A well used house

Eighteen months ago we moved into our house here. Just over a week before we were due to leave Scotland to return to Japan, still no house had been found for us. Then on the very day we were moving out of our 'Scottish' house, an e-mail came with details of a place for us in Hiragishi. It seemed perfect. And a year and a half down the road we realise just what a provision this place is. It's great for our worship services. We can host many people in our large lounge, with an extra tatami room off that too. Often we have hosted large gatherings of people whether these be church-related, OMF-related or just having several of the boys' friends for sleepovers. It's a very flexible place with so much space. It is not obviously a church building from the outside. But then again, it isn't - it is our home which doubles as our meeting place. And church is not about a building anyway (however helpful a building may be). It's about people. We are so glad that our home can be used as a place where people can come and go. We have had lots of precious times and fun times over these past eighteen months.