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...
Sunday Morning Brain Dump
I woke up at like 6 this morning, and couldn't get back to sleep. Too much on my mind, too much light and noise outside. So it turns out I have time to blog before taking off for the morning. My lack of sleep is your gain... If you consider reading my brain dumpings a...
Saturday Night Brain Dump
1. I am officially on spring break from school. However, I decided not to take off somewhere and use up my vacation time. Instead, I've been using the time to do some much-need Japanese review. It's great to have the extra time to study alone and to focus on the...
Friday Afternoon Brain Dump
Here's what's on my scattered brain this Friday afternoon... 1. I've recently instituted an "office day"... actually more of a "desk day" since I don't really have an office exactly. But I've set aside a chunk of time each week to get work-stuff done that's hard to...
Sunday Night Brain Dump
Here's what's going on in my life and what's on my mind... At least what's worth sharing. Numbered for your convenience. Special thanks to Kevin, from whom I stole the term "Brain Dump" and plan to use on a regular basis now. 1. As I write this I'm listening to my...
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 has been in figuring out...
Brain Dump
I haven't written much here lately, so I thought a personal update was in order. This will be completely random, though, so list-form it is... 1. Studying Japanese is interesting and even fun, but at the same time really, really draining. Some days, four hours of...
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 kept me most...
A Good Day Off
Today was a full and tiring but really good day. This morning I had an almost two-hour conference call on Skype sharing dreams with a couple of fellow-ministry-minded creative-types. It was inspiring and gets me excited about the future when I think about it. I left...
A New Beginning, or Just Another Day?
Here in Japan one of the traditions at the beginning of a new year is to do a thorough housecleaning. I guess it's kind of an "in with the new, out with the old" kind of thing. Seems like a good way to start the year, so this year I decided I should do that. In...