The mission team arrived in Gifu on wednesday. On wednesday we had the coffeehouse, about 20people including us and the university students gathered to hang out and eat Yakisoba. Moni shared her testimony which was great. On thursday the team went to pray and give out tracts and flyers at the university and to have [...]

Today is Moni`s birthday!! Please send all your love to Moni in the coming days. She tried to keep her birthday a secret but got discovered! Now everybody knows!!!! 今日はＭｏｎｉの誕生日！！Ｍｏｎｉにおめでとうを送ってね。彼女は秘密にしようと思ってたけどばれちゃったんだ。今はみんな知ってるってわけ！！ …wow,geburi in tschaepaen mitem beste wos get: *SUSHI* !!! i liebs! danke VIEL mol foer all eues schriibe…wow,all ihr mini wertvolle fruende =) …danke! …yes, [...]

Monday we went to the mission school in Oguni. We got to meet some of the students, ride their back hill (sticky, wet snow!) and talk about God with them. Most of them aren`t Christians but were curious to talk to us about our faith. 月曜は小国にあるキリスト教独立学園に行きました。生徒たちと裏山でスノボしたり、神さまの話をしたりしました。だいたいの生徒はクリスチャンじゃなかったけど、僕らの信仰の話に興味をもってくれたよ。 Back in Yonezawa we went out for dinner with [...]

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Monday we went to the mission school in Oguni. We got to meet some of the students, ride their back hill (sticky, wet snow!) and talk about God with them. Most of them aren`t Christians but were curious to talk to us about our faith. ���j�͏����ɂ���L���X�g���Ɨ��w���ɍs���܂����B���k�����Ɨ��R�ŃX�m�{������A�_���܂̘b�ⵂ��肵�܂����B���������̐��k�̓N���X�`��������Ȃ��B����ǁA�l��̐M�‚̘b�ɋ������BĂ��ꂽ��B Back in Yonezawa we went out for dinner with [...]

After the Mochituki on Sunday we had a free afternoon and were enjoying the latest blizzard to hit this town. The host family that Travis had been staying with had been asking us to ride down a small mountain behind their house. We were happy to oblige! After bootpacking up the ridge we were rewarded [...]

After church on Sunday we had a special dinner with the Keisen church people. They showed us how to make Mochi…basically, you pound rice into a sticky paste and then eat it like dumplings in soup. yummy! We have been so blessed by the generosity of this church family! ��j���q���I��BĂ���A�b��L���X�g����̃����o�[�ƓUʂȐH���ⵂ܂����B�ނ�͖l�����ɂ¿�‚��볂��Ă���܂����B�l�����͂��G�ρA���񂱁A���ȕ��A�[���¿�ɂ��ĐH�ׂ܂����B���������B��I�l�����͂��̋C�O�̂�������̃t�@�~���[�ƁA�{���ɂ��΂炵���j���̂Ƃ��ⷂ����܂����B

Many times our plans do not take shape like we want them too. Today was a good example of this. Junko and the SfC Yamagata crew had organised a great snowboard day at Yonezawa ski area. 僕たちのたてたプランは、必ずしも思ったとおりに運ばないことが多いよね。今日純子とＳＦＣ山形のメンバーは米沢スキー場で楽しいスノーボードデイを考えました。We had snowboard lessons in the morning and were doing a couple runs in the early afternoon when an [...]

Many times our plans do not take shape like we want them too. Today was a good example of this. Junko and the SfC Yamagata crew had organised a great snowboard day at Yonezawa ski area. �l�����̂��Ă��v�����́A�K������v�B��Ƃ���ɉ^�΂Ȃ����Ƃ�������ˁB����q�Ƃr�e�b�R�`�̃����o�[�͕đ�X�L�[��Ŋy�����X�m�[�{�[�h�f�C��l���܂����BWe had snowboard lessons in the morning and were doing a couple runs in the early afternoon when an [...]

After a travel day and going riding our first day here, we finally have a chance to update the blog. All of us are split up and staying in different homestays, we are all loving the Japanese hospitality. Already we have made some good contacts and have spent a couple hours riding with the guys [...]