We are excited that God is sending many new missionaries to Japan! Eunjeong and Jaenbaeg Lim arrived in Japan on September 25th 2009, sent to us from Onnuri Church in Seoul Korea.
Jaenbaeg and Eunjeong are living in Hikone, ShigaKen and are working with Megumi Church.
At the moment, most of their day is spent fulfilling the difficult task of learning Japanese, but they have also had many opportunities to share about God with their Japanese teachers, neighbors and people they meet every day.
Megumi Church - We have been very encouraged recently and have seen lots of new faces at church and other week-ly meetings. Please pray that we can get to know them and help them into the kingdom.
Ishiyama Church - In our church we have one lady, Mrs. Sasaki, who is a "shining" Christian. She got baptized last September. Pray that God will add to our church more like her, whose
lives get changed through knowing Je-sus.
This article is about my experiences in going to 'AsiaCon', WEC's regional Asia conference in October 2009, and what God taught me there.
I have been working in Otsu city, a rural area of Japan, population 320,000, 25 minutes by train outside of Kyoto city the old capital of Japan. It is mainly residential, with most of the working population in our area travelling into the bigger cities of Kyoto and Osaka for their work.
Christmas is approaching, so we want to enable you to pray for our Christmas events!
• The Kitamuras have been invited to present the meaning of Christmas to the elderly and children in their neighbourhood association, who have no understanding of Christianity. Elaine ask, ‘Please pray that we will know what to present, and how to present it.’
• Two of our gospel choirs will perform a Christmas festival on the 5th at Kyoto’s town hall; pray for the fullness of God's blessing there.
Click on the link below to read about WEC Japan's forthcoming Christmas events, as well as one participant's story from when she attended WEC's regional Asia conference held in Thailand (October 2009).
WEC Japan welcomes back one of our workers, SeongJae Yu from five months furlough and into a new stage of multiteam ministry.
Next month one of our missionaries, Jill Smith returns from extended time at home. Please pray as she prepares to return to Japan.
The end of year is fast approaching with many events, both christmassy and otherwise. Things get underway this month with a combined Gospel Concert on the 21st. please pray for people to attend and the gospel to be sown both to the singers and audience.
Pray also for the organization of the many end of year and Christmas outreaches to come. Pray too for opportunities to invite people, and that they will attend.
Jenny Lyon from the UK came to Japan in 2009 for a short-term mission. Here she tells us about her time.
~ I went to Japan because I felt God calling me to use my fascination with the country and the language for His kingdom.
~In Japan I was helping with children's clubs and camps, teaching English and generally getting involved with things and getting to know people.
~ My favourite parts of my time in Ja-pan were the summer camps, and living with a Japanese family. They were so much fun and I loved getting to know people.