Tuesday night, Mailee and Maixee had a homestay with one of the mothers of the children of their English class. Rika Nakagawa and her family are non-Christians. They were all very welcoming and very friendly. Maixee and Mailee had a very fun and rewarding time. They were able to build a better relationship with Rika and her family and help connect them to the church.
They had a very nice experience at Rika's house.
The next day, Justin and Sandra joined Maixee and Mailee at the Chitose church. That day was their last day at the church. It was a very happy time as well as a sad time. It was nice to see how close the mothers and church members had grown to Mailee and Maixee. Several people cried and were sad to Mailee and Maixee go. Mailee and Maixee were also sad, but happy to know that they helped connect those women and their families to the church. Their last English class was fun and full of happiness and plenty of pictures.
Thursday night, we had another event at the church. But this time people finally came! We were all so excited that we didn't know what to do. We had five people show up to the event; three people we already knew from the English club, but two people we had not met before. We were excited to meet new people and build more connections. Thursday was a very fun night, and one person is already planning to come back and spend more time with us.
As our time here is growing short, we are all hoping to build deeper connections with the people we have met and show them God's light and love. Please pray for God to work in the hearts of the people we have met and to prepare the way for the Korean team that will be coming to the Sapporo church a couple of weeks after we leave.
We are all very excited to return home, but we will all miss Japan very much.
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