Our June Newsletter 2009

The Bolingers June Newsletter

Greetings to everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord; We had a busy month meeting people and ministering to many. The Lord has gone before us in laying a foundation here in Iruma and the Saitama area with many good churches and Christian brothers and sisters hammering away at the rock of Japan’s traditions.

We were blessed in May to meet the Bedow family. Mark and Rutsuko (Ruth) have been married for awhile and have 3 beautiful daughters. Mark is the town evangelist. He has a call from the Lord to try everyday to be at the train station preaching into the hearing of the commuters the words of our Lord for them to think and ponder upon when they go to work. I am very challenged in this area of ministry as it is so necessary. I love a small group or a church setting to stand before people I am familiar with but to proclaim the Excellency of Christ to the masses is really needed in this society. Pray for a fresh anointing from God in this area of ministry.

One testimony is that I met Mark after his preaching one morning at the station on the North Side. He usually goes back into the train station and gets on a train to go home or his next appointment. He doesn’t often get to the South side of the station where I live. But we met and decided to have some fellowship and prayer time on the South side. While there the Lord brought 6 curious youths on their way to High School here. The guys are from Hanno and come to Iruma for a special HS school. I asked why and they said, “We are bad boys.” They were at first in a humorous way taunting and joking with Mark and I about faith. Mark in a simple and clear gospel presentation shared the destiny of all man, the provision of salvation through Christ and the hope of heaven in about 5 minutes in Japanese. I wish I had recorded it because I want to do that. My Japanese is very poor. Anyway, Mark asked them if they know they are sinners they all raised their hands, He asked them how they will get rid of their sin. They shrugged and were told about Jesus Christ and the death that took the penalty for our sins and the righteousness of Christ that cleanses us from all sin. Mark asked if they wanted to have their sins forgiven and receive Jesus and have the hope of heaven. They all said yes. I was quick to praise Mark for this but he pointed out that the divine appointment would not have happened had I not shown up and we agreed to pray on the South side where we did. God is so good. Pray that we can disciple these guys.

Mihoko has continued with the tea parties and Joyful life. The fellowship is strong and God is blessing those that are getting into the word. Pray for a Hawaiian themed tea party that will occur in June. The ladies are excited. Pray that others will join us.

The kids are doing great: Nathan is in the public school over at Toyooka Elementary. He is in a regular class and is learning the Japanese. Pray for him to enjoy the time and to try to learn as much as he can. He just finished his home schooling year and we allowed him a week off. Pray that he will make good friends. He is going to Summer camp next week. They say there are 50 junior boys signed up to go.

Rachel is finishing up her year about mid June. She had many Doctor Appointments and we need a few days to make up the missed school days. Her nasal treatments are going great. I finally understood what they have been doing. There is a tube that goes from the sinus cavity through your head to your ear canal. Rachel’s fills up with mucus in the tube and also her sinus cavity, and she can’t breath right nor hear properly. So the treatments are to suck all the junk out. I almost had to leave the room. She says the treatment hurts but the relief is worth every ounce of pain. She is so happy afterward saying she can smell again and hear so much better.

Jane loves her Preschool. She is excited to see they have a blow up pool and the kids are allowed to take swimwear to play in the water. She also loves the melodeon harp she is going to play. It is a musical instrument with a mini handheld piano that is operated by blowing air into a tube. The school is teaching the basics of music.

The ESL school has grown and we have added 3 more kids which is a blessing. We hosted a Date night/Game night. The parents go on a date and the kids come over for dinner and games. It was awesome. The dad's were so stoked to have some face time with the wife and the wife with the hubby. The are wondering when the next one will be.





Pray for our VBS the last week in July.

Pray we can begin Sunday Services from July.