Summer Vacation KEC (Kid's English Club)

From 3 American churches, God sent 13 individuals to help share HIS GOOD NEWS to the children of Hiroshima, JAPAN. God assembled a motley crew consisting of members from Clearwater Community Church (link), Living Stones Christian Church (link), Global Harvest Church (link), the Pioneers Hiroshima team and the Japanese Christians who volunteered from Koyo and Kabe Chapels to serve alongside one another as one body in Christ.

Together, we conducted the first ever Summer Vacation Kids’ English Club (a week-long Vacation Bible School). 66 children attended, and several of their parents stayed and participated as well. The kids had a great time singing simple songs to practice English phrases, and they also sang children's Japanese Praise songs. They made very creative crafts every day, played hilarious games, had an educational English class, ate delicious snacks, and watched daily skits on hope and the life of Joseph. During the first week of August, we had a fun-packed week, and we thank God for it all coming together seamlessly. (Click on the collage to see a larger version. Pictures courtesy of Paul and Ansel from LSCC. They took thousands!)

Click here to see a video summary created by Tommy (Global Harvest Church).

Blessings!
Peter

Finally!

Phew! So I finally updated our blog, albeit just a little bit. I updated the first section on the right where I (try to) put a few major things going on that month. I also updated the prayer section further below.

Had a great two hour lecture this morning, going to have a quick lunch, and then hopefully finish off my essay on the Pentateuch later today.

Have SOOOOO much to update all of you on! It's been an exciting and super busy 4-6 weeks and there's lot I want to share. Too good to keep to ourselves! :)

Thank you so much for keeping in touch with us. We really appreciate it!

Here's a short video clip for you to enjoy. Peter was "watching" the kids while I was washing up the dishes from dinner. Juhee was wearing her white "dress" (actually the inner garment of a hanbok 속치마) and her princess "cape" (a blanket) and was singing Japanese songs and dancing so I thought I'd record a bit. Peter was actually so tired he completely passed out using Juhee's soft princess chair as his pillow and did not wake up during this performance and more... Even with Sungjae using him as a jungle gym. :)

(Video from evening of July 25th in our kids' play room / dining room when guests come / guest room in the winter time multi-purpose tatami room.)

Looking forward to trying to blog a bit more this month,
Jenny :)

True Blessings from the Chu's

I've been putting off blogging on the Chus visit for a while 'cause there's just SOOO much I could potentially write about. I'm going to try to be succinct and not make this blog posting into a novel. It might still turn out to be a bit of an essay though. :)

Here are a few highlights first: GREAT times of fellowship in ENGLISH!!!; so much fun dressing up for Juhee and relaxed (no language or cultural stress) playtime in ENGLISH; DELICIOUS meals (they bought us KFC!!! repeat: they bought us KFC!!! and a few other meals too :)); a DATE for Peter & I; OUTREACH via newsletter distribution in mailboxes and Kids' English Club; ENCOURAGING the local churches through sharing testimonies, attending Sunday School, attending meetings, and treating the pastors & their families to a very nice meal; washed dishes, hung & folded laundry, and BLESSED US so much in so many unexpected ways...

We first met Pastors Henry and Sandee Chu and their awesome three children at the church that they pastor in San Jose, CA, South Bay Agape Christian Church (link). We weren’t sure if Peter would be able to preach that Sunday as it was just one week before Sungjae was due to be born :) but God had other plans. It was exciting to be with them and their level of interest was so encouraging for Peter while preaching and Jenny while she shared more about our journey to Japan and the spiritual needs of Japan during Bible Study time. They actually rearranged all of their Bible Study classes so that everyone could come listen to us share!

Shortly before we left San Jose, the Chus invited us over for a DELICIOUS Chinese dinner (including steamed king crab!!! one of Peter's favorites) and we had a great time of fellowship. Juhee had fun playing with Andre, Adrien, and Ashley too.

So when the Chus contacted us earlier this year about a possible missions trip during the summer, we were very excited! We made lots of plans, discussed options, they booked their flights, and then on July 8th, Peter picked them up from the Hiroshima shinkansen (bullet train) station.

It was such a blessing being able to communicate in English with friends (we don't have many of those here). They blessed us with a suitcase full of necessary supplies (like US-style big thick wet wipes!!!) and gifts for us (we've become big fans of Chinese beef & pork jerkey). Juhee had a GREAT time playing dress up and playing in English. She was like a different person - she was much more calm, much more excited, laughed more, and didn't get upset so easily. The change was apparent in her during playtime but also outside of playtime too. My heart cried for her as I realized how much of an emotional toll Japanese preschool was taking on her. She was stressed, daily. She enjoyed school and always tried so hard to play with the other kids (her standard farewell is "Let's play together again tomorrow!" or "Come play at my house tomorrow!") but preschool life had been harder on her that I'd thought... The playtime that she had with the Chu kids was seriously a God send, a much needed cultural and linguistic break for Juhee. Sungjae had so much fun with them too! :) (Click on collage to see a larger version.)

The Chus babysat our kids so we could go on a date. Now let me put this in context for you. We'd had two dates prior to this date in July, one in January and one in February. We'd been married just over four years during which time Peter resigned from his job as Youth Pastor at New Vision Church, we had three pregnancies (one miscarriage between Juhee and Sungjae), over 20 flights (with one kid, then one kid + pregnant, then two kids), partnership with 15 churches (application to many more), speaking to over 1,000 people about Japan, an international move, adjusting to a new culture, trying to figure out all the intricacies of Juhee's Japanese preschool, and Peter being completely swamped by his full-time intensive Japanese course at the YMCA since mid-April. To say that our relatively still new marriage was under a bit of stress would be an understatement. In fact, beginning May to mid-July was probably the most strained, hardest period of our marriage thus far. We had NO time to talk/have proper discussions, to have fun together.. we barely saw each other. Communication was strained and the stress and fatigue was showing in the "comforts" and privacy of our home. We didn't know it, but we needed a break and some time to ourselves. Honestly, when the Chu's first mentioned them babysitting so that we could go on a date, I didn't want to. I was still in "go go go" mode, didn't think that it was the best use of their time here, and wasn't sure what to do, where to go, or even what we were going to talk about. But praise God for giving them the wisdom in seeing our need. It was so nice to sit and eat a nice dessert quietly, in peace, while having a normal, uninterrupted conversation with Peter at a decent hour and not have to whisper!

Henry and Andre went out to put our Japanese church’s quarterly newsletter in mailboxes in our neighborhood (pics on right hand side of above collage), they helped us with the Kids’ English Club class that we had to substitute for (left side of collage), and Andre & Adrien shared their testimonies during Sunday School time after the message and playing musical chairs (collage below).

The kids, especially Andre, experienced how difficult it is for a kid to be in a culture where you can’t understand the language and was able to get a glimpse of Juhee’s life, the difficulties in language that we experience here. Andre had to stay in the adult service where the sermon was about 45 minutes long, all in Japanese; Sandee was surprised that there was no toddler-friendly play area for the younger kids; the kids were not able to communicate with other kids or understand most of what was said during Sunday School without translation; no eating allowed during service (even in the kitchen/dining area); etc. I taught the Chu boys a few Christian words in Japanese in the car on our way to church and it was so cute watching them listen attentively and then get excited when they did hear a word that they knew. :)

During the service at Kabe Chapel, Peter introduced the Chu family and then Henry gave an encouraging thank you message on behalf of the family. Before the sermon began, the younger kids (up to 2nd grade), went to the "Kids' Room", but as there were so many kids that Sunday and not enough room for everyone to play, they turned on a video (yes, a video NOT a DVD) for them. Henry was impressed with the way that the main chapel continuously morphed depending on the need. First, it was the classroom for Kids' English Club, then it was the classroom for Sunday School, then it was set-up for the main worship service, and then for lunch. "Very effective use of space" is I think how he put it. :) They'd brought a whole bunch of mini-packets of Welch's fruit snacks to share with the congregation members. It was neat seeing them oohing and aahing over the packaging, turning it around and around in their hands, carefully opening it, and then nodding approvingly after gently putting one piece of the fruit snack in their mouths. Somehow, later on, a big huge bar of Hershey's chocolate ended up being shared too.

Henry was able to attend a couple of church meetings with Peter, which gave him a really good insight into how meetings are conducted and also gave him the opportunity to get to know our pastors better. He was even able to share his testimony with them! The meetings were an unexpected blessing. They also enabled Henry to establish a deeper connection with him / his church and our Japanese pastors / churches, which led to him being able to treat the pastors and their families to a very nice dinner at a traditional Japanese restaurant, a rare and real treat for us and the pastors' families!

While Sandee watched the kids, Henry jumped in and helped out with household chores too. He hung up the laundry outside and even folded it too! He scooped all of the murky mosquito eggs & larvae filled water out of our little stone bowl thing in our Japanese garden and washed dishes multiple times in our very low sink. Whatever needed to be done, he was always up for it.

Their time here ended up being completely different to what Peter and I had planned. It was SO much better. It was very evidently God's plan, not ours. There were two big faith lessons for me during their time here. One was learning once again to be flexible and that God often has an even better, much more awesome plan for us. Another was in defining "ministry" and "missions". I was thinking of ministry only in terms of church-based work such as distributing newsletters, taking part in KEC, and sharing testimonies. This aspect of ministry was, and is, very important, but God taught me that His main purpose in sending them to Hiroshima was to encourage us and the pastors + wives here. That completely caught me off guard. It was a big learning curve for me and something that I am very grateful for. Our Heavenly Father is looking out for us and sent us the Chu family 'cause He knew we needed them in ways that we didn't even know. The Chu's were the perfect "guinea pigs" as our first missions team visiting us as they were flexible and willing, passionate and compassionate.

We ate together, laughed together, played together, prayed together, did devotionals together. The five of them together ministered to every member of our family. Our hearts and souls were nourished and we definitely felt the loss after they left. The Chu's were truly an immense blessing to us. The perfect family, obedient to God's calling and overflowing with His love. We’re already looking forward to their next visit and apparently the Chu’s are too!

5월, 6월 소식지

Monday July 25, 2011

When it Rains it Pours

안녕하세요!

무더위에 불구하고 건강하신지요?

저희는 새로운 경험들이 많았던 5월과 6월이었습니다. 건조한 캘리포니아에 살다가 습도가 상당히 높은 일본에서 비오는 날에는 빨래를 어떻게 말려아하는지, 어떻게 하면 사방팔방에 곰팡이가 생기지 않는 등에 관해 배웠습니다. 이러한 생활에서의 적응들 외에도 오 선교사의 어려운 일어공부, 날씨로 인한 집안일의 증가, 그리고 무엇 보다도  아이들이 자주 아파 힘들었습니다. 팔짝팔짝 뛰는 거미들, 검지 손가락만한 말벌들, 큰 개미들, 독성 지네들 (집 바로 밖에 있는 지네 사진), 빠른 속도로 퍼지는 곰팡이, 높은 습도, 마르지 않고 썩은 걸레 냄새가 나는 빨래… 그 와중에서도 하나님께서는 저희를 지켜 보호하여주셨을 뿐만 아니라 주위의 많은 사람들을 통해 축복해주셨습니다.

히로시마에서의 눈과 귀가 되어 드리고 싶은것이 저희의 소망이나 영어와 한국어로 소식지를 매달 쓰는 것이 힘겨워졌습니다. 그래서 이번 소식지 부터 2개국어 모두 2달에 한번만 보내기로했습니다. 죄송합니다. 이해해 주시리라 믿습니다.

계속해서 저희와 저희가 섬기고자 하는 일본인들을 위해서 기도해주심에 감사드립니다. 특히 지난 두달과 같이 힘든때에, 기도 없이는 아무것도 안됨을 몸소 느낍니다.

신실하신 주 안에서,
Peter Oh 선교사 가정 드림

(위 사진 왼쪽 위 부터: Kids' English Club 로고와 표지판, 오 선교사와 성제가 교회 마친 후 차로 걸어가는 모습, 주희와 성제가 집현관에서 교회 가기를 기다리고 있는 모습, 성제 돐잔치, 주희가 엄마의 오른발을 위해 유치원에서 만든 ice pack을 보여주는 모습.)

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무주카시이

むずかしい(무주카시이)는 일어로 어렵다는 말입니다. 히로시마 시내에 있는 YMCA에서의 일어공부가 어떻냐고 물으신다면 어렵다고 대답할것입니다. 일어 자체가 어렵지만 YMCA의 집중 어학 코스에서 가르치는 속도가 빨라 더 어렵습니다. 초급반 중에서 가장 높은 반에서 시작하여 처음 부터 계속 따라잡기했습니다. 다른 학생들은 평균 나이가 19살, 20살이며, 미혼인데다가 전부 다 중국인이거나 한국인이서 40살 미국인 애기 아빠가 따라기가 힘듭니다. 머리 속에 새로운 단어나 문법이 들어갈 자리가 없는 것 같습니다. 언어습득을 위해서 기도해주세요. 처음에는 재미있었던 일어공부가 이제는 피곤함과 스트레스를 줄 뿐입니다. 이제 부터 배우는 모든 것은 정말 주님의 은혜입니다.

같은 반의 대분분의 학생들은 히로시마의 대학에 집입하기 위해 준비하고 있는 학생들이어서 계속 이 지역에 있을 학생들이거나 중국에 일하러 돌아갈 학생들입니다. 이 학생들과 계속해서 좋은 관계를 맺어 복음의 기쁜 소식을 나눌 수 있도록 기도해주세요.

중급반으로 등급하게 해주신 하나님께 감사드립니다.

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병과 부상

5월과 6월에 아이들이 많이 아팠습니다. 고열, 토, 설사등으로 아이들이 시달렸고 한 때는 저도 아팠습니다. 성제의 한살 정기검사에 갔다 나오면서 제가 계단 하나를 못 봐 오른쪽 발목을 삐었습니다. 하루는 성제가 예방주사를 4대를 맞았는데 여태껏 예방주사가 전부 무료였기 때문에 $152.50을 현금으로 내야한다고 했을때 상당히 당황스러웠습니다.

육적으로, 정신적으로 힘들었지만 이 두달간 약국 가서 약 사는 방법, 토, 설사, 열, 땀띠 등 병에 관련된 일어, 땀띠를 방지하는 방법 (잦은 샤워!), 정기검사나 예방접종을 위한 병원 방문이 아닌 방문절차와 치료비등의 절차를 알게되었습니다.

저희가 첫 해에 일본의 병균들, 습도, 추위, 더위, 등에 적응하며 앞으로도 가끔 아플꺼라 생각됩니다. 계속해서 건겅을 위해서 많은 기도부탁드립니다. 건강은 정말 축복입니다! ^^

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사역 업데이트

계속해서 Kids' English Club에 새로운 학생들이 늘고 있습니다. 이제 매달 20명 넘게 참석합니다. 할렐루야!

6월 12일에 오 선교사가 청소년부 설교를 했습니다. 마태복음 12:1-12 말씀에 제목은 "준비되었습니까?"이었습니다. 키타노 목사님께서 통역해주셨습니다.

6월 23일에 새로운 팀맴버, Jess Lee가 왔습니다. 같은 한국계 동양인이며 2년간 있을 계획입니다. 동역자를 더 보내주신 하나님께 감사!

6월 24일에 제가 처음으로 일본인 엄마를 전도했습니다. 여선교회가 금요일 아침마다 성경공부를 하고 한달에 한번은 성경공부 대신에 전도이벤트를 여는데 6월에는 코요 채플의 미국인 성도의 American baking class (peanut butter cookies & orange pound cake)가 하이라이트였습니다. 일본인 친구가 하이타카 목사님의 짧은 설교, 과자와 빵굽는 강의, 미국식 음식에 관한 프레젠테이션, 그리고 시식과 함께 차 마시며 이야기하는 시간 모두를 즐겼습니다. 제가 주희를 통해 몇몇 어머니들과 자연스럽게 관계를 맺을 수 있게 되었고 알게 된지 몇 달 되지도 않았는데 교회 이벤트에 초대할 만큼 친해지고 또 그 친구가 초대에 응해줘서 얼마나 기쁘고 감사한지 모릅니다! 전도 이벤트에 참석한 후 그 친구가 초등학생인 아들을 Kids' English Club에 데려오기 시작했고 다른 친구들도 데려왔습니다. 할렐루야! 작은 겨자씨가 심어졌습니다. 튼튼하게 잘 자라도록 기도해주시고 더 많은 겨자씨들이 심어지도록 기도해주세요.

7월 9일에는 머레이 선교사님 가정이 중국에 가계셔서 저희가 Kids' English Club를 인도했습니다. 그 때 미국에서 저희의 첫 단기선교팀(헨리와 샌디 츄 목사님 부부와 3자녀)이 와 있어서 함께 준비하고, 회화연습하고, 엘리야 선지자 이야기 연극도 하고, 청소도하고, 여러모로 도왔습니다.

7월 10일에는 에이드리엔(9살)과 안드레(5살) 츄가 카베 채플 주일학교 시간에 간략한 간증을 나누었습니다. 카베 채플의 어린이들이 에이드리엔과 안드레의 간증을 통해 힘든 신앙생활에 힘을 얻도록 기도해주세요. 예배 시간과 점심 시간때는 아이들이 주희가 매주 주일, 매일 학교에서 언어가 통하지 않고 아이들이 노는 방법이 틀려 얼마나 힘든지 알게되는 좋은 기회였습니다.

7월 23일에는 히로시마의 첫 미국 스타일 여름 성경공부 (Vacation Bible School)을 위한 일본인 스태프와의 첫 미팅을 가졌습니다. 요셉 이야기 "감옥에서 궁전으로" ("Prison to Palace")을 아이들과 나누며 이집트에서도 많은 신들이 있었지만 참 하나님은 하나뿐이라는 것을 나누게 됩니다.

7월 29일에는 캘리포니아 산호제 지역의 Living Stones Christian Church에서 4명, 택사스 달라스에서 2명이 처음으로 개최되는 여름 성경공부를 도우러 옵니다. 상당히 기대하며 준비하고 있습니다. 아주 바쁜 스케쥴이 짜여져 있습니다. 여름 성경학교는 8월 1-5일 월-금 매일 아침 9시 부터 12시까지 있으며 8월 6일에 히로시마 원자폭탄 추도식에 참석한 후 떠납니다. 일본과 미국에서 각자의 준비과정을 위해서 기도해주시고 캘리포니아, 택사스, 플로리다, 그리고 일본에서 선교사와 현지인들이 모두 함께 협력하여 선을 이루어 많은 아이들이 유일신 여호와 하나님에 대하여 배우고 하나님의 말씀을 마음 속 깊이 새기고 축복 받아 교회에 계속 나올 수 있도록 기도해주세요. 보내는 부모님들의 마음을 위해서도 기도해주세요.

8월 1일-5일 첫 여름성경학교를 위해 특별히 많이 기도해주세요!!!

7월과 8월에 제가 구약개론 강의를 듣습니다. 강의 시작 전 숙제는 구약 전체를 읽는 것이었는데 성제 출산, 해외로 이사, 일본 생활 적응 와중에서도 하나님의 은혜로 거의 다 끝냈습니다. 강의 시간 외에도 짧은 에세이를 몇 개 써야하는데 시간 조정을 잘 해서 다 잘 감당해 낼 수 있도록 기도해주세요.

오 선교사는 8월 중에 여름성경학교 후 쉼의 시간을 좀 갖고 , 운전학교에서 운전연습하고 운전면허 시험도 보고, 약 10일간 토후코 (지진 쓰나미 지역)지역에 가서 파이오니어즈 선교단체 팀원들과 함께 구조작업 봉사하러 갑니다. 모든 계획들 위해서 기도해주세요.

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7, 8월 기도후원자 달력

7월은 다 영어권 분들이라 아래에 생략했습니다. 8월에는 뉴비전교회 성도님들께서 기도해주심에 감사드립니다. 기도제목들은 항상 왼쪽 칼럼에 있습니다.  성함이 없더라도 저희를 위해 계속적으로 기도해주세요! 기도 없이는 아무것도 안됩니다! (사진: 주희가 "꽃의 날"에 유치원에 들고 간 꽃을 들고 있습니다. 매달 6월 미국에서 있는 큰 이벤트라는데 저희는 처음 들었습니다... ^^;)

August

1 Tak Saito                            17 Philip Kim

2 Tam Do                              18 Reen Hu

3 Will Ly                                 19 Seokjin Han

4 Alex Lin                               20 Sunah Choi

5 Derek Wu                           21 박성진/승희 집사님

6 John Tseng                       22 강영숙 권사님

7 Kelly/Susan Thompson  23 김남시 권사님

8 Ansel Shaw                       24 김필순 권사님

9 Yukari Shaw                      25 옥순례 권사님

10 Bonnie/Vincent Mo         26 이경애 권사님

11 Casey/Karen Zavodny   27 이요셉 목사님

12 Cherry Harrisy                28 전계숙 권사님

13 Eva Bleeker                    29 조남희 권사님

14 Janet Mezger                 30 조태숙 권사님

15 Lisa McDonald              31 홍운자 권사님

16 Nancy Reyes

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더 많은 이야기들...

저희들의 삶, 사역, 그리고 자연재해들에 관한 내용들이 담긴 글들을 블로그에 올렸습니다.  나누고 싶은 이야기와 사진들이 더 많습니다.  다 영어로 되어 있지만 사진들만이라도 구경하러 가끔 들려주세요~ ^^  아래에 간략하게 요약해 보았습니다.

Happy 1st Birthday Sungjae! - 5월에 성제가 한살이 되었습니다.

1st Japanese BBQ - 일본에서의 첫 바베큐였습니다. 많은 것을 배우는 재미난 시간이었습니다.

"Make & Play" - 토요일, 가족이 다 함께 참석하는 주희 유치원에서의 이벤트였습니다. 일본인들이 만드는 것에 재주가 있다는 것, 다시 한번 실감하고 약간은 스트레스도 받는 시간이었습니다. ^^;

Playdate for Juhee - :) and :(

Learning to Weed - 93세, 82세인 집 주인과 함께 저희가 렌트하고 있는 집 일본식 정원에서 잡초를 뽑으며 많은 이야기를 나누었습니다. 물론 저희가 교회 개척을 위해 왔다는 이야기도요...

EDGErs in Hiroshima - 파이오니어즈 6주 청년 단기선교 EDGE팀이 히로시마를 방문했습니다. 일본선교, 그리고 구체적으로 히로시마에서의 선교에 대해서 많은 질문들을 했습니다.

5am?! - 저희 집에 밭으로 둘러싸여있습니다. 여름의 무더위를 조금이라도 피하기 위해 저희 이웃 할머니 할아버지는 새벽 5시 부터 밭일을 시작합니다. 가끔은 새벽 4시에도 시작한답니다... ㅡㅡ;

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Natsumatsuri (Summer Festival)

I was so excited about attending our first ever "matsuri", a Japanese festival. The Japanese have matsuris all year around for various holidays and celebrations, but the summer is (I think) the time when there are the most.

There was a LOT of prep I had to do for this festival at Juhee's school, on Saturday, July 16th. I had to fill out a form that I was supposed to cut out and then tape onto a random envelope given to us by the school. You have NO IDEA how confusing this was for me, especially as I was trying to understand what this random envelope had to do with anything! I was told by one of the moms that it doesn't say on the "things to prepare / bring" list, but most kids wear traditional summer yukatas. So I borrowed one from one of our church members but she had to shorten the length of the dress and the sleeves a bit first and then adjust them a bit again and then I had to learn how to put it on Juhee. There were also a lot of things on the "to bring" list that I wasn't sure about. One mom mentioned to me the day before that it's good to bring a tray and tupperware to put all of the food in - they weren't even mentioned in the letter from school! And of course, one of the items was a plastic bag to take your garbage back home in. We also had to bring our own utensils, bowls/plates, cups, napkins, etc.

Juhee, even after much persuasion, did not want to wear the yukata that I'd painstakingly borrowed and preferred the pink dress that my sister had sent her from the US. She was very happy in the dress and matching hat. :) I decided to take the yukata with me just in case.

The staff at Juhee's school had done an amazing amount of prep too. A few days prior to the event, everyone received meal coupons for the items that they'd ordered as well as a fan-looking thing (which I had no idea what it was for), a little booklet detailing where everything was (food, games), and some more instructions/details on the day. School finished early the previous day, on the Friday, and the teachers worked Friday afternoon & all of Saturday to get everything ready for the festival, which started at 5pm. The lanterns that the kids had made for the previous few weeks out of toilet tissue roll insides, yogurt and other dessert containers, origami, etc was amazing! They were hanging everywhere. (Click on the pictures to see larger versions.)

I was SOOO glad I took the tupperware instead of just a bowl/plate! I had a lot of food to carry from various food stands to our table, so it was nice to have some extra support. We had "bread" which turned out to be pastry (I think it was curry flavor), curry & rice, fish shaped red bean pastry (붕어빵), shaved ice with different types of syrup toppings, sausages on wooden chopsticks, triangular seasoned rice balls, and a drink. Next time, I'll have to try to remember to take more spoons, chopsticks, bowls, cups, napkins, etc. The more the better! There was popcorn, udon, and a few other types of food too. The staff did an amazing job of preparing so much food for so many people.

We were also very fortunate to have seats in the "hall" where it was air conditioned. It was still really hot and a lot of people ate outside, sweating. Yet another mom had told me that if you go early, you can get seats in the "hall". So we made sure we went early and the first thing I did when we arrived at Juhee's school was to set up a table with chairs for us to sit down and eat. I'm SOOO glad I did! Some of the parents didn't even know that this was an option which surprised me. Seriously, it's all about relationships. You need to know the right people (moms) who will give you the important info!

After dinner, Juhee went outside to play games but then soon came back in saying that she wanted to put on her "Japanese princess dress" (that's what I'd been calling it while trying to persuade her to wear it). Yay!!! I was actually glad that she decided to wear it after dinner, 'cause she dropped a bit of curry on her pink dress. So then, tada~!

After she changed, she wanted to take a few pictures with her friends and teachers too.

She went back out and played some more games. They had so many different types of games! But of course, there was a fishing game... The Japanese seem to really like their fishing games. Not surprising I guess...

After changing Juhee into her yukata, I changed Sungjae into a jinbei too.

A few more pictures... The big one is of Juhee, her classmates, and the "big brother" that came to volunteer at the school for a couple of weeks. Top right is a sneak picture taken of the only family that came completely decked out in traditional Japanese summer clothing. Most came in casual clothing so I was on the dressed up side. Some dads came in summer formal wear as they probably came straight from work. Bottom right is a picture of Juhee, her classmates, and her teacher dancing to the "genki, genki!" song as the finale to the evening. Click here (link) to see a short video clip of the dance.

It was a great evening and we all had fun at our first ever matsuri. I wish we could go to more but I know we'll have many more opportunities in the future. :)

Trusting the Paper Crane

"Trusting the Paper Crane" is the title of the first book I read in English at Juhee's preschool, Samuel Yochien. On July 13th, I went up to Juhee's classroom to read to the kids a book that was in both English and Japanese. The teacher had read it to them in Japanese a couple of weeks prior (see blog posting Mom Teacher Conference) so they already knew the story. Except for Juhee of course... :(

The kids really enjoyed listening to the story in English and were amazingly attentive the whole time, even though they understood very little of what I read. Afterwards, many of them came up to me and said random words they know in English - "apple!", "banana!", "see you!", "bye bye!", etc. They were so cute! I had a great time and I think the

kids did too. Juhee definitely had a great time, which is what I was most happy about. :)


The story is about Sadako, the girl who made folding 1,000 paper cranes for a wish to be granted - a very old Japanese tradition/saying - famous around the world post WWII. She lived in Hiroshima

at the time of the dropping of the atomic bomb and developed leukemia from the radiation. She died before she could finish folding 1,000 but her friends and family finished folding them for her and buried them with her.


She folded them, one by one, in the hopes that if she folded

1,000 origami paper cranes, she would be healed from leukemia. Hence the title, "Trusting in the Paper Crane".


After I read the book, it was time for the kids to go home, so instead of taking the bus, Juhee came home with me. She very happily and excitedly held my hand all the way from the classroom to the car and was a very happy bunny that day - and so was I! :)

On a slightly different note...

August 6th is the anniversary of the bombing in 1945 and prior to this date every year, there seem to be many memoir-type events that happen as a precursor to the memorial. On the actual date, different types of memorials take place all day long at the Peace Memorial Park.

Kids living in Hiroshima will probably be told the story of Sadako at least once a year till they're older as well as (some of) the atrocities of war and the results of the a-bombs being dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I wonder what they're told, how they're told what they're told, and how they're lead to think of the war and all that happened. I've received education in four different countries and it's interesting to see how and what is taught during history class. As you can imagine, it's always very different. :) How does a country that instigated war, committed so many war crimes (sex slaves or "comfort women", human experimentation or "maruta", slave labor, etc), caused so much pain and suffering to so many people around the world (e.g. Koreans were punished for using Korean during the Japanese occupation), and never publicly apologized for any of it, educate future generations on what happened in the past? From what my Japanese friends have told me in the past, it's not the same as what is taught in Korea, America, Germany, or the UK, but I don't know what's being taught now.

The book ends with "No more Nagasaki. No more Hiroshima." I don't think the translation is quite right, but I do hope that there will be no more need for a-bombs to be dropped anywhere in the world. I also pray that people all over the world will learn to put their trust in the one and only true God, and not in origami paper cranes.

Mom Teacher Meeting

Here, they're not called Parent Teacher Meetings, they're called Mom Teacher Meetings. They're not in the evenings, they're in the afternoons. And no, dads are not expected to take time off to be there. Involvement in school is very much part of a mom's job although it is becoming more of something that dads are expected to get involved in now too.

The mom who usually translates most of the letters from Juhee's preschool forgot to tell me about the Mom Teacher Meetings so I a~lmost missed it! I was grateful that the mom at the same preschool bus stop mentioned that she was going so I could look into it. Juhee's teacher was very understanding and scheduled a last minute meeting for me even though registration for the optional meetings ended weeks ago. So on July 12th, with the Chu family (from San Jose, CA) babysitting our two, I rushed off to the meeting (Peter was at his school downtown).

I didn't understand everything that she said, but it was nice to kind of chat with her and (try to) discuss a few things. One thing that Juhee's teacher was concerned about was Juhee's stress levels. She said that there would be times when something would happen with other kids and Juhee would try to tell her what happened but she just couldn't understand. She could see the frustration that Juhee was experiencing in her not being able to communicate in Japanese and her teachers not being able to understand her English. Of course, this news broke my heart. :( I knew she having language issues but wasn't sure of the details... She was very happy to hear that Juhee looks forward to going to preschool everyday because she enjoys singing and dancing / hand-motions and playing outside. There are still some things that Juhee's not used to - like having to use indoor shoes, putting them on the shelf above where her outdoor shoes go (in the pic, guess who's shoes are the only ones not in the right place), taking home her hand towel and gargle cup everyday, etc - but she's learning.

It was also interesting to be able to visit her classroom again. One of the things that was really interesting was to see what the kids make out of all of the "trash" that the school collects. Here, I never throw away milk & juice cartons, yogurt cups, egg cartons (sold here in packs of 10 eggs btw, not a dozen), plastic drink bottles (called "PET bottles"), toilet paper & kitchen towel roll insides (ha ha sorry can't remember what they're called), and cereal & snack boxes because I can send them to Juhee's school and the kids make things with them. Pretty cool, eh? The various items are sorted into two baskets in one area of the classroom. One of the things that they made were fish out of styrofoam egg cartons which they taped paperclips onto to make into a fishing game using a stick & a piece of string with a magnet attached to it. Another thing that they made were lanterns out of clear plastic dessert cups, string, and origami as well as toilet paper roll inside versions too for the "Summer Festival". The kids also enjoy making robots, vehicles, etc out of the boxes, yogurt cups, etc.

Another interesting thing was to be able to hear about and see what Juhee enjoys doing during her time there. She loves playing house and making pizza. I was so surprised to find out that they actually get to make and "bake" their own pizza! It's a montessori style school so I guess for the kids that want to, it's an option. Juhee loves baking pizza so I'm sure she would have wanted to take part. I'm sure even in something as familiar to her as helping with pizza (Pizza My Heart pizza making playdates in San Jose and sometimes at home), she would have had to wait and observe to find out what to do. But as soon as she figured it out, I'm sure she would have had a ball! :)

Juhee's teacher also showed me the book that she'd recently read to the class. It had both English and Japanese and she read it in Japanese but then said some of the words in English too for Juhee. She said she asked Juhee if she knew what the word "war" meant (assuming that she wouldn't know it in Japanese) and Juhee nodded her head. I told her there was no way that Juhee would know the word war. I don't think there are many 3 year olds that would! Anyway, I asked Juhee's teacher if I could read the book to the class in English sometime and she was very excited. :)

One big difference in schools here is that teachers work for much longer hours and they do things that teachers in the US would probably never dream of doing. Things like cleaning the whole school, working on Saturdays and Sundays, just to mention a few. After my meeting with Juhee's teacher, I saw two of the other teachers cleaning cubby-holes in their smocks so took a quick picture. They thought it was slightly embarrassing and very amusing that I thought teachers cleaning the school to be picture worthy. (The teacher on the left is actually a member of our church, one of the few Christian teachers at Juhee's Christian preschool.)

Hopefully at the next one, Juhee's teacher and I will be able to communicate better and Juhee will have settled in even more than she has already. We are very blessed to have such a caring, thoughtful teacher!

Juhee's Class Outing

"All of the kids and the moms are going to Bairin Park together on Monday from 2-4pm. Can you come?" It was during the hottest time of the day, we had friends from the US with us, and it was right during nap time so my American-style don't-mess-with-nap-time side of me instinctively said "no" but then I thought I should at least make an effort to go (especially as the location is only 5 minutes from our house) so I said "yes, but only for a little bit".

I'm so glad we went because Juhee had a blast! The outing ended up being in the nearby stream instead of at the park (which I guess everyone knew except for me 'cause most of them brought waterproof gear) and as it was Juhee's first time playing in a stream, she was a bit anxious at first, but with the help of one of the moms, she dipped her feet in and then ended up LOVING it! (Click on pictures to see larger versions.)

She had a great time playing in the stream and I talked with some of the moms now and again (depending on what Sungjae was doing) so it was a good time for both of us.

Juhee was very Japanese-y on our way home with her little Hello Kitty water bottle, an umbrella to shield herself from the sun, and her cute summer hat. :)

The kids were both very tired so fell asleep pretty quickly after we got back. (And there were no detrimental after-effects of the kids being off schedule for one day.) Yay!!! :)

May & June Newsletter

Sunday July 10, 2011

When it Rains it Pours

Dear co-laborer in the Lord,

We are currently experiencing Japan's rainy season. We didn't even know Japan had a rainy season so imagine how surprised we were when we found out. We're still trying to learn how to dry our clothes and keep our home mold free while it's so wet and humid. It's quite an experience.

May and June have been two particulary diffiicult months for us. Peter is persevering through language school, and Jenny is weathering the storm of managing the home, which is especially draining with the kids suffering through various illnesses. We're also learning to deal with jumping spiders, massive hornets, giant ants, poisonous centipedes (pic of a big one right outside our house), fast-growing mold, ultra humidity, stinky non-drying laundry... Sorry we coudn't get our May newsletter out. With all that was going on, we hope you understand.

Our desire is to be your eyes and ears in Hiroshima, and to be able to share our experiences with you. However, keeping up with monthly newsletters both in English and Korean have been difficult. Therefore, we will be sending out newsletters on a bimonthly basis beginning with this one. You can expect our next newsletter in August.

Thank you for praying for us and for the people of Japan. It's your prayers that sustains us, especially through the difficult times.

Blessings,
Peter, Jenny, Juhee and Sungjae Oh

(Pics above from top left: Kids' English Club logo & sign, Peter & Sungjae walking to the car after service, Juhee & Sungjae waiting in our genkan (entrance) on one of the few Sundays both kids were healthy enough to go to church, Jenny holding Sungjae during his 1st birthday party, Juhee holding up an ice pack that she made "for you" [Jenny's ankle/foot] at kindergarten.)

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Not as Simple as ABC's

むずかしい (muzukashii) means difficult. That's how I (Peter) would describe learning Japanese at the YMCA language school. The Japanese language itself is difficult enough, but the speed by which they teach the Advanced Beginners class is what makes it even more むずかしい. I feel like my head is completely full, and no new vocab, grammar rules, expressions or Kanji (Chinese characters) can possibly squeeze in. I feel physically drained from all this mental exertion. I thought learning Japanese was fun, and it was at the beginning. Now after 3 months of memorizing, memorizing and more memorizing, I feel like I can't remember anything anymore. Please pray for my language acquisition. At this point, whatever I learn is not by my own ability. I'm going to need your prayers and God's power to overcome my exhausted brain. Please pray for me because my fatigued brain is making even the simplest concept in class むずかしい. One great outcome of the class is that I'm getting to know the students in my class better and better. Many of them are interested in staying  in this area to attend college, and some of them will be returning to China to work. Please pray for our relationships, and for opportunities to share the Good News of Jesus Christ... well, once my Japanese gets better.  Praise God that I was recently able to move up from Advanced Beginners to Intermediate level!

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Illness and Injury

During the first week of May, which is Golden Week here in Japan, Juhee started having a high fever with cold symptoms on one of her days off. The next day, she was unable to go to school because she was ill and missed four days of school during the month due to fevers, vomiting, diarrhea, and fatigue. Sungjae had diarrhea for weeks and vomited once every day for 4-5 days too, occasionally accompanied by a fever. I had to do a lot of extra laundry during those weeks, and on one day, I did 5 loads of laundry (preceeded of course with handwashing vomit & diarrhea off of clothes & bedding) between 2am and noon. It was the one really good sunny day that we had that week so thankfully everything dried quickly outside. On the 17th, after a long and intense one year check-up for Sungjae, I (Jenny) didn't see a step coming out of the doctor's office, sprained my right ankle and skinned my left knee. The swelling died down in the evening so we didn't go to see a doctor about it. I became sick during the next couple of days so Peter had to help a lot around the house as my hopping / limping around to do housework and take care of the kids while being sick wasn't working so well. Juhee missed her 3 year check-up at the social welfare office because she was sick and Sungjae missed his polio vaccination because he was sick. Thankfully I was able to take Sungjae the following week, which was the last day available, and Juhee finally received her 3 year check-up on July 1st, also the last day available. After more than 3 weeks of diarrhea and trying OTC anti-diarrhetics that didn't work, I took Sungjae to the doctors one morning and was told that diarrhea 3 times a day is OK(?!). The doctor prescribed medicine and after a few days, the diarrhea thankfully stopped. But then Juhee complained of pain when going to the bathroom and had a bit of blood on her panties so I rushed the kids to the doctors again. It took two hours for us to get a urine sample from her because she didn't want to pee because of the pain. Both kids were tired as they hadn't had their afternoon naps, they were hungry as it was dinner time, and Juhee kept on crying, so my stress levels were a bit on the high side by the time we left. I saw a doctor about my ankle/foot while we were waiting for Juhee to pee and she said that my foot still hurting a month after an injury is normal and that I just need to be careful to not overwork it while it continues to heal. Just as I thought June was going to be better, the kids and Peter came down with colds and my left knee started hurting. However, they were only mild so Juhee didn't have to miss any school and Sungjae was able to get his 4 vaccinations. Oh, and after Sungjae's vaccinations, I wasn't expecting to have to pay as all of his vaccinations have been free so far, so was surprised when I got a bill (pic above) of approx $152.50 and had to pay cash for it - which, I didn't have. So I had to go back the next day to pay our dues.

What's the "silver lining"?  One is that I now know the procedure & cost for going to the doctors for non-routine appointments. The fear of the unknown is now gone and it's not as bad as I thought. Another is that most of the staff at the doctor's clinic now know our names, faces and even my voice so I don't even have to identify myself when I call. I also now know the words for heat rash, diarrhea, vomit, fever, injury, blood, etc in Japanese. I'm also learning to deal with heat rash (frequent showers!), am becoming familiar with Japanese OTC medication, and have learnt that Japanese kids are taken to see a doctor & given meds as soon as they get sick. I think I'll stick to the American way of waiting for 2-3 days before taking our kids to see a doctor and giving them strong medication. This might be a strange one, but I'm also grateful for me being sick with fever, diarrhea, and vomiting because it allowed my ankle/foot to heal quicker but more so because it reminded me what it feels like to be sick so I could empathize and treat our kids better.

I'm sure we'll be sick now and again, especially during our first year as our bodies adjust to new viruses/bacteria, the humidity, heat, and cold, so please continue to pray for our physical health.  Health is such a blessing! :)

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Ministry Update

Looking back...

In May & June, we were excited to see more kids come to Kids' English Club at both Koyo & Kabe Chapels, one Saturday per month at each church. Praise God! Please continue to pray for this important outreach to kids in the areas near the churches that we partner with. There are now more than 20 at each church!

On May 15th, we also attended our first ever Children's Ministry PTA (blog link). As usual, it was very different to what we had been expecting but thankfully, Jenny was able to understand most of the important parts. We had 2 sandwiches (one sweet, one savory) each for lunch afterwards and enjoyed a good time of fellowship with the other parents (well, mostly moms). It was the first time we'd ever had fried non-processed fish with tons of sauce in a roll... Everyone was surprised that I was surprised about the fish! :) Please pray that our relationship with the Sunday School teachers and other parents will grow, that we will be able to pray together and encourage each other as we continue to strive to godly stewards of the children that God has blessed us with in a country with so few Christians.

On May 20th, Sumirekai, the Friday morning ladies' meeting at Koyo Chapel, held a Welcoming Party for the 4 new ladies that had joined Koyo Chapel during the past year. As I was one of them, I was asked to presubmit answers to a few questions that all of the new ladies were answering. With the answers, they played a game where everyone else had to try and guess whose answers they were. One of the questions was, "if you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be?" Another was, "what is your husband's best quality?" As Juhee was sick, I wasn't able to be there, but I later found out that the committee members changed my answer to the last question as it was the same as one of the other ladies. Instead of my answer being, "he prayerfully waits for God before acting / deciding", they changed it to "he drives well in Japan". I think it was pretty obvious who that answer "belong"ed to! :) They later shared with everyone my real answer - phew! :)

On June 12th, Peter preached for the youth on Matthew 12:1-12, titled "Are you ready?" with Pastor Kitano translating.  

On June 23rd, we welcomed a new team member, Jess Lee, to Hiroshima!  Jess is also a Korean-American and is planning on being here for 2 years (until she realizes that God wants her to be here long(er)-term, of course! ;)). To find out more about Jess, click here for her blog. Praise God for more workers! 

On June 24th, Jenny attended Koyo Chapel's monthly ladies' outreach, Sumire Cafe, with a new friend that is the mom of one of Juhee's kindergarten friends. Through Juhee, Jenny has been able to develop many relationship with moms naturally and it was very exciting for her to be able to not only know someone well enough to invite her to an event at church, but for the friend to accept her invitiation! The friend enjoyed Pastor Haitaka's message, the American baking class (peanut butter cookies and orange pound cake) led by an American church member, the presentation about American food, and fellowship time afterwards too. Hopefully she'll go again with Jenny to the next outreach event!  Please pray for the mustard seed that has been planted to grow and that more mustard seeds will be planted.

On June 26th, we were so happy to have our Area Leaders, the Hoisingtons + their team down in Fukuoka (website link) + the 6 week short-term summer team Pioneers "EDGE " (website link) members join the Hiroshima team for the day (pic above). We had a great time of fellowship while enjoying Susan's delicious banana cream pie and brownies at the Murrays'. The EDGErs asked lots of good questions and it was fun & exciting to answer their questions. It's always nice when you have a captive audience. :) Please continue to pray for the EDGErs and the Fukuoka team who are hosting them. For pics (with us!) and more detailed prayer requests, click here (blog link).

Looking forward...

On July 9th, we'll be leading Kids' English Club for Kabe Chapel while the Murrays are away in China. We are excited about Pastors Henry & Sandee + their kids Andre (9), Adrien (5), and Ashley (2), from South Bay Agape Christian Church in San Jose, CA, joining us that morning as part of their missions trip and they'll be helping us with set-up, crafts, conversation role-play, skits, snacks, games, clean-up... :) Hopefully we, including the 20+ kids that we're expecting, will all have fun learning English and about "Fire From Heaven" (Elijah story).

On July 10th, Adrien & Andre Chu will be sharing their testimony with the children of Kabe Chapel during Sunday School time. Please pray for them as they bravely share about their faith and encourage the Japanese kids in their own walks of faith. The Chus will then be joining us for worship service and lunch too.  Please pray for a good time of fellowship and blessings! July 11-13th, the Chus will be distributing flyers for the upcoming VBS in August and prayer walking. Please pray for good weather, energy, and strength.  

July 23rd, we're having our first ever VBS meeting with all of the Japanese staff that will be helping us during VBS week. Please pray for a fantabulous meeting where we'll all leave encouraged and super excited about sharing about Joseph's story, from "Prison to Palace". The Egyptians had many gods (ring any bells?), but there is only ONE, TRUE God.

On July 29th, Bonnie, Paul, Yukari, and Ansel from Living Stones Christian Church, Bay Area, CA and Rita and Tommy from Global Harvest Church , Dallas, TX arrive to help us out with VBS! We're so looking forward to picking them up at the airport! Their schedule will be pretty packed with Orientation starting the following morning at 8am (they'll have to leave their hostel around 6:45am!). VBS will be taking place every morning from 9am-noon, Mon-Fri, August 1st-5th. All of them will be departing on August 6th. Please pray for their preparation, for their support raising (be at SONIC in Carrollton on Sat, July 9th!), for stamina, energy, teamwork within the US groups coming (7 coming from FL too!) and with the local Christians here, for 70 kids to attend, and that God just really speaks to their hearts and blesses their socks off!

VBS!!!  August 1st-5th! Mark in your calendars and pray especially earnestly during this time please! We're counting on it!

During the beginning of July and mid/late August, Jenny will be studying Old Testament Survey, a requirement by Pioneers, with friend and teacher, Dr. Kevin Chen. The pre-homework for the class was to read all of OT, and she hasn't quite finished but is very close - yay! We thank God for Kevin's faithful, servant heart, spending time preparing and teaching Jenny (via Skype) during his vacation time. Please pray for good time management during these times as there are (thankfully short!) essays that need to be written in addition to the instruction times. Thank you teammate Jess for helping out with babysitting too! :)

At some point during the rest of August, Peter will need to get some R&R as VBS will probably wipe us out :), take driving classes and his Japanese driving license tests, study for his placement exam at the end of the month and God willing, take a 7-10 day trip up to the Sendai area to do some volunteer work. Please pray for all of the details to fall in place. We know that He has a perfect plan already in place. 

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Prayer Partner Calendar

July and August Prayer Calendar

We are joyful to have the members of Living Stones Christian Church, South Bay Agape Christian Church, our home church, New Vision Church, and some friends support us in prayer this month. As always, our prayer requests are in the left hand column of our newsletter. Even if your name's not there, please continue to pray for us as we continue to strive to share the Good News with those around us! We covet your prayers. (Pic: Juhee holding the flower that she took to Kindergarten on "Flower Day" in June, apparently an annual American event that we'd never heard of.)

July

1 Sorry                                    17 Chun Lee

2 Sorry                                    18 Edward Lo

3 Sorry                                    19 Emily Chan

4 Sorry                                    20 Janice Chou

5 Sorry                                    21 Jason Chen

6 Sorry                                    22 Jeff Lin

7 Sorry                                    23 Jeremy Lin

8 Sorry                                    24 Kevin Chang

9 Sorry                                    25 Kevin Chen

10 Sorry                                  26 Rachel Sai

11 Sorry                                  27 Sandy Liu

12 Brenda Yee                      28 Allen Wong

13 Caleb Lee                        29 Arthur Wu

14 Chien Ku                          30 Elena Liu

15 Chris Chen                      31 Kellen Yeung

16 Chuan Yi Chang

August

1 Tak Saito                            17 Philip Kim

2 Tam Do                              18 Reen Hu

3 Will Ly                                 19 Seokjin Han

4 Alvin Chyan                        20 Sunah Choi

5 Amy Chang                        21 장원희 권사님

6 Amy Lin                              22 권경애 집사님

7 Ben Kuo                             23 김수민 자매님

8 Ansel Shaw                       24 박병기 집사님

9 Yukari Shaw                      25 이은희 자매님

10 Vincent/Bonnie Mo        26 이응준 집사님

11 Casey/Karen Zavodny  27 장 영 집사님

12 Cherry Harrisy                28 장영미 권사님

13 Eva Bleeker                    29 홍형기/수경 집사님

14 Janet Mezger                 30 Berm/Yongjoo Lee

15 Lisa McDonald              31 Kelly/Susan Thompson

16 Nancy Reyes

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More Stories...

Some new blog postings about life and ministry. Click on the links below to read more and see lots of pics too. Tip: Jenny often backdates posts so the best way to keep up to date with new posts is to subscribe to receive them by email, which you can do on the right hand column of our blog.

Happy 1st Birthday Sungjae! - Sungjae turned one in May!

1st Japanese BBQ - Very exciting, much fun, and definitely a learning experience.

"Make & Play" - A Saturday, family event at Juhee's kindergarten.

Playdate for Juhee - :) and :(

Learning to Weed - Weeding with the owners of our house. They're only 93 and 82 years old! :)

EDGErs in Hiroshima - Great time with the Pioneers' short-termers + our Fukuoka team.

5am?! - Our neighbors start working in their fields at 5am (and sometimes, 4am)... @@