Hanawa Hokiichi, Japan’s revered blind scholar and Buddhist monk of the Edo-era, was born on this date a full 271 years ago. A Google Doodle appearing in the country Friday shows the savant seated next to a kneeling student, with dreams of books floating above his head — alluding to his reputation as a font […]
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Dear Pastors and Prayer Partners, For the last three Saturdays, we have been able to help our home church with a special outreach they are currently working on. The church is currently working to saturate a portion of Alpharetta with Gospel literature. The area has approximately 1,000 homes and residences, and we were able to
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Western tech giants aren’t the only ones trying to get users to talk to their computers — Japanese messaging giant Line is also getting involved. Earlier this year, the company announced it would be building a digital assistant and smart speaker, and today, at its annual conference in Tokyo, it unveiled new details about the
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Dear Pastors and Prayer Partners, We have had a busy week and are thankful for all the churches that have allowed us to come and be with them. We were in GA on Tuesday, SC on Wednesday, and TN on Thursday. We were also with two churches on Sunday. The first was in SC and
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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito pledged Tuesday to devote himself to the role of emperor, like his father, when he assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne. “I will devote myself body and soul to every single duty,” Naruhito said. Japan’s parliament passed a special law last Friday allowing current Emperor Akihito to abdicate within three years. Last August,
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Dear Pastors and Prayer Partners, On Sunday, we had the opportunity to be with two different churches near Birmingham, AL. This evening, we will be at a fellowship just south of Atlanta, and tomorrow we will be in South Carolina for the Wednesday evening service. In less than two weeks, we will be at the
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The Japanese flag is more than just a flag to the people of this island country! We’ve got 10 interesting facts about this national symbol for you guys: 1) Did you know that the Japanese flag has it’s own name!? It is called Nisshōki or the sun-mark flag but a more commonly known today as Hinomaru
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Dear Pastors and Prayer Partners, There are quite a number of exciting things going on and we are excited to share them with you! Currently, we are away with the Vision Baptist Missions staff on the annual orientation for missionary training. We arrived yesterday, and the orientation will end on Friday. We are very thankful
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Japanese teens are lagging behind many other countries in well-being and happiness. That is one of the conclusions of a new report on educational well-being recently published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development — with the key finding that out of 35 OECD countries, only South Korean and Turkish teens rated their life
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Dear Pastors and Prayer Partners, This past Wednesday, we were part of a church’s missions emphasis month and had a wonderful time. On Sunday we were with two different churches in the Greenville, South Carolina area. We also heard from a church that we were with last month, and they said they took us on for support! We
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