Yoshua Speaks!

Our good friend Yoshua was the special speaker last Wednesday nigh at churcht.

This was his first time to teach. Yoshua taught from the book of Philemon. You can tell he is the son of a preacher because he taught through the whole book! :)

You did a great job Yosh! Looking forward to the next time.

Ping is Here

It is good to see Ping again. She is living in Taiwan now, but was able to come and visit for a few days. Of course, we put her to work; she made us some Kimchi Nabe. It was so good!

Christmas Activities

We had a nice Christmas this year. It would have been better if Dan was off, but he left work early so it wasn't too bad.

After work, we all went to Awase Golf Course Restaurant for their special Christmas Dinner.

We got our fill of Turkey, Roast Beef. Ham and all the sides. They had lots of pies too! Since we cannot normally get some of this type of food, this was a real treat!

We met Nozomi (not pictured) and Towa there as well.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to All!

Advent

We are counting down the days of Christmas by focusing on the symbols of Christmas.

Click on the numbers to see what they symbolize!

Day 24 - Candle

If you light even a small candle the darkness flees rapidly. We saved the symbol of candle for Christmas Eve for two reasons:
1) Many churches hold a candlelight service on Christmas Eve. It is very interesting to watch how one flame is used to ignite many others until there are many flames burning. But also,

2) the purpose of these symbols was to keep our focus on Christ, rather than the commercial, worldly aspects of the holiday. As one candle flame is passed on to another and another the light is spread out. As you share the love of Jesus with even just one neighbor, family member or co-worker, there is a good chance that they will in turn pass on that love to another and another person. Let's be faithful to be "let our lights shine before men."

Day 23 - Gift

We often associate gifts with Christmas. Why not? Truly God blessed us with the greatest gift of all by sending His Son Jesus to the earth. Also the wisemen brought 3 gifts (Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh). As God blesses us with things, let us make sure we also bless others!

Matthew 2:10-11 – When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.