“Little Missionaries” : Christmas Outreach

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For the second consecutive year, a team from Singapore came and partnered with our church in the Christmas outreach project. Hear for yourselves from our “little missionaries”.

Josephine (12) shares :

During the Christmas project, I helped to insert flyers into the Christmas CDs, distribute CDs around the neighborhood, and helped with the 2 Christmas parties. It was fun doing these different things, especially during the Christmas party where I felt really good reaching out to Japanese people. During the kids’ party, we were able to share the true meaning of Christmas through fun games and activities. I am sure that some of the kids that came would have learned a few things about the true meaning of Christmas. This part of the project (the kids’ Christmas party) showed me that there are still so many kids in Japan and in this world who still do not know about the true meaning of Christmas and that we can reach out to them in creative ways through fun games and activities. There was another Christmas party on Christmas day mainly for adults. I was surprised at the number of people who came for the Christmas party. There were about 40 people from the community who came and most of them were non-Christians. There were Singapore food, a skit and a message. When we asked how many people would like to receive Jesus as their savior, there were five people who raised their hands. I was really touched to see so many non Christians come (to witness this number of non-Christians at an evangelistic event is a miracle itself). I hope and I think that the message alone have affected many peoples’ lives. This whole project with the Christmas CDs, the parties, and the S’pore team has been a great experience and I hope that this year’s (2010) Christmas would also touch and change many peoples’ lives.


Angela (10) shares :

I wanted to help because I wanted to work for God. Because we should work and be proud of ourselves. And be happy while working. (Angela’s own words, no editing)
It was fun! I enjoyed helping the Singapore team. I especially like the preparation and distribution of CD’s. And I also helped with getting props for the skit.
I also made a friend, Amanda, from the Singapore team. At first I didn’t know her as it was her first time joining the team. Even though we only has a short time together, I felt she’s a big ‘jie jie’ (sister) to me. Every time I go back to S’pore, I can look forward to meeting her and the other big ‘jie jie’ in the team.
Through this project, I learned that we should be friends to everyone, Christians or non-Christians.

“Little Missionaries” : Homeless Outreach

Josephine shares :

Imagine waking up every morning with only a piece of cardboard, a thin jacket and maybe a thin blanket in the winter. Can you imagine the cold they have to bear? This is the real situation of the homeless. They are homeless primarily because they have lost their jobs and could not afford housing. Does anyone care about them? Does anyone notice them? Who will help them? But little did these people know that there are kids out there who are ready to help even when you have to wake up as early as 4 in the morning. In January every year, different middle school classes (6th – 8th grade) from Christian Academy in Japan (CAJ) go out in the cold to give food to the homeless at Ikebukuro station. This year, nine groups of about 10 students per group took turns each day to reach out to the homeless. My group went out on Jan. 14th. The night before, I packed five breakfasts consisting: a ham & cheese sandwich, a hard boiled egg, a banana, 2 plain croissants, 2 chocolate croissants, a can of coffee, and an almond chocolate bar. I also packed 5 smaller bags with 2 plain croissants and 2 chocolate croissants. An evangelistic “hope” booklet was inserted in each bag too.
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