November Prayer Letter

Hi Everyone, Thank you for your prayers for me during this season of ministry. The young adults retreat in October went really well, and I had a good time ministering in music and testimony in Japanese at the Immanuel Toyota Church a couple of weeks ago, too. This...

Time Keeps on Slippin'…

With less than two months left of my first term in Japan, and a lot to keep me busy these days, it feels like time is getting away from me. Yesterday I visited the Immanuel Church in Toyota (about an hour’s journey by train) to do some ministry. The next two...

Newsletter

My latest newsletter (#12 – Late 2009), wherein I talk about being a dreamer as well as my ministry at last week’s prayer meeting (which are related), is now available and can be viewed or downloaded in PDF form HERE. It also features a list of upcoming...

Photo of the Week / Chukyo Seikai Re-Cap

Today’s photo is of a retreat centre in nearby Konan, where we stayed during Chukyo Seikai on August 13-14 (the week before the Tonicam). Chukyo Seikai is the name of this area’s annual retreat (Chukyo is the name of the area and Seikai basically means...

Tonicam Photos & Reflections

Tonicam is the name of our Japanese denomination’s youth camp. This summer’s event was held last week in Nagano, as mentioned in the previous entry. Our group from Nagoya was pretty small; there were nine of us, but only four were campers while the rest of...

Recent Happenings

As those of you on my email list may remember, this month we had a couple of events at the church that I’d asked for prayer about. Let me take a moment to tell you how things went. The kids’ Ice Cream Party was held on July 5, and was a big success. We had...