by Mike Costanzo | Apr 7, 2007 | Devotion, Faith, Holidays/Special Events
O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile O come and mourn with me awhile, O come ye to the Savior’s side O come, together let us mourn, Jesus our Lord is crucified. Seven times He spake seven words of love; And all three hours His silence cried For mercy on the souls of...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 30, 2007 | Friends, Missions, Travel
Yesterday Jen and I got back from Adatara Bible Camp, home of the 2007 Fukushima Prefecture Baptist Youth Camp. We went up on Tuesday night and left Thursday afternoon, and every moment was precious to us. The food was great, the scenery was pretty, and the weather...
by Jen Costanzo | Mar 23, 2007 | Devotion, Faith, Jen
Being constant. Faithful in prayer. Expectant to see God’s answer. Hearing no news of change. But still praying. If I cannot catch “the sound of noise of rain” long before the rain falls, and, going to some hilltop of the spirit, as near...
by Jen Costanzo | Mar 1, 2007 | Devotion, Jen
Have you ever read a book that felt like it was written just for you? By someone who was looking over your shoulder and penning words just as you needed to read them? I am finishing up a book just like this. I started reading it over Christmas vacation, and it has...
by Mike Costanzo | Feb 13, 2007 | Faith, Holidays/Special Events
It’s hard to know what to do as Christian in Japan sometimes. Of course, it’s always hard to be a Christian in any culture, because that culture will be a mix of good and bad. Plus, even committed Christians will often disagree on what is the right thing...
by Mike Costanzo | Jan 27, 2007 | Day-to-Day, Friends, Missions
As many of you know from reading our email updates, we’ve been wanting to visit some new churches recently, and on Christmas Eve of last year we decided to try out Koriyama Baptist Church. From the very first day, we fell in love with this church. For starters,...
