Hi everyone!
I hope you’ve been doing well this past month. This month my update is in PDF form, so please follow the link below to view or download:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12247320/030.pdf
Thank you for your prayers and support!
– Robin
Hi everyone,
The above picture is my Tuesday kids English class. (I wonder who told them to make those faces?) In February, this group finished their four-year course with us, bringing the class to an end. I’m thankful for the relationships formed through this and the other English classes I teach, and that so many students and family members have participated in other church activities like camps, Christmas events and so on. Please pray that God will continue to work in my students’ lives, even the kids who have graduated and moved on.
March is shaping up to be a busy month, so I’d appreciate your prayers for the following:
Finally, if you’re interested in some extra reading on the spiritual and religious situation in Japan, here are a couple of articles I came across recently:
https://trimmedtales.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/japan-state-of-missions-infograph/
http://blog.gaijinpot.com/japan-religious-atheist-country/
As always, your prayers are much appreciated — and needed! Thank you for partnering with me for Jesus and Japan!
– Robin
Hi everyone,
Compared to December, January was a pretty quiet month for me. I got back into my regular English teaching schedule, took part in some church events, and led worship a couple of times.
One highlight this month was our church’s mochi-tsuki event. Mochi is a sticky rice cake made by pounding freshly-cooked rice with a big mallet (as in the photo above). After this it gets flavoured with different things to make tasty snacks. At our mochi-making event this past Sunday, we had well over 50 people take part, including lots of kids from my English classes, along with their families and friends. It’s great seeing our church connect with the community. Let’s pray for these connections to grow stronger and for people to become more open to Jesus.
Here are some other things you can be praying for this month:
Thank you as always for your prayers and support!
– Robin
PS — In case you missed it, here’s a link to the newsletter I sent out last month:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aqvvcrktpvs9gn7/AAAP1K-DU4Qs5IK422gvFHRha/029.pdf?dl=0
Hi everyone,
Happy New Year! I’ve just done up my latest newsletter. Please follow the link to view/download/pray:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hsi4tu7pngsse6m/029.pdf?dl=0
Thank you, and God bless!
– Robin
Hi everyone,
As the title implies, this’ll be a short/quick update. A full newsletter is coming soon, though, so be on the lookout for that. In the meantime, I’d really appreciate your prayers this month, especially this week and next, as I enter a busy time of studies and ministry. Please pray for…
As always, thank you for your prayers and support! I hope you have a happy holiday season and a very merry Christmas!
Robin