Pioneering in Japan

Mr. N and I had decided to meet today near Mitaka Station. This is the second time we've met here. It's quite a trip from where he lives, but he's excited about getting together (and it's just around the corner from where the church building will be located).   We went to a tiny sushi shop (the kind with a carousel). The sushi chef was a nice lady in her 60's. Before I even ordered, she gave me a couple of pieces of red and two other pieces of maguro nigiri (that melted in my mouth), and recommended the crab salad (crab salad wrapped in a strip of nori). I also had a couple of ebi nigiri and a couple of kani (real crab leg, uncooked) and a complimentary chawanmushi (savory seafood custard. Really nice). Oh, ok. Back to Mr. N... He's great. He keeps asking me how long until I get the church building, and how soon can we start meeting there. I keep reassuring him that the contract should be signed by Thursday or Friday, and that ne...

As many of you know, we have been looking for a building for our church. We will soon be leasing a property very near Mitaka Station. The owner of the property has accepted our terms, and we will be signing the contract this week.  We are going to lease the whole third floor of this building. It is only one block away from Mitaka Station, south exit. We’re really excited. As it is, we’re meeting individually with people around the city. God has already begun to draw souls to him, and it'll be great to be able to meet in one place! There is a lady who has visited one of our churches in Atlanta. We had corresponded before she moved back to Japan. She actually lives very close by. Another lady was recently widowed and has 2 sons. Her sister in Holland knows a pastor in Mexico, who’s married to the daughter of Pastor Juan Quiroz in Tepexpan (outside of Mexico City) who knows me from when we pastored there. Lives pretty far away. S and K are a young married couple who live in ...