MTW Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
Carter Update
Travel Dates and Visas We are scheduled to leave for Nagoya, Japan on Tuesday March 29. Our first week will be spent setting up cell phones, insurance, bank accounts, etc. We heard back about our visas early this week from … Continued
We have bought our tickets for March 29, 2011. Praise God for his provision! Currently we are set to go on the 29th. We have not heard back about our long term visas. Although these are not necessary to still … Continued
As many of you have heard Japan was hit in the early hours of the morning (EST) today by a 8.9 magnitude earthquake. Following the earthquake a tsunami hit the northern shore of Japan. As you can imagine this is … Continued
All is in God’s Providence We recently spoke at a Mission’s conference in Athens, GA. At this conference there was a Japanese man presenting about Japan. This was a unique situation in that this Japanese man is not a Christian. … Continued
On the Mission Front… We continue to be encouraged by the stories from our teammates in Japan about how God is working there in the lives of the Japanese. There continue to be baptisms and people who come to outreach … Continued
From the Field… Michiyo*, a Japanese Christian in Nagoya, was diagnosed with a tumor on her lung this past summer. She is a young woman and everyone was shocked when she received this news. There were, of course, tears and … Continued
From the Field… A Christian woman who attended the Nisshin church plant in Nagoya, Japan recently passed away. She was the only Christian in her family of devout Buddhists. In fact, there were two Buddhist priests in her family who … Continued
It is hard for us to believe August is already over! We began the month in Washington DC visiting with friends after CCMI. While in DC we had the blessing of worshipping with Washington Japanese Church. After the service we … Continued
Wow, we have survived a month in New York City! Tonight we write this update from Washington DC where we are staying with dear friends for what they call a “detox” weekend. Family, Conflict-Resolution & Spiritual Nourishment What do all … Continued
PILAT* – How do you learn a foreign language? This week we went through PILAT training with facilitator Nancy Craig. The goal of the program is to equip missionaries with strategies of how to learn a language through phonetics training … Continued