Hello blog followers! It’s
been three long months and a big surprise since I’ve been able to blog. It’s so
nice to blog again!
October’s been a busy month and I’m so grateful for God’s timing
in having my morning sickness nearly finish as it starts to get busier and
busier during the next few months. Peter’s really grateful too ;) He’s been
super busy doing ministry and taking care of things on the homefront too.
Here are a few things you can be praying for…
Kids Brown classes – Peter is continuing to teach Jess’s Tuesday
Kabe Chapel and Thursday Koyo Chapel classes. I’ll be resuming my Friday
Asaminami Chapel classes hopefully from this Friday. Pray for the just over 50
students who are coming to church, praying, learning English, and listening to
a Bible story every week, most of them from non-believing families. Pray for
the KB Christmas Parties that we’re starting to prepare for. They’ll be taking
place December 9th, 11th, and 12th.
Pray for Peter's Friday morning Japanese classes and his private
English lessons too. His student calls their times together "happy
time". :)
Smile Club has
been amazing as we’ve had 4-5 new moms join this year with their babies and God’s
also provided two additional volunteer helpers too! One of the church members
who had been helping gave birth to her first child and I wasn’t able to do as
much because of my morning sickness, so the timing was perfect. Pray that these
two non-Christian volunteers will continue to come help and that the new moms
and babies will continue coming for the next 2-3 years.
There are lots of events
at Juhee’s and Sungjae’s (mostly Sungjae’s) school over the next couple of
months. Pray that I won’t miss any of the many details like I did a couple of
months ago with one of Juhee’s parent participation days.
We haven’t been able to have anyone over for a few months, but we’re
finally going to have friends over
again for meals and playtime. We’re having a couple of families over in November
and Juhee’s hoping to have a birthday party this year ^^;;;;; so pray for lots
of wisdom and energy! Pray also for Col 4:5-6.
Please continue to pray for our next term. During
August, we spent some time in Fukuoka, meeting with pastors and missionaries
there. Our time was cut short due to my morning sickness, but God gave me
supernatural energy for the days that we were there. We have an even clearer
idea now of what God may be leading us to do in Fukuoka and the partnerships
that we’ll be involved in. The baby being due next March, the month that we
originally thought we’d be moving down to Fukuoka / Itoshima, has meant that
our move looks like it will be delayed by a year. Please pray that we will be
able to have more clarity as to God's will for us during our next term.
Please pray for our furlough
plans too! We have a few things that we’re unsure of, one of which whether
or not Peter’s Certificate of Coverage (CoC) can be extended. If not, he has to
return to the US by April 9th, just a couple of weeks after the baby’s
due. There’s a lot that needs to be done to register the baby at the Consulate
in Osaka and local government offices here, we need to prepare the house and
our stuff to be away for 6 months, etc, so if possible, we would like to leave
together around early June. It’s going to take a miracle for this happen so
please pray!
Thank you so much for your constant prayers and encouragement. :)
Our Monthly Support is now at around 95%!!! The exchange rate has been great which has helped a lot too. The
support from approximately 50 individuals/families giving regularly + 16
churches + one-time gifts currently make up our ongoing Monthly Support. THANK
YOU!!! :)
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