May Prayer Letter

Hi Everyone, This Sunday the Immanuel Nagoya Church hosted our annual Kids Festival, featuring music, prizes and of course food! 21 kids came, and they all had a great time — and so did the grown-ups. Best of all, 12 of the kids who came were newcomers. Praise...

April Prayer Letter

Hi Everyone, I hope this letter finds you well and enjoying Spring wherever you may be. The streets of Nagoya are lined with Sakura (cherry blossoms) now, which is a sure sign of Spring in Japan. This month I had a 2 1/2 week break from language school for Spring...

March Prayer Letter

Hi Everyone, As I reported in last month’s letter, I’ve recently started teaching a new English class at my church. Thank you for praying with me about that. We’ve now had classes four weeks in a row, and it’s been a lot of fun. The challenge...

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...

November Prayer Letter

Hi everyone, Is it November already? It’s hard to believe it’s already been 10 months since I came back to Japan! October was a busy month: In Gifu, the Gospel was preached (I spoke on the story of the Prodigal Son). In Hamamatsu, a church was encouraged...

My To-Not-Do List

First of all, many thanks to all of you who have been praying for me. As I’d predicted, this has been a busy month. School is getting harder and I had a couple of ministry trips, too. Last weekend I was in Gifu city, where I preached on Sunday about the Prodigal...