What does it look like to answer God’s call to ‘GO’ as a Christian in Japan and as a student in TCU? Summer mission trips in TCU are a tradition designed to help us live out our faith, go into communities throughout Japan, reach out, impart lives, create bonds, hear the voice of God more clearly, and also establish the understanding of Christian ministry outside the classroom. This year, different kakiden teams were sent to far-reaching areas in Japan like Nagoya, Shizuoka, Fukushima, Saitama, Hiroshima, Toyama to mention just a few. International students also gladly partook in this tradition despite the obvious challenge of language and maybe little knowledge of the various Japanese traditions which are more commonly practised outside Tokyo or Chiba, the communities that we now know well. In any case, it all proved to be a healthy challenge since we were compelled to put to good use all the Japanese language skills that we have been sponging and also life was made easier as our bi-lingual Japanese teammates acted as translators for us. These are some of the experiences shared by the international students:
(Nakosu Fukuin Christ church). And also holding an event for the Church kids was a good experience. We all played with them, listened to Bible stories, fun events, and sang worship together. Kadamgailiu Panmei: It was an amazing experience to share some moments with the earthquake affected people and visit the spots where those events took place
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We also had an open church event. It was fun to sing and dance to praise songs with the kids. our church was Midori Fukuin church in Nagoya.
From Chiba to the world 