Ministry Updates and News from the Mehns
How are you doing? How was your last trip? How’s ministry going? We are often asked. Lately the answers are we are doing well, in fact, quite well. Physically, emotionally, spiritually, we are doing well. And our ministries are doing well too. Elaine’s Bible studies and small groups continue to be lively, and people are growing in their followership of Christ. John is doing well with developing leaders here, near, and far and just came…
John was back again in Japan last month and met with the Deeper Collaboration Group. This group are the key leaders of the largest mission agencies in Japan that began meeting at a CPI Conference 5 years ago. This time we decided to have a retreat and for each leader to invite a younger leader so that our leadership influence would extend further. The group worked together on Achievable Objectives that could help Collaborate in…
You talk about WEIRD! The three of us went to Japan for Vacation! Definitely Weird! Our son Tim wanted to have his last hurrah as we were saying goodbye to our season of living in Japan. He planned a vacation to visit us, help us with the move, and go around the country seeing his favorite sights. Kind of his “farewell tour.” Well it was 2020, and guess what happened? Yes, CTRL, ALT, and DELETE…
John’s first trip this year was filled with the unexpected. Because of a visa issue, John was sidelined in Singapore waiting to enter Vietnam for several days. Normally John would be an anxious angry mess but during all the waiting God’s peace was quite evident. First, John mobilized prayer for the situation and the visa. We thank you for your prayers during that time. Second, we tried everything. John went to the Vietnam Embassy in…
FOCUS ON VIETNAM John was to accompany a team going to two major cities in Vietnam and conduct Orientation Training for an 18-month plan for church planting training. The trainers were coming from the Philippines and John was just there to encourage, coach, and pray with the many leaders. In one city 3 key leaders of a large denomination came and were excited to go back and recommend to a larger group of hundreds of…
We are global people and connected to people everywhere it seems. Every day in our home seems international or at least cross-cultural. The work we do touches many people throughout Asia. Sometimes John talks about a particular day being “India day”, “Japan day,” and the like. Our days take us via online meetings, emails, and other communication all day long to places like Mongolia, Korea, and even Central Asia (the -stans countries). This month John…