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Greetings from Japan!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

As many of the schools in America are letting out for the summer in May and June, in Japan, a new school year is just beginning. With the beginning of the new school year, we have to rearrange our English conversation classes to accommodate the new grades and levels of the students. As they get older, many of the students have to quit because they are too busy with cram school and school club activities to come to our classes. This year, even though several of the students entered high school and have busy schedules, they have enjoyed learning English so much that they wanted to continue studying. The high school students often have to travel a couple of hours by train and bus to reach their high schools.<\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, we had a student who quit because she was unable to mentally and physically attend her elementary school regularly. Her younger sister, however, continued to study at our school and would return home and tell her sister and parents what she did in our class and about the Bible stories we read. Her older sister enjoyed hearing the stories and thought it sounded so fun that she decided to rejoin our classes this year! Pray with us that the seeds planted in the hearts of these sisters and their parents will grow. Pray with us for the high school students who are making the effort to come even with their busy schedules. Lastly, pray with us that God will continue to bring more students and families to our school so that we can share the Gospel with them as well.<\/p>\n

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The kids learning English with Eryn.<\/p><\/div>\n

A lady, K, in our church gave her testimony recently. She didn\u2019t grow up in a Christian family, but there was a missionary family in her neighborhood when she was a child. They had English activities after school, much like we are doing now. Her parents sent her to learn English, and K enjoyed the fun activities. She learned about Jesus and heard lots of Bible stories, but as she got older and busier, she stopped attending. However, she never forgot the stories and kindness of the missionaries and the other Christians she met. When she moved to a different prefecture for college and felt alone, she saw a girl reading a Bible and went up to her. The girl invited her to her church. K felt a connection because she had read the Bible and had heard about Jesus even though she hadn\u2019t committed her life to Christ. After K graduated from college and got married, her husband was transferred to the U.S. for his work. K again felt alone with no friends and was unable to speak much English, but God set up another encounter with a Christian in her neighborhood who befriended her and invited her to her Bible study. Again and again, wherever she moved, God brought another Christian to befriend and welcome her. K realized God\u2019s hand in her life and accepted Him as her savior! She testified that having learned about Jesus and the Bible at such a young age, even though she didn\u2019t accept Him as her savior at that time, the seeds that were planted are what gave her courage and guidance in all the different places she lived.<\/p>\n

Her testimony is a great encouragement! We can\u2019t see all that God is doing, especially in the hearts of children, but the seeds that we are planting now will bring forth a great harvest in God\u2019s time! We are so thankful to have you working with us to plant these seeds in the hearts of the Japanese people. Without your partnership, so many Japanese would never have the opportunity to hear of God\u2019s love and forgiveness for them!<\/p>\n

Thank you so much!!<\/p>\n

Your Missionaries to Japan,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Hiro and Eryn Bamba,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Olivia, Hunter, Ax, and Justin (Rachel & Akio)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u00a1Saludos desde Jap\u00f3n! <\/h2><\/div>

Parece que las cosas cambian a diario durante estos tiempos de incertidumbre, pero podemos encontrar consuelo al saber que nuestro Dios no cambia. Es el mismo ayer, hoy y ma\u00f1ana. Independientemente de cu\u00e1n inconstante sea el mundo o cu\u00e1n inconstante sea la econom\u00eda, sabemos que Dios tiene todas las cosas en Sus manos. Podemos encontrar consuelo y paz en Dios sin importar lo que suceda a nuestro alrededor. Nos duele el coraz\u00f3n cuando miramos a nuestro alrededor y vemos el miedo y la incertidumbre en los rostros de los japoneses. <\/p>

Frente a la pandemia de COVID-19, la ciudad de Chofu, una ciudad vecina a Saitama donde vivimos, ha ofrecido una descarga gratuita de un legendario monstruo anti-plaga, Amabie. Sugieren que las personas usen la imagen para ayudar a prevenir el coronavirus. Buscamos todas las oportunidades para compartir la esperanza que tenemos en Cristo con los japoneses para que no sientan la necesidad de recurrir a monstruos imaginarios en busca de falsas esperanzas. <\/p>

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Tuvimos que cancelar nuestras clases de conversaci\u00f3n en ingl\u00e9s para el mes de abril, pero pudimos comenzar de nuevo en mayo en Zoom. Hemos echado de menos interactuar en persona con nuestros estudiantes y sus familias, pero estamos agradecidos de haber podido seguir vi\u00e9ndolos virtualmente. Nos ha dado la oportunidad de comunicarnos tanto con las mam\u00e1s como con los pap\u00e1s, lo cual es raro ya que generalmente est\u00e1n en el trabajo. Sin embargo, dado que muchos de los pap\u00e1s han estado trabajando desde casa y los ni\u00f1os est\u00e1n estudiando en casa, ambos padres han tenido la oportunidad de participar en nuestras clases. Ore con nosotros para que las palabras de aliento que compartimos apunten a nuestros estudiantes y sus padres hacia Dios y Su perd\u00f3n que es para todas las personas. <\/p>

Hiro ha podido realizar nuestras lecciones de escuela dominical en l\u00ednea. Estamos agradecidos de poder seguir compartiendo el amor de Dios con los ni\u00f1os en nuestra escuela dominical, incluso cuando no podemos estar con ellos f\u00edsicamente. Los pap\u00e1s de nuestros ni\u00f1os de la Escuela Dominical no asisten a la iglesia. Ore con nosotros para que los mensajes que los ni\u00f1os escuchan en casa puedan tener un impacto en el coraz\u00f3n de sus padres tambi\u00e9n. <\/p>

Estamos muy agradecidos de que incluso entre todos los vuelos cancelados y las actividades canceladas, Justin pudo terminar su primer a\u00f1o en Liberty University con \u00e9xito y pudo regresar a Jap\u00f3n para el verano. Estamos muy agradecidos por este tiempo juntos antes de que Justin regrese a la universidad y Ax se una a \u00e9l en su primer a\u00f1o de universidad. Contin\u00fae orando por Justin y Axe y los ajustes que tendr\u00e1n que hacer y por nosotros, ya que ser\u00e1 dif\u00edcil tenerlos a los dos tan lejos de casa. <\/p>

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Estamos muy agradecidos por sus continuas oraciones y apoyo. \u00a1Su compromiso con el cumplimiento de la Gran Comisi\u00f3n est\u00e1 marcando una diferencia en todo el mundo! Su asociaci\u00f3n est\u00e1 llevando la esperanza y el amor de Cristo al pueblo japon\u00e9s. \u00a1No podr\u00edamos llevar la luz de Cristo a Jap\u00f3n sin ustedes! \u00a1Gracias! <\/p>

Muchas bendiciones, <\/p>

Hiro, Eryn, Justin, Axe, Hunter y Olivia Bamba<\/strong><\/em> <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","author_name":"Hiro & Eryn Bamba","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2-e1740073790544.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-1Ma","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6830","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\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}