(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:…
December 2010 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
Dear Prayer Partners,
Most of you will be receiving this greeting as we approach the third week of Advent, a time of waiting….
Waiting for what, exactly? The correct “Sunday School Answer” (as we used to say to each other …
November 2010 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
photo: Fall colors of Mt. Madarao and Lake Nojiri, taken on 11/3/2010.
Dear Prayer Partners,
We once again thank you for your commitment to praying for us regularly. Thanks also for your thoughts, greetings, and comments. It feels great to …
What’s The Next Step For Gunma Harvest?
It has been several months since I wrote an entry in this “Gunma Harvest” journal. And it has been several years since we began to pray and visit some of the villages in the southwest part of Gunma.
During these …
October 2010 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
(photo: The sign for the Isesaki Church comes down after being there for 22 years. The church is moving this week to a new location, sharing a building with a Brazilian congregation about 2 kilometers to the south.)
Dear Prayer …
July / August 2010 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
photo: There are many “Timothy Johnsons” who are pastors in the Evangelical Covenant Church. 4 of us happened to be in the same place during our ECC annual meeting celebrations…couldn’t resist a photo.
Dear prayer partners,
Allow us to briefly …
June 2010 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
Dear prayer partners,
Greetings once again from Geneva, IL, where we are spending the final 4 months of our 6-month home assignment. The time is speeding by. We can hardly believe that June begins tomorrow. How grateful we continue to …
May 2010 Monthly Prayer Bulletin
(Photo: One of the great experiences of home assignment is for our children to meet their cousins! In this shot, taken on April 18th, Tim’s sister Kris and her husband Dan, along with their children Philip and Stephanie, were able …
Daily Audio Bible…in Japanese
(Photo: Akari Kogure, a high school student, is the reader for our “Audio Bible Japan” podcast which goes through the New Testament in a year. Her father, Pastor Kogure, is my colleague in ministry in Gunma, and is the …