MTW Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
Since our church’s Gospel Choir is actually part of another group we all gathered for a Christmas Sing Off event. It was really neat for all the Gospel members from the various choirs to gather and sing for each other. … Continued
To help save some energy and planning we decided we would host a “Traditional Christmas Meal” for the adult English classes, cooking class members, sign language class, and moms from Kid’s Club. It was a lot of work trying to … Continued
After the English Christmas Party the Kid’s Sunday School held their annual Christmas Festival. The kids saw a puppet show depicting the Parable of the Lost Sheep, played games, ate/made cake, heard the Christmas story, and played. The event was … Continued
Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to introduce the Gospel. Most Japanese think Christmas is a time of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Santa’s Birthday so they are always interested to hear the true meaning of Christmas. We have a lot of … Continued
The perfect shirt for cooking class arrived just in time. Thankful for Woot’s international shipping! And, in case you were wondering none of the students understood the shirt.
Every two years in Japan there is an event sponsored by a coalition of mission agencies in Japan. The event focuses on training church planters and providing an opportunity for evangelicals to gather for worship and spiritual renewal. A team … Continued
In November there is a tradition to take children to the shrine, girls when they are 3 and 7, and boys when they are 3 and 5. It is called “Shichi-Go-San.” It is a rite of passage of sort and … Continued
Lately Halloween has become quite popular in Japan. No one goes trick or treating and so it made us to ponder how do Japanese celebrate Halloween? After talking with a lot of people they really said for the most part … Continued
We teach four different weekly English classes at the church. Two are for adults and two are for kids. We like to try to have an event each semester that shows a part of American culture. This fall we decided … Continued
Today was our Gospel Choir concert. It was the first time I actually performed with the choir, and I actually had a solo! Most Gospel music is sung in English, but my solo was actually part of the only Japanese … Continued