Wow, just finished eating dinner with 55 other people. Our team made Thai Curry tonight and it was a huge hit. For lunch we made Hawaii style poke over rice, which was new for most everyone, and well received. Yesterday we made pasta thee different ways, lemon butter, anchovy olive oil and a Japanese style spagetti dish that used hot dog, bacon, ketchup, mayo, okonomiyaki sauce and onion. The Japanese people really like that style, the others were hitting the anchovy and lemon butter.
We will leave heer at 3am this morning enroute to Ishinomaki to do work with a partner church.
What a praise these past few days have been. The worship and praise has been awesome, the devotion time is great and the staff here has been so good to us.
Although I have not been out in the field since we got here, Jason, Jordan and Haj has, I am thankful for the opportunity to serve the volunteers by preparing the meals. Pastor Mori reminded us all this morning that it doesn't matter what your job may be, every job is important in God's eyes. One thing that I really appreciated about being at this church in Japan. It was clearly evident that the Pastor does not control this place of worship. He allows the people to do what God has called them to do, serve. Pastor Mori is a good Shepard, very open to letting others take a lead in their gifted areas, much like Pastor Joe.
Global Mission Chapel is a very vibrant and active church in the relief and recovery effort. We worked along side people from Norway, Finland, Korea, Hawaii, Canada, Denver, and of course many from Japan. One mother and her two teen sons drove from Kumamoto, a 32 hour drive, one way! I would highly recommend a return team to GMC, there is much work to be done. We even have an open offer from a a man who has offered to be our transportation on the next trip, he is an ex-pat who does transportation as his ministry.
Jordan will share tomorrow about the work that our team did.
Thank you all for your prayers, thoughts and comments. Have to sleep now. Wake up alarm in 3 hours.
Aloha,
Mike for the team
Mike, you are indeed on the field in all that you do, and praying tonight that God would give you all His strength, stamina and good health to continue to serve and bless in whatever capacity and role. It sometimes feels as though certain tasks have a more direct impact strategically, but praying that each of you would sense God's perfect use of your unique giftings, personalities and passions. Hope those three hours of sleep were peaceful and restorative, and excited to read each day your reflections on the work God is doing in and through you all.
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