Well, It's just a snippit of what's going on today.
It's raining quite heavily at the moment, apparently the forecast is calling for 40-50mm of rain today! That's about as much rain as we see all summer in Vernon!
Some of you have been asking how my (Aaron) foot is doing. I'm glad to say that it's at about 75% if that makes any sense.
There is still some swelling, but not anywhere near as much as there was at the start of the trip. I'm still puzzled as to the cause and I'll likely go to the doctor again when I get back to Canada just for a check-up. Unfortunately, the two doctors I saw in Canada before leaving were both at a walk-in clinic so not a whole lot they were able to do other than give me some anti-biotics, which I think must have helped.
We do appreciate your prayers so much, and we have been so aware of people praying for us during this trip.
God has really been at work in preparing all kinds of opportunities for us.
Today, while the girls are at school, I'm preparing for 4 English classes which I'm teaching tomorrow in a place called Shiga, which is about 1.5 hours drive from where we are staying! I'll leave around lunch-time and won't get back to at least 10.30pm. Please pray for me as I drive that I won't get lost (I will have a GPS with me, so that will be crucial). I will meet the pastor's wife at a local 7-11 not far from the church and will follow her back there as the roads are very narrow. It's hard to believe they could be any narrower than some of the roads I've driven on. Yesterday, on my way to Costco from the school (yes, I went to check it out :), the GPS took me on roads that were so narrow I seriously thought the police were going to stop me and say, 'what are you doing driving on that sidewalk?'. That didn't happen thankfully and I made it to Costco in one piece, and came back on a much wider road!
The pastor from the church where I'll teach English tomorrow is from England and his wife is Japanese. I'll have 3 children's classes and an adult class.
One other exciting development has been that we were planning on buying some Manga (comic book) Bibles for the children in Caia's 1st grade class (there are about 20 kids in the class), and when I mentioned this to David Verwey (the head of Japan Mission here in Japan) he told me about the manga version of the life of the apostle Paul that was available. We had been prepared to pay about $15-$20 each for the Bibles, but he kindly gave us enough of these for each student! What a blessing that is.
Pray for Crystal and Caia as they plan to give those Bibles out at some point. I'll post a photo of the cover of the Bible so you can see it.
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| As you can see, the foot on the right is still a bit swollen, but not red any more and certainly not painful, for which I'm so thankful. |
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| The Manga 'Bible' story of the life of the apostle Paul |
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