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…
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Revelations 2:7 In each of the seven letters to the seven churches in the Book of the Revelation, this phrase is used. As we meditate upon this admonition, we might begin by asking ourselves if we have an ear. Not…
Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.Psalms 134:16 In the last prayer letter we shared how encouraging it is when people respond to our monthly letters. Praise God for several of you who added your digital voice to the handful of…
Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, Philippians 1:4 Each month we send out these reports of the Lord’s ministry here in Teshio. We are so thankful for each of you who read and pray over these and other missionaries’ prayer letters. There are a few people who go…
Dear Praying Friends, That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. Philemon 1:6A great goal for our lives in this New Year, is to make the “communication of our faith” effectual. How is that accomplished? This verse gives us the…
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; I Peter 1:14,15As we enter the New Year, the contrast between old and new is on our minds. Here in Japan the present…
Greetings from northern Hokkaido where winter hit us with lots of wind and snow a couple days ago and still trying to wear us down! Please safe on whatever kind of ‘winter’ roads you have this winter and remember ‘Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the…
