Greetings from North Carolina! On Sunday we were able to present in two different churches in South Carolina, and yesterday and today we are in North Carolina for a missions conference. Tomorrow (Wednesday), we will be heading toward the western side of North Carolina for a meeting since our original meeting in Tennessee had to […]
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A Japanese kayaker has been banned from competition for eight years for spiking the drink of a rival so that he would fail a doping test. Yasuhiro Suzuki drugged his key rival at last year’s national championships in September. Suzuki spiked the drink of rival Seiji Komatsu with an anabolic steroid causing him to fail
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Happy New Year! We are excited to hit the ground running this new year as the Lord has provided us opportunities to present in several churches. For New Year’s Eve on Sunday, we had the chance to be at two different churches in North Carolina including a watch night service. This was a wonderful time
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The Lord provided many opportunities and brought many new changes during 2017. Perhaps the biggest change was getting married in April and adjusting to married life while doing deputation. The Lord has continued to provide for our new family and we are excited to continue watching Him work in our lives as we travel to
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Shogatsu, the term for the New Year’s holidays in Japanese, is a time when people take the first three days of the New Year off to relax with their families and engage in traditional activities to remind themselves of their heritage. Below are some of the New Year’s traditions in Japan. Otoshidama On New Year’s
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Sunday, we had the chance to be with two separate churches in North Carolina and a church in Alabama on Wednesday. Since our last update we have also heard from two new churches that have voted to start supporting the work. As 2017 is winding down, we are excited that the Lord continues to provide
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While preparing for a message recently, I decided to to a simple Google search. People often refer to “That World” in Japan when talking about the place when people go after they die. To hear some public thought, I searched for “Where is That World.” The very first result was on Yahoo Japan’s Chiebukuro, which
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On Wednesday we we fairly close to home in GA for our meeting and on Sunday we were with two other churches. Over the weekend we had quite a bit of snow in the Atlanta area which concerned us because our Sunday meetings were in Mississippi, but the Lord provided safe travels. Thank you for your
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Clad in black like an ancient-day ronin or samurai, a man scales walls and squeezes into tight spaces in the dark – but in the name of crime. His agility eluded the Osaka police for over eight years, during which more than 29 million yen (approx $255,000 USD) was stolen in some 250 crimes. But
Calendar, diary and fortune-telling businesses are anxiously awaiting for the government to announce the name of Japan’s next Imperial era, which is set to begin on May 1, 2019, the day after the Emperor abdicates. In modern Japan, a gengō (era name) lasts for the length of an emperor’s reign and is widely used in calendars and
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