Brethren,

Welcome to www.biblestudents.jp. Eventually, this website will be used to
disseminate the Harvest Message in the Japanese language. For now, we would
like to invite you to enjoy some of the sights and sounds of our recent visit to
Japan. Six of our brethren spent a week in Japan including: Tim Alexander,
Todd Alexander, Marilyn Alexander, Emily Crisan, Lydia Kindig and Ellen
Alexander. The Columbus Bible Students Ecclesia would like to share their experiences
in Japan with you.

On May 3-4, 2003, the Japanese Bible Students conducted a two day convention
at the Shonan Village Resort in Hayama Japan. The links above will allow you
to browse the Convention Schedule, Discourses and Testimonies. In addition,
you will be able to browse five different categories of pictures taken during
the week of the convention. The pictures with captions include your Japanese
brethren at convention, pictures of Japanese nature, a Japanese Shinto temple,
Tatsumi and Kayoko Katsuno San's home and miscellanous pictures during our
sightseeing adventures. Our hope is that you will be able to become more
acquainted with your Japanese brethren.

You will notice in the captions and in the testimonies that the word "San"
follows each Japanese name. This is the Japanese verbal method of bestowing the
appropriate amount of honor and respect on their Japanese brethren.

The Columbus Bible Students Ecclesia is currently working with the Japanese
brethren to publish the Harvest Message both on the internet and in print.
This information will be posted to this site as it becomes available.

Please stop back periodically, the site will be changing continually.

In the Bonds of Christ,
Todd Alexander and The Columbus Bible Students Ecclesia