2. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM [Helpful Tips…] Customize your presentation to make it more personal: Feel free to edit text & move things to suit your needs. Feel free to edit text & move things to suit your needs. [Notes are in brackets. Be sure to replace this text.] [Notes are in brackets. Be sure to replace this text.] Drop in your own photos. Remember to delete the sample photos we’ve put on these slides. You’ll have to re-set the animation on any new graphics you insert. Drop in your own photos. Remember to delete the sample photos we’ve put on these slides. You’ll have to re-set the animation on any new graphics you insert. Don’t just read the slides. Add stories and make it personal whenever possible to make it more interesting for your audience Don’t just read the slides. Add stories and make it personal whenever possible to make it more interesting for your audience By the way, there are three extra slides (#20, 21, 22), in case you want to use them or any info/graphics on them. Asian Access/Japan (church planting and church growth) Asian Access/Japan (church planting and church growth) Endorsements for LIFE Ministries Endorsements for LIFE Ministries Asian Access/Japan - 20/20 Vision Asian Access/Japan - 20/20 Vision Keep in mind that these slides are animated, so practice using them before your presentation. Delete (or Slide Show/Hide) all unnecessary slides before doing your actual presentation.

3. A MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR TIME IN JAPAN [ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH] Japan Ministry Team [July 7] – August 6 Summer 2003 EXTENDING THE VISION:

4. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Meet our Team Team Leader(s): Team Leader(s): Heather & Scott Erbe Heather & Scott Erbe Team Members: Team Members: Jon Roland Jon Roland Kara Bedell Kara Bedell Andy Kelts Andy Kelts Ben Childs Ben Childs

5. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Why Did We Go? Japan and Its Need… Japan is the strategic gateway to Asia Japan is the strategic gateway to Asia 85% of the world’s unbelievers live in Asia Considered the “model Asian economy” <1% of Japanese people know Christ Unprecedented social upheaval in Japan Unprecedented social upheaval in Japan Suicide rate at an all-time high Economic difficulties since early 90’s Troubled youth culture; increasing crime rate Growth of materialism and religious cults “A superpower without a moral compass”

6. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Who Did We Go With? Asian Access/LIFE Ministries exists to START and STRENGTHEN Japanese churches… Asian Access/LIFE Ministries exists to START and STRENGTHEN Japanese churches… in partnership with visionary pastors and congregations in partnership with visionary pastors and congregations through innovation in evangelism and leadership training. through innovation in evangelism and leadership training. 36 years of experience in Japan 36 years of experience in Japan “LIFE Ministries is committed to helping fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus by assisting, equipping, and learning from local Japanese churches. I can’t think of a better way to spend a summer than by investing in eternity and doing ministry in a country where less than 1% of the population follow Christ.” -Scott E., IVCF-WMU staff worker Summer Team Leader 2000, 2001, 2002 “LIFE Ministries is an organization you can trust. It’s strengths lie in the amazing staff as well as the years of relationships it has forged with Japanese churches.” Allen Yeh Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Team Leader, Summer 2001 Doug Birdsall, President LIFE Ministries

7. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Thank you for SENDING us with your… Generous financial gifts Generous financial gifts Faithful prayer support Faithful prayer support Consistent emotional encouragement Consistent emotional encouragement Commissioned & Sent by You! How Did We Go? Place a Photo of Your Commissioning Here

8. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM L.A. Orientation Time to refocus before departing Prepared our hearts for Japan Met staff and other teams Got a good night’s sleep L.A. Orientation Place A Photo From Orientation Here

9. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Tokyo Orientation Cultural training How to work with Japanese churches Team bonding [Place a few photos here… team, LIFE staff, training, trains/crowded station, restaurant, food, etc…]

10. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Where Did We Serve? Heading to the host church… we took the bullet train to our ministry assignment in Yamagata. Meeting our Japanese pastor and brothers and sisters in Christ Photo If you did not serve in Yamagata, please use a different graphic from another web page.

11. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM What Did We Do? Overview of Ministry Schedule Overview of Ministry Schedule English Classes (beginner, intermediate, & advanced) Worship Services & weekly prayer meetings Coffee Houses on Saturday evenings Handing out flyers at the train stations Cooking classes Crafts for kids and for housewives Children’s VBS-type activities Meetings and Teamwork Meetings and Teamwork Team planning meetings & time for prayer Meetings with pastor and Japanese church leaders Opportunities for Sharing Testimonies Opportunities for Sharing Testimonies Making New Japanese Friends / Serving as a Bridge Making New Japanese Friends / Serving as a Bridge

12. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM A Day in the Life of our Team: [Read a typical journal entry… or share a memorable day… type headline here] [Read a typical journal entry… or share a memorable day… type headline here] Photo

13. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM How God Used Us in Ministry [Tell a story… type headline here] [Tell a story… type headline here] Photo

14. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM How We Saw God Change Lives [Tell a story… type headline here] Photo

15. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM How God Changed Our Lives [Tell a story… type headline here] [Tell a story… type headline here] Photo

16. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Our Reflections Personal Observance of Japan [Insert your own personal reflection & photo; see eg.] Personal Observance of Japan [Insert your own personal reflection & photo; see eg.] “During my stay in Japan, I’ve observed something in the nationals that has changed my life dramatically. The few Christians I was blessed to work with demonstrated an immeasurable faith. They did not allow the frustrations and lack of participation in the community to bring them down. If anything, they prayed more diligently. They’ve helped me to have more faith when I left than when I came here.” – Heather Mezzie “During my stay in Japan, I’ve observed something in the nationals that has changed my life dramatically. The few Christians I was blessed to work with demonstrated an immeasurable faith. They did not allow the frustrations and lack of participation in the community to bring them down. If anything, they prayed more diligently. They’ve helped me to have more faith when I left than when I came here.” – Heather Mezzie

17. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Our Reflections Personal Observance of Japan [Insert your own personal reflection & photo; see eg.] Personal Observance of Japan [Insert your own personal reflection & photo; see eg.] “Japan needs God. The people here are so nice, so polite, and so great – only they put their hope in idols that cannot hear, speak, or see. I love Japan, and God is really working in the lives of Christians here. It was great to be a part of the ministry here and to see all that God is doing.” – Joy Megumi Sasaki “Japan needs God. The people here are so nice, so polite, and so great – only they put their hope in idols that cannot hear, speak, or see. I love Japan, and God is really working in the lives of Christians here. It was great to be a part of the ministry here and to see all that God is doing.” – Joy Megumi Sasaki

18. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM For participating in this ministry… For participating in this ministry… through your faithful prayers! through your faithful prayers! through your generous financial gifts! through your generous financial gifts! through your consistent encouragement! through your consistent encouragement! Rejoice with us over what God has done! Rejoice with us over what God has done! Continue to pray for [Yamagata Christian Church] as Japanese Christians follow-up the new seekers and believers. Continue to pray for [Yamagata Christian Church] as Japanese Christians follow-up the new seekers and believers. Thank You!

19. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Come Talk To Us! We’ll be in the back afterward We’ll be in the back afterward We’d love to tell you more. Look at our pictures. Take a flyer to read more about Asian Access/LIFE’s work in Japan. We want to send a team next year We want to send a team next year Are you willing to pray about it? Do you know anyone who can go?

20. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Asian Access/LIFE Ministries [ADDRESS] P.O. Box 200 San Dimas, CA 91773 USA [TOLL-FREE] 1-800-543-3678 [FAX] 626-914-9572 [EMAIL] info@AsianAccess.org [WEB] www.AsianAccess.org www.AsianAccess.org www.AsianAccess.org www.lifejapan.org

21. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Church Planting = starting new churches Church Growth = strengthening existing churches Asian Access/Japan [This slide is animated. Feel free to insert it somewhere into your presentation… or to “Slide Show/Hide” it.

22. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM What They’re Saying… I thank God for the fresh and innovative ways that LIFE Ministries is advancing the cause of Christ in Asia. Lives are being changed for eternity. Praise God! Dr. Walter Kaiser, President, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary My friends at LIFE Ministries are being used by God to build His Kingdom in Asian countries that are resistant to the Gospel. I have supported their work for many years. Dr. Lon Allison, Director, The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College [This slide is animated. Feel free to insert it somewhere into your presentation… or to “Slide Show/Hide” it.

23. MINISTRY REPORT FROM OUR SUMMER TEAM Asian Access/Japan 20/20 Vision 100 church multiplication teams To deploy 100 church multiplication teams in order to 1,000 reproducible congregations establish 1,000 reproducible congregations that 1 million new followers of Christ enfold 1 million new followers of Christ, who will in turn 1,000 missionaries from Japan send 1,000 missionaries from Japan to the cities of Asia that will 1 billion people be home to 1 billion people by the year 2020 A.D. [This slide is animated. Feel free to insert it somewhere into your presentation… or to “Slide Show/Hide” it.