Prayer Letter

This month, we moved into our new building and held our first services there. For the actual move on the first Saturday, 15 people showed up to help. With that many hands, the majority of the moving and setting up was completed in about 6 hours. With 4 times as much space, it has been […]

We are excited to let you now that we received the keys to our new location and that renovations are now underway. Our realtor (a Christian who attends a church in a city south of Nagoya) has worked tirelessly on the details. The day our contract started, contractors were there first thing in the morning

Thank you for continuing to pray with us about our move to a new location. Progress has been slow, but steady. We were able to take a look after the previous tenant left and removed all of their belongings. When we did, we discovered an unexpected slab of concrete. Finding it before finalizing plans with

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

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

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

About once a month, we host a “Lunch and learn” at the church. Everyone brings a lunch, we eat together after the service, and then we have a Q&A and study a topic from the Bible. During this time, one man asked, “What does it mean to believe in Jesus?” I don’t think I could

PLEASE NOTE: Our Mission Board’s address has changed. Please be sure to update your records when sending support.Old Address -> Vision Baptist Missions PO Box 442 Alpharetta, GA 30009New Address -> Vision Baptist Missions PO Box 647 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Wow. I think that is a fitting, one-word summary of this past month. We held

If we have learned anything over the last year, it is that this is the Lord’s work. While we labor, HE is the one who builds in and through our weakness. While my (James’) knee is still injured, we have been able to continue core church activities. Thankfully, the pain has eased so driving is

The mornings and evenings are a bit cooler, but the sun still brings us its fair share of heat during the day in Nagoya (around 92F). September 1st marked one year since we arrived in Nagoya. Minus the time in quarantine when we arrived, we have been working here for about a year. It has