Chiba AO Team Spring Retreat 2025

Eri and I spent three days this week with our team, the Chiba AO Team, in Kujyukuri, Chiba. We focused on team building, resting, playing, and praying together. You can see the Pacific Ocean behind us. It was beautiful. The hotel we stayed at was located alongside the ocean, so we often could spend time on the beach to walk, talk, and pray.

Through the retreat, I once again realized that it was good not to be alone. Spending three days with my team made me think about it. I believe that one of the dangers of working for the gospel is the risk of isolation. Working with godly people keeps me from such danger. I learned that we each on the team were different in many ways: ages, experience, gifts from God, and nationalities. However, God can use us as a group for the gospel for His glory.