Amanda Yuill

Moses has his first argument with God.  God decides to kill him.  Zipporah, Moses wife, steps in and saves her husband!!  I’d say that’s a pretty good wife!

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Not only do my 4 Japanese grandmothers feed me and pay me when I teach them English, they send me home with snacks!! Rice crackers with peanuts and rice paste with sweet bean inside (taste good to me).

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God is love.  It is impossible for his motive to be anything other than love.  His judgments are all love.  Everything he does is to advance his Kingdom of love.  He removes everything in the way of love.  When we think he is doing something because of anger (although he may be angry) or because of judgment (although he may be judging) but not because of love, we believe a lie.  In his anger and in his judgment, love is the motive.  He loves us.  Everything God does is for love.  God is love.

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The snow is really pretty – I just keep saying it over and over when my bike tires spin because I still ride my bike to work and when the trains are late because there is no snow removal system and of course when my washing machine doesn’t work because it’s outside and the water in the pipes freeze (I can’t dry my clothes anyway as I hang them outside to dry).  It is pretty though, isn’t it?

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I understood recently that my ministry is mostly a personal ministry.  I meet with people and we talk and I pray for them.  I go with people to the doctor or hospital, help them find a counselor or a place to live and pray for them.  When I’m alone with God, I mostly pray for family and friends.  Of course, I teach groups of people and lead worship however, I mostly have personal relationships with everyone in the group.  I give a lot of big sister advise (when asked). I’m so glad my Japanese has improved as a lot of this happens in Japanese and people tend to talk fast when they’re upset!

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Here is a slightly dark picture of me at Enoshima Beach.  You can see all the surfers in the water behind me!

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This is the new apartment building where I’ll be moving to in Feb.

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Gen 7:2-3 – He took 7 (pairs in some translations) of each clean animal and bird and 2 of every unclean animal.

How did he know which animals were clean and which were unclean?  There was no law yet… It didn’t come until Moses years later.

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Often times when Japanese become Christians, they are taught not to participate in much of Japanese culture.  For example, they don’t take their children to the shrine to be blessed when they turn 3, 5 and 7 and they don’t participate in praying to their ancestors at Obon.  It’s good that they don’t do these things anymore.

I do feel that God would like to redeem the culture instead of changing it.  For example, it would be great if we blessed children in the church when they turned 3, 5 and 7.  It would be great if we had a time to remember our ancestors and what they did for us and to be thankful for it.

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Dear Friends and Family,

Reverse Culture Shock I had in Canada

1. I felt thin and short.
2. The bananas were huge!
3. Looking for my earthquake kit.
4. The towels at the gym fit around me twice!
5. I had to use a chair to reach my dad’s cereal.  If I use a chair in Japan, I can practically climb on the roof!
6. I missed eating Pumpkin salad.

Supply Teaching Gems

1. No – don’t eat that (to a kindergarten student).
2. Fri. morning recess treats in the Staff room (Do eat that).
3. 3 carol sing assemblies in one week when I didn’t have much of a voice… Thumpity, thump, thump, thumpity, thump, thump in my head for a week.
4. You don’t have to go back to schools you don’t like (John McCrae).
5. Having students recognize and remember you (Candy? What candy?).

Fundraising

I was able to speak at 3 churches and 2 Bible studies.  It was supposed to be 3 Bible studies but I lost my voice.  I spoke at a Hanukah celebration and a Christmas Eve service.  I also go my picture (ok, just my back as people are praying for me) in an article written about Pentacostalism.  All in all, pretty eventful!

Really Fun Things

I got to lead my uncle’s father to the Lord.  He’s battling cancer and made the decision with tears.

I also got to take one of my salsa friends from Tokyo to a salsa club in Toronto when she came to visit!  It’s always fun speaking Japanese in Toronto – I get the best looks from people.

Prayer Requests

1. Praise for the apartment I’ll be moving into Feb. 1 with 2 friends.  It’s a good location and very cheap!
2. Opportunities to share Jesus with friends I’ll be leaving behind when I move.
3. More monthly sponsors.

Luv,

Amanda

p.s. Pics are of the New Year’s Eve meal with a family from church.

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