西洋料理 Means "Western Cuisine"

In the case of our two weeks of cooking classses held in four locations, it was chili with taco salad in a tortilla bowl, pizza and lasagna. There were classes for children, who were assisted by their mothers, and then classes for adults. Lasagna was the recipe people expressed the most enthusiasm about learning, although judging from the leftovers (none) there was considerable enthusisasm about eating all the culinary creations.

"Gramma Eva" came to us from Westburne Alliance Church in St. Catharines to share her recipes and cooking tips and her walk with Christ with the women and children.

The classes enabled us to make first time contact with a number of people, and also were a benefit to churches like Sayama, where we lived and ministered in the early 1990s. That church now has its own pastor and building, something we couldn't have imagined back in those early days.

Recruited!

Heather returned last week, and Chris and Jeremy, her friends from church in Calgary were coming through Japan at the same time and wanted to see and be involved in our ministry in Harumi. Say no more! We'll get something together for young people, including Boys' Club boys.

As soon as they arrived, they put together a program of English and games to go along with the pizza

Since the young people made their own pizzas, it was difficult to keep enough toppings on the table!

We had ten youth plus some parents involved in the pizza night, and hope to follow up with some more events and continuing contact, so it was a good start.