ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <title>connecting with the Kindervaters</title> <style> <!-- div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#7C89A0" link="#000080" vlink="#64728B" alink="#800000"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="520" height="760"> <!-- MSTableType="layout" --> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2" height="82"> <!-- MSCellType="ContentHead" --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingTableID="1" --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#800000" height="5"> <img alt="" width="1" height="5" src="../images/MsSpacer.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingType="content" --> <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="100%" valign="middle"> <p align="right"> <font color="#800000"> <img border="0" src="../images/mtitle.jpg" width="116" height="44" align="left"></font></p> <p align="right"><b> <font color="#800000" face="Arial">K</font></b><font color="#64728B" size="2" face="Arial">onnecting with the </font><font color="#800000" face="Arial"><b> K</b></font><font color="#64728B" size="2" face="Arial">indervaters in Japan</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#7C89A0" height="5" width="100%"> <img alt="" width="1" height="5" src="../images/MsSpacer.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="95"> <!-- MSCellType="NavBody" --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingTableID="2" --> <tr> <td width="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingType="content" --> <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="84" height="100%" valign="top">&nbsp;<!--webbot bot="Navigation" S-Type="sequence" S-Orientation="vertical" S-Rendering="html" S-Bar="Tabular" S-Btn-Nml="&lt;A HREF=&quot;#URL#&quot; TARGET=&quot;#TARGET#&quot;&gt;#LABEL#&lt;/A&gt;" S-Btn-Sel="#LABEL#" S-Btn-Sep="&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;" S-Bar-Pfx="&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;" S-Bar-Sfx="&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;" B-Include-Home="FALSE" B-Include-Up="FALSE" U-Page="sid:1001" Tag="body" startspan --><table><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../indexretired200907.htm" TARGET="">Home</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../prayer.htm" TARGET="">Prayer</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../news_main.htm" TARGET="">News</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../Kapsules_archive.htm" TARGET="">Kapsules</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../elemalbum.htm" TARGET="">Photos</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="../Videotop.htm" TARGET="">Video</A></nobr></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><nobr><A HREF="mailto:sanbi4u-hp32@dvjapan.org?subject=from homepage" TARGET="">Contact&nbsp;us</A></nobr></td></tr></table><!--webbot bot="Navigation" i-checksum="4808" endspan --></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td bgcolor="#7C89A0" height="100%" width="5"> <img alt="" width="5" height="1" src="../images/MsSpacer.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" height="659" width="425"> <!-- MSCellType="ContentBody" --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingTableID="3" --> <tr> <td height="100%" width="100%"> <!-- MSCellFormattingType="content" --> <table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="100%" valign="top"> <p style="margin-right: -1px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="right"> <b><font face="Arial" color="#64728B">opening of the sea |</font><font face="Arial" color="#800000"> Kapsule</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: right"> <span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial" color="#800000" size="2">7/12/2005&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Arial"><b> Opening of the Sea</b><font size="2"><br> Next Monday is a Japanese Holiday:  Sea Day  the day they  open the sea. Sounds like a re-enactment of the Exodus, but actually it s not quite that dramatic. It is the day the sea is  opened as in  open for swimming. We find it odd that pools and beaches don t open until mid-July when it is hot in May, but people are busy and children are in school until that day, so maybe there is no one free to enjoy the sea before that day! It s one of the mysteries of the Orient.<br> &nbsp;<br> Speaking of the Exodus, we could use a big miracle like the opening of the Red Sea. Would you pray that God work in a mighty way as He did at the Exodus? Our big event of the summer will be our VBS. I ve mentioned it before: July 25-28, with a closing program on Sunday, the 31. This team has worked incredibly hard and prepared what looks like a great program for us. With registration closing next week, we only have 9 kids so far. We are praying for 30. Would you pray that more kids register within the next week, and for the team s final preparation and finances? Thanks you..<br> &nbsp;<br> <b>SWAMP-seeing</b><br> On a personal note: several weeks ago, we took a one-night trip to a swamp for vacation. I know. Those of you from PA or Minnesota are probably scratching your heads. &nbsp;You probably have a swamp in your back yard- and a billion mosquitoes to go with it. For people in Tokyo, though, a walk in the swamp may be a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Just ask our niece, Krista, who visited recently. When we asked people what we should see, one of the top recommendations was a visit to a swamp! So we tried it! God s creation really IS beautiful. Even the swamp!<br> &nbsp;<br> Have a great day,<br> &nbsp;<br> David &amp; Evangeline Kindervater<br> Japan Alliance Mission ( www.japancma.org ) </font></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#7C89A0" colspan="2" height="19"> <p align="center">&nbsp;<font size="2" color="#C0C0C0">Serving with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Japan</font></td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>