Mission Stories

Hi Everyone,

This is Kimi Kurihara and my family and I are working for Jesus as volunteers in a small island of Japan called Tsushima. Since we came here, God has opened the new door to spread the Gospel to those who never heard of Christ Jesus in the island.

It was quickly apparent that this plane needed more (time and money) than we were willing to invest in it. In December we began praying for clarity. Why did we go all the way to Tennessee? What were we supposed to do?

Over the last two years we have been working toward restoring an old airstrip at Mountain View College (MVC) in Mindanao for the purpose of supporting the work of the SULADS.

“The police checkpoint isn’t letting anyone through today because of elections” Damaris was the second person to inform me.

So, Lord, where should we go? I thought. Please send your angels to guide us to people who are hungry for truth today.

As we closed our visit with a special prayer, we heard a loud clunk and saw that Angelica had been suddenly thrown to the floor.

Meet four women. The two youngest died. One escaped from North Korea 3 times. The fourth has only half a body. They will encourage you as they have me.

One project that our arch-enemy could not stop back then was a work that God Himself had begun amongst the indigenous people of the Gran Sabana by sending an angel to speak to them through dreams and visions, and teach them about God’s eternal law of love.

My first inkling that something wasn’t right was when the Trinidad Radar Controller asked me to “recycle my transponder”.

“Is this Grenada Family Network, the Christian radio station?” said the pleasant sounding woman on the phone.

I had forgotten to answer the call correctly!

As we neared the first checkpoint, we were all uneasy. The taxi driver was visibly nervous, even more so after hitting a cat on the dark road. As we neared the armed guards with their automatic weapons, I did not know what was going to happen.