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Since my photo blog is ridiculously out-of-date and I have a HUGE backlog of photos to share, I thought I'd ease my way back into photo blogging again by sharing some photos here on my missions site.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...
Prayer Letter — November 2016
Hi everyone, It's been an encouraging month with lots of connecting and re-connecting. Some highlights can be seen in the above photos. Randy & Linda Freeman, GP missionary wellness coaches, visited this past week. And earlier in the month, former Wesleyan general...
October Prayer Letter
Hi everyone, Thank you for your prayers over the past month. Here are are couple of highlights: This week I spent four days in Kobe at the 6th Japan Congress on Evangelism -- a huge gathering of around 2000 pastors, missionaries and church leaders from various...