I find that learning a new language is not easy.  It’s very humbling, but frustrating too.  However, the frustrating part only takes a few seconds when the person I’m talking to is very kind, patient, and loving and tries to understand what I’m trying to convey, and the conversation ends up with laughter when the word I chose to use in my sentence was totally wrong to what I meant to say.  God is good and brings joy in my day!  At the end of the day, I am so grateful for God’s faithfulness.

Last year has flown by for us and it was dominated by Yurees’ pregnancy and the birth of our first child.  Harper Tanapoe Lembke, who was born August 23rd at …

Applications for the 2022 Emerging Leaders’ Cohorts are now closed. The application process will reopen in April 2023. These cohorts are for youth and young adults ranging from 16-to 29 years …

Haiti Pastoral Retreat  March 29, 2022. Adalia Gutierrez-Lee   Pray for IM Global Servants: Nzunga and Kihomi, Ketly and Vital, Madeline Flores, Steve and Nancy James, facilitating the BFAD retreat …

Do you remember where you were on 3/11/11? Many Japanese can never forget where they were when the Triple Disaster hit Japan. We were privileged to spend 3/11/22 with Pastor Makito Matsuda, Oasis Chapel, and co-worker, Julie Nitao, JEMS missionary at Oasis Chapel.

I would like to share with you one of the stories from a woman who came for fistula repair surgery….Imagine being newly married and pregnant. Imagine having a difficult and long labor without access to an epidural or pain medication much less a cesarean section.