- Pizza night with university students the Brisbane team met at Thanksgiving
- Two cooking classes with Ruth
- Aussie night
- and a Christmas party
...this was all on top of the normal schedule!
We had lots of fun at Aussie night - Aussie themed games and food, a bush dance, and Deon (Brisbane team leader) shared his story of how he came to be friends with Jesus.
We had a good turn out at the Grace Christmas party even though we had little idea who would be coming. God obviously knew and we met lots of knew people, as well as seeing others that had been coming along to other events already.
Running events can be tiring work, but it was clear that they were such great opportunities to draw people together to hear about Jesus and experience what Christian community is like. People responded to our invitations to events, again showing the openness of people in Tsugaru.
It's also been really good getting to know regulars at the churches, both the Japanese and English speaking groups, and especially Martin, Ruth Mae and their two daughters. Car rides with the Ghents are always really interesting. The stories and insights they have about ministry in Japan eye-opening and extremely challenging - am learning lots from them.
- Sharon
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