This past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday we decided to change things up a little bit and went to a park near the church. We set up a tent and started making some shaved ice. Last year, we bought a small hand-cranked ice machine for the church and did an event at the church. This year […]
An Icy Weekend (08/18/2020) Read More »
It felt like we had jumped back into rainy season, but we are now back in the middle of the heat here in Japan. Our attendance has been up and down and unpredictable because of the recent increase in the number of covid cases in Japan. However, our area has not seen a significant increase,
Obon: A week of spiritual battle (08/11/2020) Read More »
In our last letter, we mentioned how things had begun to open back up in Japan. The media seemed to begin shifting away from being concerned with COVID-19 and moved onto other things. As cases declined and life began to go back to normal, we breathed a sigh of relief and began working to see
August 2020 Prayer Letter Read More »
This past Sunday we were excited to have a family return that had visited the church the previous week. We were able to speak with them a little more this time. We learned that the wife is not a Christian so we ask that you would please be praying for her. Additionally, this coming Friday,
Opportunities to Witness (07/28/2020) Read More »
On Sunday, we were excited to have visitors for both the Sunday morning and the Sunday evening services. The gentleman who came to the Sunday evening service said it was his first time coming to a church service. Upon hearing that, I decided to move away from what I had prepared and present a simple
Sunday Visitors (07/21/2020) Read More »
This past Sunday we had a small event at the church. We decided to attempt making crêpes, and a number of people decided to come. We were excited that four lost people decided to stay for the service afterwards and that we got to share the Gospel with them. Things feel slow at times, but
Let’s Get Cooking (07/14/2020) Read More »
It has rained almost every day here since our last update that we sent you. Fortunately, our area has not had flooding or any water damage. Kyushu, one of the for major island (not the one that we are on), has had some flooding and land slides. Many have been ordered to evacuate even because
Rainy Season Continues (7/7/2020) Read More »
First, we would like to thank each of you who has continued to support us and/or prayed for us despite the situation with COVID-19 in the U.S. It is a tremendous encouragement to know that you are behind us despite what you are facing. We certainly live in uncertain times with things like this virus
July 2020 Prayer Letter Read More »
It was Saturday. My phone buzzed from a response to the message we sent out from our church. “If I can make it, I’ll be there tomorrow!” The message was from a lady who has come to the church multiple times (though infrequently). She normally messages us just before she comes so we were looking
Walking Away (06/30/2020) Read More »
This past Sunday we had our first event since places have begun to open back up. We had three first-time visitors to the service, and we are very excited about that. Rosie’s school is gradually going back to a normal schedule, although it is still taking some time. However, we are grateful that things are
Weekly Update (06/23/2020) Read More »
