Dear Friends:
This last month stretched us to capacity (mentally, emotionally, financially and spiritually) as we had planned and unplanned opportunities to see God at work and be used by Him in the process. We spent a week in Kanto assisting with disaster relief efforts, attended a funeral at a distance, held our first Christmas Celebration hosting 40 people at our home on Christmas Eve, and assisted with another funeral the day after Christmas. Honestly, it was both amazing and exhausting!
Reflecting on 2019 and the growth ahead…
As we transition from a family on mission to a missionary organization, Church Plant Japan will offer missionary support to existing churches in Japan and plant new churches in areas where there is very low or no evangelism occurring. Both avenues embrace grassroots reachout initiatives in order to build relationships starting the process of making disciples as the first step to developing and growing a church family.
Just two short years ago, we started out as family on mission connecting with people in our community and building upon those relationships. This allowed us to assess needs and launch a few reachout initiatives such as Feeding Our Friends providing meals to those less fortunate. This led to planting our first home church and has now grown into an organization inviting other missionaries to duplicate our efforts. We have seen God move in incredible ways with lives being transformed, relationships being restored, 5 people in the last few months saying YES to Jesus. And believers that have been without a church family finding community at our home church. Over 750 meals served through our Feeding Our Friends ministry. Sponsoring our first full-time missionary, the launch of Legacy House for aged-out orphans, and a big vision for fighting for those forgotten or shunned by society (more to come on this one!), partnerships with other organizations and collaboration with other churches and missionaries allowing us to broaden our reach and share the workload. The list goes on.
We are blessed to have a front row seat in seeing God change lives before our eyes in a country that is home to the 2nd largest unreached people group in the world!
To each one who has prayed over our family and our mission and those who have financially invested in us and our mission we want to say “Thank you!!“
Would you please consider including Church Plant Japan (CPJ) in your year-end giving plans?
As a new ministry serving our local community and developing relationships in close proximity as well as some at a distance and with most in our church family still learning about God or new to faith, we depend on your support.
Our ability to maintain our reachout activities and respond to those in need at a moments notice is made possible through the generous donations of partners like you. With your help, CPJ will continue to offer hope and share the love of Jesus through our ability to “GO” and be present in the time of need AND to role up our sleeves and work along side those desperate for help AND to lead the charge in fighting for those left behind and forgotten. You make it possible for us to empty ourselves for the benefit of others.
Together, we can make a difference!