Showing posts with label missions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label missions. Show all posts
Friday, December 16, 2016
25 Unique Things to Do During Christmas
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Victoria's Trip To Korea
Hello, everybody!
I made up this video of my time in Korea back in December, but am finally getting it up! :)
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Simply Sisters News Flash! :D
Hello everybody!
It's time for another Simply Sisters update, because where on earth have we been? I truly am sorry for the lack of posts recently, but I have some exciting news to tell you, too!
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Pictures Post: Picnics and Fireworks
I can hardly believe how the days have slipped by since our last post on here-- and it's even more awful realizing how long it's been since the last picture post. :(
But here is a fresh post all about picnics and fireworks and summery things, so even though it's rather short, maybe it will make it up a little.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Smorgasbord
First off, we are still alive and safely in Japan.
Third, jet lag is a nuisance.
(Haha yes the "third" thing was on purpose...thankfully we are over it mostly!)
I'm just going to put some pictures on here, smorgasbord of our last two weeks or so back in Japan. Enjoy!
Flying out of Korea.
Inside the plane on our way to our island!
Sapporo ramen the next day with a Japanese friend-- I thought it was brilliant because they had hard boiled eggs in bowls on each table to eat with your ramen!
Traveling the four hours back to our house from the airport.
Some of us ended up sleeping, like Zeb here. :)
Two girls excited to get back!
Yes we still have snow....big time. Our last few weeks have been an awesome mixture of rain storms, super clear days, and blizzards. (That is Hokkaido for you!)
This is what the main highway looks like on our island!
One of the many temples.
This place serves pumpkin ice cream. But not pumpkin pie flavor...just pumpkin. It wasn't bad.
Back in the land of tea! Yum!
"Welcome home" in Japanese.
Thoughtful signs.
My ultimate favorite Japanese food, sekihan!!! It's amazing ;)
Our little eight passenger van! :) after a twelve passenger for a year in the states I couldn't help laughing when we all got in here. It works great here in Japan, but I'm glad we had a bigger van for furlough!
Many many thanks for the people who prayed for our safety! We had a good trip and it was relatively easy getting through customs. Only one notable difficulty, when Malachi held up the entire line of customs in Korea because of his dangerous backpack...he had a box of Legos, a tin of metal puzzles, his entire coin collection, and a couple tools. :P They thoroughly searched his backpack, did a pat down on Malachi etc. It took the Koreans a while to figure out that he was ok, so we had to wait for him a couple minutes.
I hope you all have a lovely day. Here is an inspiring quote I read in someone's home back on furlough that I liked.
Victoria <3
Third, jet lag is a nuisance.
(Haha yes the "third" thing was on purpose...thankfully we are over it mostly!)
I'm just going to put some pictures on here, smorgasbord of our last two weeks or so back in Japan. Enjoy!
Flying out of Korea.
Inside the plane on our way to our island!
Sapporo ramen the next day with a Japanese friend-- I thought it was brilliant because they had hard boiled eggs in bowls on each table to eat with your ramen!
Traveling the four hours back to our house from the airport.
Some of us ended up sleeping, like Zeb here. :)
Two girls excited to get back!
Yes we still have snow....big time. Our last few weeks have been an awesome mixture of rain storms, super clear days, and blizzards. (That is Hokkaido for you!)
This is what the main highway looks like on our island!
One of the many temples.
This place serves pumpkin ice cream. But not pumpkin pie flavor...just pumpkin. It wasn't bad.
Back in the land of tea! Yum!
"Welcome home" in Japanese.
Thoughtful signs.
My ultimate favorite Japanese food, sekihan!!! It's amazing ;)
Our little eight passenger van! :) after a twelve passenger for a year in the states I couldn't help laughing when we all got in here. It works great here in Japan, but I'm glad we had a bigger van for furlough!
Many many thanks for the people who prayed for our safety! We had a good trip and it was relatively easy getting through customs. Only one notable difficulty, when Malachi held up the entire line of customs in Korea because of his dangerous backpack...he had a box of Legos, a tin of metal puzzles, his entire coin collection, and a couple tools. :P They thoroughly searched his backpack, did a pat down on Malachi etc. It took the Koreans a while to figure out that he was ok, so we had to wait for him a couple minutes.
I hope you all have a lovely day. Here is an inspiring quote I read in someone's home back on furlough that I liked.
Victoria <3
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
On our way!
Hello!
We are on our way back to Japan! This picture was taken at the Dallas airport as we waited to board our plane to Seoul, South Korea.
It has been a long day already ;) we were all up quite late finishing things up, and we woke at 4:00. :^ I (Victoria) am not a morning person, lol!
If you think of us, please continue to pray for safety and health. We appreciate it very much! :)
Next post will be written back in our own home in Japan! ;) see you there,
God bless,
Victoria and Abigail
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Gone green
It just makes sense that Malachi, number three kid in our family, likes the color green best. After all, his birthday is on St.Patrick's day!
We always wear green for those two reasons. :) It's fun!
He is one of our comedians, a tech-geek, and cruncher of numbers and facts. He says it's fun. He wants to fly...as a missionary pilot, someday. He thinks space is awesome. And he has been surrendered to preach since five years old.
We girls are kind of proud of him :D
Flashback two years ago. ;) Victoria's "pride and joy" cake. It was really fun to make :P with the most delicious bugs we have ever eaten. :)
Speaking of bugs, some random news.... We just finished our last meeting, which happened to be a missions conference. At their international dinner, we girls ate some silk worms from Vietnam! Victoria thought it tasted kind of like dirt inside of a sausage casing... pretty bland, but claimed it was not bad. She says she could eat them easily as long as she had water to kind of moisten it but told the people they would be good with ketchup :D I, Abigail, liked them very well! I said if I lived in Vietnam and had them often I would like it a lot.
There was a lot of other interesting things there, too. In fact, many countries were represented that we had never tasted food from! Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Germany, Scandinavia, Greece...as well as Chinese and Mexican. We also brought Japanese. ;)
Another miscellaneous snip of information...did you know Patrick of Ireland was really a Baptist? He held to all the Baptist distinctives, although with one of them there is a little question on for lack of information. At any rate, he definitely wasn't Catholic!! :)
Well, I warned you it would be random. :)
Have a good day!
Abigail and Victoria
We always wear green for those two reasons. :) It's fun!
He is one of our comedians, a tech-geek, and cruncher of numbers and facts. He says it's fun. He wants to fly...as a missionary pilot, someday. He thinks space is awesome. And he has been surrendered to preach since five years old.
We girls are kind of proud of him :D
Flashback two years ago. ;) Victoria's "pride and joy" cake. It was really fun to make :P with the most delicious bugs we have ever eaten. :)
Speaking of bugs, some random news.... We just finished our last meeting, which happened to be a missions conference. At their international dinner, we girls ate some silk worms from Vietnam! Victoria thought it tasted kind of like dirt inside of a sausage casing... pretty bland, but claimed it was not bad. She says she could eat them easily as long as she had water to kind of moisten it but told the people they would be good with ketchup :D I, Abigail, liked them very well! I said if I lived in Vietnam and had them often I would like it a lot.
There was a lot of other interesting things there, too. In fact, many countries were represented that we had never tasted food from! Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Germany, Scandinavia, Greece...as well as Chinese and Mexican. We also brought Japanese. ;)
Another miscellaneous snip of information...did you know Patrick of Ireland was really a Baptist? He held to all the Baptist distinctives, although with one of them there is a little question on for lack of information. At any rate, he definitely wasn't Catholic!! :)
Well, I warned you it would be random. :)
Have a good day!
Abigail and Victoria
Friday, March 14, 2014
Compassion in Action
Compassion in action.
Recently I heard this phrase and it really impacted me. Compassion is not just feeling sorry for the unsaved, but it is seeing the sinning and dying world and pulling the lost from the fire. That is real compassion ...in action.
Webster's 1828 dictionary definition:
COMPAS'SION, noun
1. A sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity. Compassion is a mixed passion, compounded of love and sorrow; at least some portion of love generally attends the pain or regret, or is excited by it.
He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity. Psalm 78.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 1 Peter 3:8
And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jude 1:22-23
Do we have compassion (love for the lost and sorrow for their condition)? Are we putting it in action?
It is my prayer that God will continue to work in my heart concerning missions and that he will help me do my part. God has commanded us to reach our generation. Will there be someone from every nation and tongue around the throne someday in Heaven from our time? Or will we be ashamed because billions of souls that we should have reached are lost?
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Have a blessed day!
In Christ,
Victoria
Recently I heard this phrase and it really impacted me. Compassion is not just feeling sorry for the unsaved, but it is seeing the sinning and dying world and pulling the lost from the fire. That is real compassion ...in action.
Webster's 1828 dictionary definition:
COMPAS'SION, noun
1. A sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity. Compassion is a mixed passion, compounded of love and sorrow; at least some portion of love generally attends the pain or regret, or is excited by it.
He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity. Psalm 78.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 1 Peter 3:8
And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jude 1:22-23
Do we have compassion (love for the lost and sorrow for their condition)? Are we putting it in action?
It is my prayer that God will continue to work in my heart concerning missions and that he will help me do my part. God has commanded us to reach our generation. Will there be someone from every nation and tongue around the throne someday in Heaven from our time? Or will we be ashamed because billions of souls that we should have reached are lost?
--quote selected--
Have a blessed day!
In Christ,
Victoria
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