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Monday, June 19th, 2006Today we are in Okinawa. The sky is sunny and blue as the rainy season ends. We have been here for four days working with the church that meets at the Miku house. It was great to fellowship, pray, worship, and go out to visit. Mr. and Mrs. Miku have a new baby and next [...]
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006We just received the final report of the Lottie Moon Christmas offering and wanted to say a Big Thank You!
Thank you for giving through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering to reach a lost world! We are excited to report that Southern Baptists gave a record amount - $137,939,677.59 - through the 2005 offering. Your faithful [...]
Discipleship
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006May has been an exciting month; from the very first week with discipleship in Niigata and opportunities to present the gospel to Mr. Ho and others. Then up to Hokkaido, where Lana had an opportunity to disciple Mrs. H. T. and another of our personnel. The very next Tuesday H.T led Mrs. KI to [...]
Praying and Witnessing
Sunday, May 14th, 2006I want to share with you a letter from our Japanese team member. She is sharing her schedule last week.
Thank you for praying for me and Togane church. Your prayer encourages us so much. Here is the news of this week.
On Monday morning we had a leaders’ meeting. Five leaders attended. The emphasis was on [...]
We’re Back
Friday, April 28th, 2006April has been a month of ups and downs, beginning with my computer crashing at the beginning of the month. Address list, email correspondence, prayer updates, etc were lost and it has taken a month to get things back up and running. Some of you have been so good to help us in playing catch [...]
Cherry blossoms are blooming!
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006Cherry blossoms are blooming! Spring is coming!!! This is spring vacation for schools and spring fever is definitely in the air, even is some days are still nippy. Pray that as the Japanese go out this week; sit under those trees; and gaze up at those beautiful cherry blossoms; they will realize there is a [...]
Spiritual Battles
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006Every day in the news we are bombarded with news of war. In countries all around the world, people are fighting either to keep people in bondage or to set them free. We feel deeply and pray for those who are hurt, for those who lose loved ones. This month we have especially sensed the [...]
Rejoice with Me
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006Rejoice and again I say Rejoice!!! Rejoice with me!!! Paul says. The Miku’s and Mrs. To and others at the house church are also shouting “Rejoice with us.” Mrs. To followed the Lord in baptism the last Sunday in January at the MIku’s apartment. This is the first baptism for this new house church. Pray [...]
Through the Fire
Friday, January 20th, 2006Looking out the window I see huge snowflakes drifting down onto the trees and the streets covering them with a heavy white blanket. It looks so beautiful and peaceful. But, as I watch the news, I hear of people dying because of houses collapsing under the weight of the snow or from snow sliding off [...]
Celebrating Christ’s Birth
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005Praying Friends:
We’re all looking forward to celebrating Christ’s birth this month, saying “Merry CHRISTmas” to our loved ones, and spending time together with our family in Christ.
We’re celebrating another birth this week and looking forward to the birth of a new church in a town about an hour away from Togane where our first work [...]