Dear Seattle Saints,We rejoiced this week to celebrate on Wednesday with Bro. Yoshiki and Sis. Rei Ohno who were in Seattle for their honeymoon.  You will remember that Bro. Yoshiki spent nearly a year in Seattle back in 2019-2020 learning English and more about how our church operates.  God has since given Yoshiki the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and also called him into the ministry.  He was ordai...  Read More

Greetings from Kawasaki Japan,It is Saturday afternoon here and we have just returned from the wedding of Bro. Yoshiki and Sis. Rei Ohno.  There were about 60 in attendance including us and our Director of Korean Work, Bro. Kim Jeong Min and his wife.  The ceremony was beautiful, emphasizing the nature of Christian marriage and the sacred nature of vows made before not only friends and family but ...  Read More

Dearest Seattle Saints,We rejoice in the wonderful services last weekend.  We were thrilled with the visitors from so many different places.  We were thrilled by God’s Word and the Holy Spirit present in each service to give each on exactly what was needed according to His grace.  We were thrilled by the unity and hard work of all from Seattle who made the weekend possible.   Thank you from the bo...  Read More

The rain has begun to fall this afternoon and it certainly seems as if Fall is now in full swing.  We are excited about our upcoming Special meetings which begin next weekend.   Bro. Pierre Hancock, pastor from our Los Angeles, CA church will be preaching for us in the Sunday Services.  We will also have a Young Peoples Service on Saturday evening at 6 pm (Pizza at 5pm) with Bro. Seyi Akinrotimi, ...  Read More

Happy Sunny September Saturday,As I look out the window of my office this afternoon I have noticed that across the street our neighbor has a tree whose leaves have already turned from green to bright yellow in anticipation of fall season. (Which by the way…is not officially here for another 6 days for the record)  I was also thinking of my good friend, Brother Yoshiki Ohno who spent nearly a year ...  Read More

Good evening,Several hundred years ago there was monk who later became known as Brother Lawrence.  Actually he was the dishwasher at the Abby where he lived and also performed a number of seemingly menial tasks such as shining the shoes of all more senior monks.   He died years later relatively unknown.  One of his friends later compiled many of Bro. Lawrences letters, diary entries, and other not...  Read More