Joe's Unit in the Army Reserves recently had a family get together where the girls got to place with some kids their ages.
This is Arianna making faces. She will be two years old in January. 
Grandbaby update
Joe's Unit in the Army Reserves recently had a family get together where the girls got to place with some kids their ages.
This is Arianna making faces. She will be two years old in January. 
Fall around Kato
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| The church sign is facing the main drag in this part of Hyogo prefecture, 175, It is lighted at night. |
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| Had a special meeting with Masuda-san in November. Some new folks came |
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| Pastor Matsuda |
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| A changing tree across the street from the church on the property of the Hyogo Prefecture government building |
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| There were several huge fields of cosmos flowers in late October/November |
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| Many of the ponds, small lakes in the area have dried up for lack of rain. These cranes and egrets were in abundance walking around the bottom of the pond |
October Grandkids
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| Peter and Jewel took Arianna to the library and had a reading session. Like father, like daughter. |
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| Joe and Christin toook their three gals to the pumpkin patch. |
The pumpkin tent  |
| Christin's new haircut and little Willow |
Kato Church remodel progress
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| This is the kitchen area on the second floor==before picture back in September |
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| This is the kitchen area with new tile on the wall and cabinets hung next to the window |
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| First floor church area behind the piano is the wall mount for a big screen to use when preaching. It helps to show Bible verses in large letters here for us folks with less than perfect eyesight :-) |
Teresa
This past week at Westside BC, the school had Spirit Week with a different theme each day. Here's photos of some of the teachers and Teresa on the right side. The skeleton is part of her science class decor. 
This day was Super Hero Day I think==don't know what they are though. Update on grands
I think this is Clarity
Christin and Joe with Alora
Willow really enjoyed her first swing ride. 
Joe's family took a vacation in Virginia and took the girls to the beach...Willow's not so sure about this water stuff; she's used to her kiddy pool. 
New lighted sign for Kato Church
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| Thursday, Sept. 26, our new lighted sign was installed. It is now officially identifying the building. We hope to get another sign done to hang on the side of the building where the cars are. |
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| Kato Baptist Church plus the phone number and logo at the top. There were three visitors in church tonight. The owner and his wife from across the street walked over. He had said he wanted to come to a service on Sunday afternoon when he visited after the morning service. It was a pleasant surprise to see them both there. Please pray that their hearts would be open to receive the gospel message. A young lady, who walked just down the street near the mall within 5 minutes of the church, also came. She's a Christian and has been in Kato since February, but previously lived somewhere in Kobe. She said she had not been to church in a long time and because of the flyer received a couple of weeks ago, she walked on in. Please pray she will come and be a part of this new work and that her job will not interfere with attendance. God is good, all the time. |
Kato City Baptist Church start
We had a dedication service on the 7th with over 45 Japanese and two American missionary families coming, including 6 Japanese pastors. We sang some songs and showed a video presentation of the construction/reformation of the interior of the building that started in June. Many people brought gifts of desserts/sweets, as is the custom, or flowers. The church in Osaka gave us 5 new bibles and 5 hymn books; all a real blessing.
Group photo of everyone
About 12 kids were upstairs
On the 15th besides Fukumoto-san, Henry and I (the core group), these folks came: Fukumoto's grandparents from Osaka, about 90 minutes away. Three men from around the area within about 15-20 minutes. One man lives 5 minutes from the church and brought his 4-year-old son. Little Eric was not used to me, so he wanted to stay with Dad instead of going upstairs to the kids' classroom. He was baptized in a sister baptist church about 40 minutes from Kato City. Another man we met a few weeks ago when we passed out flyers for a children's event (only one kid came with her mom then). They have a bakery next to our bank in nearby Yashiro City. His wife was not with him on the 15th. The third man lives about 20 minutes from us and goes to the church Fukumoto's grandparents attend in Osaka. His name is Morimoto and he's a single guy and lives with his parents. All these men are Christians. No new people came as a result of the flyers. Henry preached both services. Our theme song is Ron Hamilton's "All Are Welcome", a catchy tune with a great message.
At the 5:00 pm service, four people from Bread of Life BC came up and Mr. Morimoto returned. We had some of the snacks afterward. At our Thursday night service, Mr. Morimoto came again.
the afternoon service
Saturday, Henry and Mr. Fukumoto visited the men that came and were able to talk with them. Mr. Morimoto said he was going to the Osaka church on Sunday. :-( They knocked on doors of about 40 homes near the church, but I don't think they actually talked to anyone.
On the 22nd, it was just us three in both services. Singing was a bit challenging with just us, but we got to practice the theme song again and it will soon be memorized.
It is the beginning of prayerfully, a good, solid church in Kato.
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