The sounds and sights of life are all around at ARI. Cherry Blossoms, birds chirping, grass growing and insects buzzing. The warmth of the Sun and the smell of the flowers is nice, but the bees coming close to our windows, spider webs reappearing and mosquitoes starting to appear takes a little more will power [...]
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Life is like a Cherry Blossom
April 25, 2012
April 3, 2012
‘For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone. ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. ‘The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth [...]
March 11, 2012… 1 year on
March 9, 2012
Good morning to everyone. We wanted to ask everyone’s prayers this coming Sunday, March 11. At ARI, we will be holding a prayer and sharing time from 2;30pm-3:30pm, inviting people from the local community to spend the time with us. There will also be events going on throughout the country, including a demonstration against the [...]
Konnichiwa!
February 29, 2012
If you’re friends with Jonathan on facebook you’ve seem some greetings and statements giving hints to everyone of where we were. From the middle of January until last week we took time off to visit with Jonathan’s family and many of our friends and supporters. We have since returned back to Japan, to the cold [...]
Merry Christmas 2011!
December 25, 2011
“The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him all the kindness and all the truth of God have come down to us.” John 1:14 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! As it gets cold here in Tochigi, I hope everyone [...]
Saigo made
October 27, 2011
This is an article Jonathan recently wrote for the English newsletter coming out in December of the Japanese denomination he works with, affectionately known as the Kyodan. Although we have not got up our update for October yet (and it might be a little late), please enjoy these reflections over the incarnation and the experiences [...]
Constantly learning and sharing
September 23, 2011
Happy Autumn to every one in the Northern Hemisphere. This morning we could see the air we were breathing, meaning that Autumn has come. In fact today is the Autumnal equinox. Wow how time flies! We have been serving here at ARI for 2 years officially this coming October. Below are some of the reflections [...]
Only on God!
August 31, 2011
In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. -2 Corinthians 1:9 (New Living Translation) Since we last posted, there have been quite a few changes in our daily lives. We moved back to the Tochigi campus of [...]
How do you move 30 people in sync?
July 12, 2011
Happy July 4th to all of those in the U.S. (although a week late We hope and pray that as the summer wears on in the Northern hemisphere, that you are staying cool! It’s gotten up into the 90′s here at ARI and with no AC on most of the campus it’s been a feat [...]
Relief Work in Sendai
June 7, 2011
A short note from the Rev. Jeffrey Mensendiek (missionary to the Emmaus Center in Sendai, Japan) about some of the work they are engaging the community in. Pray that these young people will come to know Christ and the hope he brings as they work for the rebuiding of their country. To be a victim [...]
