Tim grew up in Brazil as a missionary kid of Melvin and Kathryn Huber. Tim is the middle of their five children. After he graduated from highschool in Brazil he went to Columbia Bible College in South Carolina. Columbia was a big change from school in Brazil where there were a total of fifteen students in the highschool. During his time at Columbia, he became interested in an internship program involving churches in Japan. Gently, God was calling Tim to be a missionary to the Japanese. He spent two years in Japan and graduated with a Bachelors in Bible Education in 1979. Tim returned to Brazil, working with PAZ in Santarém-to gain experience in church planting and to wait for God's timing to go to Japan. Tim waited for five years, completing his masters degree in teaching English as a second language. He arrived in Japan in April of 1987.

Christine grew up as a missionary kid as well. Her parents preached the good new of Jesus on an American Indian Reservation in Arizona. Christine always wanted to follow in the parents footsteps as a missionary. She met Luke Huber (Tim's older brother) at Biola Bible School in the early 70s and by 1975 they were married and on their way to Brazil as missionaries. God lead them to the Amazon Basin (an area larger than the continental USA) with a vision as big as the Amazon itself. The churches were called Igreja de Paz-Church of Peace. Christine relied on that peace through the tragic plane crash in 1994 that took Luke's life. Several years later, God led Tim and Christine together and now they are ministering to the Japanese as husband and wife!

The methods of presenting the Gospel in Northern Brazil are very different than those that are effective in Japan. The Japanese are much more reserved than Brazilians and the Japanese lifestyle is very busy-with no time to spend hours in a church like in Brazil. The most effective method has been through offering English classes. The Japanese are eager to learn English, especially from a native speaker. Tim and Christine provide English classes as well as ski trips etc to draw the youth. The classes are one hour in duration and then an optional half hour Bible study in English-everyone stays!. Japan can be a tough place for a missionary. Only 3/10 of 1% are Christians. (Using the same criteria the in the USA 30 % of it's population are evangelical Christians.)

Tim & Christine Huber - timchristineh@yahoo.co.jp
Church Website http://homepage3.nifty.com/ekklesia/profile.htm