Japan Missions Trip 2016: Day 12 - April 6 - A New School and New Friends

Today has been a huge day in many ways. One of the main reasons for visiting Japan at this time has been to give Caia an experience of Japanese life and what better way than at school! We have been so blessed to have so many good friends at Kyoto International University Academy, where Crystal used to teach.

They have been gracious enough to allow Caia to join the first grade class for their first week of school and Caia and Crystal have both been a part of things from the beginning and will be there until I leave on April 15th.

After that, they will have one more week in Japan to visit friends and enjoy life and culture here before returning to Canada on April 24th.

We're so grateful that Caia seems to be having a great time so far and has even made some new friends, including the daughter of the principal (Michelle) and that's made it even more special.

KIUA is an amazing school with amazing teachers who clearly love teaching and also love the children.

Each teacher knows Jesus personally, so their heart's desire is for the children to come to know Him too, so in many ways, although KIUA is an international bi-lingual school, the main purpose is to reach children and their families with the Gospel.

Please pray for the teachers and for the children and their families as they settle in to a new academic year, that the Lord might bless them and that some would find the Saviour this year.

While I was at the school waiting for Crystal and Caia to finish classes, I was able to spend a bit of time designing a new letterhead for Japan Mission that will be suitable for new envelopes they are hoping to use, which they can source locally for about half the price of the ones they currently use, which are printed and then brought from the USA.

I was also able to create a new template for the bi-monthly bulletin which the mission produces to send to supporters around the world.

I'm hoping that these new layouts will enable the mission to function a little more efficiently and cost effectively and that they will continue to produce good quality materials for supporters to read.