Melton-Japan-Mission

Blessing the One... As we continue to serve people here in Japan, a recurring theme we have seen over the past two weeks is the idea of serving and blessing the one.  This means no matter what you may be involved with at work, school, community, or even church, the gospel of Jesus Christ allows us to look at others in a different light, as true brothers and sisters, and all children of our Heavenly Father. March has been American Red Cross month, and as such there have been a lot of opportunities to serve.  Yet we were finding that as we participated in each one of these, our thoughts were more on the individuals we would engage with, rather than the actual activities themselves.  One of these was support a Red Cross information booth at various locations around the base.  These included the Family Fleet and Service Center (FFSC), the Navy Exchange Food Court, and the Commissary.  We also supported another coffee cart at the medical clinic.  It was probably...

Community Service Lately we have been noticing that since the community on NAF Atsugi is relatively small, as MRM's we are getting recognized more all the time. There was a donation box at the commissary for items to be used by the Catholic congregation in making rice balls. The manager recognized that we work with the Chaplin's office. She asked if we could get the items picked up which we then coordinated with the Chaplain's staff.  We celebrated Mardi Gras on Fat Tuesday this week. Having attended the Catholic Service on Sunday, we met the priest and mentioned that we would volunteer at their sponsored event.  Our service consisted of making pancakes, serving a Devils Food cake we baked, assisting children and their families in making crafts, and helping with the clean-up afterwards. Afterwards we were able to take leftover cake to a couple of church members who lived on base. The grandparents of one family were visiting, and we learned that they had served at Malmstro...