At Yokohama Christian School, students from preschool to fifth grade participate in Physical Education twice a week. We emphasize the importance of physical activity for children’s development. Our lessons range from basic…

In a recent science lab, upper elementary students discovered that, after stretching their arm muscles, they could reach to higher heights than they could before stretching. Similarly, in this blog post, I…

Happy New Year! I feel so blessed to welcome the new year that God has brought! One day when I was driving from Kannai area to Minatomirai, I noticed there was a…

Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. Christmas is a time of year when we all seem to go into overdrive: the Christmas shopping,…

“The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.” — John 14:26 Have…

“Master, Master, we are going to drown!”, screamed Jesus’s disciples who were in the boat. (Luke 8:24). The disciples were facing a storm and were getting swamped with danger. In the midst…

Simply believing in God is no good to us. We are to have faith, and trust is the practical outworking of faith. Faith in God sometimes seems like an unclear, airy-fairy concept,…

The beginning of every school year starts with excitement and nerves, new classrooms, new (and old) friends and so much more. Students come to school and begin learning new routines and remembering…

“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward…

TEAMWORK! This word came to me as I was planning for my Elementary Physical Education classes. In the previous months, students learned team sports like basketball and handball. While scoring and winning…