In June of last year, 2009, we started the new youth and young-adult church, the FUSE Jesus Community!  Mark and Yuiko Blakely are the pastors of this new church, which meets every Saturday near the Machida, Tokyo, train station.   Several young people have come to know Jesus’ LOVE in this new church!  We are soooo THANKFUL to God for all He is doing among Japanese youth!

Last year, God gave us even more than 10 short-term missionaries to help start this new church!   However, some of them have returned to their universities or jobs, and others will leave in a month or two.   They have done an excellent job making friends and introducing young people to  Jesus.  We are all going to miss them soooo much!!    But we know they will never forget their friends in Japan, and “Friends are Friends Forever!!”

Thanks to God, three new missionaries have arrived, and two others are arriving in the summer!   One is for long-term, and the others are for short-term.   ALSO, several Japanese young people are helping out now, and we thank God sooooo much for all of them too!! 

Mark and Yuiko are requesting ten more missionaries, urgently, to help for this next year!  If anyone has a passion for Jesus and for youth, they qualify!!    Please contact us if you have any questions!  timchristineh@yahoo.co.jp