Christmas Service

Greetings all! Thank you so much for praying for the Christmas meeting. We had 11 Japanese attend in all, 19 folks if you include my family. Things went pretty smoothly. I think the movie, which played with no real interruptions, was used of the Lord to speak to hearts about their need for salvation. Not much was said about it afterwards, but I could tell people were pretty thoughful about what they heard. I think it was the first time for some of these to hear the Gospel. For some it may have only been their second time to hear anything about the Gospel. So, I would ask of you now to please pray specifically for some folks that came:

• Mrs. Yamazaki - a hairdresser. We were pleasantly surpised that she came!
• Mrs. Atsumi - a neighbor that lives behind us that works at the nursing home in front of our house. We were pleasantly surpised that she came, too!
• Chisato - a teenager, the granddaughter of our neighbor. She came last year.
• Natsumi Konoh - 16 years old, she came last year, too.
• Mizuki Konoh - 10 years old, he wanted to come last year but was sick. He is my English student. First time attending.
• Tomoki Konoh - 14 years old and a first time attender.

All three Konoh's are from the same family. Their dad is on the school board and asked me about two months ago to assist in the English program in the elementary schools here next year. I accepted! An open door to opportunity. Praise the Lord!

Victoria and Abigail with Chisato and Natsumi:







Mrs. Yamazaki with our church member Mrs. Nishio. They had a lot of fun playing with Zebulun:







Mrs. Nishio and Tanya and the kids were a huge help! I greatly appreciate them and all they do.

Please pray as we try to follow up on these folks and try to reach others as well.

Tomorrow, we are having Mr. and Mrs. Kondo over for lunch. She is my English student and he is a nearby dentist. She will be making sushi and Tanya has prepared oven fried chicken. Please pray that we can plant some Gospel seed.

Lord bless and Merry Christmas,
Alan Minks and family
Gal. 2:20













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Please pray - Christmas Meeting

Please pray for our special Christmas Meeting!

Sunday 5pm we will have our Christmas meeting. We will be having congregational singing, a movie, and a meal. Please pray for the Gospel seed to take effect in people's hearts!

The movie wil be:

Kentaro's Atonement (the Japanese version of course! :) )

As Kentaro’s delinquency progresses from lying to stealing to violence, his Christian Grandmother uses stories and the threat of punishment to reason with Kentaro concerning his real problem, his rejection of and separation from God. When the ultimate consequence is the threat of an ancient Japanese punishment, in a surprise twist, the now penitent young lad understands for the first time God’s sacrifice for him in Kentaro’s Atonement.