Free Will Baptist International Missions News: E-TEAM Tokyo

Seibuuuuuu!

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

This morning we canvased the neighborhoods once again for the Good News Chapel. I'll leave the little "adventure" for your student to talk about when we get home! After our final day of tracting, the team visited the Seibu Dome for a baseb...

Bringing the US to Japan

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Yesterday and today the team visited adult English classes where we sang and presented our "Heart" mime. Everyone enjoyed the experience of conversing with the natives and tasting some interesting finger foods (pickled plums). It seemed as if in ...

Pictures from Our Time in Japan

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Photo #1- Authentic Japanese Cuisine Photo #2-Transportable Storage Unit Washed Ashore After Tsunami Photo #3-Tokyo Skyline Photo #4-Meiji Shrine Photo #5-Home Destroyed by Tsunami Photo #6-The Team Digging Ditches Photo #7-Pole Bent From...

Getting Dirty for God

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Sorry for the delay. We had no internet for the past three days while we were working in the Sendai area. While we were there we stayed in hundred year old plus cabins and helped clean up and repair the aftermath of the March 11th tsunami and earthquake. W...

Tracting

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Today we went to Good News Chapel, the church that the McDonalds started, to assemble tracts to be passed out to the neighborhoods around the church. After we got organized, we spent a few hours out in the streets passing out tracts. For lunch, we had ...

Jet Lag

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

We have arrived in Tokyo! Our 13 hour flight seemed to last forever. Today, however, we had a fairly relaxed day of sightseeing and shopping in downtown Tokyo. For lunch we had a very traditional meal at an impressive restaurant (one of us made the mistake...

Going Back in Time...

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Well, it's our last night in Tokyo and we're busy packing and cleaning. We all got back from our home-stay families in one piece and everyone had a good time. Some of us had very traditional Japanese delicacies such as uncooked tuna, scallops, ...

Children's Dino Party

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

We had 103 people at the Dinosaur Party! We are very excited about the turnout and are hopeful that the party increased the church's visibility in this neighborhood. We began setting up for the party at 1:00pm and cleared out the rented room by 4:30...

Another Day in the Big City

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Today was a bit more laid back than most, so it won�t take long to explain what we did. First we went to the Bailey�s English classes. Katrina and Kinley and Stef went with Ken Bailey to another class while the rest of us went with Judy to hers, which wa...

Bamboo and steel towers

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

With Mr. Kazama, a high school chemistry teacher here in Tokyo, we took over 21,000 steps yesterday as he led us from temple to temple and to a beautiful island with an observation tower. It was the most tiring day we�ve had so far, but perhaps the most e...

Tea, anyone?

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

We've had a long day that started out with a very important piece of Japanese culture: the tea ceremony. We had the honor of going to a master&apo...

Happy Father's Day

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

To all of our fathers from E-TEAM Tokyo: "Happy Father's Day!" We're having a great time here in Japan and have just finished another day of fellowship with believers in Tokyo. Yesterday was great but we were all exhausted and yours t...

Shoutouts from the team

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Marissa says, "Happy Birthday to Ethan! Applesauce. Rachel says, "Hey to all of her Red Hooded Sweatshirt friends!" Stef says, "Hey to Baby Warden and family and to her G-Ma and G-Pa & sissy! :-) Jay - Shout out to Mary Ro...

Buddhist Temples and Curry

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

It's been a long day of walking so we're all ready for a good night's sleep, but I thought you would like to know what we accomplished and saw today. Here�s the concise version: We started by going to downtown Tokyo and visiting the Kubu...

First Impressions

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Right now it is 10:30pm on Thursday, and it is 7:30am in the USA. I'd like for everyone to pray for Kinley's back. It went out in the Tokyo airport and he had to stay at the house today (except to eat lunch). Also, please pray for Judy Bailey....

We have arrived!

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

It's 10:39pm Tokyo time, and we have finished settling into the Bailey's home. Our flight went well, except our flight from Atlanta to Tokyo was delayed about 3 hours due to a very last minute change in flight plans. The Aleutian Islands appar...

E-TEAM Tokyo 2009

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Team leaders: Kinley & Katrina Winchester Our team: Ben Reed, Marissa Byrd, Stefani Parton, Rebekah Gedeon, Jay Elliott, and Rachel Burns...

Some pictures from Training

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Here are a few pics from our training week at FWBBC....

Recent Expiriences

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT

The first picture is when we went to a high school here in Tokyo where Mr. Kazama teaches as a chemistry teacher. We all got to make traditional Japanese fireworks!!! The second picture is when we got to go to a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. It was...

Letters to Home

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Hello again, from E-Team Tokyo. Below are some letters that the team have written and asked me to put on here for you all to read. :) Mandy- Hey guys! I am having such an amazing time! I miss you all like crazy, but God is doing some amazing things here...

Tokyo 2007 Pictures

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Team Tokyo 2007

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Hello, from Team Tokyo 2007. We've all survived through training week, and we'll be boarding a plane and heading for Tokyo, Japan tomorrow (Tuesday, June 12th). We'll be heading to the airport at 6:45 am. From there we will be flying to Chic...