To view Delaina's journal entries while she was heavily (or at least somewhat) medicated and in the hospital please go here: http://www.upsaid.com/delaina/ ....
Dear friends and family, I was absolutely overwhelmed (in a good way) with the flood of letters and get well wishes I received while in the hospital last...
I just tried to send #1 and it disappeared. Oops. Delaina is getting better. She is still taking an IV every day, doing breathing treatments at least 3 times...
Delaina has pnuemonia and was admitted to the hospital today. Please pray that she will understand what is happening. No one has spoken English yet. Please...
If you had been there, lying outside by the dying embers of the night's campfire with me and my two co-workers during the second week of camp, you might have...
Gym lockers and the Ten Commandments… You know I thought going to the gym would just be for keeping this shell of mine in better condition and encouraging...
Hello Everybody! It feels like a long time since I've written and indeed it has been (which seems unusual for me)! So much has been happening lately so I am...
You know I doubt anyone out there, including me would have ever thought to say those words, but that's exactly what I did this morning as I ran to catch the...
words, then I wonder how many souls it's worth? I'm quite happy with the 20 some in this one! Over 25 people came to last month's concert. Of those present,...
Just wanted to share a small part of the spring season here in Japan (and also test to see if sending pictures will work). E-letter soon to come! Delaina web...
Ahh, spring is here and the sky is blue. Daffodils and crocuses are in bloom and apparently so is whatever agitates my allergies. For the past three days I've...
Hello all! I've finally returned to the other side of the ocean and all of the snow is melting away! There are still piles of it behind houses from many a...
Well hello dear friends, Since I haven't returned to Japan just yet, I've been keeping a semi- low profile with my e-letters, mostly because my furlough here...
Hello from Sunny SW Florida, the land of swaying palms and oceans' breeze. Gee it's good to be "home" again, even if for just a little while. There are about...
At least that's how time seems to be going these days. I've been having a great time visiting my almamater and speaking in Chapel, visting old friends,...
Dear friends and family in Christ... this note will be unusually short and also devoid of a spell check, so brace yourselves!!! I made it safe and mostly sound...
Dear Everyone, :) It's snowing tonight. In big chunky flakes reminiscent of that scene from Edward Scissor Hands where the lead girl is dancing around in a ...
Hello dear friends from the land of slick ice and crunchy snow! We've had a bit of warm weather, into the high teens even, these last few days. Has made for...
Grettings from snow country, I've been suffering from a small case of the blues the last couple of days. Some would say I'm homesick, others might say I'm just...
You know, that subject was a typo, but it seemed to be some sort of providence seeing how life is a "jungle" this time of year. Tonight as I stood in line to...
YOU can't be serious. It just CAN'T be DECEMBER already!! OH but indeed it is. And we are looking forward to all the season festivities here in Sapporo with...
Hello to all my devoted prayer people! And to anyone else listening in :) Today I just have to start this out with a story. Despite the fact that winter has...
Winter is really just beginning to rear its ugly head... Cold rain, chilly blasts, and overcast days... BUT the world I live in is full of Sonshine on a...
6:30 am- I wake up, say a "Hello, good morning, how are You Lord?" look at the clock and laugh... 7am- the alarm on my cell phone goes off. I stand up and then...
Actually this will be more like a few highlights from the week, because it's been such an exciting one. MONDAY- was spent at Teine Olympia with Christy,...
Concert night...10 minutes til 6pm. One person is in the large room with me waiting for the concert time to begin. Before at 5:25 I was setting up chairs and...
...teach English! (in this issue: 2 great stories of God just making my day!) Dear C@M friends and family! I know I wrote just a few days ago, but God's just...
Hello everyone in greater North America! I'm finding that after all the "head bashing" I've done trying to think of ways to reach out with the message of...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the c_a_m group: Have you ever seriousely considered becoming a: o full-time missionary (life time) o...
Hello all devoted Japan missions fans (and friends of me, Delaina). I hope this new Yahoo group is working well for you all. Do you remember those movies with...
