Dear Last Chance Chapel, friends, and family

    Thank you for all your prayers and support. Sorry, I haven't posted lately. I came down with a nasty cold that has lasted over a week. Then we had a nasty snow storm that came in that made it difficult to go to work teaching at my English classes. Seems like Japan doesn't have the same snow plows like we have back home in Montana. When the snow came, the city did nothing and the roads were dangerous to drive on. My pastor in Japan even got stuck on his way home from a conference and had to walk 2 hours on foot at 3am in the morning just to get home. By God's grace we are all safe.

  Things are going well here. Still trying to lead my students to the Lord and have more come to class. I wish my students would read the Bible on their own at home, but at least one older man is making an effort.

    I am currently reading a book by William Fay (Sharing Jesus without Fear) and it seems to have good insight on how to witness to people without an argument. Some of my students love to argue. Instead of arguing and defending the Bible, you are required to listen to the other person's view and guide them reading Scriptures. You are required to let the Bible defend itself. Although this would require me to comprehend what my students are saying in Japanese and I still have struggles in learning the language. God still uses us even in our weaknesses. So hopefully this approach from this book will work because the Japanese people are really hard to win over to the Lord. Please continue to pray for me and this ministry in Japan. God bless... :)