After the Storm (October Prayer Letter)

by | Oct 2, 2018 | Ministry News

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your prayers this past month. This Sunday I was in Kure City, Hiroshima (pictured above), where I was scheduled to preach once… but ended up preaching twice! Because there was a typhoon approaching, a number of members who usually commute from a senior’s home were unable to make it. So the pastor and I had church with them at the senior’s home in the afternoon, while the storm was raging outside. Ministry in Japan is always an adventure!

October is looking to be a relatively quiet month for me, but I’d appreciate your prayers for the following:

    • Worship leading on Wed.10/10 and Sun.10/21 at my church in Nagoya.
    • Preaching, music and kids ministry at the Immanuel Church in nearby Toyota City.
    • Pray for clarity of vision, direction and creativity as I plan and put into motion our manga ministry project.
    • And please continue to pray for Japan as people continue to recover from multiple natural disasters. If you’d like to contribute to Christian relief efforts, I recommend http://crashjapan.com.

Thank you for being on the team!

– Robin

Out-of-Season Sakura (photos of the week)

by | Oct 2, 2018 | Photos

This is an odd choice of subject matter for Fall, but since I’m always playing catch-up on posting photos, I thought I’d go ahead and post these cherry blossom (sakura)  photos I took back in March this year. As things cool down, it’s sometimes nice to remember what things are like here when they warm up.

Summer’s End (September Prayer Letter)

by | Sep 1, 2018 | Ministry News

Hi everyone,

I hope you’ve had a good summer wherever you’ve been. Can you believe it’s coming to an end?

In August, after wrapping up my English ministry duties, I traveled to Budapest, Hungary, for the Global Partners Tri-Area Conference.It was great change of pace and scenery, and encouraging to spend time with fellow GP missionaries, worshiping and learning together for a few days.

I got back to Japan just in time to join my church family in Nagoya for a barbecue on the roof of our building (as seen in the photo above) — our last chance, as we move to temporary facilities in September and enter the demolition phase of our re-building project. Please prayfor my church as we go through this time of transition.

Looking ahead at September, it looks like I’ll be away for about half the month! Please pray for my working holiday in Tokyo (9/7-12), the Immanuel Church Chukyo Area Retreat (9/16-17)and my ministry trip to Kure (9/27-30).Kure is a city in Hiroshima prefecture that was affected by the flooding that happened earlier this summer. I’m planning to take part in disaster relief efforts as well as do some more typical church ministries while I’m there.

Meanwhile, your continued prayers are appreciated for our manga ministry project, as I take initial steps with that this Fall.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please click HERE to check out the newsletter I sent out last month.

As always, thank you so much for your partnership in missions in Japan!

– Robin

Japanese Strawberry Picking (photos of the week)

by | Aug 30, 2018 | Photos

It’s been a while since my last weekly photo. Since I’m playing catch-up anyway, how about a photo gallery this week instead of just one pic.  These were taken in April 2015. They do strawberry picking a little different in Japan. You walk around with a little cup and some condensed milk, and eat of the vines. As you can see, even the bees like it!