When some of you see this picture, you are probably asking what are we exactly doing over here? Are we just having a holiday and a good time, and neglecting the mission work that has been planned?
You would be surprised, but I think this picture from my homestay experience so far, and similarly with experiences from everyone in the team, really sums up one of the biggest ministry and mission areas (if not the biggest) that we are involved with here in Japan.
God had organised homestays for us just in His good timing (one day before we left), and due to the homestay situation, we actually have a double exposure to homestays, as we are all changing to new homestays at the end of the week. Within our time with the homestays, amongst all the good food, touristy stuff, social conversations and interactions with them, it is clear that God is working through us to reach our homestay families. There are so many 'God moments' occurring within our homestay families that it is not mere coincidence, but God's work (the sushi was good too).
Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
Only 1 week left!! Hope God continues to use all of you heaps during this trip. It's times like this that you get pushed, pulled and stretched to the point of despair, but you will be truly thankful in the long run for the knowledge, skills and awareness that you have acquired to serve Him better than ever before for the rest of your lives.
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds like you are being well fed. Hope the seeds you are planting germinate, grow and bear fruit. You are being remembered in our prayers :-)
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