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To tell you a bit about myself, I’m currently an M.Div student and will matriculate in Fall of 08 at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.  I’ve been on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ’s inner city ministry, Here’s Life Inner City, for about 4 years.  My job is partly as a minister, and partly as an administrator of what we call “compassionate products.”  Basically, I find donations of people, products, and services, and try to connect them to various churches and ministries in the inner city so that their ministry will be enhanced.  All of this, with the end goal of…

Is it lack of sleep? I’m jet-lagged from my trip to California and I got up extra early this morning for no good reason. Now I’m feeling like any amount of focus is a lot of hard work. My patience is also a bit threadbare.

Lesson to learn? Get more sleep!

God Bless!

You get up and say, wow it’s hot today!  (The weather says it’s -20)

We saw a good chunk of the support we needed come in, and we hope that we will gain the rest when we go to California in a few weeks. Thanks to all who made it possible!

Japan is such a beautiful country…
Blossoms

It has such a rich history…
traditional building

Tokyo, the capitol, is the largest urban center in the world!
City

God has created the japanese people uniquely, and has given them a history…
kid

They love to have fun and yet are soo serious…
japanese

Many are lonely and would love to know Christ…
Cosplay

And there is always poverty, even in Japan’s rich country…
poor man

Can you see why I want to go? Japan has always had less than 1% Christians, but recently Gallup found that 4% claim to be Christians! Also, 7% of teenagers claim to be…