Steps of Faith

It's encouraging to see faith grow in the lives of our friends who were baptized on Easter Sunday.

Thursday the mom and daughter came over. When my rice cooker died I took it in for repairs but it was going to cost almost as much as a new one so I took the plunge and purchased one. This one has a cake cycle. I decided to have my friends come over so we could try making a cake in it together. Actually the mom misread the directions and it really wasn't turning out. While we waited for it to cook we had some left-over pizza for lunch. The five-year-old daughter prayed for our meal. She told God that the cake really flopped, but could He please fix it. When we opened the lid, the cake worked. Immediately she said, "I prayed!"



The mom told me about what I really think is a miracle. She said she thought the Holy Spirit was telling her that they should tear out the ceiling in their house. She is a new Christian so listening to the Spirit is something she is learning. She asked her husband to tear out the ceiling and he did (pretty trusting husband!). While tearing it out he discovered that someone who had remodeled the house years ago had put cement blocks up above the ceiling.

It is not permissible to throw away cement in Tokyo because of the landfill problem. You can't put it out in the trash and they won't even take it if you pay for "big trash." I know. I have a cement block from an old laundry pole that I can't get rid of.

Back to the story...It is such a blessing that they discovered these cement blocks because it is a very old house and with all the aftershocks we're having, their ceiling could have easily caved in and killed them. On top of that the dad discovered that a mouse had chewed through electrical wires and they easily could have had a fire. The husband was able to fix the wires and they are all working hard to break down the cement blocks into little pieces. God protected this Christian family growing in their faith.