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Dear friends and family,

The time has come. It has finally arrived. We are no longer employed. We are finally leaving the comfort of having a steady income and a place where we can call home. While it is absolutely frightening to think about the decision we’ve made, we’ve never been so excited to see what God is going to do and how He is going to provide all of our needs as we strive to serve Him unreservedly.

For some of you who are getting to know us for the first time, we are Kazu and Amy Kato, missionaries with Fellowship International Mission (FIM) heading to Tokyo, Japan. We are truly burdened to reach more than 35.6 million people* who live in the Greater Tokyo Area that are lost, not experiencing the hope which can be found in Jesus Christ.

Protestant Christians in Japan constitute a religious minority of 0.4% today.* More sadly, the number of biblically faithful Christians who attend churches in Tokyo is estimated to be no more than 0.03% of the city population.

God has uniquely equipped us (Amy and Kazu) to be able to reach those people who are considered to be extremely difficult to reach with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Kazu is a fourth-generation Japanese Christian who spent most of his life living in major cities in the United States and Japan. His bilingual ability, combined with his formal biblical training and passion for city people, will only strengthen his ability to communicate God’s Word effectively to those living in Tokyo. Amy is also blessed with a personality that transcends cultures and countries. She has a natural ability to befriend people from various backgrounds, allowing her to attract many people to Christ. You can read more about us in the “About/Kazu & Amy” page, which you can find on the left column of this page.

Anyway, I hope you keep visiting our site to find out what God is doing as we begin our journey as we travel around the country and the world, motivating enough people to pray for us and support us to get us over to Tokyo this year. We need all of your prayers and support in order to accomplish something greater together in Tokyo for God’s glory. Please subscribed to our RSS feed to keep in touch with us. If you don’t know what I am talking about, visit this link. If you are, at this time, interested in financially contributing to God’s cause through us, please click the link to your left which says “Ways to Help.” It will give you a link which you can click to receive the form which you can use to support us monthly. We still need to raise $4,000 a month on top of what we have. But I know this would be possible through people like you whom God has blessed richly. Please invest in us so that God may use all of us together to bring the Gospel to one of the most un-evangelized cities in the world.

In many ways, our Web site is incomplete (as you can tell). We will continue to improve it so you can find out what God is doing through us immediately and effectively. This week we are moving to Maine to visit six churches, Lord willing. Please pray for us or leave messages to us via “Shout Box,” to the right, or by e-mail. Thank you for reading this. God bless.

By His grace,

Kazu and Amy