Journey to Japan

I have been in Tokyo for almost one week. I flew into Tokyo-Narita International Airport on Saturday night, and I was already speaking at a meeting on Sunday by 10 the next morning.

I spoke about the urgent need for us as a church to reconsider our current state and be willing to change in order to fulfill the function of the church more effectively in the city. I spent a decent amount of time emphasizing the differences between “doing” the church and “being” the church in our city. In other words, when a church simply “does” the church, it is more interested in maintaining the forms it came to love, although those forms may no longer fulfill the functions of the church in today’s culture. I emphasized that if we are married to traditional forms that no longer fulfill the true functions of the church in our surrounding community, all of our effort is wasted.

Jesus emphasized this same mindset when He spoke against the Pharisees, saying, “And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you, ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN’” (Matt 15:6-9). The Pharisees thought they were worshipping God and doing Him a favor, but since they were more interested in maintaining the cherished traditions, they were no longer fulfilling the function of true worship.

On the other hand, “being” the church has to do with understanding and living out the values that God demands within the Body of Christ so that His grace can be manifested through it to the unreached. It is this cause that Amy and I are unwaveringly committed to in Tokyo. Thankfully, many older believers responded positively and many younger people showed interest in changing.

This month, one of my main purposes is to work with different people who are influencers in our church and persuade them that we need to be more value-driven, and not form-driven. While this sounds reasonable, and even biblical, many churches sadly fail to make it their core value.

This week I have already met with two potential future part-time helpers, spent some time reassessing the current church condition, enduring – regrettably – hours of sharp and unwarranted criticisms and discouragements from those within the church who are not interested in my leadership. Currently, I’m writing an article for the church publication, trying to recover as much data as possible from my crashed hard-drive, and attending our church board meeting on Saturday (7/18).

Next week, I am going to try to get connected with those who stopped attending our church while we have been gone and encourage them not to give up on what God’s doing and going to do in our church. I am also solidifying our relationships with other capable believers outside of our church who were previously interested in assisting our endeavors. My goal is to hear them reaffirm their commitment to work with us in the near future. This week we also began our plan to develop our church website, which we hope will become one of the most comprehensive and useful Christian resources online in Japanese.

More I commit to developing an authentic community of believers in Tokyo, more I realize how much more financial resources and full time workers we need to do our job with excellence. While we are grateful for all the part-time lay people who are willing to help, we need other committed believers who are willing to work with us and contribute their creativity and expertise to reach souls for Christ in the city.

It is very easy to feel satisfied for the progress God is making through us, and yet be discouraged by various expected, yet still undesirable, challenges the next minute. We definitely need your vocal support through prayer and encouragement as we face realistic challenges of being in ministry overseas.

Please don’t stop praying for us. This month, pray that God will allow me to continually demonstrate His love and patience to everyone as well as show wisdom and humility beyond my age and experience, and unquenchable passion to glorify Him through my service. I also desire to demonstrate a teachable heart that is quick to hear and slow to speak as I deal with many people with distinct opinions. Please pray for Amy also as she is down in Alabama with her family. I will ask her to write an article so that you can also find out what God is doing in her life.

Friends and family, this is our ministry in action – what we need to be doing every week to make a lasting change in Tokyo. However, as you know, we cannot be in Tokyo without your generous help. We have been listing the need for regular giving, but we still need people who love God and us to put their faith into action by partnering with us. Please take some time today and fill out the form to partner with us financially so that we can continue to effectively build up the body of Christ in Tokyo.

We are finally back in New York after a month of intensive traveling throughout the state of Maine. After visiting seven churches and more small groups, we are filled with gratitude as God continually demonstrated His faithfulness throughout the time we were there.

Let me pick up where we left off since the last update. Originally, after the final meeting we had in June, we were planning on returning to New York. However, some of the locals convinced us that we needed to stay for their July 4th celebration. They mentioned that there would be a lot of food and the world’s fastest lobster fishing boat race, and, shameless to say, we were sold.

On June 28th, we visited the Head of the River Baptist Church in Cutler, Maine. It was our joy to share our passion with the people who were attending this small church. Among the attendees was Dr. Greg Beale from Wheaton Graduate School, who used to be the president of the Evangelical Theological Society a few years ago. It was refreshing to talk to him since I miss being around people who are active in the field of theological education. Amy and I enjoyed getting to know Head of the River’s Pastor Scott and his family. We would love to continue to keep in touch with their church.

That evening, we visited Beals Christian Advent Church on Beals Island, Maine. We spoke to the congregation there, and some of them made pledges to support us through regular giving. It was our joy to get to know their pastor, Josh, and his family, who were very excited about our ministry. We will be praying for their ministry as well.

After that Sunday, we were done with our planned meetings but wanted to meet more people and inform them of the spiritual need in Tokyo. On Thursday, I arranged a meeting with one of the members of Maine Coast Baptist Church, Dr. Allen Gregory, who has started his own unique ministry with a local investor to specifically aim to reach the lost in his local community with the Gospel. Over an outstanding lobster lunch, we discussed how Amy and I can increase our ministry effectiveness. Right before I left, he suggested that I should call Pastor Jerry Mick, senior pastor of Bangor Baptist Church, in Bangor, Maine.

Although I didn’t know anything about this church prior to our meeting, right after I left Dr. Gregory’s office I quickly prayed and called Pastor Jerry’s number, not knowing what to expect. We only had two days left in Maine, and once we left the state we knew that we could not return for a long time due to its distance from where we would be.

After talking to Pastor Jerry on the phone for three minutes or so, he invited me to share our ministry to him on Friday morning. I was so grateful to the Lord, as I was not expecting to be able to meet him in person. In spite of his church office being closed that day due to the weekend and, as I later found out, being the pastor of one of the biggest churches in Maine, he was willing to meet with me.

When I arrived at the church, I did not know what to expect since our conversation was somewhat brief the day before. I was anticipating anything from a 15-minute meeting where he would just tell me to leave our information with him, to a meaningful 45-minute meeting where I could share who we are more in-depth. After we started to share, our meeting ended up being close to two hours, where I was able to share about our ministry and our strategy pretty thoroughly.

To make the long story short, he invited us back to his church for their month-long missions conference, with all of our traveling expense being covered by the church. Again, this would not have happened if we did not decide to stay one week longer and actively pursue new and exciting places to share our commitment to serve the Lord in Tokyo.

We thank God once again for orchestrating these events to allow us to experience something far greater than what we could have hoped for. Praise the Lord for going before us to pave the way so that His truth can triumph in Tokyo through our ministry.

We miss everyone back in Maine, and we would stay there longer if we could. But we want to continue to move forward with our calling so that their prayers and support can bear fruits in Tokyo, where we need to be for the sake of the Gospel.

We stayed in Maine until July 5th. Due to bad weather, the lobster boat race which was our original reason to stay was canceled. But it didn’t matter because we were able to meet new people that we would not have been able to if we didn’t stay longer, and we got to spend the weekend with our friends that we came to love.

Please continue to pray for us, that God will continue to stir the hearts of those who were exposed to the spiritual needs of those who live in Tokyo, and that they will do something about it through us.

Also pray for us during the next forty days as Amy and I will be separated for that duration to accomplish the different aspects of our ministry. I am flying back to Japan today (7/10) to “admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone” (1 Thess. 5:14) in our church community in Tokyo. It will be challenging as I would be laying down the foundation for the changes that we will bring about in the near future. It is human nature to react in one way or another whenever new and sizable changes are introduced. It is a process that requires utmost carefulness, wisdom, and moreover, unwavering God-given conviction to do what is right in His sight with excellence. I will be speaking over ten times during this time. We also covet your prayers for Amy as she drives down to Alabama to be with her family for the duration. She will update our sending church with our progress. Anyway, it is a very long time for us to be apart, and we would appreciate your encouragement during this time.

We will continue to update you with what we will be doing during this period so that you can pray for us effectively. Please continue to pray for us but also consider financially partnering with us as God leads through regular giving. We cannot leave the country until God raises enough people to pledge 100% of our support. We still need $4,000 monthly pledges. Every dollar counts. Please ask God to make you into one of those men or women who will give generously so that through your giving more Japanese souls will be saved.

Again, it is not too late to bless us with financial assistance as I fly to Tokyo by clicking the “donate” button to the left. A roundtrip flight to Japan costs somewhere around $1,000. You giving can make a big difference.

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Thanks so much for visiting our website again. We cannot wait to tell you what God is doing in our next update.

Let me begin this post by mentioning how God is answering your prayers by demonstrating His faithfulness in our lives.

First, we are praising God because one of the churches that we have been visiting, Faith Bible Church in Vineland, NJ, decided to take us up as their missionaries. Not only do we feel so privileged to be able to represent such an exemplary church in their commitment to know God’s Word and live it out, but we are also utterly humbled by how they are going to provide 8% of our entire support. Praise the Lord. But more than their financial support, which is incredible, we are excited to partner with them because of the relational support which they provide for us. Over the months we have been able to develop great friendships with the people from the church, and we are excited to be able to keep in touch because of the new relationship we have with them.

Another demonstration of God’s faithfulness can be witnessed in how God chose to use our friends, Eric and Jill Holmes, as His choice instruments to minister to us by taking care of our problem-ridden vehicle. Perhaps some of you know that our main car, which we originally wanted to use for our support discovery trip, unexpectedly gave up the ghost suddenly last month. So, at the last minute we had to change our plan and use our backup vehicle, which we were planning on selling because of all the problems it had. When it comes to cars, after growing up for most of my life in cities, I simply don’t know enough to be able to talk about them intelligently. I said, partly joking, in the past that, “I know a lot about cars. I can usually look at a car’s headlights and tell you exactly which way it’s coming.” It is very ironic that I am married to a mechanic’s daughter.

Anyway, before we left Schroon Lake we set apart $2,000 to repair the major vehicle problems once we got to Maine. Before we went, I at least knew that the timing belt had to be changed, and I’ve heard of people taking about how expensive they are to replace. Well, to make the long story short, Eric, Jill, and their son, Timmy, who run their family-owned auto body shop, prayerfully decided that they would pay the whole expense to fix our car. We were aware of their financial situation to some extent, so we were definitely not counting on them to work on our car for free. Yet, in spite of their own needs, they decided to work on our car for us as a service to the Lord. We were simply overwhelmed by gratitude for God’s grace, which moved them to meet our needs in such a critical way.

Our experience reminded us that we are not commanded to give generously when we have enough for ourselves, but as God allows us to see the various needs of others that He brings into our lives. We were definitely joyous to see God’s people living out the faith and being part of God’s mission. Please pray that God would continuously meet their needs as they serve Him sacrificially.

Let me share a few more because there are so many things that God is doing that are astonishing. On the 14th, we were supposed to visit Machias Christian Fellowship (Machias, ME)  to share about our passion. However, on the night of the 13th, we were told that we had to reschedule our visit. Understandably, we were disappointed because we wanted to fill every Sunday with a meeting or two. We tried to get into other churches, but being so last–minute, nothing worked out for us. When the morning came, we decided to go to Faith Bible Fellowship, a church we had tried to get into before we came up to Maine but with which we could not schedule a meeting.

Once we entered the building, the pastor came up to me and asked me, “Are you ready to speak?” While I wasn’t expecting that, I responded affirmatively. I got to share my testimony, our ministry, and our passion. The people responded very positively, and Amy is addressing the youths of that church tonight . It is amazing how God postponed our original meeting so we could speak at a church that we were not able to get into originally. Our God is amazing.

That same night we went to Maine Coast Baptist Church to share. When we got there, we only saw a few cars in the parking lot, so we were somewhat discouraged, almost forgetting the goodness of God that we experienced earlier that morning. When I went in, we saw our friend from WOLBI, Ruth Siles, standing in the sound booth! What’s the chance of seeing someone we knew in such a random church in Maine? While the crowd as not as big as we expected, we gave everything we had. At the end, it doesn’t matter whether it is a crowd of 600 or 12. We still give all we’ve got regardless of the size of the audience because we believe it is our responsibility to minister to those whom God brings into our lives. After our presentation, we felt God’s work in people’s lives as we fellowshiped with one another. At the end, they took a love offering for us and on our way home we discovered that its amount was over $1,100. Again, how can one not see God’s amazing work in our experience?

Finally, this past Sunday (6/21), we visited Machias Christian Fellowship in the morning and Larrabee Baptist Church in the evening. The evening service was interesting because many believers from Machias Christian Fellowship came to join us to hear our fuller ministry presentation. People were friendly and very attentive to what we had to share. After the service, the pastor emphasized the effectiveness of sending “native” missionaries back to their country. We are returning to Machias Christian Fellowship tomorrow night to fellowship with those who are specifically interested in our ministry in Tokyo.

Overall, we are blessed to be in Maine and meet all of these people who are committed to live out their faith in these rural communities. Again, we were reminded that it is not the amount of people or wealth that makes a lasting difference in missions. What makes the difference is the same grace of God which is at work in His people, whether you’re in Tokyo or a rural town in ME which you never heard of. It is God graciously orchestrating people who are committed to serve God as missionaries with those who want to see God’s glory being manifested in places where the Gospel is not effectively preached.

Sorry that this post is rather long, but God has been doing so much in our lives, and we wanted to share everything that He has been doing. Please continue to partner with us through prayer, because you get to experience God’s faithfulness being actualized through us. It is exciting to be part of a ministry where God is unmistakably active.

By the way, this post will be incomplete without encouraging you to also partner with us through regular giving. While it is exciting to see God perform these works in the States, we need to get to Japan eventually. It will not be possible without the support of people who are interested in our ministry and who believe in our ability to make a difference through God’s grace. One of the great American writers, Gertrude Stein, once said, “Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.” In similar ways, silent support isn’t very much use to missionaries who are going out “for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles” (3 John 1:7).  If God has blessed you, and you are witnessing God’s work through us, please prayerfully partner with us. Thank you again for reading. By the way, subscribe to our website so you can be informed whenever we update our main content so never miss our ministry updates. God bless.

By His grace,
Kazu & Amy

How can giving up one cup of coffee a week change Japan?

Well, lasting change does not happen overnight. What Japanese people need today is not money, but committed people who can effectively minister to them with God’s Word and encourage their faith. This begins with time and a commitment to build Christ-centered relationships within a community – a job that continues through one’s lifetime.  By financially partnering with Kazu and Amy through regular giving, you can make this happen. With your partnership, you can enable us to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those living in Tokyo, teaching them how to embrace God’s transforming grace in their hearts.

This is where the coffee comes in.  Many of us drink coffee regularly to keep us going, and something as simple as giving up one of those cups once a week will help keep our ministry in Japan going. Regular giving means donating to Fellowship International Mission on an ongoing basis – bi-weekly, monthly or quarterly – to ensure that we can continually do God’s work effectively in one of the most spiritually deprived cities in the world.

Regular giving is so important because it’s an income we can depend on. If we know that the money is coming in, we can minister to people with confidence, knowing that we do not have to fear leaving the field prematurely, or reduce the effectiveness of our service by not being able to produce quality resources, due to lack of funds.

Setting yourself up for regular giving is simple. In fact, it’s as easy as giving up one cup of coffee a week (or more if your budget allows and you really love your caffeine!). We are looking for friends and family who are willing to give up an amount that equals one cup of coffee per week to make an eternal difference in the lives of those who live in Tokyo. Obviously, you can participate in regular giving even if you don’t drink coffee, don’t want to give up your coffee, or think you can regularly give without thinking of coffee. In the tradition of a famous coffeehouse company from Seattle, WA, we want to provide options for our generous sponsors based on their ability to give.
We are looking for the following three different levels of sponsors:

100 “Tall” sponsors who can donate $10 per month
40 “Grande” sponsors who can donate $25 per month
20 “Venti” sponsors who can donate $50 per month

Collectively, by giving so little per month, regular givers can be used by God so much in Japan. Currently, we have 10 regular givers. We need to widen that base among the community in order to allow God’s work to bear long-term results in Japan. Our total goal is to raise $3,000 through this initiative by the first week of November. We need to have as many pledges as we can get by this summer so we can accurately estimate when we will be able to return to Japan. We boldly and prayerfully ask you to take a moment and consider partnering with us, not because we seek the gift itself, but we seek for “the profit which increases to your account” (Phil. 4:17).

Becoming a regular partner is really easy. Simply contact Fellowship International Mission’s office (888-346-9099 [toll free])and ask them how to support us regularly, or go to our donate page, or more conveniently,  you can download, complete, and submit the Regular Giving form attached to this post and have your chosen amount deducted monthly. Either way, you get a tax-deductible receipt at the end of the year to lodge with your tax return.

So just give up one cup of coffee a week to make an eternal difference in the lives of Japanese people through Kazu and Amy. It’s that simple. You’ll never miss that small amount each month and, best of all, you’ll be able to see what God is going to do through us and say, “God graciously used me to make that happen!”

If you are capable to make a pledge and follow through it, please let us know by e-mail saying, “I’m pledging to be a ‘(Tall, Grande, or Venti)’ donor” (or simply let us know that you want to financially partner with us through regular giving). Make sure you leave us your name and contact information, too, so that we can personally thank you and add you to our regular e-mail newsletter subscription list. If you have been ministered to by Kazu & Amy in the past, or God has been convicting you to support committed and capable missionaries regularly, or if you believe in God’s ability to use Kazu & Amy in a remarkable way in Tokyo, partner with us today.

By the way, if we get enough pledges to meet our goal within the next few days, we will be able to move to Japan as early as next month instead of waiting until our original target date which is not until the middle of November. Can you imagine what that would mean for those people prayerfully waiting for us in Japan? If we can enlist enough donors to get us to Tokyo next month, that would be nothing but awesome (and I try not to use that word flippantly). While it sounds challenging, let’s try it together and make it happen for His glory.

If you want to support us but don’t think you can give up your daily caffeine due to your addiction, go to this website to get some help.

We just added a link to our new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page to the left side bar so you can find out answers to questions you most likely have. Are you interested finding out how much support we need to raise or how it is being spent? Do you want to learn about our sending church or why we chose Fellowship International Mission as our mission board? Visit our new page and find out today! Feel free to ask us other questions if they are not listed there by sending us an e-mail. Thanks for your continuous support.

Kazu & Amy

So the outah statah says to the Down-Eastah…..”There sure are a lot of funny looking people around here” And tha Mainah says….”Ayuh….but come Labah Day, they’ll awl be gawn”!

Well, that outah statah would be me. Our first destination on our fundraising trip has been the state of Maine, specifically Down East. It is a magical place where you encounter many wonderfully strange people and bad roads. It is a place where people measure distance in hours; where you know several family members who have hit a deer more than once; where you see people wearing camouflage at church events, a place where you install security lights on your house and garage then leave both unlocked.

“Maine: The Way Life Should Be,” the sign says just after you cross into the state, from down south, or allthemotherstates, as Mainers define the rest of the country, where life is not the way it is supposed to be. While the state slogan can be challenged by the non-Mainers, Amy and I have been enjoying our time in the Down East region of Maine. We are truly thankful to God for providing us with generous and hospitable friends, Eric and Jill Holmes, who have opened up their home for us so that we can visit different churches in the area that are mission-minded.

Our plan is to meet with at least a few individuals during the week and fill the rest of Sundays with church meetings. We want to seize every opportunity to share about our ministry to anyone who has ears to listen because we truly believe that God can use us to impact Japan in a way that has never been touched before. Please pray that we will be sensitive to those opportunities and have boldness from Christ to share about what God can do through us in Tokyo.

Our visit to Maine has reminded us of how great the body of Christ is. Perhaps living in Maine is not necessarily the way life should be for everybody. However, when we stop for a moment and witness how God has united a guy from Tokyo, a girl from Alabama, and a family from Maine to attempt to fulfill the Great Commission together for His glory, we see a greater force at work among us. We see how God’s grace has radically transformed all of our lives and our values regardless of our upbringing. We see how Christ’s blood has bridged the gap between these apparently disconnected people, allowing them come together and serve God with a united heart. All I can think of is, “Thank you God, that’s truly the way life should be in Christ!”

We know that many of you faithfully pray for us regularly. We want you to know that we have not ceased thanking God for all you and your interest in our ministry. Well, here’s ways you can pray for us more specifically. Please pray for us, during this month, as we meet with key church leaders in the area and others who are interested in God’s mission around the world. Getting a meeting can be fairly easy, but getting a meeting with any real possibility of gaining support from the church is much, much more difficult, especially for someone from outside the area. Please pray that God will allow us to boldly share the spiritual needs of the believers in Tokyo so that people can accurately understand the great need that the Japanese inner-city people have. Also pray that God would use this period to allow us to grow in our own faith as we continually rely on His grace for our needs. Finally, pray that my relationship with Amy would be strengthened by going through these life events together, relying on God.

As an important reminder, let me emphasize this again: if you have been thinking about supporting us, please make a pledge today, as much of the new missionary support today comes from individuals rather than churches. The Bible gives examples of churches and individuals giving to missionaries and for the cause of churches in need. As many of you can understand, raising financial support takes time and incurs travel and ministry expenses. However, unless we secure commitments for 51% of the required support determined by our mission board, we can’t withdraw money from our account to enable full-time deputation. Unfortunately, Tokyo being the second most expensive city to live in in the world, we need to raise significantly more than average missionaries. The good news is that we are very close to having 51% of our support. We are excited to see how far God has brought us so far but more still needs to be done. You can truly make a difference by partnering with us through regular giving today. Visit our “Donate” page for specific instructions on how to partner with us financially.

Let me complete this post by giving you a heads-up on what is happening with us. Before June 21st, I (Kazu) need to leave the country once to renew my immigration status. Thankfully Canada is not so far away from where we are staying right now. We are not expecting any difficulties, but please pray that whatever happens, I will be able to demonstrate Christ within me to those I encounter during that time. Also, during the month of July, I am planning on flying back to Tokyo for a month while Amy drives down to Alabama to be with her family. I need to take care of some ministry-related business with the church where we will be serving. It will also be a good opportunity for me to visit my mother, who has been fighting cancer for many years now. If you know anyone who can contribute towards the cost of the flight, please let us know by e-mail. Any contribution would be appreciated.

Finally, we want to thank everyone who helped us move out of our old house and my office (Kapusta, Parsons, Headlees, Arthurs, Petersons, Williamson, Mackey, and many others) and those who blessed us with extra donation to help us with our trip (you know who you are). Your kindness is not forgotten, and we know you will be rewarded handsomely one day by Christ on our behalf.

We will start a new fundraising initiative within the next few days, so please visit our Web site frequently. Thanks again.

Kazu & Amy

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