Our CCSI community had a WONDERFUL graduation on July 12! We celebrated four graduates finishing their study here at CCSI. Our son, Shintaro, also graduated with three other students! Although only the graduates, their family, and the teachers could be present at CCSI chapel -Due to the COVID-19 situation, people…

Yuji worked as the worship leader in Japanese and also as the preacher in English during the AI Sunday service on May 17! You will see the beauty of an bilingual service through the video below!

Our Alive International Sunday-gathering services were resumed from Today! We of course still needed to wear masks, use sanitizers on our hands, and do social distancing, but anyways we could gather together to worship our God! It had been about thee months since we stopped gathering at the chapel. Today,…

COVID-19 brought a lot of losses to our Alive International congregation, but it also brought us some blessings by God’s grace. One of the blessings for AI was the start of small groups over Zoom. Before the COVID-19 hit us, we had only a couple of small groups in AI;…

What a zoom meeting I had today! Over 40 people participated in our MTW Japan Chiba Team live field report meeting over Zoom today! Some from UAS, some from Japan, and most of the attendees were from Lethbridge, AB, Canada, my family’s second home country. It was a wonderful moment…

Our Christian International school, Covenant Community School International, has decided to resume by way of online Zoom from this month. So, Eri just began to teach her CCSI students from Home and our three children also take online classes at home. You can see Eri’s classroom and her office at…

After one and a half months pause due to Coronavirus crisis, my English Conversation Club for my neighbors finally resumed by way of ZOOM last week Saturday! I am thankful for this technology God has given to me. But a sad thing was that some of the members could not…

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, I have not been able to meet my AI (Alive international) brothers in person at a local restaurant for our small group. We usually met there every Thursday morning before the pandemic. However, God has given us a new tool that enable us to meet. It is…

To slow down the spread of Coronavirus, our Alive International began to use online Sunday Service for those who could not come to the chapel. For the AI service of March 15th, I guided the service as the worship leader used in Japanese and the preacher used in English. Because of the…

Thank you so much for helping us, Sam! Sam from Sendai, Japan, is staying with us at our house for several days to see our school, Covenant Community School International, and Alive International congregation that I serve for. Kids who joined our Thursday English Conversation club two days ago were…