1) John was recently sitting across the table from a Cambodian pastor that was planting 8 churches and heavily involved in preventing human sex trafficking. Last month, John was in Indonesia to meet with key Asian national leaders engaged in church planting movements. It was a week of blessing with these pastors. John’s friendship with a former Japan missionary led to this connection. 2) For Elaine’s next craft outreach meeting there was a pastor’s wife…
Elaine and John will visit Iwaki city and Pastor Mori and his family then head to Ishinomaki. We will be working with Dean and Linda Bengston. Elaine will teach craft classes and John will visit many victims families. Also on Sunday John will preach at Ishinomaki House of Prayer, and we will visit the temporary housing facility where we have been helping with supplies. Pray for safe travel during this winter season, opportunities to listen,…
CPI has developed a partnership with World Harvest Mission (www.whm.org). The director of mission, Josiah Bancroft and his wife Barbara will be visiting Japan and tying up again with CPI. From 2/28 to 3/8 CPI will be building on the Gospel Renewal Seminars highlighted at last fall’s CPI National Conference. Seminars will be in four major cities, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. Elaine will be training in three, John probably in 4 along with a…
“[Prayer] is a labor for which there is no substitute in the kingdom of God.” O. Hallesby 1. Elaine’s next card making outreach is 1/15 at the Crossroad church. 2. Ask for God’s blessing for our 1/16 Agape group meeting for Valentines. 3. John continues small group leaders training at the Nerima church. Pray for these 15 people’s growth. 4. Thank you for praying for wisdom, along with other decisions, the CPI national conference in…
Five years ago I wrote a blog on the psychological scourge affecting a large number of young people, hikikomori. I have not heard much good news from five years ago until now. Last week Elaine and I had lunch with Pastor Koichi Hirano and Pastor Nobuo Watanabe at their Setagaya church’s new café. We had not talked with Pastor Hirano for several months and he shared some amazing stories. The Hikikomori are the Japanese most…