Hi there, and welcome to the mini-site of the fmZERO team. The six of us from Christchurch Durham are out in Japan from 1st July to 4th August, working alongside Richard East, one of our church's mission partners, to support him and his team as they set up the new fmZERO ministry in Sapporo, in the north of Japan.

Meet the team | Why are we going? | What will we be doing?

  • Midnight adventures with Mysti and other stort stories...


    At the end of another eventful week, our last full one in Sapporo, we are thankful to God for all the opportunities he has provided for us to meet with people and to speak with them of Christ. After last weeks hectic time at Hokudai University, we spent this week meeting up with many of our new friends, made during our time here. In addition to this we have had the weekly Wednesday Night mee...
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  • A tiring but exciting week...


    Well our big week at Hokudai campus has come to an end, and we are immensely thankful to God for all that has happened in it. On Tuesday and Wednesday we arrived at campus at 8.15 (on Thursday and Friday the need for sleep made us slightly later - to arrive at campus at 8.15 meant being up at 5.45! - ouch!) in time to invite people to join us for an English lunch, which we held everyday on t...
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  • Didn't feel a thing...


    Just a quick note to say that the earthquake that hit Japan today has not affected us at all. We only heard about it when we saw it on the news. As it happens we were out in the sunshine enjoying a much appreciated day off before our big week at Hokudai University starts tomorrow!
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  • Week One in Sapporo


    Day eight in the fmZERO team and week two has officially begun. It feels good to have week one behind us and to begin to feel like we’ve found our feet slightly with regard to what we’re here to do and just generally getting out and about in Japan. Here’s a little taste of week one’s highs and lows. Richard’s work in Japan is to build a student work for the many thousand students in Sappor...
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  • First few days in Sapporo


    Since we arrived in Sapporo 4 days ago, there has been loads to do! Our first challenge was to post the remaining flyers in neighbouring houses, over 5000 flyers in all. Going to front doors to post them really brought home just how many people there were in the local area - most of them living and dying without ever knowing of God's gift of salvation. The flyers were advertising the various...
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  • Out and about in Tokyo


    Konbanwa (good evening)! We have just completed our final day of 'orientation' in Tokyo - as you can see, part of that has been a few language lessons! The weather is not as uncomfortable as we were expecting, apparently we have just entered the rainy season so it is warm and sultry, and very wet! The Japanese seem well adapted to this, particularly skilled in the area of bicycle riding wh...
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  • Konnichiwa!


    Konnichiwa! (Hi!) Well we've arrived safely at the OMF guest home in Tokyo, where we'll be staying until Thursday for our orientation. Our flights went without a hitch (apart from a certain Mr Rubie showing his level of Japanese cultural awareness by unshamedly blowing his nose on the flight to Tokyo). An enquiry was also made by Alice as to whether one still experiences night time when on...
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