MTW Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
The Adjustment We both were anxious about living in NY City for a month with a 6 week old. At first Cathalain was quite overwhelmed with how physically exhausting each day was and learning how to buy affordable groceries. We … Continued
Greetings from New York! We arrived safely today for the MTW Cross-Cultural Training in New York City. We will be here July 1-30. This month we will spend half our time serving with a local congregation and the other half … Continued
“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” (John 14:13-14) John Piper in his book entitled, “Let … Continued
We wouldn’t be proud parents if we didn’t already start showing off our beautiful son. Last week we enjoyed the opportunity, thanks to a great auction win, to have a 4D ultrasound. We’ve already started trying to figure out who … Continued
As we have mentioned before on our blog there are MANY exciting things happening in Japan right now. We received this e-mail from Dan Iverson, the MTW coordinator for Japan. (To view a video link plugging this project check out … Continued
Recently we have seen many mainstream news reports portraying negative aspects of Japanese culture reporting about economic, psychological, corporate, and societal ills. This is contrasted to the many reports we receive from the mission field about the growth of the … Continued
We like to provide links for you to see the work happening in Nagoya. Happy reading. Click to read the Bakelaar’s February update! Click to read the Bakelaar’s January update!
Since it is the end of the year and we are bombarded with various reviews of the previous year we thought we would write our own “fall in review.” Sometimes we don’t have the opportunity to discuss all that is … Continued
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One of the goals of our team in Japan is the growth of the church. This is done primarily through consistent word and deed ministry. Cathalain and I thought we would take a more organic approach. Therefore, we are working … Continued