JEMS Missionaries in Nagoya, Japan
Greetings from New York! We arrived safely today for the MTW Cross-Cultural Training in New York City. We will be here July 1-30. This month we will spend half our time serving with a local congregation and the other half … Continued
Recently we have seen many mainstream news reports portraying negative aspects of Japanese culture reporting about economic, psychological, corporate, and societal ills. This is contrasted to the many reports we receive from the mission field about the growth of the … Continued
We like to provide links for you to see the work happening in Nagoya. Happy reading. Click to read the Bakelaar’s February update! Click to read the Bakelaar’s January update!
In our last update, we told you about our busy schedule for the summer and asked you to pray for our travels, support-raising and speaking. We made it through the summer and the Lord has certainly answered many of our … Continued