Rosie has been doing extremely well with her classes so far. She passed her first test with flying colors. This past Sunday, we also had a young lady come to church who hadn’t been to a service in a while. Rosie definitely had improved greatly in being able to converse since the last time the […]

While we did not have the turn out we had hoped for when showing the MRI video this past Thursday, we were able to meet three new college age students through a church event we held on Friday. We greatly appreciate your prayers and that you continue to pray for us as we try to

This week, Japan is in the middle of a 10-day long holiday stretch known as Golden Week (sometimes abbreviated GW in Japan). There is definitely a different atmosphere all around. While some people choose to travel, there are still others that are just taking things slowly. While golden week is something that occurs each year,

This past weekend, we attended the entrance ceremony for Rosie’s Japanese language school! The school works with many international students to help them learn Japanese. There are students from various countries including China, Korea, Mongolia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and the United States. Classes officially began on Monday and has already received her textbooks to start learning.

How quickly the weeks seem to fly by! This past Sunday, I was given the opportunity to preach the Sunday morning service while Bro Hill was preaching at another church. The Friday night guitar classes are still in progress and we had the same three show up. While many people know the tune to the

Thank you for all of you who have been praying for the guitar classes that we began last Friday. We had three attend. One man in his sixties and a younger man in his twenties had never been to a church before! We had the opportunity to begin teaching them the song “The Love of

 This past Sunday marked the official start of Bro Hill’s “Bible Basics” series. About 30 minutes prior to the start of the service, we received a message from a man asking about the series. He came, sat through the message, and even asked some questions afterward. He seems a bit confused from having been to

“Are you that Baptist church?” Since we are able to go out and put church flyers and invitations in mailboxes, we have been working to saturate the area around the church. In about a week, the team here was able to hit over 5000 residences. Last Wednesday, I was at an apartment close to the