In November, the brother of my wife, Gail, was visiting from Hawaii.  It was his first visit to Japan.  I was curious what his biggest impression of Japan was.  He said over and over that he was shocked at the millions of people that he saw on the trains and subways in Tokyo and Osaka. [...]

The other day as I was praying about how to share God’s love with many Japanese I had an idea. I thought, I could go to the train station here in Utsunomiya early in the morning as hundreds (Utsunomiya is a small city) of Japanese come and go through the train station and stand with [...]

Born and raised in Texas and Louisiana respectively, Kevin and I were not well acquainted with living in snowy places when we first arrived in Sendai City in August 2005.  Sendai however sees snow every winter.  This is an aspect of living in Sendai that we are definitely missing this year as we are temporarily [...]

Willy Wonka’s claim to fame as “The Candy Man” gives him the following reputation: “He mixes it with love and makes the world taste good.”  In a similar way “The Candy Cane” too has a claim to fame:  What can take God’s story, wrap it some mint?  Give Him all the glory for the Precious [...]

Recently, a pair of volunteers came to work with us and explore long-term partnership opportunities.  During this trip one lady, Mrs. K, was able to share her faith with many people at a local park.  Mr. Say was one of those men, and that afternoon he came to faith in Jesus Christ!  Please pray fervently [...]