Baseball in January 2014

Dear Family and Friends,

First, I would like to say thank you to all of the coaches that come to Peru that make this event possible.  We serve a mighty and creative God....

As stated in the e-mail and said every year, this is a great week for us in Lima.

God works through baseball to build relationships and share the truth of life.

Jacob was in town this week so he took our pictures again...

Please enjoy the pictures...  Go to our facebook page on pinnacle for more of the action shots....  or Jacob's Photography page.....

Many heard the story of God's love. Many people made a decision to follow Christ....Amen
Please pray for all of these people and that God will use what they have been taught about Him!!!

Thanks for your prayers....

Tim and Joy Mitchell

Gushiken Dec 13

 The Gushiken Family came from Okinawa, Japan to share through traditional Okinawan song and dance that the Nikkei in South America are not forgotten.  The name of the trip was. Bridges of Love.

Luis Yonamine a Nikkei pastor from Argentina was the principal organizer of the trip....
One key focus of the trip was the elderly who primarily speak Japanese as their maternal language...
God used this trip to express love to these people....

Many people heard Gospel Songs, Songs about love,  Testimonies, etc....

Thus many people heard about God's love...  And the best news is that many people accepted Christ....

The cost for this trip was a cooperation between churches and ministries in Japan, South America and the U.S....

There were literally dozens of events in 5 weeks...  Thanks to God that the family has stayed healthy and all travel has gone well....  "To God's Glory"  and all the people say...  Amen....

Gushiken Update

Please pray for the Gushiken mission trip...  All the events are going well and the Gushiken family has been very well received.  Pray that the Nikkei and Japanese will understand and come to know the God that loves them....

November has arrived as well as the Gushiken Family from Okinawa Japan

The Gushiken Family from Okianawa Japan just came to Lima today.  They have spent the past week in Buenos Aires.  They will be in Lima this week and then they will go to Bolivia, Brazil and finally Los Angeles.  This week there is a major Japanese festival in Lima.  It is called Matsuri.. Matsuri means festival in Japanese.  The Gushiken family will be participating in this event as well as many others.

The people are in general very closed to religion or conversations about God.  Please pray that God will use the music and songs that the Gushiken family sings to be bridges to the hearts and minds of the people.

Lots of things are happening.  There is always a unique story of how God brings someone new into our lives.  And there is a lot of Bible teaching and a lot of questions.  And there is a lot of waiting...  Japanese people take a lot of time to think through things and they do not like to be rushed or intruded upon if they are thinking through something important and personal.

We will be having small lunches, large singing events, church events, school events, etc in many different locations.  All of them involve lost people... People who need to know God but are not even sure if God exists....  Please pray for this mission outreach.  The Gushiken's will sing a lot of traditional Okinawan songs and then original songs that share God's love.  (Please pray that people will be able to hear and understand the message in song)  Also,  at some events there will be testimony and teaching time.  Also, there will be many one on one conversations that generally are the best way to communicate with Japanese people.  There are a lot of cultural barriers to the Gospel.  (Pray that because we are outside of Japan it will be easier for the people to understand.)

Also, it is becuase of the gifts in November and December that most IMB missionaries are able to be scattered around the world.  Thank you for your sensitivity to God's call to all people of the world.

Tim and Joy

Spring is Around the Corner

Prayer and Praise:

In the past few weeks it appears that we are moving into warmer weather and winter is getting behind us.

July, August, and September are the three coldest months in Lima.

With all of our relationships there is always that three steps up and one step back process that takes place in a relationship.  We are thankful to God for all of the peoplee  He has brought into our lives.

Please pray for the Nikkei and the Japanese.  Thier world view does not normally include a Creator God and we have the opportunity to tell them about how much God loves them.  Every day it is a blessing when people say, "I understand".  We are praying for the day that many of these Bible students, English Students, Business:(Best Practices) Students, Friends, Etc will understand and receive the gift that God is offering them.

The Japanese culture is all about being a member of their culture.  The sad thing is that you are many lonely individuals inside this large number of people where the vast majority don't have any concept of God's existence.

Pray that the Japanese and Nikkei would recognize God's love can be seen in so many ways all around them.

Please pray  for:  E, Y, K, M, M, Y, T, S, K, S, K, G, G, K, MT, R, M, A, etc, etc....



Blessings and Peace,

Tim and Joy