Asia Comes Home
Asia Comes Home Your July 2023 Update from John and Elaine Last month we had our first Japanese visitor to our new home in Pecatonica IL. We imagined it would occur sooner, but the pandemic slowed the globe down. One of our old church members and Elaine’s Bible study student, Mrs. Yoko Saito visited from Tokyo. It was a marvelous time of reunion on this side of the Pacific. She enjoyed visiting with our family…
July Prayer Items
Asia Tension & Opportunity
I share with you a heavy heart today. In February, nearly our entire Asia Impact Team was able to celebrate with our leadership partners in Northeast India. Just a few weeks later, in May, inter-ethnic tensions swelled to violence and the whole area saw a wave of violence. To date over 70 people have been killed, 3,000 homes burned, 45,000 people displaced, and over 100 Christian churches have been ransacked or burned. One ethnic group…
Prayer for June
Not From Around Here
Last week someone inquired where we had moved from. We often simply say “not from around here.” When they really probe, then we tell them of our previous 35 years in Tokyo, Japan. They often nod and say, “yeah, that is certainly not from around here.” On April 9th we celebrated three years since moving back from Japan. We were forewarned that our cultural adjustment back to living in the US would take about 3…