General Assembly
Pray as Pastors and Elders gather throughout Japan for General Assembly. Many important topics are discussed every year. Today Michael had the opportunity to give an update on our church planting work in downtown Nagoya.
Sport’s Day
This is a picture of the Kid’s Sport’s Day at their Japanese Pre-School. It turned out a fellow missionary’s parents were also in town helping out. The crazy part is our parents go back many many years and worked in … Continued
Goodbyes
Before the team loaded up for Kyoto we had one more time of worship and prayer. Pastor Aoki and some of the young folks left hanging around after church sang “God Bless You” as a farewell gift.
Blacksburg/Christiansburg Team
Our first ever summer team has arrived!
Save the Date!
The Annual “Fall for Japan” Conference will be held in conjunction with the MTW Global Mission’s Conference. We highly recommend this conference if you are a sender, a goer or not sure of what your role is in missions!
Japan’s State of Missions
This is an excellent infographic on the state of missions in Japan. We are hoping to compare this information with our own agency’s stats, MTW, when we return to the field. For the complete article link here.
Aging Population
Time and again we have read articles in the newspaper about Japan’s aging population. The Wall Street Journal has put together some interesting pieces on this topic. A friend passed along this link which we thought we should share. TOKYO—At … Continued
“Fall for Japan”
This past weekend we spent the weekend at Grace Community Church and participated in the first ever Japan Partnership Conference. Over 70+ gathered to hear from missionaries telling of the work in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. We were so encouraged … Continued
Japan Partnership Conference
Do you have an interest in the mission work in Japan? Are you currently a financial or prayer partner to a missionary in Japan? Does your church partner with any missionaries in Japan? Are you curious about what God is … Continued
Institutionalization: The Children Left Behind
This was taken from a teammates blog… A missionary friend in Japan sent us a link to an article describing the plight of children in institutions in Japan. It sounds very similar to what I recently heard from the head … Continued