1 Thessalonians 4:1
So this happened last week. But it's been so busy this week at church/day camps that I only have the chance to post about it now. I am staying with The Fellowship. Many of my friends know that most of my training as a pastor happened at Morningstar Christian Fellowship, which is part of the …
So, Osakasayasma-shi is the city that I will be moving to when I got to Japan. Now, I've been to Japan a bunch of times already, but every time I've gone has been to Tokyo (in the case of my last trip, Akita and Aomori as well). So going to Osaka is new. And so …
So this is a few week late but I got my Visa to Japan! It was quite an ordeal, but totally worth it. It involved an overnight bus ride and several flights. But here it is! So it all started two weeks ago, on July 6 when I took the bus down to Calgary to …
Osaka Here I Come! I just bought my plane ticket to fly to Osaka! I wasn't exactly planning to do it today. But I knew I was going to buy the tickets any day now... I have basically been checking online every few days to see what the ticket situations are, and which airlines have …
Yesterday, I received the final document I needed from Japan in order to apply for my visa: the Certificate of Eligibility. I made a collage of it above so that I could block out the sensitive parts of the document. But that's basically what it looks like. On that note, I guess now is as …
I wrote this week's blog post that appears on my church's website and in our weekly bulletin. It being Father's Day, I of course wrote about that. Picture: The "dads" in my immediate family with my niece Kara Elise. My dad, my brother (Kara Elise's dad) and my brother's father in law. Praise the Lord …
My 7th blog in a row. Can you tell I'm excited about Japan? Of course, it's still March (despite when this is actually getting published). But also I've been sick. I was home sick all day on Monday. Then Tuesday, I worked half day because I needed to get stuff done. Yesterday was almost a …
Meeting with my boss, Pastor Les, this morning. He gave me an encouragement that I thought I should take up. He told me that I should really take the time at least once a week to write. Not just these random blog posts. But something a little more substantial. His reasoning was pretty good. Just …
In my last blog, I mentioned some of the places in Kansai/Southern Japan that I wanted to visit while living in Japan. And after looking at more places around, I added another spot: I want to go to Beppu on Kyushu Island. It's a Hot spring resort, and there's a way to do the trip …
