We heard that the Harumi Christmas party presented a great opportunity to present the true meaning of Christmas to many of our contacts who attend programs as well as their friends that they were encouraged to bring with them.
Thanks for praying for the people who are involved in weekly evangelistic groups and for the on-going Alpha course. Our co-workers, the Loves, feel that one woman, who is involved in the Alpha program, is especially close to making a decision to follow Jesus. Please pray that she'll have ever-increasing understanding as she studies the Bible with Don Love. Pray also for one of the seekers who is studying with Don and wrote recently, I keep studying the Bible with Don every Tues. morning. Studying the Bible is good for me. What I learn there helps me a lot in my everyday life.
One of our believers wrote something interesting too that I thought I'd share with you. I had a tradional Japanese dance performance on Jan. 10th. As I was praying before my performance God gave me an idea. I used my performance as a special time of worship to God. As first I was nervous, but as I praised God through my dance I relaxed. Afterwards, 3 women, one a stranger, one an instructor, and the other a fellow student, praised my dance. My fellow student asked if I had taken special lessons since the dance was so different from that of the rest of the class. I said "no". I was just thinking about God as I danced and offered my dance to God for His glory. Praise God for her courage as she shared her desire to please God with others. Pray that she would be encouraged by God's work in her life.
