Thank you to so many who have encouraged Emily Rachel and I these past few weeks. Fundraising is never fun for me, but meeting with people and talking about how we can partner together to make a difference in Japan is something else entirely. I’m choosing to frame these meetings as the latter rather than the former. To date (January 2024), we are very close to being fully funded for this Summer!
In reality though, the difference between fundraising and partnership is not just semantics. You have a very real role in this work even though you aren’t likely to physically be coming with us on the airplane. The dollars are important, true. Without them, we would not be able to consider going at all. But they are not the most important way you lift us up.
What we really value is your prayer! Prayers for our preparation, prayers for those who we will meet when there, prayers for the Tachikawa members as they prepare for our arrival, prayers for the future interactions between seekers and church members, prayers that the evil one will be thwarted in whatever plans he is making, and any number of other ways that you remember us before the throne of our Lord.
We are beyond humbled and grateful for the way you show the love of Jesus to us and through us. It’s a partnership which we are blessed to be a part of. Thank you!
Fowlers in Japan 