This section contains blog posts made by a variety of guest writers—A2/SIM USA staff serving either in Japan or on home assignment in North America, as well as pre-field candidates preparing for service in the near future.
Contributors include: Erik Boehme, Kathryn Borba, Tim Clark, Faith De La Cour, Kent Muhling, Elliott Snuggs, Eric Takamoto, Sue Takamoto, Takeshi Takazawa, Dorrie Takazawa, Peter Thomson, Mary Jo Wilson, Michael Wilson, Dee Wirz and others.
Hear about some distinctives of A2's ministry in India and Japan...
Pastor David Dayalan, National Director of A2/India talks to Ruth Kramer of Mission Network News about our leader development model training. He does a great job highlighting how we do what we do.
A2 missionary candidate Garrett Inouye shares about deeper issues in Japan. This is a compelling visual you've got to watch, and you can also read his thoughts below...
From Garrett Inouye:
My heart broke for Japan on a train in Tokyo. I was on an missions trip the summer of 2005,
The past twenty-three years in Japan have been a fantastic time of loving on Japan with the Gospel of Christ. It is a joy and honor to be here. Of course there have been tough times, and more tough times will surely come, but we delight in Christ and to the work he has called us.
Our church in Washington DC, Fourth Presbyterian, is using the one-year anniversary of the tsunami to raise prayer awareness for Japan. They asked us to make a short video from our family that shares about our move up and our hope for Tohoku. With limited time, this is the four minute video that we made for them to share...