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....
Vision
I just realized that as of yesterday I've been back in Japan for FIVE months now! Time flies... Remember when you were a kid and you thought adults were weird when they talked about how time speeds up the older you get? Now that I'm grown-up I know what they meant......
Weekly Re-Cap
It's Saturday morning, and I'm taking it slow and easy. It's been a full week, and it seems I've not spent a lot of time at home. Or when I was home I was studying. So today I'm staying in. All day. It'll be nice to relax, but I've also got housecleaning and blogging...