Japan Team - Monday - the conference begins

Hello everyone :) This is Charissa May reporting for the Japan team here at Oku-Tama!

Late last night and early this morning all the SEND missionaries arrived at the Oku-Tama Bible Chalet. Watching them all interact it is obvious that this week is very special for them. This conference is the only time that they all get to come fellowship together and hear what God is doing in other parts of Japan.

We have a lot of fun with the kids too :) The tight-knit community here is obvious and a joy to take part in. It's so encouraging how accepting and eager the kids are to include us. This afternoon we played a game called "Ultimate Chaos", sounds great right? Yep, it lasted for more than an hour! We had the opportunity to watch the kids during the morning and evening sessions as the adults learned and shared. Today in Preschool the kids learned about Joseph: how he chose to forgive his brothers and how we can forgive others. All of our programs are going well and the kids are enjoying them. The picture on the right shows the Elementary and Preschool age kids together for a picture. Some of the students were giving their "silly faces" prematurely but it shows the spirit of the group for sure!

Please continue to pray that our energy (Meredith, Glenn, Lauren and I) would match that of the kids and that we would be able to care for them with Christ's love. Also pray for the camp staff and the families attending the conference.

George May adding a few things:  Today we were glad for Glenn Sensenig's medical expertise. Nothing serious, but he was able to help with a few foot/ankle problems.  The Jr. High/Sr. High group is going well also as Linda Michel and I work with them.  The pic to the right shows a few of the teens hanging out after our meeting.  Jim and Angela's son Joshua is the one standing on the left.