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• The Penner Saga, Part One

  The Saga August marks 25 years since we arrived in Japan as missionaries. Many of you have prayed for us and also supported us financially from the very beginning. Others of you have known us only recently and are not familiar with the our story. As we... Posted Jul 16 2008, 07:31 AM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• US Trip

  Thanks for praying for our U.S. trip. We come back to Japan rejoicing. All our children are finished with school. It’s the first time since 1983 that we’ve had no children in school. Both Andrew and Anna have jobs and are (or will soon be) getting used... Posted Jun 07 2008, 03:05 PM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Trip to the U.S. Monday

  We will be in the U.S. from May 19 through June 6. We’ll be at Aromas Bible Church (Aromas, California) on the 25 th , and Woods Chapel Bible Fellowship (Blue Springs, Missouri) on June 1. Pray that we’ll be able to re-connect and share our passion with... Posted May 15 2008, 03:23 PM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Wondering

  Pray for us. Challenges are coming from the most perplexing places. We had a conversation with a supporting church the other day that was almost surreal. We’re still trying to make sense of it. Please pray that there will be a breakthrough and we’ll be... Posted Apr 10 2008, 07:22 AM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Quick Report

  Thanks for praying. The women’s retreat was truly amazing. God used Mary Esther in totally unexpected ways. I hope she will have time to share some of the stories soon. During her time attending the Chiang Mai conference, God again showed His goodness... Posted Mar 12 2008, 07:59 AM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• US Trip, news on kids, and why we come back so often

  It was a little crazy as trips go, with several planes we had to run to catch, a couple hours in the back seat of a tiny plane right across from the bathroom that just about did Mary Esther in, and an incredibly obtuse TSA agent in Atlanta, but we survived... Posted Jan 23 2008, 06:25 PM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Here and There

  We've enjoyed having Anna here in Japan for the holidays. We're heading up north to see some of the places where she spent her early years, and will be at Yamagata Deaf Church on Sunday. After a few days back at home, we'll be flying to the... Posted Dec 26 2007, 04:12 PM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Pray for Y

  Pray especially for Y today. If you remember, she is a Japanese Deaf person living and working in the large country west of us. She has a meeting with a group here in Japan that may be able to help her start a viable business in the country where she... Posted Dec 26 2007, 04:10 PM by The Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Church Planter's Institute

  Last week we attended a 4 day Church Planters Institute conference near Mt. Fuji. Mary Esther made some contacts for the wheelchair project, but her main reason to attend was her role as part of the JEMA (Japan Evangelical Missionary Association) Member... Posted Nov 14 2007, 06:23 AM by Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Andrew

  Please be in prayer for Andrew today especially, and the next few weeks as he has key job interviews that will help shape his future when he graduates in May and enters the job market. Posted Oct 31 2007, 07:10 AM by Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Celebration

  The day Mark arrived back from Kenya was the 60th anniversary celebration of Japan Baptist Fellowship work in Japan, so piled into the car for a five hour trip north to Tohoku with our mission's Asia director and his wife. They used to be missionaries... Posted Sep 26 2007, 06:48 PM by Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Getting ready

  Mary Esther has spent hours getting ready for her “ extension of stay ” permit as her visa expires on Monday. It ’ s amazing what paper work is required and what can “ go wrong ” in the process. The “ good ” part — she has gotten a lot of reading done... Posted Aug 30 2007, 04:20 PM by Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Home again home again, jiggety jog

  Thank you for your prayers for our return trip. We got the last two seats on the red-eye going from San Francisco to Atlanta. We were both in middle seats with very little wiggle room for sleeping, but you know what they say: “ Any seat on the plane is... Posted Aug 23 2007, 05:07 AM by Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Heading out

  Thanks for praying. A friend gave Anna a car, so she is relieved to be able to get to her job and church and internship for her last year at Biola. This has been a crazy week in some ways, but we got lots of loose ends tied up, enjoyed seeing Daniel a... Posted Aug 17 2007, 04:56 PM by Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff

• Update from San Jose

  About 40 miles east of the small town of Twin Falls Idaho, is an even smaller town called Burley. There sits a blue 2000 Neon, with a not so big engine with a compression ratio ("the single number that can predict the performance of any engine"... Posted Aug 13 2007, 04:01 PM by Penner Place Filed under: Other Stuff