2. 1. How did God lead us here? 2. What is God doing now? 3. Japan’s spiritual needs 4. Prayer Requests

13. Moved in with a family from our church Quit full-time teaching job Hoping to be in Japan within 10 to 12 months

14. Which Part of Japan? map www.gojapango.com

17. Fukuoka Bible Church

18. www.welcomekyushu.com

19. 1. Percent Christian 2. Suicide Rate 3. Hikikomori 4. Kodokushi Less than 1% evangelical 32 thousand/year, (Almost twice as high as the U.S.) Young men locking themselves in their rooms for months and years Lonely death; dead people discovered in their apartments months later

20. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go…

21. 1. God’s provision of the monthly support level we need to go to Japan within the next 10-12 months 2. God’s help for our boys with the transitions 3. For Japan, for God to open the hearts of the Japanese to Him and His gospel, and for a great movement of His Spirit there 4. For Jonathan learning Japanese