A God-given opportunity at the local elementary school

Last Thursday Doug, Laura and I had the privilege of talking to the entire elementary school in our neighbourhood about Canada. I've been doing some book reading to classes in the school, but the opportunity actually came through a Japanese class that I've been taking at the International Centre in our area of Tokyo. I sure never thought this opportunity would come from my desire to improve my Japanese and to meet other internationals living in the area, but then, we never know how God will use what we're involved in for His Glory!

Since Thursday, we've become celebrities in our neighbourhood. All elementarty-aged children greet us, in either Japanese, English or French since we taught them that during our presentation.

After our power point presentation for the entire school, we spent 45 minutes talking with 70 Grade 6 students, then doing a 45 minute cooking class. We taught them how to make bannock and ate it with Maple Syrup.

I'm not sure that's how Canada's first nations people enjoyed it, but the kids sure liked it that way. Canada is probably best known here for its maple syrup!

We're praying that God will use that opportunity that He provided to touch families in our area for Christ. Would you pray with us that through the classes we teach and the contacts we make that God would make himself known on this little island in Tokyo Bay? If you'd like more information on how to pray specifically for our ministry please contact us. Thanks!