Category: Japan 2017
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Albright Japan Trip – Oct 10 ’17
This is the twenty-first consecutive year we’ve ministered in Japan. This year was special in that we made two trips (April 24–June 23; August 14-October 11). The purpose of these trips is to share lessons to help build up the church and to encourage Christians and churches. One of the first things we do upon…
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Albright Japan Trip – June 20 ’17
As I begin writing this report, we are three days away from leaving. I’ve delayed writing this because of our schedule of activities, but must finally put an account of the last six weeks of activity. Josephine and I took an overnight trip to Kamakura and Enoshima. This was the location of government in Japan…
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Albright Japan Trip – May 9 ’17
Worship with Matsudo Church of Christ / Funeral This past Sunday (May 7) we worshiped with the Matsudo church of Christ. We went by train which took about two hours one way. Since this was the end of Golden Week (three consecutive holidays plus a weekend), the numbers were down. But we gathered around the…
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Albright Japan Trip – May 6 ’17
Hitachi Christian Camp – Spring 2017 We returned last Friday night (May 5) after three days and two nights at the Hitachi Christian Camp (HCC). This was its 62nd year of operation. Marlin and Jeanne Ray along with Hideki and Nagisa Ataka have been important in keeping the camp going and making it useful to…
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Albright Japan Trip – May 1 ’17
First Weekend Spring Trip 2017 Our first weekend in Japan was such a blessing. It began Saturday morning as we loaded into a van with four members of the Tachikawa congregation. The trip from Tachikawa (Tokyo) to Ibaraki Christian University in Omika (Ibaraki) was about 80 miles. It took us about three and a half…