October 7th 2013 will mark our 30th year as missionaries here in
Hokkaido, Japan. We praise God for His graces in keeping us here for this
length of time. Our Lord has supplied our needs and we, like the apostle
Paul, have learned to trust Him no matter what support came in month by
month. God supplies our needs through His servants in local
churches. We would like to thank all those who have answered God's call
to supply our needs through faithful support over the years. In the
coming months we would like to highlight those who have supported this work for
more than 30 years, including our short deputation time.
Faith
Baptist Church of Spokane, Washington: Pastor Greg Boyle has been the
pastor for all these years. Our first meeting at Faith Baptist is
memorable in many ways. One point that stands out is that after Ken
showed our slides and preached, Pastor Boyle asked the church right then for a
show of hands for taking us on for support! Ken looked down quickly so he
would not see how many hands were raised or not. This church has been
faithful in their financial support, in prayer support and love support through
birthday, anniversary and encouragement cards sent. We praise God and
thank Pastor & Mrs. Boyle and all the members of Faith Baptist Church for
their faithful service to the Lord Jesus through supplying our needs over these
many years.
Recently,
a Christian family moved to a town south of us. In their desire to be in church
as much as possible, they are willing to drive the hour and a half to be with
us on Sundays. We rejoice in their
desire, in this opportunity and look forward to what God will do in their lives
as well as our communities as a result of their testimony.
The
Lord supplied so that Vicki could make a
personal trip to the states during the month of February to be with family
in three states and celebrated birthdays in each place. She visited our oldest son’s, our daughter’s
and our 2nd son and his wife flew to our daughter’s to be with us
for a few days. Our eldest son drove
down from Virginia to Georgia just for a little over 24 hours stay because the
two brothers had not seen each other in four years. Vicki ended her stay in Wisconsin where her
mother, brother and wife live. Vicki
made many special memories and is safely back at home after being stranded an
extra day in Wisconsin and also at this end for 2 extra days due to winter
storms.
Ken
held the fort and carried on as usual although he did add one extra
ministry. A fellow missionary (2 hours
away) had to be gone for 3 Sundays so Ken filled in on one Sunday there. He was thankful not only for grace in
preaching but also for safe traveling in winter conditions.
Prayer Requests:
1.
Families of
believers to be saved and baptism of believers
2.
Health of Mrs.
Sonoda-she never knows if she is going to have a hard day or calm
day—dizziness; discomfort; praise-her husband was checked for one type of cancer
and it was negative. Her father though had to have most of his stomach removed
due to cancer and he is still unsaved
3.
Bible study with Hitomi
Tsuzuki-her salvation; rehab and healing of her knee
4.
New inroads to be
found into people’s lives and hearts; Mr. Moriyama, Miss Emi, Filipino ladies
(who we have not been able to help get here; Town folk
5.
March/April is a
major transition in and out with jobs—praying for those that leave to have
further Christian contacts and for new folk that come in and we may find ways
of meeting them
6.
Yen/dollar values
Just A
Prayer At Night – Your evening is
our daytime
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