Mission Updates & Bible Study

  • We Need Your Help! Tuition/Visa Support Raising Update!

    Greetings Friends and Family!!! I have an important update to share with you today! WHAT: Under the Lord’s leadership and after much prayer and consideration, I have transitioned out of my role with DSM Mission in order to focus full-time on the church plant we are building in Nishinari! From what started as a humble

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  • HUGE UPDATE: Home Church Plant!!! Nishinari Gathering!!!

    Brothers and sisters in Christ, Happy 2026 and may God’s peace and blessings be abundantly towards you all this year too! 2025 was a wonderful year for Lifted Vision and we look forward with you to all the ways we will grow in our Lord and vision together in 2026 too! Today, I have some

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  • Lifted Vision Ministry, 2025 Praise Report!

    Links to Give and Support Mission Work in Nishinari, Japan:♢ Venmo: @liftedvisionministry ♢♢ Zelle: allisonvializ@gmail.com ♢♢ Paypal: hallelujah3333@gmail.com ♢♢ Secure and Online Giving: https://liftedvision.org/donate/♢ May our Savior’s Love be ever towards you! Peace unto you!

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  • Mana Bible Club: Assisting a College, Christian Ministry Gathering in Osaka!!!

    For 2025, I have had the privilege of attending a Saturday College Bible study held at a small local church in outer Osaka! This Bible study is dedicated to the college students attending one of western Japan’s largest private universities, Kindai University. They meet once a month to worship, fellowship, share life and testimonies, pray

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  • The Most Life-Changing Hospital Visit of my entire life, and I wasn’t even the patient: Reckless Love

    I pray that everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving time of celebration with family and friends this year too; it’s always in season to be thankful to our Heavenly Father for all of the miraculous things that He has done for us, isn’t it!! 😇 I was reminded recently of a time during hospital visitation outreach,

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  • Thanksgiving Encouragement From Lifted Vision, 2025 (Philippians 1)

    ‭‭-Philippians‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬-‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬-“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it

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  • Seminary School Mission Trip to South Korea!

    In partnership with Osaka Theological Seminary, I had the unique opportunity to participate in a mission trip with my seminary school to South Korea! In Korea, in a small suburb of Seoul, we were able to conduct worship in both the Japanese and Korean language during an evening service, visited a Christian museum, toured a

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  • A Prayer For the Lost

    Father God, I’m bringing You everyone here who feels lost right now. Those who don’t know which way to turn or what step to take next. The ones where the path feels unclear and the future feels uncertain.  Would You meet them right where they are? Remind them that being lost doesn’t mean being abandoned.

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  • When The Morning Feels Too Heavy

    The alarm went off, but I could not bring myself to move. The room was still dark. The weight of yesterday’s worries sat heavy on my chest. The thoughts of today’s responsibilities rushed in before my feet even touched the floor. It felt like the day had won before it even started. Maybe you know

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  • Nishinari: The Movie (A Day in the Life of Lifted Vision Ministry)

    © 2025 Film Produced by: Tien Chi Fu, https://www.tienchifu.com/ Please enjoy this feature film, Nishinari, produced and directed by the talented NYC based director/filmmaker, Tien Chi Fu. We pray that this short film will bring awareness to the gospel scene of where I live and minister to in Osaka, Japan and display what a truly normal

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  • He Did It Before And He’ll Do It Again!

    I can’t count how many times I’ve stared at a situation and thought, “This is it. This time, it’s too much.” And somehow… every single time, God showed up. Not always how I expected. Not always when I wanted. But always. And I’ll be honest, sometimes I forget that. I forget how many prayers He’s

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  • ✌🏻Peace Hope Children’s Cafe Event!🎨📖

    Jesus, art, children’s games and ramen?! I’m in!!! I recently had the extreme privilege of visiting a church that has been so very instrumental for not only my life in Japan but also my work in Nishinari – Hope Chapel of Nara! On a sunny Saturday, while the weather was still warm, we congregated outside

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  • “The Day is At Hand”

    What I’d like to share with you today is a devotional which was written by my dear mother in Christ and is as inspirational as it is challenging! I felt the Holy Spirit urge me to share this message with you all today and I pray you are as blessed by it as I was!

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  • Visitors From America came to Japan! Church Family Fellowship, God’s Love for Japan!

    -Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV-“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” This verse in Hebrews completely encapsulates an important sentiment that Paul was ushering

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  • 70 Bento Boxes To Feed Nishinari’s Homeless and Hungry!

    On a bright and sunny Saturday morning, we gathered at our church and assembled 70 lunch boxes for the homeless of Nishinari! These were not just any simple lunch boxes either! They were hand-made with love and filled with chicken, beef, fish, egg, a variety of different vegetables and other items such as bread and

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