Blessed Sunday Morning.
The sun will be rising shortly. The weather has been beautiful, just like
California. Sunny, low 60’s and a little
cooler at night. Wish you all were here.
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| Nari teaches the children |
Beloved, we cannot thank you enough for the prayers
raised for the J.O.Y. Club Christmas Party yesterday. Over 20 Evergreen members were with us to
serve the J.O.Y. Club kids and their parents.
Everyone had a wonderful time.
It was such a busy event that we overlooked taking more pictures of the
actual activities. So let your imaginations
run wild and know that the Gospel and the love of God were planted in little
hearts yesterday. This is why we come to
Machida. Arigato Gozaimasu.
After the party, we all gathered and consumed the
desserts that were left over. Joy
expressed her humble thanksgiving for every helper there. It was a sweet time. It was a very successful event. We were all blessed. Thanks be to God.
We then visited the local Family Mart (like a 711
at home) and picked up some bento food at around 8:00pm. On second thought, it is nothing like the 711
at home. The food here is “oishi”. Then we packed up for our visit to the
Ichikawa Church on Sunday.
The Ichikawa Church is located in the Chiba area which
is about a 2 hour ride from Machida. We’ll
be attending their worship service and doing a similar Christmas party with
them. The congregation is small and
elderly, but they have willing hearts.
This is the first time they will be putting on such an event and they
are expecting 30 children. Quite a huge
undertaking for them. We’ll be leaving
in a few hours with members from
Evergreen to serve this faithful congregation.
Thank you for your prayers.
So another day has passed. We pray that this nation of the rising sun
will one day see a transformation of acknowledging the true rising “son”. We trust in God and are privileged to be used
for His glory.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways
submit to him, and he will make your
paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
And we will praise Him,
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| Joy and Uchimura Sensei Welcome |
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| Pre Meeting & Prayer |
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| How many candies in the jar? |
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| Hi Mr. Snowman. I'm gong to get this on your nose |
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| The parents were having more fun than their kids |
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| Hey! How did you do that? |
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| Wow! Look at all the prizes!! |
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| Takura and his bow and arrows |
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| Arigato. Thanks for coming. |
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Matthew 9:37 - Then He said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few" Thank you Machida team for doing God's kingdom works in reaching out and planting gospel seeds in their heart. It's so wonderful to see both parents and children had the opportunity to hear the gospel together! Everyone looked very happy and had so much fun! I pray that God's love, grace, strength and wisdom be with each of you as you serve Him. "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven" Matthew 5:16
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Erick Liong