June, Bolivia, Packing, Endings and Beginnings (Good Bye Events)

June 20 will end a five years in Lima, Peru and mark the transition to our life in Yokahama, Japan.

Next year, 2016, we will be living in Japan working among the Nikkei people that have returned to Japan to work.  Japan is the country that has the highest number of Nikkei living within its borders. Brazil is the largest. Peru has the third largest Nikkei population.

A critical part of missions is prayer.  We need to align our hearts and desires with the desires God has for the world. We very much appreciate your prayers for the Nikkei and our family.
Please continue to pray.

These pictures are a mixture of some from our trip to Riberalta, Bolivia and some of the goodbye events that we are having.

Tim and Joy

Pray for Riberalta. People everywhere need to hear the Gospel.

This month we have visited Riberalta, Bolivia.  This city has the largest Nikkei population in Bolivia.  There are a lot of physical and spiritual needs in this city.  As you can see people travel by motorcycle.  We are thankful for the Christians that are in this city

The Nikkei Cultural Center leadership was very pleased with the bookmarks that we had created.
They really enjoyed the Historical perspective on Sumo, language, culture and Kangi.  Yoshi, a former Sumo wrestler, explained that many of the Chinese characters that were also adopted for writing in Japan have many combination of pictures that make a lot of sense if you have a Biblical world view.  The President of the Cultural Center asked that this presentation be made two more times at different events.  I think this introduction was very helpful in allowing the three Nikkei pastors in this city build a relationship with many of their Nikkei friends.