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We are Peter & Valerie Limmer, working with the local church in Okinawa (Japan) to build relationships with people in our community and share the good news about Jesus with them.
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We are so thankful to God for placing us here in Okinawa to serve Him. Thanks for visiting!
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Peter had a desire to go into ministry since high school. However, until he met Valerie he had never really considered the idea that he could be a missionary in Japan. He’d always thought that Japan was out of reach both culturally and linguistically. (Even though his mother is of Japanese descent, she never learned the Japanese language and neither did he.)
Just before his Japanese grandmother (a Christian) died, that all changed. The Japanese pastor from her church spent time with his Buddhist grandfather while his grandmother was in the hospital. In the end, Peter’s grandfather became a Christian at the age of 90!
At that point, God spoke to Peter’s heart. If He could bring Peter’s grandfather to faith after so long, there was hope for 130 million other Japanese just like him who needed Christ.
When Valerie was seven years old, she received a school assignment to draw what she wanted to be when she grew up. That was the first time that she remembers wanting to be a missionary.
Thirteen years later, a speaker at a Campus Crusade retreat she attended talked about the need for more Christian missionaries in Japan. As Valerie listened, it was as if God shone a light into her soul. He said to her, “This is where I want you to go.” She immediately tried to obey, but obstacle after obstacle stood in her way.
Through more than a decade of preparation, God taught her many lessons, and brought her together with her husband, Peter. Years later, she would realize that time of preparation was vital to her future ministry with the Japanese. Without it, she wouldn’t still be a missionary in Japan.