Gary and Naoko in Japan

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!    Special Update 2015 Dear our friends and family both here in Japan and across the world, Merry Christmas! We hope this finds you well! We have had a busy season with DTS, but now we can finally sit down and update you with some of what we have been up to. DTS Lecture Phase For the past 11 weeks, we have had teachers come and teach the students about God, about who we are as His children, and how to reach out to those that don't yet know Him. It has been a wonderfully busy time, and we are kind of sad to see it end! Just yesterday, the students flew out to the Philippines and Thailand for the first half of outreach phase. During lecture phase, I (Gary) have been in charge of transportation, which has involved purchasing hundreds of train tickets for various mid-week events, and Naoko has been in charge of guest speaker hospitality and making sure they are cared for during their stay, and also doing lots of interpreting, e