Author: John and Jo Beth

Our warm welcome from Grace Community Bible Church in Kirksville, Missouri Hello everyone! We have two exciting pieces of information: ReachGlobal approved us to attend pre-field training in Minneapolis, and our support has jumped to 50% of the goal!! Praise the LORD! This past month has been blessed with a couple of church visits—ranging from…

“Family Time” Dear Support Team, How are you? We have both battled colds and the flu in the past few weeks, but we are glad to find ourselves healthy again and ready to carry on in ministry partnership-development. As you know, sickness can be an uncomfortable and sometimes discouraging setback, but we’d like to share…

Singing “Jesus Loves Me” with International Community Church Dear Support Team, Merry Christmas!! What a blessing to celebrate the birth of Christ—God with us! There is no better gift. Already the Advent season has been filled with joy as we continue to seek out supporting partners for our future ministry in Japan. Last weekend we…

From our ministry partner Carter:“I prayed for you so the Japanese people will understand god.And I prayed for you to be safe out there and come home safely.” Dear Support Team, Happy Thanksgiving to you! I hope this letter finds you well. We’ve had our highs and lows as we settle back into routine after…

Our visit with the Tokyo Team.Left to right: Jill and Rob Stoddard, Shige and Luann Nakazawa, John & Jo Beth Lee Dear Supporters,We are overjoyed to be writing this update from Chiba, Japan! During the month of October, we took a trip to visit John’s relatives in S. Korea—a trip for which we had been…