JEMS Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
This is the latest update from Peter. He recently returned from a trip up north helping with relief efforts. Up to this point, the Nagoya Team has made eight trips up to the quake affected areas. These trips brought much … Continued
Yesterday we were able to obtain our three year visa. This is such a blessing because now we can purchase cell phones, open a bank account and much more. The first step after having our new residency status was a … Continued
Yesterday we had the opportunity to worship at Nisshin Church. What a beautiful picture of the universal church. It was beautiful to stand side by side with our Japanese brothers and sisters and worship our Great God. Our Next Steps … Continued
This is a video I created of the Nagoya Team’s work. It is a little over 4 minutes but gives a great picture of where our team is currently partnering and what ministry on the home front in Nagoya looks … Continued
One of the trucks from the Nisshin Church in Nagoya returned this morning at 5:30am this morning from Kamaishi-Iwate. This city had massive damage from tsunami. Below I have embedded one of the videos from YouTube of residents taping the … Continued
Today we started the day with a walk to the Post Office to withdraw yen from our bank account. The Post Office has the best ATM’s because they don’t charge a service fee. We then met up with our team … Continued
We are officially in Nagoya! We arrived around 6pm and were met by our team member Peter. After a lot of interesting packing we were able to load Peter’s van and all cram in. Tight squeeze! We were exhausted and … Continued
This past week has been quite the whirlwind, but we have loved being able to meet with so many of our Virginia friends and family. We had a sweet time worshipping Sunday at Grace and a special commissioning time. We … Continued
This video is taken by Danny Iverson and his team. Danny flew from Florida to Japan to help his dad’s church with immediate relief in Japan. I want to share one story that really moved me. Because there is no … Continued
This was taken from our team leader’s blog. We are so new at this, we have know idea what we are doing–and yet there’s a very real sense of God’s great guiding hand leading us despite the path being so … Continued