Seth McAllister

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  • Osaka Trip

    Osaka Trip

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    I am in Osaka now and thought you might like to see some photos. Tyler and I took the shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka and met the other NORTHSTAR staff to hang out for a few days with our friend Yuko who is a former NORTHSTAR staff. It was a fun time to relax and…

  • Tokyo Trip

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    I have been on holiday so I couldn’t make any posts. I will try to fill you in on how my trip was in the following posts. I started my trip with a bus ride from Matsumoto to Tokyo where I stayed with a friend and attended a TEAM prayer conference. It was a lot…

  • Thank You Party

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    I am so excited to tell you all about the THANK YOU PARTY and how much fun it was. We had about 25 locals come out for the party and they all had a great time. We served tonjiru pork soup and some drinks. We also had our rail park open with a bonfire, lights,…

  • Home Stretch

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    We are down to the home stretch and we have just one week left before our yasumi (vacation) starts. At the moment we have a camp called 180 and they are from Matsumoto. Most of them are from Azumino Family Chapel. On Thursday we had our usual raihai (worship/prayer meeting) and invited our campers to…

  • Some Photos

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    Here are some photos and a movie from the last week or so, I hope you like them.

  • Reihai [ prayer / worship ]

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    Last night was our Thursday night raihai [ prayer / worship night ] meeting. We invited 3 locals including Kiyo who was there last week. Hiro and Naho were also there. We had a wonderful meal and time of worship together. It was the first time Naho and Hiro had ever been to anything like…

  • Cool Stuff

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    [ I am sorry this update is so long but I feel this is something you would all want to hear. The photo is just for fun. ] Things up here at NORTHSTAR have been going really good and there has been big things happening through our adult English program. It has been cool to…

  • Karaoke Party

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    Tonight I went with Randall up to Kyukamura Hotel to meet some friends who had a karaoke party. It was fun and a bit crazy at times. Randall and I felt a bit out of place. But all in all, it was a lot of fun.

  • NORTHSTAR staff & English class

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    It has been a crazy week. We had CCC (Campus Crusade for Christ) here this week and it was one of our biggest camps, I think over 80 guests. All our camps have been very successful and we have been getting lots of good feedback from our guests. Tonight I helped teach my first English…

  • New Photos

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    Hi everyone, I have some photos for you all to see. I hope you enjoy them. Things here have been crazy busy but also crazy fun. PLEASE PRAY FOR The new camp that starts today Safety for the staff, some of which have some injuries I start teaching English this week and am a bit…

  • Finally Here

    Finally Here

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    So we are finally here at the NORTHSTAR lodge. We got in last night at about 8:00 PM. Today we will go through some orientation and then go riding, should be fun, there is about 1.5M of snow here at the lodge. The two photos are from the train ride out of Tokyo. That was…

  • I made it to Japan!

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    Hi Everyone,I made it to Japan, I am near downtown Tokyo now. Everything went well with the flights accept almost not getting on the first standby flight out of PDX. So I know your prayers were at work because there were several other standby people for that flight and I got the last seat. Praise…

  • Japan, Prayer Requests, Departure

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    All my bags are packed, I ready to go….. I think that’s a song but Idon’t know the rest of it. Anyway, that’s the deal. Tomorrow morning(Feb. 7th) I fly out, first to Tokyo for a day of orientation than onto NORTHSTAR to start work. I feel blessed to have been able to sharethis experience…

  • Update, Prayer Requests, Departure

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    The time has finally come. The long-awaited trip to Japan is only 10days away. I have completed the TB treatment, my visa is in hand, andmy flight is booked. The Lord has brought all the details together thisweek and made it possible for me to finally book my flight. God isgood. Here are the details,…

  • Getting Ready

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    As I think about the reality that I could be leaving for Japan in the next month I am reminded how thankful I am for the people who are supporting me and all the people who have had a hand in this. There have been too many people involved to thank them all so I…