BIO-SKETCH:   Field Director — Larry and Ruth were raised in Christian families in New Jersey.   They met while they were students at Eastern Christian schools.   They were married on June 15, 1974.   They have four children: Benjamin, Daniel, Jon & Jolena.   While growing up in New Jersey Larry was exposed to many cultures and the need for evangelistic outreach was very visible.   His home church was very involved in outreach and missionaries.   While attending Burton Heights CRC in Grand Rapids the pastor,  Dr. Roger Greenway’s zeal for promoting missions was opening Larry’s thinking to other possibilties beyond the United States.   It was at this time he received a letter from the CRWM.  His aptitude for learning languages,  his upbringing,  and recent influences in his life were now pointing him to an highly urbanized society in Japan.   After language studies in Tokyo they spend 3½ years developing a new church in Toyoake.

THE WORK:   Moving back to Tokyo, they live in duplex near the mission office building where Larry is the Field Director of the Christian Reformed Japan Mission.   His wife Ruth is a school nurse at Christian Academy in Japan and is chair of the Student Support Team.

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