Since we moved to Urahoro town and dismiss our place in Makubetsu town, we needed to reclaim Makubetsu town for another ministry center. Therefore, we looked and found a place in Makubetsu town for our next ministry center. Finally we have found the place and plan to start a ministry center in Makubetsu town. This time, we focus on the old town rather than Satsunai area where the main population is. We used to live in Satsunai area in Makubetsu town, but that area seemed to be reached since they can go to Obihiro city easily and there are many churches in Obihiro city. Therefore, we considered to be in […]
Continue ReadingResearch Trip to Southern Hokkaido
We went to Southern Hokkaido from Aug. 6th to 11th to research about the history of Hokkaido. This trip focuses the war between Japanese and Ainu. Shakushain is a Ainu general who fought against Japanese. What was the cause and the end result was the main focus. This gives us what to pray for Ainu and what it needs to redeem the people in Hokkaido. The cause of the war was Japanese governor who was in financial crisis forced Ainu to trade in unfair exchange rate. He raised the price up to 6 to 7 times where Ainu was not able to survive in that rate. Rice could not obtained […]
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Start of International Vision Village (IVV)
Continue ReadingMany guests came to visit us in 2018
This year has been a busy year to host many visitors from many different places. In April we had outreach team from Crossroad Discipleship Training School outreach team from YWAM, Kona, Hawaii. Most of them are from South Korea, but Americans and a Norwegian were a part of the team. Two weeks passed so fast with much of time spent in worship, intercession, and reaching out people in our area. I shared about Hokkaido’s history and practical suggestions on ministries in Japan. We also had workshops to reach out people in Hokkaido. In July, we had an outreach team from Christ for the Nations, JAPAN located in Sapporo, Hokkaido. This […]
Continue ReadingWe plan to have two major Research Trip in 2018
Two major Research Trips are planned this year. One for the Southern Hokkaido, and another for the Northern Hokkaido. Central Hokkaido and Eastern Hokkaido can be done through our daily routine. Research trip to Southern Hokkaido is scheduled from April 28 to May 9th. This will be the one of the major research for Hokkaido since Southern Hokkaido has rich history not only the Meiji era but also Heian era from 700s AD. The weather is warmer compared to Eastern or Northern Hokkaido, therefore, it was easier for 1st settlers to live. Matsumae is one of the main town which had a castle which controlled most of the trade and […]
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