Weekly Updates

Last Thursday, Rosie started back in language school. We have jumped back in full force! Beginning this past Sunday, we also started a second service at the church plant in downtown Niigata. Bro Hill has allowed me to preach this service and we have started a new series  called “The Bible and My ____”. Each […]

Although last month (especially the last half) was extremely busy, we were able to get a little R and R this past weekend. We went to Nagano city where the 1998 Winter Olympics were held. During our stay, we were greatly encouraged by our visit to Nagano Baptist Church. This church has sent out missionaries

As we wrap up this year, we held a soba party at the church. There is a New Year’s tradition in Japan to eat soba noodles (noodles made from buckwheat). There is usually some kind of fried topping (shrimp etc). While New Year’s is typically a time people spend with family, we still had a

Merry Christmas! It has been a wonderful/crazy/exciting week. This update is going to be a little longer since we to update you on the Christmas Party, Church Launch, Christmas Candlelight Service and Christmas Eve Service. Thank you for praying. Gingerbread house decorating Gingerbread house decorating (Team 2) Final product Takafumi Giving his Testimony. Team 2’s Gingerbread house of Destruction on

As we head toward a week of Christmas festivities at the church (and new church plant), this past weekend we were able to get together for some music practice at the first church plant.  Right after Christmas is the New Year. In Japan, this is a season of immense idolatry. Many people go to shrines

While we decorated the church for Christmas on the first, we are continuing to push toward getting people to the church for the special Christmas service on the 22nd. This past week, Takafumi and I had the chance to go around some local businesses and put of posters for the service. We are continuing to

Sunday afternoon, we were able to begin decorating the church for Christmas. It is hard to believe that December is upon us! We were thrilled that everyone who attended the last week’s volunteer meeting came to help out. Because of the extra hands, the whole operation went smoothly. Much of this is to prepare for the

This past Sunday, we had our very first worker’s meeting at the church. As things ramp up for December, we are working to get people involved. We were really excited about the number of people who came to volunteer their help. Please be praying for us as we work out all of the details heading

This past Sunday was an exciting one. We had two different guys (one in the AM, one in the PM) helping out with playing the piano for singing at the church. We are thrilled at how the Lord is working to get people involved. There is still plenty of room to grow, but we are