Saturday, June 05, 2004
Here is a riddle; what goes up and down up and down and is extreeeemely slow? answer: my cable internet service in Manila!
Sorry about the bad joke! God is continuing to provide everything we need and he is also teaching us patience and how to pray for the "little things" each day that we sometimes take for granted at home.
Last week our friend Sam Ng, a leader from Dennis & Kaku Sager's church in Shizuoka came to live with us for a while. Sam is going to study at the graduate school of world missions with me this year and is living with us until he can find an apartment and his wife Esther comes to join him at the end of July. Sam & Esther's website is here and you can get another perspective on life and ministry in Japan if you take the time to read some of their posts.
Alishea went and took an evaluation test for Victory Christian School on Tuesday and we will attend an orientation tomorrow where she will be fitted for her new *UNIFORM*. She is excited about going to a traditional classroom school for the first time in her life and she really wants you to pray that the uniform is pretty!
James attended the Youth on Fire meeting again tonight and said they were REALLY ON FIRE tonight - he seems to have made friends already and is looking forward to meeting with his cell group tomorrow. The 15 year old cell leader is named Adrian Gibbs. Adrian sent a scripture and encouragement to James through my cell-phone tonight too. Maybe THAT'S why they call it a cell meeting? OK, it is late and these jokes are getting BAD. I will stop now.
I was pretty sick and slept most of the last two days but I feel much better now. It was a combination of stomach problems and a head-cold but everyone else is doing well and I think I am over it now.
I took Alishea on a "date" tonight. We watched The Day After Tomorrow at the theater. That is one very nice thing about living in Manila - first run movies are about $1.20. Thanks for your prayers!
Sorry about the bad joke! God is continuing to provide everything we need and he is also teaching us patience and how to pray for the "little things" each day that we sometimes take for granted at home.
Last week our friend Sam Ng, a leader from Dennis & Kaku Sager's church in Shizuoka came to live with us for a while. Sam is going to study at the graduate school of world missions with me this year and is living with us until he can find an apartment and his wife Esther comes to join him at the end of July. Sam & Esther's website is here and you can get another perspective on life and ministry in Japan if you take the time to read some of their posts.
Alishea went and took an evaluation test for Victory Christian School on Tuesday and we will attend an orientation tomorrow where she will be fitted for her new *UNIFORM*. She is excited about going to a traditional classroom school for the first time in her life and she really wants you to pray that the uniform is pretty!
James attended the Youth on Fire meeting again tonight and said they were REALLY ON FIRE tonight - he seems to have made friends already and is looking forward to meeting with his cell group tomorrow. The 15 year old cell leader is named Adrian Gibbs. Adrian sent a scripture and encouragement to James through my cell-phone tonight too. Maybe THAT'S why they call it a cell meeting? OK, it is late and these jokes are getting BAD. I will stop now.
I was pretty sick and slept most of the last two days but I feel much better now. It was a combination of stomach problems and a head-cold but everyone else is doing well and I think I am over it now.
I took Alishea on a "date" tonight. We watched The Day After Tomorrow at the theater. That is one very nice thing about living in Manila - first run movies are about $1.20. Thanks for your prayers!
