August 2010
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We're back.
Well, this is a little late.
Aug 17th
Returning Travel Information
August 11th Delta 638 from Tokyo to Salt Lake City - 4:25 PM to 11:35 AM (Yes, we’re arriving five hours earlier than we left.) Delta 2166 from Salt Lake City to Memphis - 1:51 PM to 5:55 PM Delta 6077 from Memphis to St. Louis - 7:35 PM to 8:48 PM
Aug 11th
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Worship at Azumino Family Chapel (in Japanese!)
Aug 8th
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Andy and Takeshi can whack some serious moles. This is definitely worth watching for Takeshi-san’s double-fist-pump of victory!
Aug 8th
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Justin and Eric McEachron battling it out over a game of Mario Kart
Aug 8th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Sorry for the low-quality photos/video below. Those are just the things I could bluetooth off of my cell phone camera before going to bed. Photos from my actual camera will come later.
Aug 5th
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Aug 5th
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Aug 5th
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Aug 5th
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Jon and Justin competing in a balloon relay at Northstar
Aug 5th
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I don’t know how to start this one. We’ve… uh… we’ve done things since I last posted. Now that we’ve got the ball rolling, I feel like I can proceed. We were at Northstar for Tuesday-Thursday morning. We taught English lessons and played around with the Japanese kids. I’ve got a lot of pictures from while we were there, and I’ll try to get them...
Aug 5th
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Taiko drumming at Matsumoto Castle
Aug 1st
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Well, it’s 6:25(!!) AM on Monday. We have Internet access, and my body won’t let me sleep anymore. The combination of those two conditions makes for an ideal time to write here and let all of you know what we’ve been doing. Yesterday’s church service went well. Tammy (Jon Junker’s wife) translated for us so we could understand Jon’s message, and I played the...
Aug 1st
July 2010
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It’s 7:05 AM here. I woke up at 6:00, and I’m making french toast for the team. We’re about to eat some breakfast, and then we’re going to Abundant Life Chapel for the day, and spending the night there as well. We’re singing and giving testimonies during the service this morning, and they’re having a luncheon in honor of our arrival and in honor of the departure...
Jul 31st
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Okay, I didn’t post yesterday. The day was full and fast-paced. We worked hard, and there just wasn’t time for this easy “blogging” junk. Now that I have some downtime before dinner and a youth meeting, I can play a little catch-up. I can play a little mustard too. This has been a bad pun. Forget about it. Yesterday we woke up and Rebecca and I baked homemade M&M...
Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
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It’s 3:50 PM on Thursday, July 29th. This means that it’s currently 1:50 AM on the same day for those of you back in St. Louis. It definitely feels like 1:50 AM to our bodies. Travel was smooth, aside from a one-hour delay on the tarmac in Detroit. We arrived at Tokyo-Narita Airport around 6:35 PM last night, stumbled through immigration and customs and met Takeshi-san and Chris...
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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Travel Details
It’s 1:52 AM on the date of departure. Here’s our itinerary, so you all know when (and where) we’ll be in the air. July 27th (today!) Delta 2446 from St. Louis to Detroit - 10:10 AM to 11:38 AM (12:38 PM in Detroit). Delta 275 from Detroit to Tokyo - 3:30 PM (2:30 PM in St. Louis) to 5:25 PM on July 28th (3:25 AM in St. Louis) August 11th (not today!) Delta 638 from Tokyo...
Jul 27th
May 2010
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May 12th
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Plotting our baked-good takeover of this weekend’s “Treasure Extravaganza”; scones, cake pops and more! This will be at Grace Community Chapel on Saturday, May 15th from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Grace Community Chapel 7661 Mexico Rd. St. Peters, MO 63376
May 10th
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Rebecca Linn, Lucy Helzerman, Justin McEachron and me (Patrick Wilson) are meeting at church and discussing lesson plans. We need to write eight of them: weather, professions, nature, food. On behalf of all of the short-term mission teams, thank you for your support today in the Change For Change offering! We greatly appreciate your generosity.
May 2nd
April 2010
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Date Update, the second.
After conferring with Jon Junker and the team, we’ve extended our trip from August 9th until August 11th.
Apr 25th
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“Ticket prices are averaging around $1500 for the round trip STL to NRT....”
– @gccjapan
Apr 23rd
March 2010
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Date Update
We’ve heard back from Takeshi Koiwai and Jon Junker: we’re going to be in Japan from July 27th until August 9th. Continue praying that God will use us to draw others to Him, and pray for our team as we continue to plan.
Mar 26th
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It's Official.
We received the go-ahead from the Missions Board this evening; we’re going to Azumino City, Nagano, Japan! The team consists of Patrick Wilson (myself), Justin McEachron, Rebecca Linn, Sara Linn and Lucy Helzerman, whose last name prompted me to hunt her down on Facebook to confirm its correct spelling. If you’re reading this, our desire is that you pray for our team as we begin...
Mar 9th