From December 7-8, we had a preacher and missionary’s meeting. 10 of us attended the meeting. We studied the Word of God while we looked back at what we have done in 2010. Paul and Stacy Herrington have been working with us and particularly with Haruna Church of Christ. They are hard workers [...] Read more…
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The greatest challenge of working in Japan is how to earn the mutual trust of non-Christians. Each Japanese community has lots of projects. Community festivals are held in summer. All festivals are religious oriented although many people are not aware of it, so we cannot attend them. Sometimes they have a work day on Sunday morning [...] Read more… The initial mortgage of the new building is Y6,500,000 ($76,500 if a dollar is equal to Y84). Now it is coming down to $41,000. In December we will make a payment $10,000. In January we will make a payment another $10,000. It looks to me that we will complete the payment [...] Read more… On 5 and 6 November, a gospel meeting at Naha Church of Christ was held in Okinawa. This is the third time for me to visit Naha church of Christ, but this is the first time for me to conduct a gospel meeting anywhere in Japan. The topics were: 1) God the Creator [...] Read more… Joint Worship Assembly – Ibaraki Christian University – April 29, 2010 The annual Spring joint worship service was held at Ibaraki Christian University on 29 April. About 250 people came together to worship the Lord. Generally speaking Japanese people do not like conflicts and any kind of confrontation they have to face. Even difficult issues [...] Read more… Bible Correspondence Course Bible Correspondence Courses are usually done in a written form between a teacher and a student. In this method, teachers and students write each other by email or regular mail. Also teachers and students should be matched. I came up with an alternative way of reaching out to people by the use of Skype, but this [...] Read more… New Sign We finally got a church sign set up in front of the building. This sign is not very big, but big enough for people to notice who we are. I plan to get another sign set up in the other side of the base. Please pray for us that [...] Read more… Preachers and Missionaries Meeting On 19 January a preachers and missionaries’ meeting was held at the Yokota Church of Christ. 12 of us attended the meeting. Monthly ministers and missionaries meeting New Missionary Couple A new missionary couple came to Japan in July 2009. Shiro Obata, Paul and Stacey Herrington, Rumiko Obata Paul and Stacey came to work with Shiro Obata, [...] Read more… Strategy for spreading the Good News of Christ I have realized over the years that people around the Base have lots of prejudice against Americans and Christianity. It is strange enough that people living far from the Base are more interested in the Base and tend to be open to Christianity. I need to change [...] Read more… Bible Study on the Internet In our congregaiton, several people come from the long distance. Also one lady has three little kids and has a part time job. These factors make people difficult to come to the church building in order to study the Bible. I have an idea in order to solve the [...] Read more… |
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