Creasmans World

This is Tyler’s second year as starting quarterback for the Vikings in the Singapore American Football League (he’s #6). There are four teams of high school players, mostly students from the American School. Tyler and three other high schoolers from his international school make the bus trip after school to practice everyday. Today the season [...]

Last year, Cameron played in the 4th-6th grade football league in Singapore. This year, he has moved up to the 7th-8th grade league, and plays on the Cougars. And he has two classmates from his international school who make the daily bus trip with him to practice after school. Cameron is number 54 (Brian Urlacher’s [...]

Kimberly was very active in a national drama ministry in the US called Christians in Theatre Arts. In fact, when we moved to Asia, they blessed her as a “missionary” of CITA. Along with mentoring artists and helping churches and church leaders with their using drama in ministry, Kimberly has also been networking Christian leaders [...]

CRM Singapore held our Annual General Meeting today. We have been blessed with great friendship and support from several outstanding Christian leaders. While the meeting was more a legal requirement than an agenda-driven gathering, it was a time to re-affirm God’s direction for our ministry, and there was thanks to God and prayer for his [...]

The boys started the new school year today. Tyler enters 11th grade and Cameron enters 7th. First days of school in 2005 and 2003 and 2000: (Didn’t they used to be sweet???)

The long-awaited return of Tyler, after his 9 weeks of adventures in the US, has finally arrived! He looks much cooler and seems more grown up… and we are all glad to see him.

This year we took a “staycation.” We were desperate for a vacation, but didn’t want to spend any money to travel anywhere : ( Plus, Kimberly had ongoing responsibilities teaching class and meeting with people and planning events… Jim read novels from the library and went out to coffee shops in the afternoons and grew [...]

Tonight we had a fun CRMS staff connecting time, welcoming Karl & Rita & John from China. The Shoo family, the Lim family, Koh Seng Chor, Joanna Foo and her boys, Peter & Lyn Mackay from Australia, and the Webb family from the US. Shoo How Beng did most of the work over the BBQ, [...]

We have just finished a week with CRM staff from around Asia, getting connected and inspired and refreshed. We all traveled to Indonesia, where we met with CRM leaders from the US, and Drs. Sherwood and Judith Lingenfelter of Fuller Seminary and Biola University. Outstanding cultural anthropologists, Christian leaders, and godly people, they taught us [...]

Does it seem like yesterday, or a lifetime ago? Kimberly and I got married on June 22, 1985 in Fullerton. A little less energy, a few more wrinkles, a lot more maturity and love for God and each other.

Today we welcome a family from China, coming to Singapore for theological education and working with CRMS as interns. They planted a house church with urban professionals about 5 years ago, and have been mentored by an American colleague of ours. Jim actually met Rita several times over the past 10 years, as she has [...]

Today we put Tyler on a plane for LA, and won’t see him again for 9 weeks! Over the past year, as we have talked with him about being intentional about using his summers and vacations, he came up with some options for what to do this summer before his Junior Year. The best plan [...]

No, we didn’t adopt or have an international student move in with us… We have a puppy! Since our previous dog, Rascal, died a couple of years ago, we have been missing the loving presence of a little four-legged creature in our home. Kimberly saw this one in a pet shop recently and one-by-one, took [...]

Cameron’s 12&Under team won the basketball championship today! They had a great season, playing a very disciplined game, and were able to win their league against other international schools. Cameron (#24) played center and was named the team’s 2nd MVP. He really grew a lot through the season, and we are proud of him!

We held a 10-hour Focused Living Seminar today for leaders from about 20 churches today. We work through exercizes together that focus on character and calling: -Personal Timeline -Biblical Purpose -Life & Ministry Values -Personal Vision Two groups have formed out of this seminar that will continue in monthly peer mentoring networks, led by five [...]