Weekly Updates

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

We would like to say a big THANK YOU for all of you who had been praying for the white day even that we had this past Thursday. We had 19 adults show up outside of the missionary families! Bro. Hill also preached, and many had the chance to hear the Gospel for the first

As the service came to a close on Sunday morning, Bro. Hill began to give the invitation. My wife and I slipped out of our seats to be available in case anyone responded. “If you would like to talk to someone about what you just heard, please get up out of your seat and Bro Miyashita

Right now, we are working on strengthening efforts in getting visitors to the church by going door to door, and posting flyers and passing out invitations. Please be praying for next Thursday since this is when the church will be holding the White Day event. After the Sunday morning service, I had the chance to

It is hard to believe how quickly time continues to fly by and that February is almost about to end. The Lord is continuing to work here.  This week, we have been able to get into a more regular routine compared to the last several weeks since our setup is almost complete. I am working to

Since our last update, Rosie started working on learning Japanese with one of the ladies that has been attending the church. They were able to meet for a couple hours and have already set up their next appointment. While we are working to get her into an official language school that begins in April, she

This past weekend, the mattress for our bed arrived. The words of Psalm 127:2 come to mind: “He giveth to his beloved sleep.” We are thankful that the final pieces of furniture are almost here as we work on finalizing our house here. On Thursday, we had a visitor to the English corner. As the

This past week, especially over the weekend, household items started to arrive at our house. Since we have been working on setting up without anything to start with, we are grateful that things we would use on a daily basis are coming together. These would include basic conveniences like a refrigerator and washer/dryer. Pieces of