Reaching the Unreached

Hang Tu | June 3 After visiting the famous Fukuoka tower, we went to the city hall area and later on in Ohori Park to pass out English Connect cards,…
First Impressions

Ian Clark | June 2 Tokyo has been a whirlwind of new food, complicated train stations, and dense crowds of people. We spent these first two days orienting ourselves to…
We Made It To Japan!

We Made It! After 22 hours of flying and travel, we made to our hotel at 2 PM on Saturday. Happy picked me (Hang) up at 3 AM from Centreville…
Japan Missions Trip 2025

Could you imagine living in a country where less than 1% of the population identify as Christians, even fewer (0.5%) are born-again believers, and only 0.2% attend a Protestant church?…
Days 12: Tokyo, Part 2

Beach Day (Morito Beach) Kenji and I were invited to join the young adults at a near by beach. We had an amazing time. I saw a guitar and couldn’t…
Days 10-11: Tokyo, Part 1

From english conversations to gospel conversations We left Kyoto and took a train to Tokyo. We participated in the MSCC Tokyo English Connect, which is an outreach to meet locals…
Days 8-9: Kyoto

A Nation of Temples Kenji and I went to the Fushimi Inari Tasha shrine early Wednesday morning near our hotel. We prayed as we walked around the place, asking the…
Days 6-7: Fukuoka

A New Team In A New City Pastor Kenji and I flew from Osaka to Fukuoka Monday morning and met up with a new team of 7. Our new team…
Day 5: Sunday service at MSN Osaka

The Gospel through English At 10 am we had the English Connect class, which is a space for people interested in practicing English. I met two new friends, and both…
Day 4: Last Day in Osaka

Finishing Strong Today is the last day for the APCC short-term mission team; they will fly back to NOVA Sunday morning. As we opened Acts 20, looking at Paul’s exemplary…