Brain Dump

I haven’t written much here lately, so I thought a personal update was in order. This will be completely random, though, so list-form it is… 1. Studying Japanese is interesting and even fun, but at the same time really, really draining. Some days, four...

February Prayer Letter

Hi Everyone, I hope this email finds you all well; hard to believe we’re a month into 2009 already, isn’t it? January has been a busy month getting back into the swing of things after the holiday season. As usual it has been my Japanese studies that have...

A Good Day Off

Today was a full and tiring but really good day. This morning I had an almost two-hour conference call on Skype sharing dreams with a couple of fellow-ministry-minded creative-types. It was inspiring and gets me excited about the future when I think about it. I left...

A New Beginning, or Just Another Day?

Here in Japan one of the traditions at the beginning of a new year is to do a thorough housecleaning.  I guess it’s kind of an “in with the new, out with the old” kind of thing.  Seems like a good way to start the year, so this year I decided I...

Merry Christmas – One More For the Road

I’m officially free from language school for the next two weeks. And let me tell you, it’s going to be nice. Studying Japanese full-time is a lot like drinking from a fire hose, and I don’t always get the time to digest everything like I should....