This year's trip has been quite unique in that all the planning has been done by the Japanese college team. God has answered many prayers and given the church a group of young, college-aged believers who are serving in the church. Some of them grew up in the church and are now in college, while others have recently joined the church. God in His providence has orchestrated these things to happen so that they can reach out to many of their friends in college. We are so blessed to be serving alongside them and working with them to figure out how to effectively share the Gospel to many college students.
Below are the pictures (w/ Japanese descriptions) of the team and a little bit about them:
Below are the pictures (w/ Japanese descriptions) of the team and a little bit about them:
Takashi Kondo
- He's the leader of the Japanese team and is in charge of a lot of the planning
- He's a 2nd year student at Shiga University studying Economics
- We're excited that he has the opportunity to lead this ministry and to grow in his leadership.
- Please pray for him as he matures in spiritual leadership and leads the team.
Fumika Taguchi
- She has been a great help to us this trip as she's accompanied the team on all the ministry outings.
- Through the work of the Japan STMs last year, she was able to hear the Gospel and be saved.
- It's been fun to see Christ change her life and watch her grow in spiritual maturity.
- She will be attending SMC this August. Please pray for her as she transitions to the US.
Tamie Saito
- She began attending HBC last year and has been a great help to the college team.
- She is working as a medical transcriptionist in the area.
- We've been encouraged by her heart for evangelism and her joyful attitude in serving the church. It's been fun to see that coming from the young people here in this church.
Miho Futoi
- She was baptized at HBC last March and has been serving at the church in many ways.
- The team was able to meet with her friend at St. Andrew's University and we hope that she will continue to invite her friends to church and evangelize to them
Takashi Kusumoto
- 3rd year student at St. Andrew's University
- He has a heart for evangelism for his fellow classmates and friends at school
- Please pray that God will allow for additional ministry opportunities at his school for future STMs.
Takashi Higuchi
- He's a graduate student at Tokyo University studying Physics
- He was able to join us for the church camp with the students and was able to answer a lot of their questions in Japanese
- We were thankful that he was able to join us even though he had to travel so far to minister with us.