.  The second week of August, I left on a trip to the center of this island for three days and somehow never returned to this part of the web site – My blog. 

 The last three weeks of August I was filled and overflowing from very rich times with special people.  My dear friend, Ruth Ann, drove her car and we went together out on the other side of the world’s widest volcanic crater, Mt. Aso, to do some interviews.  Most people go to see the main mountain peak where you can look down inside the crater.  What is so interesting is that you don’t realize why it would be considered the widest cauldron in the world – UNTIL you visit the small museum, watch the videos and see the maps.  We were not sightseeing this trip though.

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Mt. Aso (,Aso-san) is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. It stands in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyūshū. Its peak is 1592 meters ( above sea level. Its caldera is 25 km across north to south and 18 km across east to west. The caldera has a circumference of around 120 km (75 miles), although sources vary on the exact distance.  The central cone group of Aso consists of five peaks: Mt. Neko, Mt. Taka, Mt. Naka, Mt. Eboshi, and Mt. Kishima. The highest point is the 1592 m of Mt. Taka. The crater of Mt. Naka, the west side of which is accessible by road, contains an active volcano which continuously emits smoke and has occasional eruptions.  (Below you can see a picture of the active crater.)  (Wikipedia)

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We have several large volcanoes on this island.  Do you wonder why I live each day ready to leave this world???  Smile!  Between volcanoes, earthquake and typhoons on these islands, I believe that I better be ready for anything 24/7. 

I met with some very special women who I will be featuring on this web-site in the near future.  One is an 88 year old woman who is pastoring and in the process of building a new church building.  Another one is 83 and she has been a missionary in Japan for almost 57 years.  What stories that I heard from those two ladies and others.

Upon returning back home, I went head long for the next week and a half into finishing a book.  I have been so excited about this book because it is powerful since it is filled with the Word.  I especially love it because it is very colorful and full of pictures.  Last Saturday I could finally shout, “IT’S FINISHED!”   I was ready to send it to a chosen few for proofreading, comments, criticism, BUT then we were not been able to send it by Internet. We are sure that there is perhaps something simple that we are missing in the process, but so far, it is still blocked.

Oh I know that the day is coming when the office will be filled with staff that is needed for each step of ministry such as photography, media – short ministry Podcasts, recording and producing music, books to be finished and produced. For many, many years we have spent most of the time in other countries and flying from country to country.  Now we are out in the Pacific Ocean literally on an island and yet He still has us ministering throughout the world.  I stand in awe of Him! ! !

sDc