Greetings from Japan! 7 of us (Hutch & Lu, Lawrence, Lloyd, Katie, Pippa, Yao Yu) came to Japan on 10 July and will be here until 11 August. We'll be teaching Japanese primary school kids to sing Gospel songs in simple English, and this will culminate in a concert put up by the kids for their parents.

So, in the meantime, please be praying for us as well as the Japanese kids and parents. And please do read our blogs for regular updates and specific prayer needs that we may encounter along the way. Thank you for supporting us in your prayers as we endeavour to spread the Good News in Japan.

The Team

• First day of practice

  
  Now that orientation is over, we shifted our focus to the songs themselves. We spent the morning and afternoon going through the kids songs and adult songs (i.e. songs that the team only is going to present at the concerts, with the kids' parents as the intended audience in mind). By assessing and evaluating their appropriateness and relevance, we chose a reasonable number of songs for each c...
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• Idolatry in Japan

  
  The highlight of the day was an afternoon visit to the nearby Sensoji Buddhist Temple and Asakusa Shinto Shrine. We were greeted by the impressive Kamanarimon (Gate of Thunder), where tourists were snapping away on their cameras. We joined in their trigger-happy craze, but we were no mere tourists, for we were there to make observations that would make our prayers more informed. Upon ente...
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• Itadakimasu!

  
  And that's what you say before your meals in Japan! So we had our first Japanese language class this morning and learnt this very helpful phrase (well, you can't start eating if you don't know how to say that properly...just joking). We learnt to do some self-introduction in Japanese and for some of us, exciting stuff like how to say 'worship God', 'listen to sermon' and 'fellowship with othe...
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• We're finally in Japan!

  
  After a long period of anticipation, we finally stepped on Japanese soil this morning (11 July, 11-ish, GMT +9), and as you can probably guess, we're all very excited! We do thank God for the the safe and enjoyable flight, and for clearing the customs smoothly at Tokyo Narita airport. We're currently stationed in Ichikawa (near Tokyo) and shall be here for at least a week. After a late but...
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