Reconnecting
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Blown away (9/20/2022)
Thank you to those of you who reached out to us about the large typhoon (aka hurricane in the US) that blew through over the weekend. Thankfully, we were not in its direct path so our area did not receive the brunt of the typhoon’s force. We had ordered a new magnet for the sign
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September 2022 Prayer Letter
The mornings and evenings are a bit cooler, but the sun still brings us its fair share of heat during the day in Nagoya (around 92F). September 1st marked one year since we arrived in Nagoya. Minus the time in quarantine when we arrived, we have been working here for about a year. It has
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Connect-2 (9/7/2022)
Lately, we have had what seems like a steady stream of visitors to our church and Sunday was no exception. A gentleman from the guitar class came with his wife on Sunday morning. We are very grateful that God has continued to bring us people and connect folks from our guitar class to the church
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Meniscus (8/31/22)
Today we were finally able to get some answers about my (James) knee. Thankfully, none of the ligaments are severely damaged and the doctor thinks it is primarily a damaged meniscus. He is going to have me begin rehab next week. We will be going from there. There’s still a lot of swelling and I
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Twisted (8/23/22)
Friday evening, as I was out trying to meet some people through skateboarding, I twisted my knee and heard a popping sound. After spending six hours in the ER, they told me that it was not broken, but I did need to get an MRI done. Thankfully, we were able to schedule it for Wednesday.
August 2022 Prayer Letter
This summer, we decided to ‘go on the offense’ and pass fans out in front of shrines and temples during their festivals. Our family and several volunteers (including a gentleman from another church in Nagoya) handed out around 3400 fans! We put Acts 17:24 and the following verses on the fans: “God that made the
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Guerrilla Warfare (8/9/22)
On Saturday some information came across my computer about a festival happening in town. As we shared in our update, last time there was a festival we were able to pass out fans with Scripture and a QR code to a video sharing the gospel. On that occasion, we were able to distribute about 1700
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Fans (8/2/2022)
This past weekend we were able to go to a festival next to a shrine in the city. Here, we passed out some fans which had our church logo on one side and Scripture verses with a QR code to a gospel presentation video on the other side. Several people from our church plant joined
Guitar (7/27/2022)
Beginning next week, we are going to commence our three-month guitar class. So far we have had six people sign up for the course. Over the last several weeks we have continued to get fliers out as we promote “Guitar Classes for Beginners”. From melting pandas to weatherman cats… see news article. Six people signed
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