Today was our last day of English camp at the Otawara location. Praise God for keeping the kids and teachers safe this week and for lots of new relationships and meaningful conversations that were built!
When asked, "What is the thing you will miss most about this week?"
Will: the hecticness of working together with everyone.
Nariko: seeing the kids every day and hearing them sing the songs, not only during Singspiration, but throughout the day.
Nathan: you guys!
Christy: how the kids shout certain words, like wata-mell-ohn!! or fuh-root-u bossu-ket! (watermelon and fruit basket)
Steph: the kids, and their smiling faces, especially the chaotic ones. Even though it's only been a week, they really grow on you!
Pictures from today:
1. The real American experience: eating popcorn while watching a movie!!
2. Bible story time: we are always really entertained by the pictures even if we don't understand the story. Members of the church volunteer to teach bible lessons in Japanese for the kids.
3. Enjoying an American lunch: barbecue chicken and bacon burgers, goldfish, and watermelon. wata-mell-ohn!
4. Action shot: relay racing!
5. For our last day, our groups made autograph books!
Answered prayers:
- Some of the parents are starting to build trust with Pat and Ohashi-sensei as well as relationships with other church members. Some parents have been curious and asking questions about Christianity. One parent is genuinely interested in hearing more and has asked one of the church members about their testimony!
Prayer requests:
- For a restful weekend and smooth preparation before next week's English camp at Nasu begins!
- For the parents from the camp to continue to seek God and ask questions to church members.
- The songs from Singspiration and the bible verses taught this week are really sticking with the kids. We pray that the truths they have learned this week will not be forgotten and that the seeds that were planted will continue to grow.
One huge blessing has been seeing how grateful the parents are for this experience for their kids. It's incredible for them to see that people from America would come to Otawara voluntarily and spend their time preparing and putting on a camp for their children. It has also been a great blessing that children have come back year after year, this shows that they are enjoying the time here at summer English camp!
Until next time...
<3 Christy and the mission team !
<3 Christy and the mission team !
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