Last Sunday was our third Sunday in a row running double-digits in church attendance! Thank you for your continued prayers for our church plant as we move forward. This week Japan is in “golden week” with Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday being holidays. Many people take off Monday and Friday and enjoy having a ten-day holiday.

Following a special service, we typically seem to have a dip in attendance. But that was not the case this week! We were pleasantly surprised this past Sunday to see that eight of the ten people who joined us for Easter returned again. Our two first time visitors were part of this group! Throughout the

As many around the world celebrated Jesus’ resurrection this past Sunday, we also were able to celebrate at our church plant in Japan. In fact, this past we hit a new record: double digits adult attendance. Among the ten were two first-time visitors. Please continue to pray with us as we work to make disciples

As Spring ushers in a new school season in Japan, God has ushered in a second church plant. Rosie and I are thrilled to be part of God’s plans for this country. This past Sunday we held the first service for Owari Baptist Church. Two visitors joined us. They had previously attended our first church

I took this picture recently as my wife and I walked through some temple grounds. There were “prayer wheels” as well as this statue with a mask on (pictured above). Quickly thinking about what this would imply, I realized that the mask implies this god can either 1) get sick itself or 2) get me

Alas! This past weekend special prevention measures for Covid ended in 18 prefectures (states) including ours. It was a three-day weekend here in Japan so the measures extended through Monday, but we had a good turnout at the church. We decided to do a simple time of fellowship after the service by telling everyone to