Merry Christmas from Japan!

Hi everyone, Thank you for your prayers, support and encouragement!  We safely arrived back in Japan on December 2 after three months of midterm partnership development in Canada. We’re thankful for God’s grace and protection during our...

Website Update

Apologies if the website looks a little messy or bland for a few days. I’m in the middle of some updates and lost some design elements and functions along the way. Hopefully things will be back to normal — or better — soon.

Merry Christmas from Japan

Hi everyone, I just wanted to drop you all a quick note to wish you all a merry Christmas, and to say thanks. Thank you for your prayers, financial support and encouragement this year! I hope you all have a fun, refreshing holiday season, and I look forward to getting...

A Fresh Start

Welcome to the new JapanLog! Yes, yes, I know I’ve moved websites about a hundred times, but this time I don’t think I’ll be moving for a good long time… probably as long as I’m in Japan as a missionary. With my current missionary term...

My New Study Routine

Living in Japan was the best way to learn Japanese. The pressure of language school, with its daily homework and at-least-weekly tests; the daily need and opportunity to use what I was learning in class — these things helped me stay motivated and focused on the...