CPI CONFERENCE (Nov 11-15) SPECIAL PRAYER NEEDS (4 weeks and counting) 1. Registrations are nearly 260 at this time. Pray for each one that God may bless them as they prepare to come. 2. Ask God for special blessing on the gospel renewal curriculum project. We hope to have a new manual ready by November. John and Elaine and very heavily involved in this. 3. Pray that God would fill one key position related to…
1. Elaine has a special outreach on Sat the 19th at the Crossroad church making cards with ladies. 2. Lots of meetings in September, all good meetings. We even spent some time hanging out with friends we have not seen in a while. 3. Elaine has had a great time restarting her classes after the summer break. 4. Our financial support has been very strong the last several months. Thanks for your prayers and generosity.…
Transformation is by its nature a continual process by which God redeems his creation from the results of the fall. The reason we believe in transformation is that we have a transforming God. God does not change but he has a plan to transform the entire universe. When we talk about transformation we talk about revival, renewal, restoration and reform. In understanding this task there are some key belief assumptions. The belief that Scripture is…
In one of my favorite movies, “The Shawshank Redemption” there is an interesting and memorable phrase. One of the old classic actors, James Whitmore (who advertised MiracleGro), plays a librarian. He introduces the duties in the library to the main character and says, “Easy, Peasy, Japanesey.” That phrase rhymes well and it sings. Maybe his prison library was easy, peasy (not likely) but I wonder about Japan. I don’t think it is “Easy, Peasy, Japanesey.”…
The CPI National Conference is being held November 13-15 near Hakone. WANT TO BE INVOLVED? Already a ministry team of volunteers is preparing to come to Japan to assist in the program, office work, and children’s programs. This team could use more members. If you are interested please see videos, brochures, and more at the website http://japancpi.com/. Please pray that this volunteer team would recruit the required workers for the conference.
Excitement oozed out from my phone handset as I talked to a Japanese speaker about the theme for this fall’s CPI National Conference. I could tell he was smiling and he was very excited as well. “Do Mission” sounds somewhat odd in English but it is great Japanese English. Japanese often use the phrase DO ___. In an Ishinomaki shopping mall I recently saw a sign saying “DO MALL.” We had stumbled on a timely…