MTW Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
Carter Update
PILAT* – How do you learn a foreign language? This week we went through PILAT training with facilitator Nancy Craig. The goal of the program is to equip missionaries with strategies of how to learn a language through phonetics training … Continued
Teaching ESL This week our field ministry team prepared and taught a week long intensive English program. There were over 20 students from over 12 different countries. Michael led the “beginner” class every morning for two hours. Cathalain assisted a … Continued
The Adjustment We both were anxious about living in NY City for a month with a 6 week old. At first Cathalain was quite overwhelmed with how physically exhausting each day was and learning how to buy affordable groceries. We … Continued
Greetings from New York! We arrived safely today for the MTW Cross-Cultural Training in New York City. We will be here July 1-30. This month we will spend half our time serving with a local congregation and the other half … Continued
Greetings! So much has happened in our lives since our last update in February! Our New Addition On May 18 the Lord blessed us with our first son, Tobin James Carter. He was born at 8:38am, was 8lb 11oz, and … Continued
Recently we have seen many mainstream news reports portraying negative aspects of Japanese culture reporting about economic, psychological, corporate, and societal ills. This is contrasted to the many reports we receive from the mission field about the growth of the … Continued
One of the goals of our team in Japan is the growth of the church. This is done primarily through consistent word and deed ministry. Cathalain and I thought we would take a more organic approach. Therefore, we are working … Continued
In our last update, we told you about our busy schedule for the summer and asked you to pray for our travels, support-raising and speaking. We made it through the summer and the Lord has certainly answered many of our … Continued
One of the benefits of teaching is definitely summer time. I was able to fly to Lexington, Va for 4th of July weekend and spend the weekend with my old roommate and in-laws. We had a blast on the river … Continued
Many have asked us to send our response to the break-in that occurred at our home on July 4th. This is the first e-mail we sent out on July 5, 2009. “15See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, … Continued