After spending a year in Brazil as a missionary in 2007, God started calling Shigeko back to Japan to bring the Gospel to her own people. For the first two years, God placed Shigeko in camp ministry in the outskirts of Tokyo, reaching out to the most responsive segment of the Japanese population: children and youth. Yet her deep desire to serve the people affected from the 2011 triple disaster in northern Japan continued to be her passion. In 2019, she moved to Iwaki, Fukushima, home to more than 20,000 evacuees who were displaced due to the nuclear disaster. Shigeko is a catalyst for unity among the small church communities in Iwaki, serving as pastoral support, guest preacher, and teacher for English class outreach for multiple congregations. Shigeko is also actively involved with the city-wide Christmas committee and prayer ministries.