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We are thankful that you visit our site and pray for us. Please visit the VIDEOS tab on the right side menu of the home page, click, and watch the two videos posted there. One is about 2 and a half minutes. The second one is less than two minutes. We hope that these will [...]

I love small out of the way places that only locals know about. On our trip out to the country we visited a small bread shop run by a mother and her three daughters. The shop consisted of a section for homemade breads and about 4-5 mis-shaped tables. On the top of one table was [...]

Dear KFC Praying Partners: We are off to a great summer. We returned to Japan (from STAS) on May 22nd, and one week later, on May 30th, our first volunteer team arrived. In the photo above, you can see Jodi, Jessica, and Clay, riding the train during orientation on their first full day. We also [...]

Golden Week is in full swing in Japan and people are on the move. Going on vacation across Japan or across the world and taking off work for a week. Almost unheard of!!! But this years golden week is longer than usual and people are taking advantage. Even in vacation time the pace is fast.  [...]

Idols dot the landscape of Japan. Some beside the road called ojisosan are placed there to protect the spirit of a person who died. Huge goddesses of mercy protrude from hillsides and have their hands extended as if to help. The Psalmist tells us that though they have eyes they cannot see; though they have [...]

Recently as we prayed about where to work with volunteers from Hawaii, we drove through Ibaragi prefecture. As we drove through the winding roads towards our destination we saw this huge statue rising up above the hills.  The closer we got the bigger it got. We stopped in the parking lot near it and walked toward [...]

This is a prayer letter from our national partner. Praise the Lord! Mrs.Naka came to worship and was saved on 17th. She didn’t have any hesitation when we asked her if she wanted to accept Jesus as her personal savior. She has already witnessed to her husband and brought offering with his permission. She was ready to [...]

Okinawa family gravesite February 16 Boy time flies. Since the last update personally I had a birthday, Tak and I had an anniversary and celebrated Valentines Day. This past week we were in Okinawa and were able to visit with the Miku family, have a meal with them and then with them and his parents [...]

Tomorrow is the last day of 2007! Millions of Japanese will be visiting the temples to usher in the new year. The temple gong will sound 108 times, the people will throw money in the offering box, clap their hands, buy arrows and good luck charms to “protect” them in 2008. Then they will go [...]

There are many across Japan who are celebrating Christmas for the first time as God’s children. To them Christmas has become meaningful and not just a holiday to buy Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Christmas Cake. As we watch their eyes fill with wonder at how much God loves them; how He sent His Son to be [...]