E-TEAM Hokkaido News Archive 2008 A Heart Touching Day

June 27th, 2008

Here's A shout out to the ones we love from E-TEAM Japan:

Zac: I miss you. Can't wait to see you, I love you. Bye.

Jared: Miss you guys. I'm having fun, see you in a few days. I love you.

Phill: I'm still alive, no concussions from door frames. The soil is rocky but were still tillin'. Be home soon. Don't quit praying I'm not home yet.

Nikki: Mommy, Daddy, Mary Beth, and Zack, I love and miss you all. Please remember to pray for me and my team. I hate that I missed our month of June. Miss you all and see you soon.


Sara: Dear Family and loved ones, thank you for all your prayers. We've been having a lot of success in our work, can't wait to be home.
I love and miss you, see you soon.

Court: Mom and Dad, I miss you both very much! I am having lots of fun, and I'm not starving!
See you in less than a week! Love you oodless and boodless! Love you....yep I knew that! Bye:)

Crystal: Hey! E-TEAM Japan is totally amazing. I can't wait to tell you all about it later. Mom and dad...have fun on the cruise . Give my dogs a hug for me.:) Love and miss you all:)


Brooky: Dear familia and loved ones,
I miss you all like crazy:) But I am having an amazing experience here with my team and missionaries. I am learning a lot about the culture and seeing the power of prayer. God has done a lot in just a few days here. I can't wait to tell you all the stories and to see your faces and hug you all. I hope you all are doing well, Please keep the rest of our days here in your prayers, and keep up with the updates.
I hope they've been helpful. I love you all so much and I can't wait to see you, but leaving here will be very hard. We will have a good-bye party the last day here. I want to tell you more but I have already written a novel...I love you, can't wait to see you:) Goodnight.











Today was a very heart touching day in many different ways.

This morning we had the chance to drive out to a church to help them pass out tracks. We were able to pass out 500 within an hour, and we even ran out! After we finished passing those out we were able to listen to a Japanese pastor's wife speak. Out of all the non-Christians we've met, it was really encouraging to hear her speak of how she and her husband are willing to do anything that God tells them to do. Nathan Snow translated for her and it was a moving moment when he started to cry, translating that she was saved because an American went as a missionary to Japan, and talked to her and became her music teacher. Please pray for her family and their ministry. Pray that they'll have many ministry oppurtunities and will be able to grow.

Most of the afternoon was actually quite depressing. We went to a cemetery that had all most all Buddhist graves. There were so many grave markers around. Mirial separated us into groups and put us into different sections. She told us that the Christian graves would have a cross on them, and we were to count how many we found in our sections. Some only found 2. Others found 3, or 8. In total, we found less then 20. It was heart breaking. Not only were there several grave markers - there wasn't just one person buried by it. There were several. You will see a picture of a whole slew of them, and in the end of the slide show you will see a Christian one. Just think...Out of all the graves in that one picture...There may have been just 2 or 3 Christian graves - if even that.

In the evening things perked up. We had a high school party and we were able to have games, testimonies shared, and songs were sang. They really seemed to enjoy it, as did we.

Tomorrow is the Carnival that we mentioned the other night, please pray that we will be able to minister to the children that come, and that the whether will be great! Thank you so much for you prayers, it means a lot to all of us!

More later...
Team Hokkaido :)

P.S.
Pic 1. The team at the cemetery
Pic 2. The Pastors wife that spoke to us
Pic 3. PART of the Cemetery, that's not even half of it.
Pics 4 & 5. Lunch at a Ramen Noodle restaurant.
Pic 6. Some Japanese girls a Bus stop outside the restaurant
Pic 7. A game we played at the High School Party
Pic 8. Phill blowing a big bubble
Pic 9. Another game we played
Pic 10. Zac giving his testimony
Pic 11. Daniel (Nathan and Linda Snow's Son) leading everyone in Worship at the party
Pic 12. Sara giving her testimony
Pic 13. The group that came to the High School Party
Pic 14. One of the less than 20 Christian graves