Chris left yesterday afternoon to attend a missionary medical training course in NC. It is a 12 day, intensive course that teaches you first aide and emergency medical type care. He will be in class 8am-5pm , have an hour break and then lab from 6pm-10pm. Please pray for Chris to have energy to learn and the ability to retain everything being taught to him. Pray for Malachi and me as we are home. Chris will finish the class on May 31 and arrive home late that night. We then leave for Oaxaca, Mexico for language school on June 12.
On Saturday, May 26, some good friends are coming to visit. Steph Smith, one of my best friends, from our sending church NJ and Belinda and Mark Faulkner, missionaries with To Every Tribe who have been in Papua New Guinea. It will be so great to visit with them and have some familiar faces around while Chris is away.
The Johnsons
Chris & Michele, Malachi, Josiah, Levi, & Isaac
Showing posts with label Blog Updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blog Updates. Show all posts
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
New Features
I am sure you could tell I changed some things up on the blog this weekend. For one, the look. I wanted something a little cleaner and more simple. We might change it a little bit by adding more color but I think it is easier to look at and read this way. I also added the feature "follow by email" which allows you to enter in your email address so that you will be sent an email notification every time there is a new post. With me leaving Facebook this is a good way for people to keep up with us and Malachi. There is a new search bar to search the content of the blog and labels for each post. I am hoping to blog more now and keep things up to date and organized. Oh, and I almost forgot- comments. I heard some feedback that people were not able to leave comments unless they were registered with blogger- I think I was able to remove that restriction and now any one can leave a comment so please do! Thanks so much for keeping up with us!
Michele-for the Johnsons
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
New Additons
Check out our new Prayer Requests for October and new photos from September that have been added!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Hey everyone!
Thanks so much for checking out our blog and following us! Michele and I both had blogs before this and we are merging them together now that we are married! Michele and I will take times where we write what God has been teaching us or leading us through, or just what God showed us in His Word or a book for that moment.
Today I read the news of Sono Sato Harris passing away. If you do not know who she is, she is the mother of Alex and Brett Harris. They are the founders of "The Rebelution", a organization to spur on teenagers and young people to "Do Hard Things" and not live up to the expectation of the generation that young people should not and can not do great things. Especially in their organization, the center of it all is to do hard things for the Glory of God! I met them through connections with To Every Tribe. Their father was on the board of Directors.
First of all, my heart mourns for them, breaks for them and prays for them as a family. Loosing a wife or mother is never an easy thing. Please, join me in prayer for the comfort of God to be with them and carry them through and that they would stay at the foot of the cross as all times.
As I was reading a song written by Sono's oldest son, Joel, I could hear the hurt of his mother passing but the joy of her passing to Jesus. How do people make it through these hard times without Jesus?
In the book I am now reading, "The good news We Almost forgot" by Kevin DeYoung, I can across a chapter on death and dying. There was a question there: If Christ's death meant the death of death and paid in full the penality for our own sins, why do all Christians still die? His answer was, death is our entrance into eternal life. Something he wrote opened my eyes about the idea of death. We struggle EVERYDAY, ALL DAY with sin. By the power of God we can overcome it since we are a new creature in Christ. What he wrote was: when we do die one day, just think, that struggle, that battle will be gone forever! Sin will not ever be again a struggle or ever a part of our lives!
Please don's think I am promoting dying so to be away from sin. I am promoting to live your life for the Glory of God in ALL things, pray for His strength and wisdom and grace to battle sin, and when He calls you home, know you will be in His presence and the battle with sin is DONE!
Sono Sato Harris finished well last night and the battle with sin is over for her. She is in the presence of perfection with our wonderful Savior! May we all live with the hope of being with our God one day, in His timing, yearning to see His wonderful face, finishing well this race God has given us.
May we all say one day with Paul, "I have fought the fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing" 2 Timothy 4:7-8
This life is a vapor, may we make the best use of our time and live for His Glory!
Because of the Cross,
Chris
Here is a picture of Sono and you can visit the Rebelution blog here:
http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2010/07/goodbye-mama/
Today I read the news of Sono Sato Harris passing away. If you do not know who she is, she is the mother of Alex and Brett Harris. They are the founders of "The Rebelution", a organization to spur on teenagers and young people to "Do Hard Things" and not live up to the expectation of the generation that young people should not and can not do great things. Especially in their organization, the center of it all is to do hard things for the Glory of God! I met them through connections with To Every Tribe. Their father was on the board of Directors.
First of all, my heart mourns for them, breaks for them and prays for them as a family. Loosing a wife or mother is never an easy thing. Please, join me in prayer for the comfort of God to be with them and carry them through and that they would stay at the foot of the cross as all times.
As I was reading a song written by Sono's oldest son, Joel, I could hear the hurt of his mother passing but the joy of her passing to Jesus. How do people make it through these hard times without Jesus?
In the book I am now reading, "The good news We Almost forgot" by Kevin DeYoung, I can across a chapter on death and dying. There was a question there: If Christ's death meant the death of death and paid in full the penality for our own sins, why do all Christians still die? His answer was, death is our entrance into eternal life. Something he wrote opened my eyes about the idea of death. We struggle EVERYDAY, ALL DAY with sin. By the power of God we can overcome it since we are a new creature in Christ. What he wrote was: when we do die one day, just think, that struggle, that battle will be gone forever! Sin will not ever be again a struggle or ever a part of our lives!
Please don's think I am promoting dying so to be away from sin. I am promoting to live your life for the Glory of God in ALL things, pray for His strength and wisdom and grace to battle sin, and when He calls you home, know you will be in His presence and the battle with sin is DONE!
Sono Sato Harris finished well last night and the battle with sin is over for her. She is in the presence of perfection with our wonderful Savior! May we all live with the hope of being with our God one day, in His timing, yearning to see His wonderful face, finishing well this race God has given us.
May we all say one day with Paul, "I have fought the fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing" 2 Timothy 4:7-8
This life is a vapor, may we make the best use of our time and live for His Glory!
Because of the Cross,
Chris
Here is a picture of Sono and you can visit the Rebelution blog here:
http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2010/07/goodbye-mama/
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Welcome
Hi All!
Welcome to our new blog! We are excited to get back into the swing of things after celebrating our blessed wedding on June 12. Both Chris and I will be posting various posts on here to keep you all updated on what is going on in our lives and hopefully share a few encouraging words as well. We are still in the process, as you probably can tell, of creating this website. Some of the pages have been created but not finished. Hopefully we will have it all up and running soon. Hope this is a good way to keep y'all involved in our lives.
Much Love and Blessings,
Chris & Michele
Welcome to our new blog! We are excited to get back into the swing of things after celebrating our blessed wedding on June 12. Both Chris and I will be posting various posts on here to keep you all updated on what is going on in our lives and hopefully share a few encouraging words as well. We are still in the process, as you probably can tell, of creating this website. Some of the pages have been created but not finished. Hopefully we will have it all up and running soon. Hope this is a good way to keep y'all involved in our lives.
Much Love and Blessings,
Chris & Michele
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