Long time since my last post but I actually have another story Milton wrote. It’s from the very early years when June and Milton lived in Beppu. Both Mom and Dad chronicled it in their autobiographies, so I know it was significant to them. But interestingly, Dad made this story a whole separate chapter. The … More The Story of a Coat
Mary: For the first story, I didn’t do a deep dive into the history of arranged marriages in Japan (called “Omiai”). But, I believe that now in 2022, arranged marriages are much more of a rarity than they were 50 years ago. With that said, the story June tells isn’t quite an arranged marriage in … More Two unrelated short stories
Milton: The only way we could think of to get the new Youth ministry off the ground was to organize a rally. So I rented a hall at the YMCA that was designed to hold 70 people. I figured if we could get that many kids gathered without any padding from church members, we would … More Kobe Adventures and Awkward Moments
In the last post, June and Milton bought a broken-down house to renovate in Kobe. The price was good because there had been a story going around that the house was supposedly haunted. June: With the help of a Christian Japanese man, we went around the district with a loudspeaker announcing a children’s meetings in … More The un-haunted Kobe house
In a previous post, June & Milton decided that they wanted to move to an area on Kyushu Island that was in greater need of missionaries than the city of Kokura. For some historical context, this post transpires from late in 1949 through 1950. Japan was still very much in recovery mode from World War … More Beppu and our first home
From the Land Down Under to the Rising Sun 