Bondia hotu hotu! What a month! I think this past month of September has been my busiest yet! As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter update, I spent the first week of September getting to know the wonderful nursing team of an NGO which works at the National hospital training nurses. I was able to […]
…If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” (John 14:23 NIV) My Heart Christ’s Home One evening I invited Jesus Christ into my heart. What an entrance He made! It was not a spectacular, emotional thing, but […]
Love wants to know more Firstly, if you love someone, you want to know everything about them. If a young man meets a girl and falls in love, he’ll want to find out all sorts of things about her – what sort of family she’s from, which school she went to, what her hobbies are, […]
Home Again After a brief stint in Queensland to renew fellowship with their churches and friends, the Nathan, Tomoko and their children are back in Japan and hard at study. The Japanese language is no joke, even though it may sound funny to us. Catch up with their latest news by clicking the button below.
Our dear praying friends, The big prayer points right now are … 1. Kay goes into hospital early tomorrow morning (Friday 8th September) for her first hip op. 2. Then comes the recovery time. Please pray she will mend well. Also, I have changed my return ticket to October 19, so I can be chief […]
Answered Prayer & New Challenges We have seen wonderful answers to prayer during the First Season of Ministry 2017 last March and April, which was recorded in the last edition of the IRFA News and Prayer Notes. I will be leaving for India to commence the second season of ministry 2017 on the 15th September […]
The Evans family is still in Australia and while most have responded well to the treatment of their intestinal “bugs” Rose still isn’t doing too well. She’s on a second series of treatments and isn’t feeling good at all. Please pray for them, and praise God for other good things He’s doing for them.
Joy and Sadness Having finished the first season of Ministry in India for 2017 and spending a further week upon my return trip home in Perth WA, I arrived safely home in good health and a few days earlier than planned. I have just heard that our dear friend Rev. Dr Karmal Rai, Principal of […]
Are you a Missionary? Someone defined a missionary as a “person called, prepared and guided by God, to be what God made him to be in a cross-cultural context.” Obviously the key is the “cross-cultural context” otherwise we’d all be missionaries and the word would just mean a “Christian.” Of course we know that all […]
Building Bridges On the last Sunday of May, Rev. Kōji Esaki preached at our church. In the afternoon our children’s ministry, Crayon, was held. Nine children came including Tomoko’s cousin’s daughter and five classmates of our children. They enjoyed making snacks and had fun together. Half of the children had not heard the story of […]
