A wonderful place called school

So maybe you have wondered where I have been, why I have not updated the blog in a while.  Well for those of you who have wondered here goes . . . .

We had prayed and talked about starting a Christian school here in Japan.  We teamed up with the Winters family and began Agape International Christian School.  Our first day of school was April 6, 2012.  We have spent most of the month of April just trying to find a system that seems to work for all of us.  It has been rough the first few weeks, figuring out how to get everyone out the door at the same time, get breakfast made and cleaned up and of course get laundry washed and hung out all before 8:00 am.  But we have finally found a routine that is working and that means I can go back to updating the blog about our daily life here in Japan.  Below are some pictures from the Dedication Sunday service, the Get To Know You weekend camp and the first few days of school. 

 First day of school ~ listening intently to the rules

 Everyone is working hard

Eli with his Japanese backpack

 Dedication Sunday - Our first class at Agape

 Our Weekend at Camp

No matter where in the world you are the camp rules are always the same!!

Mike and the boys playing basketball

 Mr. Winters trying to ride a unicycle and the girls trying to walk on stilts.

 Minute to Win It game time

Jonah shaking the B-B's into the bottom bottle

 Rachal trying the stack 5 dice on a Popsicle stick

 Mike did it!!

 Picking up chap stick with chop sticks

 Our group was asked to help with lowering the flags in the evening.

 Grass sledding

Walking up the hill

 Noah and Jonah coming down the hill

 And what is camp without a campfire??

 And campfires mean S'mores!!  yummy!

 Mike helping Alyssa roast her marshmallow.

 Morning exercises at 7:00 am

 After breakfast we are off on a hike into the Bamboo forest

 Our group of kids

 Easter morning Bible lesson - Resurrection Eggs

Please pray for the students at the school.  Please pray for the parents as we try to teach the students.  Please pray for our school to be a light in this dark country.  We have one Japanese student and others that have shown an intrest.