New Beginnings

Hello to you!

It's hard to believe the month of September has already come and gone. We happily welcomed the month of October, as with it came our new teaching schedule. Instead of only teaching one day a week, we will now be teaching three days a week. Thus far, we have had about seven new students register! Praise God for his faithful provision! We've enjoyed meeting these new students and are encouraged that some people have actually noticed the English flyer in their newspaper or mailbox. Please continue to pray for more students to join our class and that Logan and I would have patience as we wait. We find peace knowing that the Lord has already hand-picked each student He wants to join our classroom.

We are continuing to settle into Japanese daily life; our apartment is starting to feel more and more like our home. We began private Japanese language classes in mid September, which have been going  so well! Our teacher lives in the neighbourhood and teaches both English and Japanese; we are very fortunate to have such a great resource so close nearby. We aim to study at least one hour everyday, as the language barrier continues to be our biggest challenge in sharing the Gospel.

Somedays we feel very useless and we ask ourselves, what's the point in us being here if we can't even tell someone about Jesus in his/her own language? However, John 13:34-35 has been a strong reminder and encouragement. It says "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." Our main duty is to demonstrate God's love and the fruits of the Spirit to the Japanese people.

Thank you for the many prayers and words of encouragement many of you have sent our way. We appreciate your support so much!

Praise & Prayer:

-Praise God for our new English students, as well as fellowship with local Japanese people and our MB Mission team this month
-Please pray that Logan and I would be able to demonstrate God's love through our daily living
-Continue to pray for our Japanese language development/communication
-Pray that we will keep feeling more at home here in Japan, and also for our marriage as we adjust to spending every waking minute together... :)

Thank you!
Logan & Heidi Foth

This photo is from a baseball game we attended Sept. 27th; Osaka's Hanshin Tigers!