Last year we brainstormed for new events we could have at our home church Taitomi Church. With summer approaching we realized there had never been a VBS (Vacation Bible School) at Taitomi Church. We had a great trio of teachers by profession come from our home church in Texas to help with our first ever VBS (By the way, you ladies are always welcome back)! This year for 2015, we decided to ask the youth and adult team from Hawaii to help. We have been partnering with Waialae Baptist Church for a few years and we were so happy when they said they would be bringing a youth group to Japan!
The youth team taught English to the kids and the adults led the craft activities for the moms. We also taught a Bible lesson at the end of each class. We ended our time together by hosting the Hawaiian Festival. All the kids loved the fun booths and prizes from Hawaii!
Everyone learned something new every day. The Hula dancing was also very popular! We also took this team to the preschool and nursing homes in the community. The fact we got to visit the public preschool was a blessing! The team also wanted to visit the disaster area so we took them to one of the mission churches and also to the temporary housing where our friends live.
Thank you everyone for loving on the kids and sharing God’s love to everyone you met.
