One recent Sunday, we had 4 first-time visitors. Despite our attendance being down 10 people that day (6 regular attendees and 4 occasional attendees), we still had a total of 18 people. Had everyone shown up, we would have almost run out of chairs and been overcrowded in our space. We will probably need to […]
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My phone buzzed late one evening the other day from an Instagram direct message. It was a guy in his 40’s reaching out. He found out about our church by stumbling across our YouTube channel and wanted to connect his unsaved mother and sister to our church since they live in Nagoya. This past Sunday,
YouTube (3/7/2023) Read More »
Thank you for praying for the summer internship we are hosting this year. Last week, I was able to officially offer the position to several young men. Two have accepted the offer and we are currently looking for another intern to take the place of one who had to withdraw due to health reasons. Please
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As we searched for a second location for a church plant on the south part of town, the Lord has continued to close doors. The building we planned to rent in December fell through. Additionally, we learned this past week that the basketball court currently undergoing renovations right by that location (previously a hotspot for
Thank you for praying as we look for a new building for the first church plant. While nothing is finalized yet, we have found a location that checks all the boxes for what we were praying for and have been able to take a look inside. We will need to pay to have some work
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Thank you for continuing to pray with us about a new location for our church plant. We had prayed specifically for a new location is 1) on the first floor, 2) over 80 (preferable 100) square meters (1100 sq ft), 3) close to our current location, 4) not too expensive, and 5) has parking for
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The weather here in Nagoya has been quite the rollercoaster ride! A cold front swept in over the past week, bringing a touch of snow to our area. But the sun has since come out, and we’re enjoying bright blue skies once again. In other news, our family has been fighting off some illness, but
Thank you for praying with us about the summer basketball internship. While the building we were hoping to rent didn’t work out as planned, we are still planning to host 3 interns to help us make contacts. This week, we began interviewing since we have had several apply for the internship. Please pray that God
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On Christmas Eve, we held a simple Christmas Candlelight service with two first-time visitors. On Christmas we had a morning and afternoon service. In Japan, “Christmas Cake” is popular, so we celebrated after the services with Christmas cake for everyone. After taking a few days to drive out and visit my (James’) parents we returned
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Happy New Year! After our Christmas festivities, we took a few days to visit my (James’) parents who live about 4 hours away by car. After getting back we jumped into getting ready for the new year. Since Sunday was on the New Year’s day, this year we moved our Sunday Morning service to the
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