December 2013

Hallelujah! I praise the name of the Lord. Thank you for your sincere prayers and precious offerings.

We are thankful that the American mission team was sent from Japan to Los Angeles. On December 16th,
Pastor Paul Akimoto, a pastor of The Lord’s Cross Christian Center Tokyo Antioch church,
arrived in Los Angeles to lead our afternoon charismatic meeting.

We appreciate the Ttokamsa Mission Church for sharing their facility with the TLCCC Los Angeles Church
for their meeting in downtown LA.

In the first session, Pastor Paul Akimoto held a seminar on prophecy.
In the second session, I delivered a short message from Philippians 4:4 and
Pastor Paul Akimoto closed the seminar with a powerful delivery on Genesis chapter 12 entitled,
“The Life of Listening and Obeying God is the Best Life!”

During the service, Shoko from our praise team, "Beracha”, sang her original song,
called “Joy” in the presence of the Lord.
We truly had a blessed service and were spiritually strengthened!

On December 22nd, we had an opportunity to give fifty copies of Rev. Marlin Carothers’ book,
“Prison to Praise”, to the Ttokamsa Mission Church’s youth group.
Through Rev. Carothers, we have inherited the understanding and spirit of thanksgiving and praise,
and are believing that young people will receive the same blessings as we did from reading his book.

On December 26th, our worship teams, “King’s Children” and “Beracha”, visited KEIRO,
a Japanese American senior health care in Los Angeles.
As our 11th visit, we truly appreciated the opportunity to interact with the elders again and
together worship God through Japanese and English songs.

Thank you very much for your support throughout the year of 2013.
God bless!

December 16th 2013

Thank you very much for praying for the American Mission Team that was sent in December
for the special meeting held in Los Angeles.

Pastor Paul Akimoto, a pastor from the Lord’s Cross Christian Center Tokyo Antioch Church,
was in a process of renewing his R-1 Visa for the missionary work in the United States.

Every week, pastors from the TLCCC churches in the United States prayed about the visa.
The great news is that Pastor Paul Akimoto was able to renew his visa in early December,
allowing him to join the American Mission Team for the first time in the past seven months.
I am truly grateful to the Lord that we were able to have a special meeting in Los Angeles.

On Monday, December 16th, we had a 3 pm seminar on prophecy as well as a charismatic meeting
at the Ttokamsa Church, located in the city of Los Angeles.
Pastor Akimoto delivered a message from Genesis 12. Filled with awesome testimonies,
his message shared that “listening and obeying God leads you to the best life.”
As God’s words and stories of His faithfulness were shared, the church was truly strengthened.

During the service, Shoko from our praise team, "Beracha”, sang her original song,
called “Joy” in the presence of the Lord. Not only was the congregation blessed by the worship,
two newcomers that came to the meeting and prayer ministry time were also greatly blessed.

Thank you so much for your intercessory prayers.