Keith Moore
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My name is Keith Moore. I was raised in Sandy Pond, New York and worked for Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Kentucky for 26 years. I retired in 2017 and now live in Kesennuma Japan.
キース・モア。アメリカ合衆国、ニューヨーク州サンデイポンド出身。１９９１年、トヨタ自動車米国ケンタッキー州工場に就職。２０１１年の東日本大震災後、２０１２年に東北被災地へのボランティアツアーに参加。その際にイエス・キリストなる神から日本へ行くようにと強い印象を受ける。その後、毎年一回、休暇を利用して被災地へボランティアのために来日し、２０１７年に早期退職して妻と共に日本へ移住、気仙沼市民となる。
現在、地域の憩いの場、交流の場所として「気仙沼ライトハウス」を創立。主な活動に、お茶会、歌と食事会、ボランティア活動がある。また、「気仙沼ライトハウス フードバンク」として、気仙沼にフードバンクを立ち上げ、「みんなのおやつタイム」と題して、フードバンク食料品を活用した地域の絆づくり活動がある。気仙沼ライトハウス フードバンクは食料品調達、配布、備蓄を行っている。 |
Founder of Kesennuma Lighthouse
In 2017, I retired from Toyota, sold our house, in Kentucky and started a 2nd life doing community service work in Japan. In 2012, when I first came to Japan as a volunteer, I felt a strong conviction to reach out to those who are in need of care both physically and spiritually.
In the nineties when I was living in Nagoya, I was praying to God about whether I would have a future chance to live in Japan again. At that time I heard, in my heart, "yes". I didn't know when or how it would happen. It took 19 years before I got the details. It was during that trip in 2012 when I knew the time was near. It still took another 5 years of preparation, to be completely ready to launch into this second life, but now it is in full motion.
My wife and I are here to share the love that God has for Japan in the best way I know how.
Blessings,
Keith
In the nineties when I was living in Nagoya, I was praying to God about whether I would have a future chance to live in Japan again. At that time I heard, in my heart, "yes". I didn't know when or how it would happen. It took 19 years before I got the details. It was during that trip in 2012 when I knew the time was near. It still took another 5 years of preparation, to be completely ready to launch into this second life, but now it is in full motion.
My wife and I are here to share the love that God has for Japan in the best way I know how.
Blessings,
Keith
