CHANGE2014 "大きに”
Here is a video I made today for a conference I served at called CHANGE2014. It is a Christian conference for all the Christian students who are a part of Student Impact (JCCC). This year, the conference was in Osaka, Japan and the theme was Ookini, which is a word usually used only in the Kansai area of Japan that means "Thank You". Ookini also means "great" or "big". At this conference, the people were thanking God for his great love, great deeds/power, and great vision. Read more >>
Vacation
Hi everyone, Here is a little update for all of you. Throughout the STINT year, we get two weeks of vacation time, so my teammates and I decided to vacation for one week on a tourist island called Koh Lanta in Thailand. We chose to vacation here because we have our Midyear conference coming up in ChiangMai, Thailand so we decided to come early with some of the other STINT teams and vacation here with them. Thailand isn't one of the cleanest places in the world and several people have gotten sick so I just wanted to ask everyone to be praying for all of us here as we recover, rejuvenate, rest… Read more >>
Discipleship
Hey everyone, For the past few months, I have been meeting with a student named Taku. If you've been keeping up-to-date with my monthly newsletters than you should already know about him. Anyways, Starting next month, we will be starting a bible study that we will go through together learning about the roles of male leadership in the church, the home, and etc. We both wish to learn about what God has called us to as Christian men. Please be praying for us as we go through this study together. Thanks for all the support. Mark Read more >>
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Merry Christmas from all of us in Tokyo!!! Please continue to pray for us as we continue to share the Gospel with college students here. Read more >>