I have put an ad that the church building is open to Japanese communities. A group of six ladies are having a class. They are making an original post card by drawing flowers or dolls. One of them attends our assembly. This is a great way to meet new people. Ladies making post cards meeting in Yokota church building. We would like [...] Read more…
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Vertical text: Yokota Church of Christ A church sign in front of the building has been set up today. People can see the sign from both north and south. To see the other side of the sign, click below. Horizontal text: Yokota Church of Christ with assembly times, web site, and phone number. Drivers on Rt 16 can see [...] Read more… The Mortgage Has Been Paid Off When the new building was built, we took a loan of Y6,500,000. It is about $80,000. Today I went to the bank and paid for the mortgage in full. We are now debt free. Many have helped us to build this building. Even after the completion of [...] Read more… New Years Meeting – Yokota Church We had a Christmas worship service last month. Most of the members were working that day, so we had only a few people. We had a Bible reading and discussed the meaning of the Christ’s coming. After that we had a fellowship dinner. This picture was taken at the end [...] Read more… A new church sign has been set up on one of the main streets. I hope this sign will let people know that church is here to worship God. The sign reads: Yokota church of Christ / Back on right of Route 16 / Sunday worship: 10 a.m. / Website address / Route 16 [...] Read more… 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… Again it has been a bit over two weeks since our last report. It has been a very busy time. The Wednesday classes with the Ochanomizu church and the Thursday classes with the Tachikawa church are over. Both were well received. There is always a bit of sadness in realizing that our fellowship with these [...] 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… |
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