Ninja Mom

If you happen to get any of our prayer newsletters, you’ll recall that we usually mention our thankfulness for your partnership in prayer.  It’s true, we are so very thankful.  And though you might not consider it partnership, we do.  Any prayer for Japan and for us is as linking arms with us, giving us strength… Continue reading Community

Today’s blog needs background music.  So click play on the above specifically-chosen video and read on. I bet when you think of this song, many things may come to your mind, but none of which would be crows. The crows here in Japan are HUGE.  Let me repeat: HUGE.  I’ve always said that they are… Continue reading Song of the Crow

I really hate saying that it’s been busy.  I’m coming to hate that word. But I will say that EVERYTHING stacked up this week.  All on top of each other like a leaning tower of pancakes. Thankfully, I think I have just about conquered all of it and have been all the while munching on… Continue reading Farming Tokyo

So, we had to pay.  For the tiny little hole in the wall.  A few weeks ago, I wrote about the fiasco of trying to get an AC installed.  Nearly a month after we purchased the AC, today it was installed and I’m feeling glad to check that one off the list.  Whew! The very,… Continue reading ACs and Emergencies… again?

So I’m reading a book right now about TCKs- Third Culture Kids, a passing recommendation on Facebook by another missionary mom. What are Third Culture Kids?  They are kids of missionaries or military personnel who grow up outside of their passport country.  It’s like they grow up between worlds– adapting to, loving and probably more… Continue reading TCKs

I’m happy to report that our little one is feeling better.  It’s been a very long week where I’ve seen the dawn almost daily.  And I’m a night person, so there’s no need to explain how I feel about that. It seems like there’s so much going on right now.  But to highlight one of… Continue reading Come and See

“Hai… Hai..  Wakarimashita!” A few more “Yes, yes, I understood”s later and I hung up the phone.  I turned to my study partner, Rosie, and mentioned that it was Yano-san, the real estate agent from church who most of us foreigners have used to look for apartments. “I had to contact him because the electrician… Continue reading ACs and Emergencies

A few nights ago I was washing dishes and doing my prayer time for our cell group.  Ideally, I like to have time where I’m not multitasking, but as a mom of a little one, sometimes I have very limited time and a very long “must do” list.  On the other hand, it is a… Continue reading Nobody

Multipurposing is the name of the game today.  So, blogging’s been on my mind the last few days but I just have not had the time to accomplish it!  I was replying to a friend’s email this evening when I realized that it would serve for a perfect update!  So, feel free to “eavesdrop” on… Continue reading Eavesdropping

So, here are some pics of our wonderful trip to Kyoto and Nara.  They were supposed to be on the last blog, but it was late and I didn’t have them synced to my computer yet.