Team Information

     Our team is made of five individuals:  Bethany Hall, Tim Natale, Tim Rogers, Leah Shy, and Cass Tallon.  Leah, Tim R., Cass, and Tim N. are alumni of Pepperdine University.  Bethany will graduate in the spring of 2002.  We have all spent time in Osaka, Japan.  Leah, Cass, Bethany, and Tim N. have over three months of experience through the Let's Start Talking ministry.

     We feel that there is no better time to dedicate our lives to the Lord through actively sharing the Good News.  We feel called to Osaka, Japan to join missionaries Chad and Jennifer Huddleston and Scott and Jackie Mersch.

 

Osaka, Japan

     Osaka, Japan is the second largest region in Japan with just over 16 million people.  Less than one percent of the population are Christians.

     Over the last three years, missionaries Chad and Jennifer Huddleston have begun planting the see.  Through their work and through the work of Let's Start Talking, there are too many people interested in hearing the Word.  Because of these reasons and because of the love Christ has given us for the Japanese, we feel that it is our responsibility to join the work in Osaka.

 

The Plan

     We are going to spend at least two years working in Japan.  We will focus our ministry on young professionals, allowing the current missionaries a chance to breathe and focus on married couples.

     We will do this through both group and individual Bible study, as well as regular social activities.

 

Team Training

     Over the last year, ,our team has been training with missions professor, Dan Rodriguez.  This time, and countless others, have been spent in prayer learning about ourselves, the team, and Japan and preparing us for the immeasurable task at hand.  We feel we have done what we can in the last year, taking retreats, personality tests, and leadership tests.