Chris & Leanne September 2025 Prayer Requests

* Thank you for praying for our family as we have transitioned to Tokyo. Finding a house and getting started on my new role were the first two of the four big transitions to be completed. The third was our kids starting school. Our older three have started their school year at Christian Academy in Japan (CAJ). Please pray for them that the Lord would use this school, the teachers, and students to bless our kids. But that the Lord would also use them to be a blessing at CAJ as well. God doesn’t want it to be a one-way street.

* Graham has also entered his school, which is a public elementary school in our community. May the Lord grant him the ability to integrate well into his academic learning and make some friends.

* As of writing this, Jude has not been accepted into kindergarten yet. But there are some promising options. So I expect the Lord will open a suitable situation.

* The last of the four transitions involves settling into our new church family. Please pray that God would show us how we can best support the body of Christ in worshipping God and making Him known in this part of Japan.

Chris & Leanne August 2025 Prayer Requests

* The Lord has been pouring out his blessings during our first two months in Japan. One blessing we want to highlight is the answer to prayer for finding a house! It was not the first house we tried to apply for, but it is the house the Lord wanted us to have, and the neighborhood you have all been praying for with us. God's plan and place for us is always the best plan and place to be. Please praise his name for this answer to prayer.

* Continue to pray for Chris as he ends his first month in his new role. May the Lord give him wisdom as he leads SEND Japan. We have already seen the benefits of living in the Tokyo area, which has allowed Chris to work more effectively as Area Director.

* Please be lifting our kids in prayer, as this month they will be entering their new schools. Mark, Lillia, and Claire will be entering the Christian Academy in Japan. And Graham will be entering our local Nishibori Elementary School (only a 5-minute walk from our house). Entering school is the last of the big transitions we have foreseen our family facing with our move to Tokyo. God has been with us throughout all of this and has even been preparing the way for us. May our children be a blessing to others at their schools, and may the Lord also use this time in their lives to stretch and draw them closer to Himself.

Chris & Leanne July 2025 Prayer Requests

* We made it back to Japan with hearts full of love from our time with our Parkside Church family. We thank the Lord for you all and our partnership in the gospel. Please pray for Chris, as he has now taken on his new role as the Area Director for SEND Japan. May the Lord give wisdom for what is ahead. Please also pray for our SEND Japan missionaries who are experiencing a transition from an Area Director who served them for 15 years.

* Please also continue to pray for a house. Our first house option has fallen through. But that means God has a better situation and different neighbors he wants to impact. Pray we can find it soon and settle in before our kids start school next month.

* We are thankful to have been able to make a trip up to our church for reunions and goodbyes. Please pray for God’s blessing on SBBC and their pastor, Yukimasa. And that God would reveal himself to the Japanese. Our location has shifted, but our heart still desires God to draw that community and those friends to himself.

* Also, pray for the kids’ camps we will be a part of this summer. Some of the students attending the camps were students who came to Cleveland in March. Please pray for the gospel to be shared clearly and for their hearts to be open for salvation.