Gary and Naoko in Japan

Last week we held the YWAM Japan Conference 2012! We were at a beautiful location called Gotemba, right near the awesome Mt. Fuji! It was so encouraging to meet missionaries from all around Japan and hear the stories of what God is doing! We shared stories, worshipped together, prayed together, played games, ate, shared sleeping quarters and even done early morning stretches together! It was also a powerful example of the church coming together in unity and praying in one spirit! So amazing!! Here is a video that was made during the conference:

A huge hello to all of my supporters, my friends and family! Time for another monthly update! I hope all is well with you. It is now finally becoming warmer here which is nice! Though it snowed a few days ago which was weird. Also been a lot more earthquakes lately! But nothing big. Anyway... here's a summary of things of note from February: Cornerstone Things at Cornerstone Church have been going well this month! Larger numbers of people have been joining us at the Saturday, Monday and Wednesday meetings which has been really encouraging! Some of the regular people are taking more of an active role within the church meetings and becoming more vocal with what's on their hearts. It has also shifted from being half English, half Japanese speaking people, to a majority Japanese speakers which is awesome! And great practice for my Japanese! Internet & Communication Again I have been working on the Internet projects this past month and making good progress. I better integr