Tokyo 2012 Debreif

This year's trip to Japan was different than anything I have done overseas in the past. The team consisted of my family. Also, the trip was geared not only towards making disciples within the Japanese people, but also making leaders of my team. God was so faithful to guide each of us to meet Japanese people to build relationships with. He even opened doors within those new friendships to talk about Jesus and His salvation.

God was also faithful to have us work with missionaries who were gracious and intentional about sharing their lives with us for the short amount of time we had with them! In ten days, my family and I heard the hearts of:

Gary and Lynn Fujino- IMB missionary couple ministering to Japanese in Tokyo and all over the world while raising their kids to love the Lord
Kuni Sano- A Japanese Christian who owns and runs an international cafe in a very famous part of Tokyo in order to share the gospel and start house churches
David and Yuka Mills- A couple working with a cafe in the Yokohama area and teaching English in order to share the gospel with their students, coworkers, and neighbors
Yumi and Kano- two Japanese believers who run the cafe that David Mills works with. We were able to spend wonderful time with Yumi before she went to Korea for a family visit.
Luis and Nicola Ramirez- A Peruvian man and his British wife working on staff of a church in Fussa, Tokyo in order to share the gospel through music and Bible study while raising three little boys
Adam and Hannah Sharick- A young American family going through language study with the IMB to be career missionaries, planting their lives in Tokyo for the next three years and raising two small children
Will Thompson- A former team mate of mine who has recently moved to Tokyo as the first intl. staff in Japan with the Fellowship of Christian Atheletes to work with Christian pro players and share the gospel through sports
Josh and Nikki Hipps- An American couple who have lived in Tokyo for two years with the IMB and got to return to study international law
Li Ang- A Chinese believer living in Japan whom I met in 2007, and now has a beautiful wife and daughter!
Michiko- A beautiful Japanese woman who has recently trusted Christ as her Savior and has faced opposition from her family, but clings to the joy of Jesus as her strength

More debriefing to come after work!


The team in Shinjuku Station, one of the largest train stations in the world.