Last month we had our anual missions emphasis week. Here's a look in picture of some of the presentations... the American & Dutch students group doing a traditional American dances

It's that time of year again; time to take the family Christmas picture.  Rather than heading out into the cold we decided to try an indor photo in front of the Christmas tree.  For the family shots we relied on a timer.  This is tricky!  Most of the family shots are...

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...

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 manage to...

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. Chris had been...

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 animal I...

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 Bible...