Japan's Cities, Towns & Villages
Praying Friends: We’re all looking forward to celebrating Christ’s birth this month, saying “Merry CHRISTmas” to our loved ones, and spending time together with our family in Christ. We’re celebrating another birth this week and looking forward to the birth of a new church in a town about an hour away from Togane where our [...]
Praying Friends: Although Thanksgiving is still a week away, the small shops that line the streets are already covered with Christmas lights. A huge Christmas tree stands on the street in front of the department store near our house. We see Santa everywhere and hear Christmas songs, but we don’t see anything that reminds us [...]
Praying Friends: Mr. D who thought of Jesus as a space man and rejected the free gift of salvation that God offered him through Christ, died one day after entering the hospital. He had stomach cancer and knew he was dying but he continued to reject Christ. According to Buddhist tradition his family now has [...]
Yes, DeanO the Clown is coming back to Japan!!!! DeanO, who is really Dean, and his wife, Cheri are coming to Japan from October 9 through the 17. They will be teaching the Christians how to make animal balloons, do face painting, as well as witnessing to groups in parks, going to children’s meetings, to [...]
Dear Prayer Partners: Travel to Okinawa, Kikai Island, Fukuoka, Hiroshima and Chiba has kept us on the road for a much of September. The first week of October we will be in Sapporo. Thus, in a short span of weeks we will have been from the northern most island of Japan to the southern most [...]
Praying Friends: From mid-August, the beautiful green rice fields turn pale yellow, almost white, as the full heads of grain cause the heavy heads to bend low in the sun. We watch with fascination as the machines move through the paddies harvesting the rice. Even more, we stand in awe and thanksgiving another harvest this [...]
Praying Friends: Today the expressways crossing Tokyo were jammed as thousands of holiday travelers sat in their cars for hours to get out of Tokyo to go to their home towns across Japan. Others joined the exodus by train and plane. The streets of Tokyo were great. You could go anywhere in less than half [...]
Dear Praying Friends: It seems we just said Happy Fourth of July and now the end of the month is in site. Two weeks of meetings in Thailand for our region cut into the middle of our month and it seems that we have been trying to recover from being gone ever since!!! We hope [...]
Praying Friends: Happy 4th of July. It is sometimes hard for us overseas to realize that this is the 4th of July weekend and a big holiday in the States. Everything here just runs along as usual. It is the rainy season, so lots of rain and humidity. Thank you for praying for the Miku [...]
Dear Praying Friends: In our last update we shared with you about Mrs. Ha following the Lord in baptism and how her three adult children came to watch. Well, God worked in the life of the eldest son who was there and the following week, Emiko and Mrs. Ha led him to the Lord. Please [...]
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