Merry Christmas – One More For the Road
I'm officially free from language school for the next two weeks. And let me tell you, it's going to be nice. Studying Japanese full-time is a lot like drinking from a fire hose, and I don't always get the time to digest everything like I should. Hmm... maybe that's...
Happy Almost Christmas
I haven't said much here lately, have I? I guess I just haven't had much to say. Maybe in the new year after I've had a break from classes and enjoyed some ministry events and some time away, I'll have something to say. Until then, the above is a poster I designed for...
Eddie
I recently lost a friend. Eddie was one of the men I prayed together with on a semi-regular basis when I lived in Osaka. I found out about his death last week, and have been putting off blogging about it because I wasn't sure what to say. I wasn't super close to Ed,...
Mujo No Kaze
I'm breaking my weekday blogging fast because I took a sick day from school on Monday (nothing too serious, just a nasty cold) and finally got around to watching a DVD that I received a while back. Before I tell you what I thought of it, why don't you check out this...
Life is Fast
I've been back in Japan for almost a year now. Crazy. I wish I could say I've made more progress in my Japanese than I have. But the biggest thing I've learned is how to learn. Actually I'm still learning. Hopefully the next year I can apply what I've already learned...
Weekend Fun
A while back, received a random email from some guy named Tim, who, the email went on to explain, found me through a mutual friend's Facebook page. Tim's a fellow-Canadian (woohoo!) and just moved to Japan. He lives about an hour from Nagoya and has been studying...
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 (I did a solo...
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 Son....
A Quick Re-cap and a Video – on Ice
I'm going away on Sunday and Monday, to Hamamatsu. Hopefully I'll have some fun stories or pictures or something to share. In the meantime, here's a video:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSKzouakm0w&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1]Ice Sculpting Contest in Nagoya,...
What Will Happen to World Missions if a Recession or Depression Happens?
This week Keith Drury talks about the current US economic turmoil and asks the question What will happen in the church if we enter a recession or depression? I thought he raised some really good points, and it brought to the front of my mind a lot of stuff I've been...