This is our routine after Cindy's Thursday afternoon kids class. :) Three siblings (a girl, a boy, and the happiest baby I know) and one crazy young boy come together for class and then hang around for a time of laughter and play, and together we make more noise than that church building has probably heard in awhile! :)
Yesterday was our first family Bible study offered Thursday evenings, and we were surprised when both mothers and all four kids returned to the church for it! Cindy took the kids in the back for a Japanese-English version of Sunday school, while I had the adults and baby in the more formal classroom setting. We have decided to study the same Bible story each night, and we started with creation and "My God Is So Great" (with funny actions, of course!).
There are no kids at both churches where I work here, and we have been praying especially for the kids and families in both of the cities of Fukushima and Koriyama. There are plenty of young families in these areas, but there haven't really been many opportunities for them at the churches recently. It's such a blessing to have the kids and their mothers studying and learning together!
More later on that...
On a completely separate topic, thank you for prayers for the surgery of our pastor's wife. Sensei left the church on Tuesday afternoon saying, "It sounds like the situation has gotten more complicated and difficult..." but Thursday morning he announced happily that the surgery had gone well. The doctors removed three spots from her lungs--one of which was cancerous, but the removal was so complete that she doesn't even need chemo or anything as it stands right now! We are rejoicing in the news...
Off to another class! :) Blessings of joy to you all...
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