Our mission

TO COME ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BECOME REPRODUCING PEOPLE OF FAITH AND CARE IN THEIR OWN NATION, SHARING THE GOSPEL TO FIGHT THE CULTURE'S SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS AND STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

Our Ministry

Currently, Nick spends most the time working with a group called T3C (Tokyo Community Care Centers) that originally offered counseling for depression and those at risk of suicide, incorporating spiritual components that often led to opportunities to share Jesus. After the 2011 disaster in Tohoku, the ministry was mostly gutted to assist with the efforts there and never really recovered after that due to team members burning out. Nick is helping to not only bring back life to the ministry, but he is also working to expand its focus in two major ways:

• First is to create a program that allows for the training and equipping of people to become care givers: people that can offer help to those hurting all over Japan whether next door or online from another location. This training model allows those who are interested and/or gifted to get the tools they need from free courses in person/online. While originally intended for Japan, this program (and maybe even the people who graduate from it) will eventually be used worldwide.

• Second is to expand our virtual presence to address remote care and also for those not ready to connect directly. We recently expanded to offer e-care as an option to those not yet ready to meet in person, such as those called “hikikomori” (social shut-ins that live their lives in physical isolation). We want to expand this to allow for the development of a self-care course that anyone can use. This self-care course is automated and designed using proven and researched methods to help people learn how to obtain and maintain good mental health with or without regular meetings with a therapist.

The goal is to take hurting people, help them recover, share Jesus, connect them to church/community, and allow them the chance to do the same for others like them.  

In that same spirit, Erin focuses her time on building relationships with individuals in the local area. Though these women she meets with may not have severe mental health issues, there is still an emphasis on hearing what’s on their hearts, being sure to grieve and laugh with them, and overall just walk through life alongside of them. As that trust is built, Erin looks for opportunities to share about her faith and prays that her relationship with God would be noticeable through their interactions.