(KOH-bay) – “The Kobe Team is so thankful for the summer groups who came and served our city and partners with joy. As one of the short-term volunteers pointed out, ‘the harvest is plentiful, but workers are few.’ There is great need for more long-term missionaries in our area. Please join us in praying that God will raise up Christians from all different backgrounds who have a desire to see the people of Kobe reached for Christ.” “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest,” (Matthew 9:36-38 ESV).