MTW Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
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
A friend sent us a link to this synopsis of Dr. Howard Griffith’s time teaching in Japan this past summer. Dr. Giffith is currently a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary. This is a great report to see a perspective … Continued
In our last update, we told you about our busy schedule for the summer and asked you to pray for our travels, support-raising and speaking. We made it through the summer and the Lord has certainly answered many of our … Continued
I will be back posting a few things to catch up from the summer. We have been lame in updating the site. If you see something below that wasn’t here before that is why!
Greetings from Virginia! Michael and I have just arrived and wanted to post a quick update along with prayer requests. We have quite a busy schedule ahead of us. (Our itinerary is below so you can check the specifics.) Please … Continued
One of the benefits of teaching is definitely summer time. I was able to fly to Lexington, Va for 4th of July weekend and spend the weekend with my old roommate and in-laws. We had a blast on the river … Continued