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Back to Northeast Japan

Tomorrow we head to the Northeast again, this time to work with Pastor Hori, training him to check Pastor Minamida’s first draft of Genesis. Pastor Matsumoto may also join us for a bit and talk about translating Ephesians and training materials. I’m also hoping to contact an old friend from Sendai. Pray...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-16-2008
Sometimes it just pours

When it rains, it pours! Of course, it IS rainy season here in Japan. I meant to ask for prayer for this week’s trip to the Northeast, but ran out of time trying to do all the preparation. But I’m sure many were praying anyway, because . . . The main reason for going was for me to interpret for Pastors...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
Taiwan and Japan

Give praise for God’s amazing work in Taiwan! “Nothing happens this fast in Taiwan” was the comment of a long-time expat present at Saturday’s main exploratory meeting. Six of the eight groups known to have Deaf ministries in Taiwan were there, and even though there was a lot of “history” between the...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-22-2008
Thoughts on Shavuot, Pentecost, and Taiwan

Mark’s been in Taiwan —arriving June 8, the eve of Shavuot (in Greek its called Pentecost). Shavuot is an agricultural celebration of first fruits and commemorates God giving the Law on Mt. Sinai . At Babel , God confounded the languages; at Pentecost, God gave the gift of tongues to the disciples who...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-14-2008
Taiwan Sign Language Bible Translation Trip

Today, Mark leaves for Taiwan, where he'll be for a week. Unbeknownst to him, a meeting was scheduled for this afternoon. He’s hoping to catch an earlier flight. Pray that he will make it. Pray also that God will grant him favor with the Deaf leaders, Bible Society leaders, and SIL leaders as we...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-07-2008
First "mini recording session" today

We're trying something new today. Instead of taking a full day to record the final draft of 30-45 minutes of scripture translation, Pastor Minamida is coming for three hours--one to get prepped and ready for recording, and two hours for recording. We're not planning on finishing the whole portion...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-08-2008
New Person

Mark preached last Sunday at Tokyo Deaf Baptist Church. His passage was Gen. 24, finding a bride for Isaac, and his “sermon” style this time was highly interactive, with the focus on the passage as translated by Pastor Minamida on the ViBi DVD. Mark would play a paragraph or two of the translation, ask...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-23-2008
Moving right along

Pastor Minamida has come twice now, just two hours each time, and we’ve been able to go over the final draft of Genesis 36-38. We thank God for progress, and pray for his continued healing.

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-10-2008
Progress

Pastor Minamida is getting better—bit by bit. He will come to ViBi twice a week for two hours each, signing in front of the camera for only ten minutes a day. So we are really still just limping along in Genesis, but this is better than nothing. You will remember, way back in September, that Genesis...

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-31-2008
Back in the land of good rice and ofuro (hot bath)

Mary Esther and I are both home safe in Japan. She came to the Philippines from Bangkok, so had to go back that way too, while I got a straight flight home (and a trip to the airport early the next morning to pick her up.) We are settling back into the routines and playing catchup in a lot of areas....

Posted to Mark & Mary Esther Penner (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-23-2008

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