A YWAM (Youth With A Mission) team from Switzerland has been staying at our church for the last week. Some are Japanese, some Korean, and some American... not a Swiss in the bunch! We have been having a great time cleaning, painting, and cleaning some more, getting the church ready for our Thanksgving Outreach this Sunday. One of the reasons these teams do outreaches is to learn to serve. So I started thinking about the best way I could help this team learn to serve. I was reminded of Jesus on the night before His betrayel as He washed the feet of His disciples. (John 13) In verse 15 Jesus said "For I have given you an example that you should do as I have done to you." I realized Jesus taught his disciples about service, by serving them. I also realized I cannot just say to the YWAM team, "You are here to serve, so serve". Instead, I need to follow the example that Jesus set, and teach them about serving, by being a servant.

One of the mom's who came to our Children's Festival with her children, also came to church this morning. She just happened to be playing in a nearby park when one of the YWAM (Youth With A Mission) kids gave her a flyer inviting her to the festival. She was excited because she is a Christian and she was looking for a church closer to her home. I was chatting with her this morning and I asked her how she became a Christian. It turns out she became a Christian 3 years ago, when she attended a drama that we were doing at our old church. Sometimes we do an outreach and we don't get to immediately see fruit from it, but there is always fruit. I was so blessed and encouraged that God brought Naoko into my life 3 years later and gave me the opportunity to see fruit from that ministry.

Today we went to a fall festival at a preschool (Japanese word is yochien) at a church near the base. Katie's dance group performed 2 songs. On the occasions that I have met Japanese people with any Christian knowledge at all, it is usually because they had a connection to one of these "Christian based" preschools, or some other Christian private school.

I am having way too much fun! Took my first ever inkblot test and did you know that my "subconcious mind is driven most by LOVE". I suppose that is a good thing... Oh and my emotional IQ is 125 (almost exactly the same is my real IQ). I can't believe I took an inkblot test... it's like having a shrink in my computer.. HAH!

I found this website that has all kinds of personality and intelligence tests. So far I've learned that I am ESTP (Extroverted, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving) and only 6% of the population is like me! (That's a relief!)I am good at written communication, I'm a visionary mathematician (whatever that means!) and I have a knack for knowing when things "aren't quite right". Anyway, they have a test for everything, check it out! www.emode.com and click on premium tests. (It's free)