Britain, baptisms and blessings
Konnichiwa! Maiko and I have been in Japan for 4 years now (Daniel for two!) and have thoroughly become acculturated and settled to life in the Land of the Rising Sun. But that does not mean we dont want to head back to the UK every now and again. So we are doing just that this coming October! We will be in High Wycombe for a short while visiting my parents. Its a great blessing to be able to do this and we really cant wait to catch up with Dad and Mum and have a bit of a rest. (Smarties and Malteasers will also be enjoyed regularly). Daniel will have a great time too and will hopefully come back fluent in English!
Before that though we have a baptism service in our church! Hooray! 2 girls will take the plunge on the 3rd of October just 3 days before we head off to the UK. It will be the first baptism service in Hope Chapel Sakai since we started it a year and a half ago and we are so looking forward to it! Then while we are away the rest of the church will be looking after things and running the services which is really exciting too. We know they will do a brilliant job with the adult and kids services.
It strange how things turn out sometimes. We started the weekly kids church a year and a half ago with a desire to help some local kids from single parent families, and almost without too much thought we decided to have a 30 minute adult/staff service before the kids came each week. Its still only 30 minutes but it has somehow grown into a mini church with a cell group and various events going on. But most importantly we have a group of great friends who all want to help the local kids in Sakai and also know Jesus more. It really is exciting to be part of a group all seeking the same thing. The Lord is indeed capable of giving us way more than we ever expected.
Before that though we have a baptism service in our church! Hooray! 2 girls will take the plunge on the 3rd of October just 3 days before we head off to the UK. It will be the first baptism service in Hope Chapel Sakai since we started it a year and a half ago and we are so looking forward to it! Then while we are away the rest of the church will be looking after things and running the services which is really exciting too. We know they will do a brilliant job with the adult and kids services.
It strange how things turn out sometimes. We started the weekly kids church a year and a half ago with a desire to help some local kids from single parent families, and almost without too much thought we decided to have a 30 minute adult/staff service before the kids came each week. Its still only 30 minutes but it has somehow grown into a mini church with a cell group and various events going on. But most importantly we have a group of great friends who all want to help the local kids in Sakai and also know Jesus more. It really is exciting to be part of a group all seeking the same thing. The Lord is indeed capable of giving us way more than we ever expected.
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