A big thank you to the pastors that have given us meetings close to “home” the last couple of months. This has been a big help to us after the passing of Kim’s father.  Next week we head to Michigan for meetings. Please keep us in your prayers with the many miles we will be traveling.

PRAISE!! Hitomi’s surgery went well and there was no metastasis of the cancer. We praise the Lord for answered prayer. Please continue to pray for her as she recovers from the surgery and continues chemo treatments.

Deuteronomy 31:8 is one of my (Kim) favorite verses. “And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” I don’t need to be afraid because the Lord already knows what is ahead for me. I have had a lot of things going on that are out of my control, but I have seen the Lord do some amazing things and take care of me in ways I could not have done for myself. He is a good, good Father!!

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Thank you for your prayers for our family during the passing of Kim’s dad. Although we miss him very much, we are thankful that he knew Christ as his Saviour and that we know we will see him again! God’s grace has been truly amazing during this time.

Please continue to pray for us as there have been things to take care of after the passing of Kim’s dad and as we travel to meetings. Please pray for good health and safety on the road. We look forward to seeing many of you in the near future.

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Kim’s dad passed into eternity on Saturday, May 27, 2023. We are grateful for the hope we have that we will see him again. Thank you to all of you who have been and will continue to uphold our family in prayer. Here is a link to his obituary.

Elmer Russell Mowry, Jr. Obituary

Hospice spoke with my brother and me on Thursday. They believe Dad has less than a week to live. We appreciate your prayers for my dad and our family.
~Kim

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Please pray for Tim as he wraps things up in Japan before the beginning of our furlough. He will return on Tuesday, April 4. We always request prayer for an uneventful trip. We also request prayer for stamina. We usually are able to make the trip in 18-20 hours. Due to airlines pulling flights to North America from Nagoya, we now have to fly through Tokyo Haneda. That adds a lot of hours to the travel time. It will now be a 28-30 hour flight. We aren’t getting any younger, so it will make for a very long trip. Thank you for your prayers! We look forward to seeing you as we report to you, our faithful supporters.

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There have been many things going on both in the ministry and our lives for which we would like to update you. We appreciate your continued prayer.

—Kim was asked to write an article for Frontline Magazine and it was published in the November/December 2023 issue. The title of the article is “Perseverance in Prayer.”

—Please pray for strength for Kim and her family as they help with her dad. He is under hospice care now.

—Mr. A, the young man saved and baptized earlier this year, has moved to Vietnam which is where his wife is from. Please pray for his continued spiritual growth and that he will be able to find a body of believers to fellowship with. Please pray with him for the salvation of his wife and 3-year-old daughter as soon as she can understand the Gospel.

—We have had several in our church with medical needs (surgeries, etc.), so would appreciate your prayers for them, especially for the wife of our volunteer coworker.  Her biopsy results came back positive for cancer. She started chemotherapy on January 4. The doctor seems optimistic.  The plan is to do chemotherapy for 4-6 months then surgery. We are praying for the best results and would appreciate your prayers as well. They have three young children. Pray for them as they watch their mom go through this trial.

—Tim’s dad just celebrated his 88th birthday and almost 60 years of ministry in Japan as a missionary. He is doing well and goes out several times a week to distribute tracts.  On 12/31 he was going out on the deck to cut some vines. He fell through some rotten boards.  Tim’s mom called the ambulance and got him to the hospital where his brother was able to meet them.  Tim’s dad fractured his left knee and left wrist. They put a cast on his knee and wrist and said he would have to stay in the hospital for at least 3 weeks. It has been three weeks and his wrist is not healing properly so he had surgery on Tuesday. The surgery lasted longer than expected, but he is doing well.

—We are scheduled to start furlough in April, but there is much to do before then.

—We had membership Sunday on January 22nd and four people gave their testimony and joined the church.

We have much going on with Tim in Japan and Kim in the states. One of Kim’s favorite hymns is Day by Day. The words are encouraging during times like this. We have to take life one day at a time and God provides strength and grace.

Every day, the Lord Himself is near me
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
He Whose Name is Counselor and Pow’r.
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
This the pledge to me He made.

~Karolina W. Sandell-Berg

PC: photo taken at the park near our home