Mission Updates & Bible Study

  • One Year in Osaka Update! Lifted Vision Needs Your Support to Continue this Mission!

    I want to let you know that the life of a missionary is not and has not been an easy one (however, no one ever said it would be right?) I’d like to use this post to tell you about what it’s really been like for me here in Japan. LIVING SITUATION REALITY: I’ve been…

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  • Nishinari Summer Outreach

    Today was a great day for outreach in the hot summer heat of Nishinari, Osaka! After I prepared the onigiri, water and Bible tracts (as mentioned in the previous post), my Pastor, Yasutaka Yoshida and I were sent out by the Holy Spirit to reach the lost for Christ. We met with many people and…

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  • The Process of Making Homemade Onigiri Care Packages w/ Tracts!

    Waking up at 5:45am on an early weekday morning to do prep work for outreach evangelism in Nishinari is sincerely one of my greatest joys and passions. Since being in Japan, I’ve learned how to make homemade “onigiri” which is a healthy, stable, nutritious and delicious lunch item that can be eaten at any time…

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  • The “Why” Behind Lifted Vision Ministry and God’s Unique Missionary Calling on My Life

    Greetings to all! I pray that the Lord be with you! Lately there have been a lot of new subscribers to my blog and I feel it necessary to share my story for the first time and/or remind those who know me well of what I am exactly doing in Japan and how Lifted Vision…

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  • Nishinari Outreach: Sharing the Gospel

    It was a privilege to do some local outreach today and by the grace of God alone, I was able to reach 3 people and share the love of Christ with them! The first step was first to PRAY! A former prayer leader of mine once gave me the invaluable advice to, “pray before you…

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  • Outreach in Nishinari, Japan with a Singaporean Mission Team!

    I had the amazing opportunity to be contacted by a Singaporean Ministry who specializes in deliverance, evangelism and flag dance worshipping! They contacted me and asked me to organize a mission outreach day, for their hearts were also towards the lost and broken souls found in Nishinari where I am sent to minister. The Lord…

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  • Children’s Ministry Continued Progress!

    God is blessing the Children’s Ministry I serve with here in Japan with my home church! God is blessing the children with wisdom and insight into the scriptures and it is such a blessing to see them grow in their faith and fervor for the things of God! They are growing, being encouraged and becoming…

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  • Ministry in Nishinari

    Let’s continue to pray for those in Nishinari who are in desperate need to hear the freeing gospel of Jesus Christ!

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  • Special Interview: A Vietnam Veteran’s Amazing Salvation Testimony!

    Greetings all! I had the absolute honor and privilege of being able to hear the exclusive coming-to-Christ, salvation testimony of one of the most Godly men I know! Please allow me to introduce: Mr. Gary, a 73 year old Vietnam War Veteran (1969-1971) from Upstate New York, who had an amazing heart transformation after meeting…

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  • Meeting and Praying Over Nishinari Homeless

    Hello all! It’s God’s Missionary Aly here! God has given me many divine encounters and opportunities to meet and speak with people and share the love of Christ with them here in Japan. This is just one story (out of many) of an encounter I had with an trans-person at a Japanese dollar store the…

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  • YWAM Hong Kong Partnership Ministry Day!

    By the grace of God and through His supernatural connections alone, YWAM (Youth with a Mission) Hong Kong reached out and coordinated with me via email and requested that Lifted Vision Ministry plan a mission day for their YWAM team to come to Japan and minister in the homeless park of Nishinari, which I am…

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  • Japanese Language School: My Experience

    Hello all! As some of you may know, I have been studying the Japanese language intensely for the past 10 months now, in addition to my missionary duties and also working my part time job teaching English to Japanese and Korean students. A big part of my life and the first step to this ministry…

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  • URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

    Hello faithful brothers and sisters, I’m asking for urgent prayer as I feel I am being spiritually attacked. The Lord has been protecting me, but I sincerely desire your need prayers with urgency to bind Satan about me especially: * At school – I have been feeling physically ill during my school classes. I believe…

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  • Homeless Outreach: Over 150 Care Packages Given Away!

    *Below you can see pictures & videos of the care packages, tracts, the public worship and the event!* Preparation – We met at 11:00am and joyfully began unloading vans full of goods that came from no specific organization, but actually each member of our church contributed what we could to give to the homeless today!…

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  • How to be a Missionary 101: Top Essentials

    Today, I’d like give some advice on what it’s like to be a missionary for the glory of the Lord! It is an absolute privilege to be a servant of the Lord and to share the gospel in a foreign land where the gospel has not been heard or accepted yet before. Many people have…

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