The event on Saturday went quite well. At PBA we're celebrating LifeLine's 20th anniversary, but in Gunma Prefecture the local churches have been airing the program for 10 years -- so it was kind of a 10/20 celebration. The rally was held in Maebashi Christ Church, one of the larger, nicer churches I've ever visited in Japan. They even had a pipe organ!

Everyone seemed to like the meeting -- lots of speeches and greetings that are such a big deal here, as well as a short message, and then a concert by a gospel singer who's well known in Christian circles here. The video compilation went over well; got lots of compliments on it.

They also had a nice room for the art display, and had around 8 people to help unload, set up and then tear down when it was all over. The easiest event so far!

Then just this morning before going to church, I was reading the viewer response that comes in through our web page, and there was an email from a guy who just saw the program for the first time. He's a believer and was really excited to 'discover' the show, and he says he's going to tell everyone he knows to watch it. That's exactly how we hope believers and churches will make use of the program!

Here are a few pics from yesterday.