25 American volunteers came! Yuji, November 7, 2022 We welcomed 20 American volunteers who flew to Japan two days ago. They will volunteer for CPI Conference (Church Planting Institute), a 4-day-church planting conference from today. Yesterday, we had time for supper together, and I introduced my team to them right after AIive International service. I saw three American… Continue Reading
Supper with our interns from the US working at Covenant Community School International Yuji, October 18, 2022 My family and I had a wonderful time with our three interns for supper at our house five days ago. Benji and Elizabeth came to Japan in March this year, and Tara came a month ago. All of them are young and have a passion for serving here in Japan…. Continue Reading
AI 6th Anniversary Yuji, June 29, 2022 We Alive International had a wonderful 6th-anniversary service and party this Sunday, June 26. About 110 people joined in person at the chapel plus 10 people via zoom. I don’t remember when was the last time we had such a lot of people. Of course, it was before the Covid…. Continue Reading
Church planting scouting trip to Kaneda, Kisarazu Yuji, May 20, 2022 On 14th May, seven members from my team, the Chiba AO Team, visited Kaneda in Kisarazu City together as a scouting trip. This trip was the third time for our team to come here together. We visited a couple of places: A brand new Costco, the biggest shopping Mall in… Continue Reading
Visit Narita for church planting research with AO Team Yuji, May 10, 2022 On May 7, last Saturday, Eri and I revisited Narita, but we did it with our AO Team this time! We visited a couple of places to walk together, pray, and research together for our future church planting. We took this photo in front of Mt.Narita Shinshoji Buddhism Temple. Narita… Continue Reading
Over 110 people joined our Easter Service and BBQ! Yuji, April 22, 2022 We all were blessed to have Easter Service at the chapel, Easter Egg Hunting, and BBQ outside. Over 110 people joined, including ten to twenty newcomers and our non-believing neighbors. The average number of regular attendees is 60-70 people every Sunday, so the number on this day was incredible! I… Continue Reading
Church Planting with the Chiba AO Team Yuji, April 14, 2022 I have been praying for our international church planting with my team for over one year. I continue to talk about it with the team. We have three candidate places: Soga in Chiba City, Kisarazu City, and Narita City. All these three cities are located in Chiba Prefecture. The other… Continue Reading
We visited Kisarazu again! Yuji, December 21, 2021 We, AO Team, revisited Kisarazu in Chiba today to consider this place as our future church planting place. Last time, only Tom, Anthony, and I visited Kisarazu and met Ben, a Hong Konese businessman who has a passion for using his building in Kisarazu for missions. Today, not only three… Continue Reading
AO Team Thanksgiving dinner Yuji, November 25, 2021 We were so grateful to gather together as a team on Thanksgiving this year! We could not gather at this level due to COVID 19 for many months; however, we finally made it on November 23! Each member brought their family, and we enjoyed our fellowship. We were thankful for… Continue Reading
AIive International Outdoor Service! Yuji, November 10, 2021 We were SO glad to gather together as the whole Alive International at the chapel ground! This was the second time for us to gather as the whole congregation since Covid hit. We can usually gather up to 40-50 people in the chapel due to the restriction rule to the… Continue Reading