Nagoya, Japan
- Pray for the growth of Christianity in Nagoya.
- Pray for the Seminary to help train and equip national leaders to rise up and lead within the Church.
- Pray for the church planting works in our Presbytery. One is our own church plant, another in our neighboring prefecture Mie, and one in Okinawa! Pray for workers for these works and wisdom as they all are in their infant stages.
- Pray as a family has come to the outskirts of Nagoya and are helping to start a new Christian School. Pray for this school to meet the educational need of missionaries in and around Nagoya.
The Carters – October/November 2024
Pray for all of us preaching to be faithful to the text. Pray for our own hearts as we seek to apply the Scriptures personally. Pray for those who come, that the Holy Spirit would work in their hearts.
- Pray for the hurricane damage throughout the east coast. I was able to make my flight before the Orlando airport shut down, but many in our hometown are recovering from damage and some are still without power. Pray for Cathalain’s parents as a tree fell on their roof. All in all God spared her family from so much, but they are still cleaning up from the storm. Thank for the Lord for the help from their neighbors and community.
- Pray for God to provide a Japanese pastor and missionaries who can help with the ministry. We have met with a few people exploring the idea of moving to Nagoya in the coming years and potentially interested in joining our church plant. Please pray for God to provide Japanese staff and a pastor!
- Praise God for an encouraging Sept. for our church plant. We saw an increase in attendance and are feeling a new momentum. Pray we would continue to be focused on praying first and often. Pray we would let the Lord lead us and give us wisdom to follow the Lord’s leading.
- Please continue to pray about mission organizations. We are still waiting to see how some changes play out in Japan leadership and waiting for some decisions from the home office on policies pertaining to how we live in Japan…things like pension/insurance. Pray for wisdom and clear guidance as we seek to make this decision.
- Pray for timing of our next Home Ministry Assignment. Our four year term ended last week, but we haven’t been able to figure out a good time for our children to go back to America. Pray for wisdom as we think of timing and next year.
- Pray for Michael that God would be glorified through his preaching and that God would use his sermons to bring people to faith. Pray as he continues to lead the church plant and for wisdom in moving the church into the next phase. Pray for wisdom in the many conversations he needs to have and decisions he makes.
- Please pray for our children and decisions we are needing to make for their future. More than all these decisions, please pray for our Bible Times as a family. Pray for our children to have soft hearts to the Gospel, help them understand more and more why we are in Japan, help them to see their parents and their own need for the Gospel, help us truly put the Lord first in our household…
