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Due to the nature of our work and to keep the privacy of people’s stories, we have not been posting newsletters on this page. If you would like to become a monthly partner or join our intercession team, please contact us! We want to get to know you and we would also love to send our monthly newsletter to your email.
2021 Video Year Recap
2021 was a very eventful and wonderful year. After the challenges of Covid and our baby’s rare disease and transplant that occurred in 2020, God… Read More »2021 Video Year Recap
Moved to Nagasaki – May 2021 News
Dear Family and Partners, So we are in Nagasaki and finally able to “take a breath”. In case you missed it, we came to Nagasaki… Read More »Moved to Nagasaki – May 2021 News
Nagasaki move decided – April 2021 News
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, We have very exciting news! We are actually on our way to Nagasaki now! In March, we spent spring… Read More »Nagasaki move decided – April 2021 News
Japan Missions Newsletter January 2021
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, We hope you are enjoying the start of this bright new year! These times seem to hold much uncertainty for… Read More »Japan Missions Newsletter January 2021
End of the Year Newsletter 2020
Dear family and friends, Well, here we are at the end of 2020. Boy, was 2020 an eventful year! We started the year with Joshua… Read More »End of the Year Newsletter 2020
Serenity and Nagasaki Move News
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, We hope this finds you all well and enjoying the blessings of knowing our precious Jesus! Here is a… Read More »Serenity and Nagasaki Move News
Be not afraid of bad news
First of all, we need to inform our partners about a change of address for sending checks. *Due to Covid-19, JEMS mailing address has changed for… Read More »Be not afraid of bad news
Japan Missions June 2020 – Still believing for a miracle
Dear friends and partners in the Lord, As you know, our last few months have been quite a chaos around here. Far from what we… Read More »Japan Missions June 2020 – Still believing for a miracle
Serenity Alissa Updates 2020
Dear friends. Here we have been very busy with the various things of day-to-day life, family, postpartum recovery and especially with the things of Alissa,… Read More »Serenity Alissa Updates 2020
Baby and peace in the midst of chaos
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, Hello dear friends and family, What a strange time we are living, yes? In the beginning of March,… Read More »Baby and peace in the midst of chaos
2020 Here we go! Japan Missions
Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors, We hope this new year is finding you all well in body and spirit, and full of expectation… Read More »2020 Here we go! Japan Missions
2019 Summary Video
2019 was a very exciting year and we saw God doing many things in our church. This is a summary of the things we caught… Read More »2019 Summary Video
Japan Missions – Church Planting Goal 2020. Let’s do this together?
As you gather with family and friends to celebrate the Light of the world coming to bring us hope and salvation, Jesus, the Son of… Read More »Japan Missions – Church Planting Goal 2020. Let’s do this together?
2019 Summary Newsletter • Japan Missions
Greetings, Family and Friends! We hope this finds you all well and enjoying God’s blessings in abundance. 2019 has been another action-packed year for us!… Read More »2019 Summary Newsletter • Japan Missions
Want to know more about CHURCH PLANTING IN JAPAN? Short term mission trip Japan.
Not too long ago, we came across this infographic concerning the state of the churches in Japan and mission work in Japan. This graphic gives… Read More »Want to know more about CHURCH PLANTING IN JAPAN? Short term mission trip Japan.
God’s word does not return empty • Japan Missions Newsletter
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so… Read More »God’s word does not return empty • Japan Missions Newsletter
Newsletter Augusto 2019 • Japan Missions
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James… Read More »Newsletter Augusto 2019 • Japan Missions
Newsletter July 2019 • Japan Missions
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.“
Newsletter April 2019
He gives strength to the weary and increases power to the weak. (Isa 40:29) Dear Family and Friends. Warmest greetings from Japan! We… Read More »Newsletter April 2019
Newsletter March 2019
We will save other news for other newsletters. We write this short note with a heavy heart to let you know that our precious baby was… Read More »Newsletter March 2019
Newsletter January 2019
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Mt 9:38) Dear family and friends, partners in the… Read More »Newsletter January 2019
Newsletter Summary 2018
Dear family and friends, We hope this finds you all well and enjoying this special season. 2018 has been monumental for us. Many of you… Read More »Newsletter Summary 2018
Kids’ Club Outreach
Kids’ Club We began the first week in October a new children’s outreach program, each first Sunday of the month. From 2pm until 3:30pm, we… Read More »Kids’ Club Outreach
More About School in Japan
In this post, I explained why we decided to send our boys to school in Japan, and in this post, I told a bit about… Read More »More About School in Japan
So, how did it go for our boys in Japanese school?
In my last post, I explained why our three boys started going to public school in Japan. So you may be wondering how it went?… Read More »So, how did it go for our boys in Japanese school?
So… ya… our kids are going to school…
Can you believe it? A lot of times when I stop to think about it, I can’t! Those of you who know me know what… Read More »So… ya… our kids are going to school…
みらくる ”Miracle” Outreach Event
Last week we had the immense privilege of participating in this outreach event hosted by a lady in our church here in Machida, Reiko. She… Read More »みらくる ”Miracle” Outreach Event
Kakigori Party！ かき氷パーティー！
Kakigori means “shaved ice” in Japanese, and is very popular summertime fare, especially for children! So we decided to have an outreach party at the… Read More »Kakigori Party！ かき氷パーティー！