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June 18, 2026
This month, it’s Kumi writing to you. I hope this letter finds you well. May and June were very...
May 15, 2026
A friend of mine here in Tokyo recently asked me a question: “What are some of the biggest...
April 10, 2026
Recently, we have felt a growing sense, almost an urgency, that we must go deeper in prayer in...
March 2, 2026
A Global Week of Prayer for Peace As I know you have seen in the news, the escalation of...
January 21, 2026
Kumi here! As we started this new year, we took time to pray and reflect. We looked back on the...
December 6, 2025
For those of you in North America, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We did manage...
October 24, 2025
Many of you have been asking about our support journey, and we're excited to share that we've...
September 12, 2025
At 9:15 PM on Saturday night, someone came banging on our shutters. About twenty of us were...
August 21, 2025
It's happening. In just over a week, we are opening a sacred space in the heart of Tokyo—a place...
July 11, 2025
After a full five weeks in the States, I am finally back in Japan. Thank you for your prayers...
May 8, 2025
I’m writing to you from our new home in Meguro! God has brought us into a wonderful place: a...
April 10, 2025
Earlier this year, a longtime friend approached me with an idea: what if we could get Western...
February 17, 2025
Hello! Kumi here writing this month’s newsletter. It’s been a bit since we last wrote you. We...
December 18, 2024
The last few months have found us traveling more. Kumi and I made a quick trip to the States in...
August 26, 2024
Many of our partners have reached out to us asking if we were OK due to news reports of...
July 22, 2024
Tokyo was our third move since Jeremy and I started ministering as a team (we just celebrated our...
June 24, 2024
A few weeks ago I was out in a park with a friend sharing the gospel. Although he had witnessed...
In our last update, we wrote about the evangelism bootcamp we did in February. We really enjoyed...
March 25, 2024
Last month we held our first ever “evangelism bootcamp” with our church here in Shibuya. We had...
January 10, 2024
We hope you are off to a great start in 2024. January has certainly been exciting for us here. ...