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October 10, 2026

Created for Service

Following our retirement after forty years of missionary service in Japan, my wife and I have been very active in our local church. However, two weeks after my left-knee-replacement surgery in...

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October 4, 2026

Accepted by God

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Let Your Light Shine

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Trusting God

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Encourage One Another

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