October 12, 2007
I have heard so much about these blogs that I finally decided to start our own! Just to let you know a little bit about who we are...My name is Melanie and my husband's name is Buddy. I have been married to this great guy since March 10, 1990! God has given us 3 wonderful children...Ashley who is 12 years old, Adam who's 11, and Avery, our little girl, who is now 6 years old!
We are missionaries with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board and we serve in Tokyo, Japan. We have been here since April, 1995. It is so much fun to serve the Lord here. It is amazing that we are actually paid to live here and to tell folks about Jesus. Japan is a wonderful country. However, with less than 1 percent of the people claiming to have a relationship with Jesus, we certainly have a big job in front of us. God is at work here, though, and we are seeing Him opening new doors for sharing the gospel and more and more people are coming to know Him.
Our assignment is to help facilitate volunteers from the States and other places who want to come to Japan for a short term mission trip. This has been a neat opportunity to see God use all kinds of different people to be a witness and to prayerwalk here in Tokyo. God used these volunteers to lead 14 people to Christ just this last summer (2007). It is awesome!
Well I guess this is enough for one blog...I'll save more for later! :)
Melanie
2 comments:
God's blessing to your family! Thank you for your faitfulness and service to our Lord. We love you, The Carlson's
God's blessing to your family! Thank you for your faitfulness and service to our Lord. We love you, The Carlson's
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