Spring 2017 Update

Dear friends and family! Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support for our work here in Japan! We are sorry that we haven't been good at keeping you up to date. But it really does mean a lot to us to have your support! We could not be here without you.

YWAM Japan Conference

A recent highlight for us was the annual YWAM Japan staff conference! Every year, all of the YWAM missionaries throughout Japan come together to worship, pray, talk business and to catch up on each other's ministries. It was a really encouraging time to get to know the other missionaries and to hear what God is doing all over Japan!

The above image is of all the Japan missionaries (though Naoko was watching Kai as he slept!). We stayed at a location near to mount Fuji so it was refreshing. Kai was very well behaved for the 3 nights we were there and he proved quite popular with everyone!

Below are a couple more pictures!

Prayer for Tohoku!


One of the focuses for the conference was to pray that God would allow YWAM to expand into new areas. This got us excited as we feel called to pioneer a new YWAM location in the north of Japan! In this picture, I was able to share our vision with others and to receive prayer. Please join us in praying for God's guidance!

Naoko's Interpretation


Here Naoko is interpreting for YWAM Japan's Director during the business meeting as everything had to be in both Japanese and English. Please be praying for Naoko as she will do much more interpretation during the upcoming DTS (read below).

Almost crawling!


Kai is now 9 months and we can't believe how fast he is growing! Here he is slowly moving backwards for the first time. Next comes moving forwards! Please be praying for him to want food as he still isn't eating anything- strange for a 9 month old baby!

Bible School

It has been hard work studying for my Master in Theology while also being a missionary and parenting Kai! Though it has been challenging, I feel that God is giving me important tools for the things He has in store in the future. I am just about to hand in my final essay of the school year - praise God! I will continue my studies in September, after the DTS has finished.

Bilingual DTS

In two days time, the next bilingual Discipleship Training School (DTS) will begin! In fact, the first students have already arrived and more are on their way! We have students from Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Switzerland and the US. So for the next 5 months, we will be staffing the school, this time with a baby! We are excited to see what God will do with these students. There is also a chance that we will take a team on outreach up north to Tohoku in August. Please be praying for the staff and students to grow in their faith during this school.

Thank you for reading and for your prayers!

Prayer Points

Thank God for..

> A great conference!
> The financial provision to do what we do
> Gary's first year of Bible School

Please pray for..

> The DTS students, that they will grow during this school
> Wisdom in how to look after Kai during the next busy season
> God's guidance on when and how to pioneer YWAM in Tohoku (Northern Japan)

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