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Dear Prayer Partners:

It has been several weeks since you heard from us and we apologize. Thank you for praying and for those of you who wrote in response to my SOS when my Outlook crashed. I think we are about back up to speed.

Since we last wrote, Lana spent three days in Kagoshima prefecture and visited with the Christians Jets, Mrs. S and her daughter and Mrs. H. After the trip we mailed boxes of Digest Bibles and Manga Life of Christ to these contacts to put into the hands of lost people. Please ask God to bring forth fruit from the word that has been and continues to be sown.

Before the boxes of Bibles were out of the living room, a couple arrived from Kentucky to serve. They helped with putting labels on literature and packing the boxes to send to Kagoshima. They followed us around for nine days, sharing with Japanese, praying and encouraging us and our churches. They also taught American Sign Language to a deaf lady in Togane. They needed an interpreter, which God provided. She was a not yet Christian Japanese who heard the gospel for the first time. She memorized John 3:16 along with the Christian she was interpreting for. Pray that this young lady will trust Christ.

We had two earthquakes this week, but no damage. However, this past weekend we drove to Niigata where they had a devastating earthquake last year. We saw houses that had been damaged covered with blue tarps; the road was still wavy as we drove through the snow covered mountains. Our hearts were burdened for the folks who live in those villages not only because of their physical loss but because we knew they have never heard of Christ. We prayed that God would show us how to get the gospel to them so their hearts can be “repaired” and made whole in Christ.

Once over the mountains we arrived in Toyosaka, which is in a large plain covered with rice fields. What a sight!!! Mrs. K, her son and daughter, live in a farm house in the middle of some rice paddies. All three made professions of faith and were baptized in their ofuro (bathtub). We had worship together twice leaving a model for them to follow as they have worship together. Please pray they will be lights and salt, sharing the gospel with their friends. Ask God to build His church there. Pray for God’s blessing on this family as they look to their Heavenly Father for provision and guidance. Mr. K passed away in January.

Thank you for holding the ropes in prayer.

Claiming His Promises for His Glory,
Tak and Lana