“The angel said to the women, “Don’t be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here! He has risen, just as he said he would! Come and see the place where he was lying. 7 Go quickly! Tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” Matthew 28:5-7
Happy Easter from Japan! He is risen!
We hope you had a blessed Easter. Our Easter was filled with joy and gratitude.
Recently, many Japanese stores are selling Easter related items such as egg shaped cookies and stuffed bunnies, and there are signs saying “Happy Easter”. However, if you ask those who are selling them if they know the meaning of Easter, many of they would say no.
In our English classes, we let the kids dye eggs and shared why we celebrate Easter.
With our friend, Sarah, who will be helping us with this class!
They had so much fun!
We read the children’s Bible to share what Jesus did for us. Several kids asked us questions after the class and some moms told us they had never heard the story. Praise God for the opportunity we had to share!
On Sunday, we led the children’s Sunday School class and used the resurrection eggs to share the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. We were encouraged to know many kids could tell us what each item meant. We could see curiosity in Luke’s eyes as it was his first time to see the resurrection eggs. As his parents, we have such an important responsibility to teach him about Jesus and we look forward to sharing more in the future. The kids also had the Easter egg hunt. We brought lots of plastic eggs and Easter candy from America and they made these sweet kids so happy! After Sunday School, we had a special worship service where Michael preached. We are thankful God is using us to deliver His message! Thank you for praying for us and supporting us!
Listening to the story of the resurrection eggs.
Can you see her excitement?
The baby on the left came to our church for the first time!
Happy Easter from Japan!
Our time state side has been both busy and refreshing. We are so blessed to be surrounded with so many friends and family who have showered us with love. However, the time has come for us to go back to Japan and continue the work that God has for us. We want to thank everyone who has joined our support team. Your giving has allowed us to not only go back to Japan but continued the ministries that God has laid before us to do. Your prayers have enabled us throughout the last three years to minister during even the hardest times and will continue to fuel and guide our spirits. We are faith base supported which means no one church, organization, or individually supports us financially. Thank you to those who have trusted God by giving. We are also thankful for our home church, FBC Arlington.