“What is righteousness?” Right after we sang the song “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (in Japanese of course), an older lady who visited for the first time this past Sunday morning asked what righteousness is. Bro Hill had the chance to explain what it is right there in the service! […]
A unique opportunity (11/5/2019) Read More »
Turn the heater on! xtMornings are definitely chilly now here in Niigata. The days are noticeably shorter (the sun sets around 5pm). October brought a lot of rain our way with several typhoons that hit the main island. Our side of the island had relatively little damage, but entire rivers overflowed around the Tokyo area
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hank you for your prayers this past Sunday! We had first-time visitors come for both the morning and evening services! I think that might be a first for the church here. Additionally, Bro. Hill allowed me to preach the Sunday morning service this past Sunday and Rosie taught the children. It was definitely a learning experience
Unexpected (10/29/2019) Read More »
This past Sunday, we had a couple of new people visit the church. The Hills wanted to try having a make-your-own-sandwich lunch and a couple of people showed up for the event! (Photo Courtesy of Will Hill). Please be praying for us as we follow up. Currently, I am working on making plans to meet
Lunch (10/22/2019) Read More »
Over this past weekend, a powerful typhoon blazed through Japan. We were concerned about our trip to visit a church in Fukushima on the other side of the island planned on the same weekend. However, the Lord provided us with safe travels and even a sunny Sunday after the storm. Other areas in the Tokyo
Typhoon (10/15/2019) Read More »
“Oh, hi!” This past weekend, there as an event downtown area of Niigata (kind of like a fall festival). As were out passing out tracts, we ran into Yuko (the lady who been helped Rosie with Japanese). She recently had not been to church at all, and it was quite a surprise. Even though she
Unplanned Encounter (10/8/2019) Read More »
The leaves are beginning to fall as the cold air is moving in our way. Autumn is definitely on our doorstep and sweaters are starting to show up. In September, Silas turned one year old! Instead of crawling, Silas is walking now and running around. Whenever we call his name, he even responds by raising
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This past weekend was a three-day holiday here in Japan. We often try to plan events around these times and this one was no exception. The Hills had the idea to try baking cookies at the church. As a result, a couple young families came for the first time. On Monday, we had a time for
Cookies (9/24/2019) Read More »
Thank you for praying for us this past weekend as we went to get our Japanese driver’s licenses. The process ended up not taking as long as we had anticipated, and we were able to pass both the written and driving portions of the exam. Even though many people (including Rosie’s language school teacher) say
License Results (9/17/2019) Read More »
Today, is Silas’ first birthday! We are simply amazed at how quickly he has grown up before our eyes. He is walking around more and more each day. Of course, he is also getting into all kinds of stuff too. We praise the Lord for the wonderful year He has given us with Silas. Please be
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