Thursday

Thursday morning we relaxed and gave our feet some time to recover. In the afternoon we went to the Japan Evangelical Missionary Association offices at the Ochanomizu Christian Center. Some folks were there working so we pitched in. We helped collate, count pages, and bind the meeting materials for the JEMA 2009 Plenary Session which is next Tuesday.

But more importantly we met some interesting folks and established some friendships. We will be going back to the OCC Monday night for fellowship and Tuesday for the Plenary Session. We normally wouldn't be allowed to attend the Plenary Session without being members, but God worked it out that the President of JEMA was there and since we helped put together the materials, he said we could sit in on the meeting. :) We hope to meet some other missionaries there and build more friendships.

Here are a couple of pictures from the JEMA office. Note the finely bound session materials on the table.