‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. (Revelation 21:4) Song: Alive In Us We’ve been devastated that our baby girl, Jesse Anna, got sick so quickly and left us in just two days. […]
Category Archives: Misc
Sweet Baby Jesse
Like all our children, our third child has been such a treasure in our life, a gift. In fact, her first name, Jesse, means gift or Jehovah exists. Her middle name, Anna, means gracious or one who gives. The Chinese part of her name, 美兰 (or 美蘭 in traditional characters), is pronounced Měi Lán and […]
Doctor Who: Animated Mini-Series
Doctor Who is one of my favorite sci-fi shows. Two animated mini series have been released: The Infinite Quest (2007) and Dreamland (2009) with David Tennant as voice talent for The Doctor. You can watch both mini series, with all episodes, in the YouTube playlists below. I have to admit though that they are pretty […]
Newsletter March 2010
Dear friends and family, So much has happened since the beginning of the year when we sent out our last newsletter. We … went to Taiwan applied for China visas to visit friends in Chengdu (Truman) preached at a Brazilian church all caught a stomach virus (and learned about household hygiene) celebrated birthday week for […]
Keep Both Parents From Getting Sick
Noah got sick on Tuesday and by Thursday night both Elisabeth and I vomited twice and ended up sleeping away all day and night on Friday and much of Saturday. Thankfully Elisabeth’s family are nearby and they helped us watch Noah both on Friday and Saturday so we could recover. But we may move soon […]
2010 in Japan, Having Fun in Nippon
To all of our dear family and friends! 新年快樂！恭喜發財！Happy New Year!!! あけましておめでとうございます. We’ve been thinking of all the great things that happened in 2009 and are so grateful to KNOW YOU! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s celebration. We welcomed the New Year in with the winter’s first snow flurries here in […]
HSK, Noah Milestones & Kakegawa
We had a great three-day weekend. On Sunday we went to church at the Hamamatsu Church of the Savior, which Elisabeth’s parents planted 25 years ago. Worship was so fun. They even sang “Friend of God” in Japanese! Elisabeth’s dad, who I call FIL (short for father in-law), preached a great message about walking by […]
Cords of Love
Elisabeth’s grand aunt Berni saw all our boxes piled up in the genkan (玄関 or foyer) of the Fowler home the day before we transported them to our new apartment in Hamamatsu. A few days later, she called Elisabeth and remarked about the strips of cloth my parents had used to bind up our boxes. […]
Gas Saver – 2007 Toyota Yaris (S Trim) Silver – $12,500
Bought this Toyota Yaris (with sports trim) from Servco Used Car Center in June 2008 when gas peaked at around $4.30 per gallon. The Yaris is known for getting great gas mileage. Gas prices are going up! A/C is cold. Runs perfect. Kelley Blue Book value is $13,455. The car also comes with an Echomaster […]
First Week in Hamamatsu
What a whirlwind week its been since arriving in Hamamatsu! After over six straight weeks of purging through all our possessions in Honolulu, giving things away, selling stuff on Craigslist, packing, cleaning, moving, saying goodbyes, traveling to Japan, buying LOTS of stuff to set up our new apartment in Hamamatsu, getting banking done and applying […]
From Honolulu to Hamamatsu
Hi everyone! Aloha from one odda island! We made it to Japan, arriving 2 days ago and welcomed by Elisabeth’s family and friends here. We had a nice little time having breakfast with Truman’s parents outside of the Hawaii airport. The flight was really good…Noah was a little fussy but nothing too awful. And God […]
Psalm 1 and 2
My wife and I are playing around with Garage Band to record the Bible. Fun! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Psalm 1 (can you hear Noah playing with his toy in the background?) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Psalm 2 (cool background jingle)
Noah vs. the Apple Sauce
Noah vs. the Apple Sauce from trudat on Vimeo. Noah ate a lot of new things today. Besides a couple fruit flavored puffs and a mum mum (rice cracker), we also gave him some apple sauce. Ooops, he just got a little red rash on his cheeks. Maybe it was the apple sauce.
White Boy Speaks Singlish
This is a hilarious video of a teenage missionary kid, Tyler Creasman, who grew up in China and Singapore. He speaks perfect Singlish. In college I hung out with lots of Sinaporean friends so I got to hear the accent a lot, but could never speak it myself. This kid is just like Elisabeth, Peter, […]
Honolulu Boy Choir, 1980-1983
In the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, my brother and I were members of the Honolulu Boy Choir under the direction of its founders, Roy and Nile Hallman. It was a great experience to learn not only how to sing and gain stage performance experience but Mr. Hallman taught us boys a lot of discipline. […]