Author: John and Jo Beth

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, Another Autumn has arrived!  We love this time of year and feel blessed to enjoy the change of seasons in Iowa.  We have only one month left in the States before our return to Japan, and we are continuing to plan for the coming year. Family Time…

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, Last month we took the opportunity to introduce two of our three new teammates.  Now we’d like to you to meet Michiyo, our third new teammate! Introducing: Michiyo Ishida  I was saved as an international student at a US college through a missionary couple.  I am Japanese,…

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, In the past year, God has grown our ministry team from seven to ten.  Praise the Lord with our entire team!  We’d like to let Rie and Hannah introduce themselves this month and ask for your prayers over each of them as they transition to ministry together…

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, In this season of life we spend a lot of time connecting with current and potential partners, and we’d like to share a story about some great supporters of the ministry who are under the age of ten years old.  About a year ago we received a…

Dear Family, Friends, and Partners in the Gospel, God has been reminding us that this season of life isn’t just a pause in our work in Tokyo, but He calls us into ministry no matter where we are. In the past few months, our ministry has included sharing and celebrating what God is doing in…