Dear friends and partners,
We send this greeting from our home to yours – with prayers and wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year! May each of you experience the very unique PEACE that only Jesus can …
Category Archives: Monthly Prayer Bulletin
November 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
Dear friends and partners,
Greetings from Japan as we seem to be sprinting toward December… a few lines from us….and maybe a couple photos…
As fall turns into winter here in Japan we are usually blessed with blue skies and …
October 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
(photo: fall colors at the Akagi Bible Camp on 10/18/2011)
Dear Prayer Partners,
Just a quick note this month… We know it’s soon the END of October but we thought we would send off a note anyway. We sure appreciate …
September 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
Photo above: two answers to prayer – volunteer workers in our kitchen at the Akagi Bible Camp this summer! Our niece, Stephanie Linquist came to visit us from the Chicago area for a month this summer and helped at two …
June / July 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
(photo above is of the gorgeous azalea which are blooming all over the top of Mt. Akagi… taken on June 17)
Dear friends and partners,
Please forgive the lateness of our bulletin this month and allow us to combine June …
May 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
(photo: President Gary Walter of the Evangelical Covenant Church presents a plaque of recognition and congratulations to Rev. Shimizu of the Japan Covenant Church.)
Dear prayer partners,
It has been a full 6 weeks since we last wrote. A lot …
April 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
Dear friends and supporters,
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 at 2:46 PM has of course changed life for everyone here. The tsunami-caused accidents at the Fukushima nuclear power plants add another dimension …
March 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
Dear friends and supporters,
Greetings once again from Tokyo. There’s no particular reason why we need a big mug-shot of us this month….we just thought we would try to match the email version of our March Prayer Bulletin that went …
February 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
(Photo of H, F, M, and J as we met for our study time…the photo is also the “wallpaper” on our cell phones, to remind us to pray for each other.)
Dear Prayer Partners,
Greetings once again from Japan. We’ll …
January 2011 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
(photo: The Isesaki Church gathering on 12/19/2010. Mr. Fujikura is in the front row on the far left.)
Dear Prayer Partners,
Hope you have had a great start to 2011. Let us fill you in a bit on our happenings:…