Our First Full Day

Dear Friends - It's 10:40PM, Saturday night, and we've finished our first full day of activities.  We were led in our first devotional time by Kawano-sensei this morning, providing inspiration for the rest of the day.  Our luggage and boxes of supplies were delivered early in the morning so we had plenty of time to organize our supplies and get the things we needed for today's English classes.  Thank you to everyone who said a prayer for us about the things being delivered on time.  The first class was for children and lasted one hour. Koby & Erica led them in learning "action verbs" - walking, running, hopping, skipping, and jumping.  After that was conversation classes for adults, crafts for children, and singing for children.  During our evaluation time tonight, everyone agreed that the activities went very well.  It was a great encouragement for everyone as we begin preparing for many other activities in this coming week.  Tomorrow we will be in charge of the worship service for the Chino church.  Shizuka will be presenting the main message; Yumiko and Pastor John will be giving testimonies, sharing examples of how God has worked in their lives; and all of us will join our voices together as we lead their singing.  After that will be a welcome lunch, in our honor.  The food is always fantastic and there is sharing from all the people present.   After the luncheon will be an orientation meeting for volunteers working at the EEC starting on Wednesday.  We then hope to do some shopping before dinner.  We again ask for your prayer support for all of these activities.  Although everyone puts in a lot of work preparing for these activities, it is truly the hand of God that allows any of these things to be successful.  It's now 11PM and I'm having difficulty remaining upright while sitting on this chair, and my eyes are struggling to remain open while trying to write to you.  Keep us in your prayers when you can remember us.  Thanks a lot.  Love, Don