At the end of January, the Omicron variant began spreading rapidly in Japan. Aichi prefecture (our state) requested for special prevention measures to be put in place. These measures allow the local governments to place restrictions on businesses and the measures went into effect on January 21st. The government is also calling on people to […]
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*** Last Thursday morning Japan time Rosie gave birth to our third son Ezra, thank you so much for praying for a safe delivery! There were no issues or complications so Rosie and Ezra were able to come home on Monday. In other news Rosie and the baby were actually on the news later that
*** There seems to be a little bit of back and forth between prefectural government (state governments) and the central government right now about whether they need to put the large cities and surrounding areas in a state of emergency or not. The central government seems to be saying that it’s not necessary but the
*** Thank you so much for continuing to pray for us. We have been hearing multiple reports of the new variant causing issues here in Japan. Technically our prefecture (state) has taken on some special prevention measures, however we are still able to assemble and have church so we defiantly appreciate your prayers for wisdom
*** This past weekend was the first three-day holiday of the year here in Japan. With schools being off for Winter break at the top of January and then a three-day weekend things have definitely not been in steady routine here but we are now starting to get back into a normal routine . This
On December 12th, Owari Baptist Church officially launched! Since our launch date was in mid-December, we didn’t have much time to turn around and promote our Christmas services. But we still had first-time visitors at two of the three Christmas services we held on Dec 24th & 25th. It is a tremendous privilege to preach
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We hope your New Years is off to a good start! On Friday evening we had an event at the church and had two people who were first time visitors come in. Typically it is traditional to eat noodles that are made out of buckwheat on years eve so that is what we served, everyone
This past weekend we held our Christmas Eve and Christmas day services. On Christmas Eve 6 adults came including 3 first-time visitors. Thank you so much for praying with us about this! For our Christmas eve candlelight service, we had a string.of lights overhead as well as some battery powered candles that seemed to work
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Today I had the opportunity to study the bible with two guys. We began going through the book of Mark together and one of the questions that was asked was, “so was John a bad guy?” It was the first time that I think either of them had ever read any of the gospels. It
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Sunday we had our first official service as a church at Owadi Baptist church. We are excited that four adults outside of ourselves were there including a family with three kids. Please continue to pray for us as we are planning a special Christmas service on the 24th and the 25th. There is a lot
