Latest news from the Stewart Family
Dear Partners in the Gospel, Thank you very much for praying for the BBQ event. It seems now it is our annual event. 20 adults and 4 children joined us. 9 adults were non-Christians! It was a busy 3 hour BBQ from making a fire to cleaning the venue so we tried to have a […]
Dear Partners in the Gospel, We’re Safe Our thanks to those who have asked us about our safety due to the strong Typhoon No. 19 that recently hit Japan. Osaka suffered no damage but eastern Japan was severely affected. About 60 people have been confirmed dead and about 14 people are missing. Many rivers burst […]
A new pastor for the Presbyterian Church of Osaka Rev. Kuno was inducted and he started working at Osaka Presbyterian Church from April. He moved to Australia to study at a Theological college at around the same time when I, Tomoko, moved to Australia in 1997. Please pray for our church and catch up with […]
The Stewarts – 2019 Christmas is not a public holiday in Japan but it was the last day of Term 2. We had lunch with Crystal and then visited Tomoko’s ninety-nine-year-old grandmother to whom Setsuli read the Christmas story in Japanese. On the 26th, Setsuli read the Christmas story in Japanese to her cousins. Pray that […]
Working with the Local Church Our church held a two day Spring Holiday Bible School for the first time. Our church had not held any Bible Camps during school holidays for many, many years. Kashiba Megumi Pressie Church from Nara Prefecture joined with us and six children attended. The theme was “Become disciples of Jesus.”
atan’el turned 13 in January and we thank God for his life. He is taller than I am now. In Japan, schools give many tests to students during school terms. Learning Chinese Characters is every child’s “favourite” and Natan’el is no exception.
Study Interruptions Nathan wants to study Japanese hard but his IT work interrupts very much. He has to deal with his client’s computers/servers during many nights. He has not been able to sleep much. He has passed Level 1 for this term but he would have done better if he was able to focus fully on his study. […]
Nathan has been studying Japanese and has been working as an IT consultant. It has become very hard and tiring (not enough time to sleep) for Nathan to do both as working takes a lot of time, especially, at night time and his class now proceeds at a much faster pace than the introductory class.
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.
