On Culture Shock, Part 1
This is the first in a 3-part (for now) series on, as you've no doubt guessed from the title, culture shock. It's taken from some assignments I did for HQ a while back as part of the internship program I'm in. Here in part one, I'll give an overview of what I think...
Photo of the Week (and other stuff)
This is a shot of Oda Sensei interpreting for me during my recent ministry visit to Gifu. Scroll down for to read my latest prayer letter, if you haven't already, or to listen to the latest podcast. And in other news, as mentioned in the podcast, I recently did a...
July 2008 Prayer Letter
Hi everyone, I know it's not July yet, but it's Sunday night and I thought I'd get the prayer letter sent out before another busy week begins. So here it is... First of all, a big thank you to all of you who prayed for my ministry in Gifu last weekend! Several people...
Weekly Re-Cap
I had a good time in Gifu last weekend. Did a testimony and played/sang some tunes. Thanks to everyone who prayed. There were a bunch of unchurched folks at the service, and everyone made me feel really welcome and like the guest of honour. Meanwhile, back here in...
Weekly Re-Cap
But first: Hey, check out the podcast survey below! And... I just sent out an email to my prayer partners and got about 22 failure notices. This is after I deleted a bunch of dead email addresses from the list a few months ago. So if you signed up for the list but...
Weekly Re-Cap
This week... 1. I found out how I did on last week's big test. It was pass, but not nearly as good as I'd have liked. I'm also kind of weak on my kanji and vocabulary. It was a bit of a wake-up call -- I need to take it up a notch, and put in some extra time studying....
Weekly Re-Cap
Thoughts on the week... 1. Too many tests! I had a big one yesterday, and lots of not-so big ones literally every day. We've come to the end of the first textbook, which means it's all-new stuff from here. Which means I should add about an hour to my daily study...
June Prayer Letter
I just emailed this to my supporters, but for those of you not on the list, here's my latest prayer letter: Hi everyone, It's been a beautiful spring here in Nagoya, and we're fast approaching that magical time of year known as "rainy season". And since it's the first...
Weekly Re-Cap
It seems like it was a pretty quiet week, but here's a look at school and life here this week, such as it was... School is moving along quickly, though. In fact, we're getting into stuff I don't really know that well and by the end of the week will be starting a new...
On Acculturation, Personality and Fitting In
I didn’t begin pursuing a life of ministry in Japan because I thought I would fit in here. I fell in love with Japan because of having lived here. I also didn’t have a great sense that my personality or talents would lend themselves to ministry in Japan specifically....