The other day I received an emergency bulletin from the US embassy indicating that there were severe tsunami warnings along the coast. They were expecting 30 waves to hit sometime in mid-afternoon on Sunday. The tsunami – incidentally a Japanese word – would be a result of the huge 8.8 earthquake in Chile. That afternoon I was rushing to the airport by train escorting visitors who were leaving that day. I noticed several train lines…
Three people shared stories at the JEMA meetings how Japanese who attended years ago are using our CPI training materials in their ministries. One missionary between last November and last month has received from God a new vision for church planting and Japanese partners. What a turn around. CPI is playing a part in helping people on the frontlines of ministry. We had a great but short visit with Dan and Sandi Peterson, district executive…
I just found out I was on Christian Television here in Japan. I was working with one of their staff on getting a list of names of church planters that they could interview for a weekly show on church planting. They sent me a web link to see about the program. When I was at the home page I noticed something about the Rengo. It was about the Coming of Age celebration on 1/12 where…
One Japanese pastor would like someone to come for over 3 months or more to build relationships with Japanese. Through these relationships they can share their Christian experience. This would be with church activities, their interests, English classes and other activities to connect with people. Depending on gifts and interests an outreach plan can be determined in discussion with the pastor and church. The pastor along with Church ministry has an NGO (Non-government Organization [Charity…
There are a lot of Japanese loan words in the English language such as Typhoon, Kimono, Sushi, and more lately I have heard Sukoshi (a little) even on TV shows. The loan word Tycoon really threw me. I am from Illinois and value Abraham Lincoln highly for many reasons. I had never heard him referred to as a Tycoon before. This is the “rest of the story.” The word tycoon is derived from the Japanese…
Tokyo has more high rated restaurants than anywhere else in the world including New York and Paris according to the Michelin guide. We always new that was true as it is the largest city in the world. Tokyo has such a rich variety of food with Western and Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Indian to name just a few. For more in a BBC article see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8364051.stm