JAPAN—Praise the Lord for the ECC house church seminar (church multiplication) led by Folmer Strunk at Sakado. People showed an interest in starting home fellowship or small groups in their homes as a way to reach out to unbelievers and share the Gospel. Praise God!

Praise the Lord for Rev. Kawano’s effective chemo treatment for his leukemia (AML). The good news is that he is doing better. He has more chemo treatments to go, so continue to pray for him.

Pray for Lillian Shinoda, speaking in worship at a Youth Jam follow-up in Hiroshima on October 26. Ask that the follow-ups will be opportunities for young people to respond to God’s call for service in the ministry and to a deeper faith commitment.

Continue to pray for the students in the English evangelism classes; ask that the seeds being planted in their hearts will take root and bring them to salvation. Pray for the Christians who attend these classes to relate to the non-Christians in a loving way.

Praise the Lord for a good senior field trip to Nagasaki from October 7-9. Students seemed engaged in what they were seeing. At Urakami Church, God spoke to several of the students in the quiet of the moment when the senior chamber singers sang and then everyone was quiet and focused on worshiping the Lord.