Rural

At first I was hopeful. He wanted to study the Bible with me, but that isn't quite how it worked out, at least at the beginning.

Because of the positions we are in, we've become friends with many of the surrounding English teachers. We've also become involved in our local church.

Mr. Saiba always answered my questions about Japanese culture, but he also said that while most Japanese people acted that way, but he didn’t.

He served in a place no other OMF missionary had ever served.

This board game-loving missionary was surprised to find a group of enthusiasts in rural Hokkaido. Now his church is holding board game events to reach more people.

We're not planting new churches here —we're encouraging the faith of existing churches and helping small rural churches re-catch a vision for evangelism. —OMF Missionary in rural Hokkaido.

God brought Rachel to Japan as a short-term missionary and surprised her with an unlikely new friendship.