Our 100th blog

While we were back home in Scotland for a year, we thought we would start a blog as a way of telling the story of what it is like to come back to Japan and start a church from zero. The blog started last June and here we are already at the 100th post. While we have tried to share the story of the start of Hiragishi Izumi Church, we have also shared our day-to-day experiences and tried too to give some insights into the culture and life here for folks back home. It has certainly been an encouragement to us to hear of people who have read and appreciated what we have shared over the last year. Being involved in the work of sharing the gospel is very much a partnership. We need and indeed treasure so much people who care, who pray and who encourage. While we are thinking about the number 100, we were reminded of a wonderful man who was still praying faithfully for us and composing letters to us in the neatest hand-writing even when he had reached the age of 100 two or three years ago. Those who pray and encourage are often unseen and happy to be in the background. But they (we really should say you) form such a vital ingredient in any work of sharing the good news of Jesus. So as we move on to the next hundred posts, thank you so much for reading our news, for praying for the people of Japan and for being an encouragement to us.