Hello! We hope you are all doing well!
Back in October, we were invited by Sakata Mission Church to help with their children’s event. Sakata Mission Church is about 3 hours from Sendai and Yu’s parents helped started it over 15 years ago. Now they have a wonderful pastor and the church is growing. We were so thankful to be a part of their special program. We decided to have a fall festival and it was a great hit!
We are going to Yamagata prefecture this weekend. On Saturday, we are going to host an English class for the kids at Sakata Nozomi (hope) Church. They host a special event for kids in the community twice a month and the pastor asked us to teach them English. We are going to play games, sing songs, do some silly dance, and eat something sweet! Many of the kids are from broken families. We hope they will have fun and feel God’s love through us!
On Sunday, Michael is preaching, Yu is playing the piano, and Yu’s dad is singing in the worship service. We are thankful for the opportunities to serve in Sakata. The pastor’s family ministered to us and encouraged us while we evacuated to Sakata right after the earthquake last March, and we pray God will use us to encourage them this time!
On Monday, we are going skiing! There is a famous ski resort in Yamagata and Yu’s family used to go there all the time. It’s Michael and Luke’s first time to go there and we are all excited! We have been busy ever since coming back to Japan and we are ready to take a short break and have some family time.
Please pray for us as we drive 3-4 hours each way. It has snowed A LOT in Yamagata and the road condition is not good. Pray that God will protect us as we drive and use us in many ways in Sakata! Thank you!!!
