Christmas Eve Service
We had quite a bit of snow today and so the turnout was smaller than expected, but we held our first Christmas Eve Service…
Okazaki Bible Study
We held our Annual Christmas Party today. Another missionary also came this month…
Children’s Christmas Party
Today we held a Christmas Party for kids. We had many new families attend. We sang, played Nativity Bingo, decorated cookies and ornaments…
English Christmas Party
We had a Christmas event during each of our English classes this past week…
A First Sermon
This past week the seminarian attending our church preached for the first time at our church. He was diligent in his preparation, but you could tell he was nervous preaching in front of his seminary professors, our mother church pastor … Continued
Testifying to God’s Goodness
Throughout the past year we have had the elders and their wives share their testimonies at NCC. This has been such an encouragement to hear how God has called these various brothers and sisters in Christ and how he has … Continued
Hiking with NCC
Today is a national holiday, “Culture Day,” in Japan. A group from our church went hiking in our neighboring state. Thankful for times of fellowship like this!
Translating
Today Cathalain translated for All Nation’s Fellowship, a bilingual church in downtown. Since so many folks are out of town this summer the Pastor asked if I could translate for him. Unfortunately, due to our church service I didn’t think … Continued
