Location of Hakone Bible Camp for Ochanomizu Church. This past weekend we participated in the Hakone Bible Camp for the Ochanomizu church.  Hakone is near Mt. Fuji and has a crater lake, Lake Ashi.  It was a famous check point during the Edo period under the Tokugawa Shogunate for those traveling from Kyoto to Edo.  It [...] [...]

This past weekend we worked with the Ochanomizu congregation.  This congregation sponsored us while missionaries in Japan (1977-86) so we have had a long term relationship with them. Worship with the Ochanomizu church. Sunday (August 15) was the first time for us to worship with them in their new building.  The church owns the property and used [...] [...]

Today (Aug 15) we worshiped with the Ochanomizu congregation in downtown Tokyo.  Josephine had a ladies’ class yesterday (Aug 14) as well as a two hour class today. Last week the church had their annual CS (church school) Camp.  This is a time for children in Sunday school and their friends to get out of Tokyo [...] [...]

This is an update on the past week’s activities.  It continues to be hot here though we got a break a couple of days ago as a typhoon past to the west of the island. Fellowship time with the Matsudo congregation following morning assembly. Sunday, August 8, we worshiped with the Matsudo congregation in Chiba Prefecture.  This [...] [...]

We have been in Japan three days now.  During that time we had lunch with the Fukushimas.  We first met them in 1978.  He is the minister for the Tachikawa church.  They live in an apartment at the other end of the floor where our dorm room is. We also had lunch with Masa, minister for [...] [...]