June 4, 2005
Newsbrief
We’ve been remiss in sending out newsletters and newsbriefs
the last few months. We are preparing a regular newsletter right
now (this one is for email distribution and Web only), but it
is going to take some time to get the pictures we want to include,
and so we thought we’d better send out a newsbrief first.
The big event we want to report on and include pictures of is
the wonderful 50th anniversary celebration we had for the Yodogawa
Christian Hospital last week. It was a wonderful time of greeting
old friends and meeting new ones, and at the banquet numerous
representatives from city and other organizations were presented
with a strong Christian witness. More on that later.
We returned from our three-month home assignment in early April
and were, as usual, swamped with backlogged work to get caught
up on. Tim’s schedule also included a trip to Vancouver,
Canada, for the Make-A-Wish Foundation International convention
at the end of April. It was a special time of meeting with representatives
from around the world to discuss important issues related to granting
wishes to children with life-threatening diseases, and Tim was
also able to renew an old friendship from many years ago in Tsukuba.
This past week, Jennifer returned to Japan following her junior
year at Biola University. She has quite a summer in store, as
she will be spending six weeks in Mongolia living with a Mongolian
family. It is part of her school requirements for her degree in
comparative cultures. She will be helping out with various church-related
mission activities while she is there.
Our other daughter Lisa will be beginning her internship this
summer for her degree in oriental medicine. She still has another
two years or so to go until receiving full accreditation. Juji
will be beginning her usual hospital stay next week for treatment
of her condition. “Isaacs’ Syndrome” now has
a new name: “neuromyotonia," another mouthful. As her
treatment usually takes three to four weeks, we expect her home
again in early July. Your prayers are always a blessing to us.
In Christ,
Tim and Juji Boyle
The 2005 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p.
251
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