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SUMMER 2008
Our latest home assignment was the summer of 2008. During the 10 weeks of our home assignment we lived with relatives in both Canada (greater Vancouver, BC) and the USA (greater Portland, Maine). We visited 7 supporting churches in both Canada and the USA, carrying on our usual home assignment ministry of preaching and teaching. We also enjoyed family time with parents, grandparents, uncles, auntst, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
We have taken the following home assignments since 1999:
- 2002, 5 months in the summer/fall based in BC, Canada
- 2004, 5 months in the summer/fall based in Maine
- 2006, 2 months in the summer based in BC, Canada
- 2008, 2 months in the summer based in Maine
We have chosen these home assignment dates on the basis of our ministry needs in Japan and our children's education needs. Once our youngest child (Matthew) graduates from high school in 2010 we will be free to take longer home assignments. So our next home assignment is scheduled for 2010-2011. During that time we plan to visit all our supporting churches in Canada and the USA, splitting our time between Maine and British Columbia.
SUMMER 2006
We were based in greater Vancouver for our summer 2006 home assignment. During that time we visited almost all of our Canadian supporting churches. We felt as if we were on the go all the time. Our faith was stretched because we were sometimes not sure where we might be staying. We had no fixed address during the summer. And there were times we did not know if we would have a vehicle to use. It seemed to us that more faith in God was required for our summer 2006 home assignment than for our life and ministry in Tokyo! But we can testify that God was faithful and provided for all our needs.
We rented a motorhome for two weeks while visiting our supporting churches in Alberta. While on that trip we enjoyed a number of nights camping in the Canadian Rockies.
