by Hiro & Eryn Bamba<\/p>\n
Support their ministry here!<\/a><\/p>\n Greetings from Japan!<\/p>\n It is hard to believe that spring is already here. Spring is filled with new life and hope as nature springs back to life after winter. It is a great reminder of our Christian life; there will be times of slow growth as in the winter, but we know, just as spring comes every year, we have new life in Christ.<\/p>\n Japan is a first world country, so the people here do not have many physical needs. However, spiritually, they are very dry.\u00a0 To the Japanese, religion is part of their culture, part of being Japanese. It has no true meaning to them. They are skeptical of \u201cforeign\u201d religions, afraid they would no longer be Japanese if they were to become involved with them. For this reason, many Japanese are afraid to visit a church, so we are always looking for unique ways to share the Gospel with the Japanese people.<\/p>\n Blessing Japanese with Teaching English<\/strong><\/p>\n We teach English conversation classes to the children in our neighborhood. This helps build relationships with the children and families in our area. As part of our curriculum, we read Bible stories in simple English to the children. It is amazing to see how attentive all of the children are to the stories. Many of the children say they can\u2019t wait to hear the next part of the story and are always disappointed when the story comes to an end. We are able to explain to the children that the God in these stories loves ALL people, including Japanese. We are so thankful for this opportunity to share the love of Jesus and the wonderful things he has done for each one of us with all of these children. Our students and their families would be hesitant to just walk into a church, but through our English conversation classes, we are able to share the Gospel in a relaxed and non-threatening atmosphere.<\/p>\n Please pray with us for each of these children and their families, that they will desire to know more about the Jesus that they hear about in their lessons.<\/p>\n Blessing Japanese with Birthday Cakes<\/strong><\/p>\n Eryn continues to bake cakes for the children in our Sunday School. One girl was sick and unable to come to church for her birthday celebration. Eryn made cupcakes for her and her family and we delivered them to her house. The family was very touched. The girl\u2019s father is not a Christian and does not attend church. Pray with us that he will come to know God as his personal Savior!<\/p>\n Thank you SO much for your continued prayers and support, without them we would not be able to be here and the Japanese people would not have the opportunity to see God\u2019s love in action!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Hiro & Eryn Bamba Support their ministry here! Greetings from Japan! It is hard to believe that spring is already here. 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Es dif\u00edcil creer que la primavera ya est\u00e1 aqu\u00ed. La primavera est\u00e1 llena de nueva vida y esperanza, ya que la naturaleza regresa a la vida despu\u00e9s del invierno. Es un gran recordatorio de nuestra vida cristiana; Habr\u00e1 momentos de lento crecimiento como en el invierno, pero sabemos que, as\u00ed como viene la primavera cada a\u00f1o, tenemos una nueva vida en Cristo. Jap\u00f3n es un pa\u00eds del primer mundo, por lo que la gente aqu\u00ed no tiene muchas necesidades f\u00edsicas. Sin embargo, espiritualmente, son muy secos. Para los japoneses, la religi\u00f3n es parte de su cultura, parte de ser japon\u00e9s. No tiene verdadero significado para ellos. Ellos son esc\u00e9pticos de las religiones "extranjeras", temiendo que ya no ser\u00edan japoneses si se involucraran con ellos. Por esta raz\u00f3n, muchos japoneses tienen miedo de visitar una iglesia, por lo que siempre estamos buscando maneras \u00fanicas de compartir el Evangelio con el pueblo japon\u00e9s. Bendici\u00f3n de japon\u00e9s con la<\/strong> ense\u00f1anza de Ingl\u00e9s Ense\u00f1amos clases de conversaci\u00f3n en ingl\u00e9s a los ni\u00f1os de nuestro barrio. Esto ayuda a establecer relaciones con los ni\u00f1os y las familias de nuestra \u00e1rea. Como parte de nuestro plan de estudios, leemos historias b\u00edblicas en ingl\u00e9s simple a los ni\u00f1os. Es incre\u00edble ver lo atentos que est\u00e1n todos los ni\u00f1os de las historias. Muchos de los ni\u00f1os dicen que no pueden esperar a escuchar la siguiente parte de la historia y siempre est\u00e1n decepcionados cuando la historia llega a su fin. Somos capaces de explicar a los ni\u00f1os que el Dios en estas historias ama a TODAS las personas, incluyendo a los japoneses. Estamos muy agradecidos por esta oportunidad de compartir el amor de Jes\u00fas y las cosas maravillosas que ha hecho por cada uno de nosotros con todos estos ni\u00f1os. Nuestros estudiantes y sus familias estar\u00edan renuentes a entrar en una iglesia, pero a trav\u00e9s de nuestras clases de conversaci\u00f3n en ingl\u00e9s, somos capaces de compartir el Evangelio en un ambiente relajado y no amenazante. Por favor, oren con nosotros por cada uno de estos ni\u00f1os y sus familias, para que deseen saber m\u00e1s acerca del Jes\u00fas que escuchan en sus lecciones. Bendici\u00f3n japonesa con pasteles de<\/strong> cumplea\u00f1os Eryn sigue cocinando pasteles para los ni\u00f1os en nuestra escuela dominical. Una ni\u00f1a estaba enferma y no pod\u00eda venir a la iglesia para su celebraci\u00f3n de cumplea\u00f1os. Eryn hizo cupcakes para ella y su familia y los entregamos a su casa. La familia estaba muy emocionada. El padre de la ni\u00f1a no es cristiano y no asiste a la iglesia. \u00a1Oren con nosotros para que conozca a Dios como su Salvador personal! Muchas gracias por sus continuas oraciones y apoyo, sin ellos no podr\u00edamos estar aqu\u00ed y los japoneses no tendr\u00edan la oportunidad de ver el amor de Dios en acci\u00f3n !!","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Bamba-Picture.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-oU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}