Since living in Lima we have met many people. We have language partners that are helping us with the language and the culture.
We have visited many different churches and discussed many different ways to reach the Japanese. Some of the problems with this is that the Japanese do not live in one specific section of the city. They are scattered. There is not a general business district where they work.One thing we have recently discovered is that there is a Nikkie student group for all the Japanese college students regardless of where they go to college in Lima. There are approximately 20 college campuses in Lima. No one lives on campus. This is one of the best options we have now as a central place or way to minister to Japanese in Lima.Every university has a language requirement to graduate. The level of the language requirement varies from college to college. We may have the opportunity to give ESL classes or some other type of help to college students to build a relationship and then the chance to share the Gospel. Either through storying or just sharing our testimony.Almost half of the working population of Nikkei's (Japanese born in Peru) now lives in Japan so they can make more money. Pray that as me meet people that they will be responsive to the Gospel. Pray that we find the best way to meet the Japanese people and serve there needs.
