Travel Blog Posts
July 7th 2009
These last few weeks have been lots of fun. My readers have started to become more interested in the bible, and we have had some very interesting conversations. One reader said the bible was a lot different than they thought. Another reader said that he did not know anything before about the bible, but now he is learning. They all have very good questions and really do want to understand and learn. This week on one of our days off, Elizabeth and I went to a preschool that one of my readers is head of. We taught them some American children games and songs in English. The preschool was a Christian school so we were able to teach some songs like “God is So Good”. It was a great experience, and we were able to learn ... read more
June 20th 2009
Elizabeth and I arrived safely in Japan Tuesday night and have been busy studying with our readers. Everyone here is very nice, and I have enjoyed getting to know my readers. There are an interesting variety of readers that Elizabeth and I are working with. Some are Christians already and want to learn English, and some are not Christians. I have one gentleman who told me he is not a Christian, but he wants to learn English. I told him that was fine, but I am using the stories from the bible because it has good vocabulary. He is okay with that and as we get into the stories he wants to know all the details. Like why Joseph is from the family of David, and how that is connected to Jesus if Joseph is not ... read more
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