Archive for October, 2009

US or bust

You may have heard that we are planning to come home for a visit to both NY and OR this Fall. We have our tickets and we are getting things packed for our trip. We will be staying with family on both coasts during the times written below so if your around during those times in [...]

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Winter is coming

The other morning I woke to a crisp cool Fall morning here in Norikura Kogen. I didn’t know we had gotten any snow as my home is hidden from the mountain. As I walked to work Dan came out on the front steps with a huge smile on his face and was just looking behind [...]

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Somethig cool

So I know it’s been a while since we have written much and we are sorry for that. I can say that it’s not for a lack of things to write about.
The thing I want to share with you now is something that happened last week. Almost every Thursday we have a time of prayer [...]

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Prayer for a friend

I am writing now to ask you to pray for a friend of ours who’s father recently passed away. Dan Junker’s wife’s father passed away two days ago after having a sergury. Dan’s wife Tina is flying to Hawii tomorrow to help with preperations and details for the funeral. This all happened very sudden and [...]

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Soba Festival in Matsumoto

Yesterday Hannah, Ezekiel and I headed out for a day in Matsumoto for the annual Soba Festival which is held at the Matsumoto Castle Grounds. It was a beautiful Fall day and we had a great time enjoying time with each other and seeing the sights around the castle. The funny thing is that we [...]

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