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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…

It took us a month to finish furnishing our living room! We purchased most of the furniture online, assembled each piece after it was brought to our place, and put the national flags of many countries on the front door, forming “B.I.,” i.e., Bridge International, with them. Our townhouse is…

I made a new flyer for my English conversation club today. I now have a group of 20 people who regularly participate in my club. I hope that more local people join it so that I could get to know them and love them!

We finally moved to Kaneda, Kisarazu, on the 16th of December, about two weeks ago. We brought our stuff by ourselves but a couple of furniture such as a fridge and a laundry machine moved by a moving company. We still need time to furnish rooms especially our living room…

Eri and I finally returned to Japan from North America three weeks ago. We spent time with our three children in their town, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. We also travelled to many cities in Canada and America to meet our friends and supporters. Now, it is time to move to…

The number of participates was the highest ever! We welcomed 24 local people at Bridge International Cafe, our monthly community building and outreach event, in Kaneda, Kisarazu, on June 22. There were several students, even one elementary school student, among them. This time, we made the Cafe Chicago Version. Our…

Our youngest daughter Aki graduated from CCSI on June 15! This year, Aki was the only graduate! Eri and I were honored to be a part of this godly school since we were sent back to Japan from Canada. Our first child Shintaro graduated three years ago, and our second…

It was a big blessing to welcome two ladies (Chris and Kylie) from Canada and have them involved in my ministries in Japan. They were from our family’s Canadian home town, Lethbridge Alberta, and from our sending church. These two ladies participated in several ministries Eri and I are doing…

We hosted our monthly community build event, Bridge International Cafe, last Saturday, 11/25, at Kaneda Community Center in Kisarazu, Chiba. 17 local people, including seven high school students, joined it. These students were from Kisarazu Sogo High School and belonged to the Interact Club. Kota, a member of Yuji’s ECC,…

Last Saturday, my team and I welcomed an MTW Vision Trip Team from the US. They are right now traveling in Chiba and Tokyo because they plan to visit several cities in Chiba and Tokyo to meet other MTW teams. They spent four days with us so I could take…