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Introducing...

Kent & Yuko Muhling

Caleb, Sophie & Joshua

Serving as Missional Partners
in Sendai, Japan

Bio: Kent & Yuko Muhling

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Background Info

Kent is a former Naval Flight Officer who felt the call to the ministry while still in uniform. He resigned his commission in 1996, spent a year and a half in Ukraine as a lay missionary, then returned to Orlando, FL to pursue a Master of Divinity degree at Reformed Theological Seminary. There he met his wife Yuko, a native of Japan, who was studying for her Master of Arts in Counseling. They both graduated in 2001 and are eager to serve the Lord in ministry.

Ministry Assignment

Serving with A3 since 2003:

As Career Missionaries
- Tohoku, Japan, 2012-present
as Church Planting Associates:
- Term 2: Osaka, Japan, 2010-2014
- Home Assignment: Jacksonville, FL - 2009
- Term 1: Chiba/Tokyo, Japan- 2006-2009
Pre-Field Deputation: 2003-2006

Words of wisdom...

Pray. Ask God to reveal your heart. For what reasons would you, or would you not, pursue full-time missionary service?
Ask other mature believers in your life if they sense this is the direction God might be leading you.
Then, absolutely, read Let the Nations Be Glad! by John Piper – the most passion-inspiring, God-glorifying book on missions I’ve yet read.

When you're in Japan, be sure to...

Visit Kyoto, with its numerous temples, shrines, gardens, and other monuments to traditional Japanese culture. It is a beautiful place!

Hoping for "ultimate contributions"...

I'd like to help establish a worldwide prayer movement for Japan that would break through spiritual barriers and see masses of Japanese embrace the gospel of Christ. (This has begun to happen in the Middle East, as a result of the worldwide prayer movement for the 10/40 Window begun about 10 years ago.)

Meaningful methods...

Both of us really want our home to be a place where ministry takes place -- home Bible studies and fellowship groups, an open door for those who are hurting or seeking answers to spiritual questions, etc. We’re drawn to the picture of the early church in the New Testament, which often met in homes.

Hopes for the future...

I (Kent) hope to be a good student of Japanese language and culture, so that I might be able to truly understand the minds and hearts of those I am trying to reach with the gospel – and so that I might better understand what following Christ looks and feels like to my Japanese brothers and sisters. Yuko hopes to get certified as a translator so she can help in translating Christian literature (especially in the area of counseling) into Japanese.

ARTICLES RELATED TO KENT & YUKO

Article Information: Written by Kent Muhling; Created on 12 April 2011

by Kent Muhling

As I write this I am sitting in an evacuation center in Shizugawa. There are a little over 120 people staying in the karate dojo of this high school. There is no running water, no electricity. A generator outside provides electricity for heat, and trucks bring in water - but there is not enough to shower or bathe. Instead people are using wet wipes of any kind to keep themselves clean each day. Everyone gets to go to a separate location every 15 days for a bath.

Each family has their own little space, about the size of a king bed, ...

Article Information: Written by Kent Muhling; Created on 30 March 2011

by Kent Muhling

Thank you again for your many encouraging notes and promises of prayer. Reading them gives me a real lift. I’m glad to know that they are encouraging you to continue in prayer for the people of Japan. Today we went back to Kesennuma and brought supplies to the places we visited yesterday. It was a good day. We went back to the evacuation center and brought...

Article Information: Written by Kent Muhling; Created on 27 March 2011

by Kent Muhling

Well, Day 5 for me is winding down. Not a terribly exciting day for me, but my heart is tired.This morning we drove about 3 hours north of Sendai to the city of Kesennuma. We had heard that the evacuation centers were short on supplies such as toothbrushes and other hygiene items. This time the reports were true, and no one had yet brought anything. Our van load...

Article Information: Written by Kent Muhling; Created on 27 March 2011

by Kent Muhling

Has it really only been 3 days since we arrived in Sendai? Feels like much longer. Whew. Yesterday and today were more visits to churches and evacuation centers, trying to assess needs and figure out where we can be of help. The situation changes daily. We hear of a place in need of water, for example, and by the time we get there we find that the Japanese self-defense forces have showed up and are delivering water daily.

Why are we serving with A3?

We're serving with A3 because they are on the cutting edge of leadership development and partnership in ministry. We love their vision and philosophy of ministry. We love that A3 partners with many different Japanese denominations. Though we are from the Reformed tradition theologically, we want to minister in a broader context, to cross denominational barriers, and to place a high value on the unity of the Body of Christ, even though we might disagree on some doctrinal issues with others.

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