Tyndale Puppet Show

During our stay in Japan, our team has been doing evangelistic concerts. We played in churches and schools hoping that God will use the music ministry to reach the unreached. During our concerts, one of our most important message is presented through our puppet show. The puppet shows are mostly directed at children, but at the same time, it also speaks to the parents if they were also present at the time. The children love it especially with the cute puppets we borrowed from Tyndale and the wonderful music and voices uniquely done by our friends.

We currently have two puppet shows. One of them is the parable of the Good Samaritan where it teaches to love your neighbours even if it gets difficult. The other is the parable of the Unforgiving Servant where it teaches to forgive others. We believe, with these parables Jesus taught will be very effective in the nation of Japan where these teachings have been lacking. We hope that the message will be planted through our puppet shows. As the children learn from our puppet shows, we pray that God will teach them how to love those around them. We also pray that during this process that one day, these people will be able to have a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Kelsey

They say the camera adds 10 pounds...

"We were on NHK." This has become a handy phrase among our team as we continue trying to get into schools around the city. While at a kindergarten last week, our team was filmed for the NHK news. We were filmed singing songs with the kids and doing our puppet show! Our team didn't realize what a major step forward this was for the church in Tsugaru. While watching the clip back that same night, it was a small miracle that the church was mentioned nation wide. 

We pray that God would use even this small video clip to make people aware of the church and to hopefully continue to bring people out to our concerts while we are here. 

On top of the witness this clip has been, it has also been quite the souvenir. It has been sent all over Canada. It has been a good way to show people back home the ways that we are involved and our family and friends are still in constant prayer over the ministry here. 

- Rebecca

Lighthouse Cafe

Lighthouse Cafe put on an awesome cafe night for all who were willing. We had a great time hearing some of the performances from a couple outside people, including a world touring shamisen player who goes by Yoshi. Yoshi even invited Adam to jam out with him on a song.

The small cafe made for a great intimate setting filled with great music. Our Girls did a great job of cheering everyone up with an A Capella version of lean on me. Adam couldn't stand still when Yobu (Job) sang some of the teams favourite Switchfoot songs. Colin also got to share his own original song and Adam, Kaitlyn, and I got the privilege of closing off the night with a couple songs. The whole night was great for mingling and getting to knowing people and I would love to do another one.

"When the moon hits your eye..."

Made pizza from scratch for the first time. I now know how to make pizza dough... sauce is a different story - I wasn't in charge of making that. Had an interesting experience with onions. Usually when one cuts onions, they cry. I wasn't cutting onions, Soo Jin was. I began tearing up anyway 'cause I was making dough right beside her. But yeah... it took a while to make everything, but I'm glad that I was helping out, and learning along the way - one more thing to add to my repertoire of eggs, pancakes, and instant noodles! The final product turned out well - the pizza was great! And... don't know what much else to say, 'cause I'm not one to go on and on about food! So yeah, fun stuff!

-Job