) Our large carrots here in Hokkaido! not to mention our large apples left: eating cabbage ‘pancake’ and shrimp tempura…
Dear Praying Friends, 1Ki 8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake; When we go beyond our Jerusalem, we do so for the Lord’s name sake. We have a command to go beyond our comfort zone and reach the people…
Dear Praying Friends, February 2010 Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Most of us spend all of our timel, effort and resources on the outer man. However, that outer man will perish. The outer man…
Ac 16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. It is interesting that we often refer to this verse as Paul’s call to enter Europe as a mission field and so it is. However, do we…
Motomi in her Bible study time Motomi requested a Japanese meal…she had never eaten one made by a foreigner…oh the result?? She said is was very good! Mrs. Sonoda (rt) talking to Mrs. Yajima lt-Mrs. Tokumaru’s youngest daughter, Harukaand her two friends Ken talking to ex-mayor Honda and his wife Ryo, the young man that…
Teaching Miss Tsuzuki(new high school nurse) Mrs. Sonoda (3rd from left) playing in Okoto group for culture day Town Hamanasu Chorus Mrs. Sonoda (our longest saved believer) Mrs. Fukuda the policeman’s wife—- Ps 107:1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Giving God thanks is…
In our last update we had arrived home and were really glad to be back. Little did we know that the ‘testing’ was not over!! Within 3 days of returning Ken was experiencing pain in his lower right leg along with redness and hardness along the top of the leg. Ken’s father went home suddenly…
The man we always get our used cars from lives in Asahikawa. We have given witness to him over the years. He came on the last weekend Ken was there to visit him. His name is Mr. Igarashi (ee-gaw-raw-she) Mr. Minoshima was in Ken’s first room and kept checking in with Ken every day! Several…