Spring Has Sprung (April Prayer Letter)
Hi everyone, This month's photo is of our Global Partners / World Gospel Mission team in Tokyo, at the Immanuel Church annual conference. It was great catching up with Japanese pastors from around Japan as well as these fellow missionaries. Spring is transition time...
Photo of the Week — Mitarashi Dango
This photo, shot somewhere in Gifu in November 2015, is of some freshly made mitarashi dango, a sticky and tasty Japanese snack. My friends and I made short work of this stack of snacks.
Photo of the Week — Katahara Onsen Hydrangeas Village
Shot in June 2016 HERE.
Photo of the Week — Kakegawa Castle in Black and White
Photo of the Week — Signs of Spring in Japan
It's a little early yet, but it is starting to get warmer and I'm hearing more birds. So in anticipation of spring 2017, here's a photo from April 2016, taken at nearby Nakamura Park, featuring cherry blossoms and a crane. Not only signs of spring but very Japanese...
Hello From Nagoya — March Prayer Letter
Hi everyone, In February we completed our second year with our current kids English class. As you can see from the above photo, they're an energetic bunch, and it's a lot of work keeping up with them; but we have a lot of fun together. As I've mentioned before, most...
Photo of the Week: Gamagori Gateway
Since my photo blog is ridiculously out-of-date and I have a HUGE backlog of photos to share, I thought I'd ease my way back into photo blogging again by sharing some photos here on my missions site. This will hopefully have the added values of keeping my supporters...
Winter Wanderings — February Prayer Letter
Hi everyone, Earlier this month, we got our annual allotment of snow. Since we get so little snow in this part of Japan, when we do get some, it always warms my Canadian heart. As you can see from the above photo, some of the locals enjoy it too. These are some of the...
New Year’s Newsletter (January 2017)
Hi everyone, Sorry my update is a little late this month. I took some time off around New Year's and am just catching up now. This month's update is a full newsletter, so please follow the link below to view, download or print:...
Advent Adventures (December 2016 Prayer Letter)
Hi everyone, I hope you're feeling fine and festive as we enter the Christmas season this year. This past Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, I was in Yamaguchi (3 hours southwest by bullet train) for a day of ministry at the Immanuel church there (whose new building...