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Hey I thought I would tell you a little story and share some photos with you. Today we went for hike to a waterfall called sanbondaki. It’s a 40 min hike from the top lift at the ski area. It was really cool and a lot of fun. Basically we just jumped off things and…

We had a great day Praying for SFC today on Mt. Norikura. It was raining hard and about +4 outside, but that didn’t keep us from having a great time Praying and worshiping God through Snowboarding. Thank you for your prayers and support. We are looking forward to what God will do in Japan. In…

Hey Everyone, Sorry it’s been a while since my last post. Things have been busy. So to get you up to speed, we had I think 5 back to back camps for about 10 days straight then we had a few days off to recover. The camps we super fun and we had some a…

HI Everyone, I wanted to update you all on the haps about Gifu and the teaching positions that have been offered to Hannah and I. Last week Hannah and I went to Gifu City for 2 days to check out the Church we would be working with, the City we would be living in and…

Today Hannah and I got to go Snowboarding for the first time together. We had a great time together and Hannah learns super fast. I feel so Blessed to be able to share things I love like Snowboarding with a person I Love like Hannah. Blessings 摂 [ Seth ] – Boarding with Hannah –…

Merry Christmas everyone, I wanted to show you guys the white Christmas I woke to this morning. Yesterday we had about 2 feet of new 20 degree powder and wend snowboarding all morning and then this morning we woke to a crisp 18 degree bluebird day. Best Christmas ever…. Hope you have a blessed Christmas…

Hey Everyone, I thought I would give you an update on how the Christmas party went and some photos. The party was a huge hit and we had more than 20 locals come out to play games, sing songs, and hear the Christmas story, most for the first time. This was the first of several…

Hey everyone, I have something cool to tell you about. Well it’s actually just an idea at the moment but it sounds good. I have made a decision to leave NORTHSTAR in April to pursue other ministry options in Japan. And last Saturday a cool option came up. There is a Church in Gifu […

This morning I woke to a crisp -5˚C with about 25cm of new snow. Then spent about 2 hrs clearing the NORTHSTAR drive before I could go riding. Dan and the boys picked me up about 10:30 and we headed up to Kyukamura which is mid mountain and is as far as you can drive…

This is what I come home to on the night of the 5th here in Norikura. – it was like 20˚C when I left Okinawa this morning – – crazyness – – yeah thats deep – And then the next day. – so nice –

I am not joking about the 19734 miles either. I have been walking, biking, driving, bussing, and flying a lot in the past 3 weeks. The trip went like this NORTHSTAR >> Nagoya Japan >> San Francisco CA >> Portland OR >> San Francisco CA >> New York NY >> Tokyo Japan >> Okinawa Japan…

On the first Saturday night that I was back in Japan I had a little surprise waiting for Hannah when she came home from work. Check it out at Seth & Hannah blog. I hope you like it. In Him 摂 [ Seth ]

At the end of my trip I had the privilege of meeting most of Hannah’s emendate family and that’s pretty amazing because there is 10 of them. So I met Dad, Mom, sister Melissa, sister Naomi, brother John, and brother Stephan. The first night I stayed in a studio in the city near ground zero…