Chris & Leanne January 2026 Prayer Requests

* Thank you all for praying for us throughout the Christmas season. A great opportunity to be able to point to the birth of Christ and the ultimate reason for why he came. As we enter the new year, please pray for the leadership of SEND Japan as they seek God's wisdom for the year ahead.

* A couple of months ago, we asked for prayer for Ms N (Noriko san), a baby Christian who had just received her Bible. Ms N has been devouring her Bible and asking many questions. She would like to get baptized and is taking the church’s Baptism classes. Ms. N comes from a deeply spiritual family (worship of idols and ancestors) and is facing heavy spiritual warfare every day. She lives with and takes care of her parents, but she’d like to move out because she is constantly surrounded by these actively worshiped idols. Please pray for this new sister in Christ.

* Mrs A is a mom of 6 young children and a strong believer. Her husband allows her and the kids to go to church, but he is not a believer. Please pray for his salvation and for this family. We pray that God would do a miracle in this dad’s heart.

Chris & Leanne December 2025 Prayer Requests

* A couple months ago we asked for prayer for Ms N, a baby Christian who had just received her Bible. Ms N has been devouring her Bible and asking many questions. She would like to get Baptized and is taking the church’s Baptism classes. Ms. N comes from a deeply spiritual family (worship of idols and ancestors) and is facing heavy spiritual warfare everyday. She lives with and takes care of her parents, but she’d like to move out because She is constantly surrounded by these actively worshiped idols. Please pray for this new sister in Christ, that God would give wisdom on how to live out her new found faith.

* December church outreaches: Shiogama Bible Baptist church in Miyagi will have a large community Christmas event on December 3rd. Our new church Takiyama Bible Baptist Church will be having Christmas outreaches on the 13th and 21st. Please pray that the gospel would be clearly explained and God would draw people to himself.

* Leanne has stepped into an emergency need teaching chemistry at our kids school for the rest of this school year. Pray that she can use this time in the classroom to both teach the content well and disciple these students who come from a wide variety of faith backgrounds.

Chris & Leanne November 2025 Prayer Requests

* Please be in prayer for Ms. N. While at church a couple weeks ago, she came sharing how she felt the idols she was wearing were too heavy for her anymore. She chose to get rid of all her idols and amulets, expressing the feeling of freedom. She came to church, shared what she was going through, and received her first Bible. Since then, she has been reading through as much as possible to learn about this God that freed her. May the Lord continue to draw her to Himself.

* Praise God for doing for us all what we could not do for ourselves. Please be in prayer for us as we continue to connect with our neighbors. We have been so blessed in this new area of Japan. But we still are looking for those the Lord wants us to be his light for.