Updates on the life and ministry of the Pfeil family - missionaries in Japan with MTW. We have recently moved to Tokyo to support Grace City Church Tokyo, and look forward to helping start the next Tokyo church-plant.
One of our friends, Manabu-san, played "Amazing Grace" on a traditional Japanese instrument. I got chills and began to pray that one day our friends would truly know God's amazing grace.
All of my siblings
Here is a group photo we took at the end of an early summer barbecue at a friend's house. It was the first time we were involved with such a big social event with friends. it was a great opportunity to enjoy time with several friends, and also to meet several new families.
I had a great time hanging out with the guys, and actually had several spiritual discussions. Two of the guys pictured here expressed interest in reading and discussing the Bible together sometime. 
Olivia and Annabella had fun playing with the kids. Here is Olivia inspecting a tiny cherry blossom tree with two friends.
Here are the kids playing in the snow two and a half weeks ago. Yes, you read that right...we have had snow recently. This past week it has been in the 70's though. The kids loved playing together in the snow. We even got a snowman out of the adventure.
You can also download it as a PDF file: April07 Pfeil Prayer Letter.
Songs can be listened to at the site, or downloaded as MP3s. Lyrics and song stories also posted. I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments. 
Here I am with Nagata-san (head of College Ministry for our Team) in front of Kanda University of Foreign Studies. As a private school, we're not allowed on campus, but we got permission to pass out flyers outside the gate for our English outreach party at our nearby church-plant.
Olivia was our little charmer, and whoever she stood with always passed out the most flyers! :) Unfortunately, we did not get any new students to to our first event. Please pray that God would remove the physical and spiritual barriers preventing students from coming to check us out.
We passed out flyers to students of Chiba University outside the nearby train station during their new student orientation day. The school has become very sensitive to off campus cult groups as evidenced by this sign above. (Last year serious problems of sexual abuse were exposed.) This warning was posted on the school website, and incoming students are being warned to watch out for off-campus groups. Unfortunately, our ministry has become guilty by association - even though we have had a great reputation on campus for the last 10+ years.
Our Friday IMPACT Night Party went well, and we did have one new student attend in addition to several returning from last year. We all ate together, played some games, and then I sang one of my original songs and gave a little talk on Psalm 23 ... in Japanese!
It was great to have Sarah and the girls there. It helped create a comfortable family atmosphere, along with some of the other Japanese staff's families. We really look forward to God using us as a whole family to reach out to students in the future.
Here I am with 3 Japanese staff, and 2 short-term missionaries, showing off our "best form". Please be praying for Nagata-san, Uchida-san, and Numakami-san and their families. (They are all staff or interns at Japanese churches, and commit part of their time to College Ministry.) In spite of recent challenges on campus, we are blessed to be working with these men and their families.
