Al: Serving at OBC

We made it to OBC, Okutama Bible Chalet, just before noon on Thursday. There is a middle school/high school camp going on right now. There are 69 campers here in the tiny camp located on 0.7 acres of land. There are only 7 sinks for the boys to cleanup with and 7 sinks for the girls. The shower here is a guy's only community type shower with 5 stations to shower and one 6'x6'soaking tub. I assume the girl's only shower area is the same. Ev and I are sleeping in a tatame room without air conditioning but we do have fans and a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier collected almost a half gallon of water in 8 hours. This area of Japan is cooler than urban Tokyo as we are in a valley surrounded by high hills covered with trees. We had heavy rains and thunderstorms during the early afternoon today which later cleared up and allowed the guys to work outside.

When we committed to this trip, we wanted to have a servant attitude and serve the people in Japan. There service opportunities here at OBC are ample. So far we washed dishes, cleaned windows, printed designs on 90 DVD's, helped prepare for a bulk mailing, the guys dug out a fig tree and planted it in a new location. We have helped prepare food, and cleaned and set up the dining room. We are tired but it is a good kind of tiredness.

As a reward for digging up the tree, the guys were allowed to use the swimming pool.

Well, We got to go and help set up for breakfast.

Al