Category Archives: stories

Yesterday we finally got to play tennis with Mr. Miyamoto. We had been talking about it since we met him almost 4 months ago. Tomo-chan, Mr. Miyamoto’s oldest daughter was in town so she came out and played with us … Continue reading →

For two weeks now, KJ has been helping us up here in Ishinomaki. He’s a hard worker with a servant’s heart and a little jetlag (he over it now) who came from Peoria for 6 weeks to serve with us. … Continue reading →

For the last two and half months, Kosaka has been going up North with us doing his best to love people affected by the tsunami. As we previously wrote, Kosaka threw away his ticket to India to go up with … Continue reading →

Yui is a friend of a friend who contacted us wanting to go up and help. She took last week off from her work to go up with us and serve. Even though most of the work was hard physical … Continue reading →

Naoto just became a Christian three weeks ago. After his baptism he could not wait to go up and serve people and love as he’s been loved. Here is his reflection from last week’s trip. I truly felt that the … Continue reading →

During Golden Week, while we were clearing debris from a house that had washed on to the Satou’s house, Chieko (Luke’s wife) found four 10,000 yen bills (10,000 yen is worth US$125, a total of US$500). At first, we were … Continue reading →

Yuhei is our friend from down in Nagoya. He took time off work to join us in our relief/rebuilding efforts. Thank you Yuhei! Here is his story. Not being able to go was excruciating, especially since life was back to … Continue reading →

When we were staying at Kouchan’s house, I really enjoyed hanging out with their kids, Keita and Hayato. One day a few of their playmates came over with their mother. They had a really cute 3 year old girl named … Continue reading →