by justinchasecanavan | Dec 3, 2012 | Updates
Someone recently asked me the story of my heart problems and how I could continue as a missionary despite it. It is a long story involving 4 countries and 9 cardiologist, so I’ll give you the highlights. It starts about 4 years ago when I lived as a missionary in the...
by justinchasecanavan | Nov 25, 2012 | Updates
There were never Pilgrims that sailed on the Mayflower nor the Native Americans who helped them adapt to a new land in Japan. Thanksgiving is not a holiday here. That doesn’t mean that Americans living in Japan aren’t going to eat turkey! We did still...
by justinchasecanavan | Feb 16, 2012 | Updates
I haven’t blogged in awhile, because life has gotten a little bit crazy. It all started with a phone call that I got from a classmate of Chris’. They were in an ambulance with Chris that had just left language school and were on the way to the hospital....
by justinchasecanavan | Jan 18, 2012 | Updates
I just heard a cat fight outside. Chris said, “maybe it’s being attached by the tunuki.” This reminded me that Chris and Addie spotted this animal in the garden across the street from our house a couple of months ago. It also made me think that this is one...
by justinchasecanavan | Jan 16, 2012 | Updates
We start the day by dragging ourselves out of bed and into the cold air (we don’t heat the house overnight and temps are usually in the upper 30’s in the house when we wake up). Chris gets up first, turns on the heater in the kitchen and preps for teaching...
