Hope God continues to bless you richly. In the end of September, Yokota church of Christ has a congregational meeting. Before the meeting, I had proposed that I would concentrate on working with Japanese, which is my mission purpose. I had proposed that the congregation would reduce their support for us. At the same time, I had made a request that they would support me as a missionary. They decided to support me. But they also decided cut the covering of my working expense - such as expense for attending monthly preacher meeting. I am glad to report this. I have made my mission purpose clear to the congregation. From now on, I do not need to do a second guess.

I have just put a home page on the web. This web is for non-Christians only. It is made to reach out to non-Christians and teach them about the love of God. Since I do not plan to make an English version, you cannot understand it. However, please take a look at it. It consists of the main page, the difference between "religion" of Christianity and the Bible, Q & A, correspondence course, counseling, a message from the Bible, introducing the church and me. If you have happened to know some Japanese, please direct them to this home page.

Lately I have come to realize the importance of prayer more and more. I should have known it much earlier. Last week I studied Luke 11:5-13 and Luke 18:1-8, where Jesus taught me persistence in prayer. Just as Luke 18:1 says, I ought to always pray and not lose heart. I need God's help more and more. May I be faithful to his will. I also pray that God will richly bless you. May God's peace be with you. Hope in the next report I will have more things to write. Masa Nonogaki