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THANK YOU to all our prayer and financial partners!
A big and heartfelt THANK YOU to all our prayer and financial partners including the following!
Arvada Covenant Church, Arvada, CO
Avenue Community Church, Toronto, ON
Bayshore Baptist Church, Tampa, FL
Bethany ECC, North Miami, FL
Cape Cod Covenant Church,
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THANKFUL
It’s November and though I try to practice the discipline of gratitude throughout the year, this is what I’m particularly thankful for right now:
– The season of autumn! After five years in the eternal summer called “Florida”, the crisp, …
Sophia’s first day at preschool…
We worked hard to get here. Meetings and conversations in Japanese, enlisting friends who speak English and Japanese, filling out about 15 pages of forms, getting denied at two preschools because they are full, taking her temperature, marking her face …
Confessions of a Foreigner in Japan
1. I don’t always use an umbrella. This is basically a cardinal sin here. If you want to see people really nervous, walk around in the rain without an umbrella. Even if it’s not raining very hard, very kind people …
God is not impressed with me
Fabio and I preached twice last Sunday – once from English to Japanese and the other with me from English to Portuguese and Fabio translating (with others then translating from Portuguese to Japanese). I was especially moved by one of …
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Another way to talk about the U.S. race debacle
You know better than I do, the shootings and conversations about race in the U.S. have been heart-wrenching and extremely divisive. I appreciated this interview (link below) with two Chicago pastors (one is black and one is white, but the …
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Construindo Pontes no Japão – Agosto 2015
Estamos aqui há um pouco mais de um mês. Estamos começando a construir uma base de relacionamentos e fazendo progressos significativos no idioma. Agora é o momento de lembrar, refletir e transmitir a todos os nossos amigos, familiares e parceiros …
Building Bridges in Japan – August 2015
We’ve been here a little over a month. We are beginning to build a foundation of relationships and language. Now is the time to remind ourselves and everyone reading this what we hope to accomplish together in the next 2-3 …
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Estranhos em uma Terra Estrangeira, Julho 2015
Estabelecendo-se em Fujisawa, Japão:
Quando chegamos no aeroporto de Tóquio, recebemos as nossas identidades de residentes imediatamente. Elas nos têm ajudado a garantir uma vida como qualquer japonês nativo. De modo que procuramos e encontramos um pequeno apartamento, iniciamos as
…Strangers in a Foreign Land!! July, 2015
SETTLING IN:
When we landed at the airport in Japan, we received resident cards which have helped us secure an apartment and language classes. Filling the apartment with furniture is taking time due to a full schedule with language study, …
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