ChristianFellowship E-KoinoniaコミュのSelf-Introduction

Hi,

I don't know where to start. Isn't it hard
to introduce yourself?
Anywayz,I was born and raised in the US.
I accepted Christ at a church camp when I was 12 years
old.
My walk with God is very unstable.
And that's probably why I'm married to a non-believer
for the second time...Yes, I'm one of those
that doesn't learn their lessons.
I have 2 children, both boys from my second marriage.
These days, I'm pretty busy taking care of both of them, since they are only 1year and 7 months apart and
the younger one just turned 4 months old.

God has been very loving and forgiving.
Although, I foolishly get angry at Him from time to
time, I'm happy that He always pulls me back!
He is sooooooo faithful.

Let me introduce myself, too.

I am LIKELUKE, a Japanese missionary to northern Luzon, the Philippines. I live in a city called Baguio, located on 1,500 feet high, with my wife and a 4-year daughter. Our apartment is in the campus of the seminary where I am teaching New Testament Greek.

While teaching there, I visit many different places in northern Luzon to help pioneering churches and encourage brothers and sisters.

My educational background is in linguistics and language education. I love teaching and learning languages.

I love having fellowship with people, too. That is why I started this community especially for Christian brothers and sisters and those who are interested in Chrisitian faith(s) as I state in the introducation page of this community.

I am looking forward to make many friends here.

Christine

Thank you very much for your joining this community and your introduction of yourself, even sharing some of probably painful parts of your life!

More or less, I have the same feelings upon my own life, a repetition of mistakes and shortcomings. The only thing about which I can boast is that the Lord has been always merciful and faithful to me.

I still have some time I cry over what has been missed or lost in my life, but I do believe the Lord will make them up in ways that I cannot even imagine right now. My life has been a repetitions of giving up and receiving back, too.

I have a 4-year daughter. Kids are cute though it is hard to take care of them. May the Lord show Himself in your "struggling" but happy everyday life with your family! I also pray that He will heal your past if you are finding it necessary.

I am looking forward to having more fellowship with you and other brothers and sisters to come join us.

I am glad to introduce you myself.

I am LOGOS, not so young Japanees christian and serving as a pastor at The Sagami Christ Church in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa prefecture Japan.

I am also serving as teacher of The Bible in the Ochanomizu Bible Institute in Tokyo.

As little over-sea english expierience in my life, may I hope to share with the members in this e-community.

I hope to brush up my english and to share with to christians in over sea.

I am happy to re-find LIKELUKE and this community in Mixi,
for he is my christian friend several year ago in Japan.

I accepted Christ at a church when I was 25 years old.
At that time I am very well and so graceful because Jesus forgive my sins.
My walk with God is so happy and joyful in our small christian chruch group.

All Glory to be God!
With love of Jesus.

Sammuel

Thank you very much for joining this community and your introduction of yourself.

It is great to hear that you are in training for your future missions work in the world because I am also a missionary from Japan to the Philippines.

May the Lord bless your studies and training so that you will be His wonderful worker more and more!

Feel free and enjoy yourself here in E-Koinonia.

LOGOS-sensei

Thank you very much for your joining us and introduction of yourself.

As I know you personally, I cannot just call you "LOGOS." Let me begin with calling you "sensei" according to our Japanese tradition. If you have any alternative suggestion for me to call you, please let me know.

We are honored to have you here, an experienced minister and teacher of the Word of God (If we just say "Word," it sounds like Microsoft Word today!).

We are all looking forward to learning from your sharing of Bible study as you do in your own community in Japanese. If you don't mind and your time allows, please kindly share even some of it so that we will be blessed. I wish we will have non-Japanese Christians here who may prefer English to Japanese not only for communication but for studying the Word of God.

It will be my great delight if you consider this place as one you can practice your English through enjoying fellowship with dear brothers and sisters.

May this community be another place in mixi for you to relax yourself in His presence!

>LIKELUKE

It's no problem to call me just "LOGOS".

Please let be free online to call each other with sername.

Don't mension about it.

Thank you.

Hi my name is Noah, I have been in the Philippines since 1988. Graduated both high school and university at cool Baguio city!!!
I'm 3rd generation christian of NSKK.

yoroshiku!

Noah (>#10)

Thank you very much for joining this community. It's great to have you here, a Japanese 3rd-generation(!) Christian who has rich experiences abroad in the Philippines.

Have a great time here with English-speaking Christians.

By the way, what does NSKK stand for?

NSKK stands for Nippon Sei Kou Kai. Its official name of Anglican/Episcopal community in Japan.
Here in the Philippines, ECP (Episcopal Church in the Philippines).

Noah (>#13)

Thank you very much. I understand. It sounds like "KGK" as "Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai," doesn't it? But there might have been another misleading problem if the first members of your Church had named themselves "Japan Holy Catholic Church"!

I belong to the Assemblies of God of Japan, as you might know.

chohsuke (>#15)

Welcome to E-Koinonia. It's great to meet you here. Thank you very much for joining us.

Although I've ended up as a missionary and a Greek teacher here in the Philippines, I originally wanted to study in Canada, at Regent College in Vancouver. The Lord had a different plan for my life. I am really thankful to Him to have guided me to this country while still hoping to go stay in the US or other countries even for some time. I am considering some possibilities to do my Ph.D studies in the States or UK, but my situation will not probably allow me unless the Lord moves. So, I hope you will enjoy yourself fully in your studies and life though studying theology and English is difficult.

Let me pray for you:


Lord,

Thank you very much for sending chousuke to us. I treasure this wonderful opportunity for us to have fellowship in you. As you know, I had my attention drown to his picture, in which probably he himself is studyng at the desk showing his back to us, because I was somehow sensing his loneliness and struggles as well as eagerness and faithfulness in his studies

Lord, I ask you, as chousuke goes on studying theology and English at the same time there at the seminary in Canada, where you sent him for your own purposes, that you continue to guide him into the right direction by encouraging him and even providing necessary abilities, knowledge and skills for him to understand and improve in those areas.

He says he is going back to Japan, but then, please use him mightly so that he can encourage and help others. Or, if you are willing, open a different door for him to stay longer and continue pursuing his further studies.

Finally, please let us have wonderful fellowship here at E-Koinonia. Bless his family members and friends, both in Japan and Canada.

In Jesus' name.


I hope you will enjoy our fellowship here. Find friends, share your heart and visions, and get inspiration and motivation to further serve people and God, here at E-Koinonia.

Blessings!

My name is Tatsuji Ozaki. I live in Korea, and teach Japanese language at a collage in Seoul.

I am a Christian and belong to a Presbyterian church. I start believing in Jesus Christ in 1997.

I do not think I am a good Christian, but I love the Bible and learned Greek to read the original text. Now I can read it although very slowly. It makes me happy.

I am very glad to know this community, because I had wanted to use English to develop my expressions. I thank to κυρίω りけるけ for making such a nice community.

ijustat (>#17)

Welcome to this humble community! I'm so glad to meet you here, my friend.

This is a place to enjoy fellowship with the Lord and with brothers and sisters, or even with yourself. Just share whatever you like including your prayer requests or complaints of daily life. You can start a topic in modern Greek though I'm not sure how much I can follow you. I need such a space to practice my modern Greek as you need this community as a whole to brush up your English, as you say. Find the Lord and friends here, anyway!

Blessings!

Hi,
I'm Taeko(this isn't my real name though). i was saved 2years ago. not baptised yet. im really loving to have christian fellowship. it makes me happy. i love God. i love Jesus. and im also finding a good international church around here, maebashi. i want to grow in Christ.

anyways, yorosiku onegai shimasu!

Taeko (>#19)

Welcome to this community!

Thank you very much for choosing this place. This is still a humble place, but we gather as a variety of interesting people from different backgrounds.

In my case, it took me 9 years to be baptized in water because of my parents' concerned objection. I pray that the Lord has already prepared a wonderful opportunity for your water baptism.

May the Lord add blessings upon blessings on your life, including your finding a good international church in your area!

Hi! I am Hiroyuki Murata. I' m Christtian, commuting Ashikaga Church, the United Churches of Christ in Japan. I' m reading three kinds of English Bible, KJV, NIV, and NRSV.

I also managing the website about English Bible.

http://www.alphatoomegaonline.com/

I' m very glad to join this community.

Thanks!

Hello everyone. I just found this community and liked the sound of it very much. I have been to my local church for 2 years and am studying Bible now. I am looking forward to sharing with you all about my experiences with God.

Hiroyuki Murata (>#21)

Thank you very much for introducing yourself. I am sorry that I somehow failed to notice your post in April. A belated but huge welcome to you on behalf of this community.

It is great to hear that you are a believer in Ashikaga, Tochigi (Right?). Our denomination has a church in Utsunomiya. I hear it is hard to tell the gospel and live a life as believers in Tochigi because of the historical backgrounds of the area.

It is also great to hear that you are reading the three versions of the English Bible. I basically like the NIV, but I am recently reading the ESV (English Standard Version), which they say is a more literal translation like the NASB but a more modern one like the NIV. So far, it looks good.

The URL, however, you introduced to us as a Bible reading site looks like a commercial site for insurance and loans. Shouldn't that be as follows, as in your profile?

http://jp.alphacrown.com/

Enjoy having fellowship in this humble and quiet community, anyway!

Marmite (>#22)

Welcome to this community!

I am sorry that my welcome response was late because I was gone to the faculty retreat of our seminary and, when I came back home, our Internet connection was somehow down for some days. I came back to my apartment in Manila and am finally welcoming you this way.

| I have been to my local church for 2 years and am
| studying Bible now.

Great! May your Bible study be blessed more and more!

| I am looking forward to sharing with you all about my
| experiences with God.

Sure! We are looking forward to hearing more from you.

Thank you very much for joining us. I hope you will enjoy having fellowship with brothers and sisters in this still humble and quiet community.

NinaB (>#25)

Welcome to our community!

| I was born in not christian family same as most of
| other japanese families are.

I am not from a Christian family, either.

| Some how I went to Catholic kindergarten, and went to
| saturday school

It is great to hear that such an educational ministry has brought about a precious fruit like you.

| I was kind of away from learning christianity during
| my teenage, but still prayed some times.

That is very crucial because a lot of people lose sight of themselves and what they are doing without any things for them to count on or ask for guidance during those years of psychological turmoil.

| FYI, my teenage years are so sooo long ago... (^-^;)

Mine, too. I had forgotten that I was once a teenager until you mentioned it!

| Anyway, now I go to my local church, and volunteer
| there as well.

Wonderful. Please share what you learn and experience there with us.

I pray that this place will be one of your places that you may find comfortable and encouraging.

Blessings!