2019
2019 Family Christmas in Maine USA
31 Dec 2019Family
We enjoyed being with all of our children for Christmas once again this year in Maine USA!
2019 Tokyo Multicultural Church Christmas
23 Dec 2019TMC
Christmas Sunday December 22 at TMC featured a joint English-Japanese worship service followed by potluck, Christmas caroling in the nearby park and train stations (practice pictured above), and then some Christmas games back at TMC to end the celebration.
TMC Monthly "Wakuwaku" Family Time Launched
09 Dec 2019TMC
9:30am Sunday school was not reaching enough children associated with TMC, so in October Ann started a new TMC ministry to children and their parents. She calls it “Wakuwaku (exciting, thrilling) Family Time.” Read More…
From Asia Director to Asia Ministry Facilitators
28 Nov 2019Asia Serve Beyond
The term “Area Director” was replaced with “Regional Ministry Facilitator” during EFCCM’s 2019 restructuring. This new emphasis on collaborative leadership aligns well with the five priorities of our EFCCM Asia leadership ministry: communicate, care, network, equip, and recruit. Read More…
TMC Japanese Language Worship Service Launched Oct 2019
14 Oct 2019TMC
Under the leadership of Pastor Motomichi Harada we launched TMC’s Japanese language worship service on Oct 13. Now on Sundays other than the first Sunday of the month our Japanese service is at 9:30am and English at 11:00am. On the first Sundays of the month we hold a joint English-Japanese service with communion followed by potluck.
Kristy Joins "Alongside" in Michigan as Counseling Psychologist
01 Sep 2019Family
In September our daughter Kristy Fujiura started a new position as one of the resident therapists at Alongside in Michigan, a counseling center for missionaries and pastors. Read More…
Summer 2019 TMC Outreach English
30 Jul 2019TMC
Once again we held summer outreach English classes to help us connect with Japanese people in our area of Tokyo. Five volunteers (two couples and one single) from three EFC of America churches taught classes Mon-Fri July 22-26. Nine young children with their moms (and sometimes dads) joined our morning children’s classes and ten adults attended evening classes. All except one of the children were new to TMC. Read More…
Grandbaby: Introducing Kasen Erik Little!
18 Jun 2019Family
On June 18 Bryan and Jessica welcomed a baby boy into their lives. Kasen (rhymes with Jason) Little came three weeks early at 6 pounds 12 ounces (3062 grams) and is growing fast.
We are excited to be grandparents!
Pastor Motomichi Harada Joins TMC Staff
26 Apr 2019TMC
For a number of years we have requested prayer for future TMC leaders, including someone who could focus on our Japanese Department. Resulting from a chain of divine encounters, Pastor Moto was introduced to us by one of our TMC Japanese couples in Dec. 2018. Discussion with him progressed quickly and naturally so that in March 2019 TMC voted to invite him to help lead our Japanese Department alongside Duane Dietze (ReachGlobal TMC staff member) and he joined us in April. Read More…
Easter Family Festival, April 2019
19 Apr 2019TMC
We hosted our second annual Easter Family Festival at TMC on Sunday afternoon April 14. The lively gathering of about 12 children plus their moms and dads generated lots of happy noise. We celebrated Resurrection Sunday with singing, crafts, cupcakes, Easter baskets, and best of all were able to share the Bible story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Easter shows up in Japan in commercial decorations and food, but the resurrection meaning is missing. Read More…
Visit to Chiang Mai as Asia Director
31 Jan 2019Asia Serve Beyond
Our first trip was to Chiang Mai, Thailand for six days in late Jan. What a privilege to connect with missionaries engaged in Christ-centered ministry in another Buddhist country! We hope we were able to encourage them.
For the first half of this year we will likely be traveling to various countries on a monthly basis as Dale walks through his learning curve.
2018 Christmas in Maine with our Family
02 Jan 2019Family
With TMC’s Dec 24 Candle Service our busy time of Christmas ministry in 2018 came to a close. So we flew “home to Maine” the next day, Christmas day. We each had a full row of empty seats to ourselves so slept a lot on that long flight across the Pacific. During the next 10 days we enjoyed post-Christmas and New Years with our six children (3+3) who were all able to join us for some of that time. We had a wonderful vacation!