We’ve had an eventful week. On Sunday, we had a guest speaker from a Bible college visit our church. Tim translated for him, as it was a bilingual service. We enjoyed the fellowship with Pastor Murakami and his wife at our monthly potluck. He has recently retired as a pastor due to health issues. I know that he and his wife would appreciate your prayers.

On Monday, Tim went to the children’s camp. This was the second-highest attendance on record, with approximately 136 people at camp. A father and son have begun attending church at the invitation of another attender. They continue to come because the son wants to be in the children’s class. He went to camp and had a good time. He hated to leave. Please pray for the salvation of K and his father. It was also some of the hottest days of the summer with temperatures around 100 degrees every day!  This camp has no air conditioning. As you can imagine, water games are the favorite!

On Wednesday, July 30, Russia had an 8.8 earthquake near northern Japan that resulted in tsunami warnings for most of the coastal area of Japan. We did not feel the quake where we are located. We live in a harbor city, but we were far enough inland that we were ok. There was a rise in water levels in some parts of Japan, and a river in Chiba that runs into the ocean was flowing the wrong way. That was quite interesting to see on the news.

Thank you for your prayers!