Moved to Nagasaki – May 2021 News
Dear Family and Partners, So we are in Nagasaki and finally able to “take a breath”. In case you missed it, we came to Nagasaki… Read More »Moved to Nagasaki – May 2021 News
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Nagasaki move decided – April 2021 News
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, We have very exciting news! We are actually on our way to Nagasaki now! In March, we spent spring… Read More »Nagasaki move decided – April 2021 News
Japan Missions Newsletter January 2021
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, We hope you are enjoying the start of this bright new year! These times seem to hold much uncertainty for… Read More »Japan Missions Newsletter January 2021
Serenity and Nagasaki Move News
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, We hope this finds you all well and enjoying the blessings of knowing our precious Jesus! Here is a… Read More »Serenity and Nagasaki Move News
Be not afraid of bad news
First of all, we need to inform our partners about a change of address for sending checks. *Due to Covid-19, JEMS mailing address has changed for… Read More »Be not afraid of bad news
Kids’ Club Outreach
Kids’ Club We began the first week in October a new children’s outreach program, each first Sunday of the month. From 2pm until 3:30pm, we… Read More »Kids’ Club Outreach
More About School in Japan
In this post, I explained why we decided to send our boys to school in Japan, and in this post, I told a bit about… Read More »More About School in Japan
みらくる ”Miracle” Outreach Event
Last week we had the immense privilege of participating in this outreach event hosted by a lady in our church here in Machida, Reiko. She… Read More »みらくる ”Miracle” Outreach Event
Kakigori Party！ かき氷パーティー！
Kakigori means “shaved ice” in Japanese, and is very popular summertime fare, especially for children! So we decided to have an outreach party at the… Read More »Kakigori Party！ かき氷パーティー！
Building Kingdom Relationships
During summer vacation we had a bit more time than usual to visit different places, which helped us to build relationship and make connections with… Read More »Building Kingdom Relationships
Kodomo No Kuni
Kodomo No Kuni means “Children’s Country”, and is 240 acres of play place, just about 20 minutes from where we live. Do any of you… Read More »Kodomo No Kuni
Joyful Camp
The church we are living in now, in Machida, Tokyo, is a part of a fellowship of churches that were originally founded by Finnish and… Read More »Joyful Camp
Summer Vacation
So… we are just coming out of “summer vacation mode”, and reflecting on the many things we did during the past couple of months. This… Read More »Summer Vacation
Mission Trip to Miyagi and Aomori
So… even though we are full-time missionaries here in Japan, last week we went on a special mission trip as a family! This was the… Read More »Mission Trip to Miyagi and Aomori
Israel’s Baptism
As a parent, I believe that seeing your child make a personal decision to follow Jesus Christ is truly an even more joyful event than… Read More »Israel’s Baptism
Olivia’s Birthday Party
So… our fifth born treasure, Olivia, turned SIX years old the end of March! Where does the time go? It was a “strategic” time for… Read More »Olivia’s Birthday Party
Japan Get Together at Living Word Church
We are SO thrilled with all the Lord has done as we have been preparing to go to Japan! On January 7th, we had a… Read More »Japan Get Together at Living Word Church
The Miracle of the Airplane Tickets
So we got our tickets and we will be traveling on January 28th. After getting the documents we needed (Certificate of Eligibility) from the Japanese… Read More »The Miracle of the Airplane Tickets
The Lord is MOVING us on!
This season of being in America has been chock full of EMOTION! Much of it has been very good and pleasant, like time spent with… Read More »The Lord is MOVING us on!
Japan – A country of the 10/40 window
The 10/40 Window is the rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia approximately between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north… Read More »Japan – A country of the 10/40 window