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Christmas Greetings!
By jpnnana | December 17, 2004
Merry Christmas From Tak and Lana!
We have had an eventful year, both in our work and in our family!!! We saw our worship services multiply, people come to Christ, Christians grow in their faith.
We are thankful for those who accepted Christ and will celebrate their first Christmas as God’s children!!!!
Lana and Tak
This year we transitioned from being leaders of the Rural Team which was targeting cities, towns and villages under 100,000 to being the Strategy Coordinator for the Cities, Towns and Villages across Japan with a population one million or less. That means we are looking at how to reach about 50 million people with the gospel! Can you imagine the task? Pray for us. We see God do amazing things in people’s lives in Togane City as Christians grow and the lost are saved. We’re thankful for the volunteer teams from Tennessee and Kentucky who joined us in 2004 and we are looking forward to the teams that will come in 2005. You can see some pictures on our cluster website. The website address is at the bottom of this page.
In August we were blessed with a new grandson, Stephen. Big brother, Caleb loves to ‘pat’ him and sing to him. Caleb is also happy to tell you that he is now ‘two’ and is not a baby. They grow up so fast. Richard and Renae are working to start a multiplying house church movement in south Tokyo/Yokohama/Kawasaki area. Richard also has been working with Christian professional baseball players who want to reach Japanese for Christ. Renae is reaching out to the young mothers in their neighbor hood, having them over to their home, sharing the gospel as well as talk about the raising children according to God’s way. From time to time they have the families over too. They are also very busy being mommy and daddy to the two little ones and cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs!!
Jonathan and Rachel at Georgia Ballgame
Jonathan and Brittany are still in the waiting mode in their adoption process, praying that God will open the door soon for them to go to Ukraine and bring home the children they believe God has waiting for them. We are all praying and confident that God will open the door in His time. We are definitely thankful for the internet and webcam that allows us connect with our family from across the ocean. Rachel, our little ‘performer’, likes to sing for us, recite her memory verses, and tell us about her ‘animals’ and activities. We enjoy seeing her when she sits still long enough for the camera to focus. .Jonathan continues at Hyundai and Brittany is full time mom. Both are serving this fall by promoting missions in their church, Brittany by leading the Lottie Moon Offering C
ampaign and Jonathan by promoting prayer for the persecuted church and serving on the missions committee. They both play in the church orchestra. They too are ‘die hard’ Dawg fans. We thank God for each of you. You are all so special to us! We thank your and your prayers, your letters, cards, and emails encouraging us and we are thankful for your support!!!
We pray that God will bless each of you this Christmas Season and that Christ will be honored as we all share the true meaning of Christmas with those who do not yet know Him. We would love to hear from you either by snail mail or by email.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Tak and Lana
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