ESTABLISHING TOKYO MULTICULTURAL CHURCH

God is blessing TMC! Thank you for praying. Believers are being encouraged to love and obey Christ. People not yet a part of the family of God are learning about the love of Jesus.

Other evidence of God’s blessings include…

• A few new mothers with their young children are coming to our Moms and Tots outreach English classes.
• Worship service attendance topped 30 on a recent Sunday. Our usual fall number has been about 20-25.
• Our first (US) Thanksgiving gathering in Japanese was enjoyed by 28 people on Nov 23.
• Christmas plans include an outreach children’s party on Dec 11, outreach candlelight service in Japanese on Dec 23, and Christmas Sunday worship service on the 25th.
• The number of Chinese (Mandarin) speakers at TMC is increasing.
• We are expecting a young couple from the EFC of Macao to join our missionary staff in the new year.
• We will be inviting short term workers to teach one week of outreach English conversation classes at TMC, Jul 24-29, 2017.
• TMC currently covers 80% of its monthly facility rental cost. We hope TMC will become financially independent in 2017. Until then our EFCCM Church Planting Startup Fund provides the difference.
• We are dreaming about launching TMC#2 by 2020.

Please PRAY that Jesus Christ will continue building his church that we have the privilege of planting at Tokyo Multicultural Church.

SIX MONTH HOME ASSIGNMENT

From mid-Dec 2016 to mid-Jun 2017 we are taking a home assignment in order to visit our western Canadian and northwestern US supporting churches. Church planting colleagues Duane Dietze (ReachGlobal) and Jon Prins (EFCCM) will lead TMC during that time.

• Please PRAY that on our home assignment we will be able to communicate clearly our church planting ministry at TMC and our vision to launch TMC#2.
• And GIVE THANKS that we will be able to celebrate Christmas in Maine with all of our children: Kristy & Matthew Fujiura (wedding: May 29, 2016), Bryan & Jessica Little (wedding: Dec 18, 2016), and Matthew Little & Victoria Azagoh (wedding: Aug 4, 2017). This will be our first Christmas with our children since 2011.

Thank you for Praying for The Littles! – PTL #116