Here's a copy of my latest "newsletter"...
Hello!
Hello!
I know it's been a while
since I've written an update! January and February flew by and now March is
here! Yesterday was so warm you could smell spring in the air! Today it was
snowing again, but that's beside the point!
Anyway, we've just got two
weeks until graduation! We have five seniors graduating this year... all of them
have been with us since their first year of junior high... six years. It's kinda
sad to see them go, but exciting to see the work God is doing in them! Two of
them will be going to Bible school in Tokyo while the other three are heading on
to different colleges. Please pray for God to keep, lead and guide them!
After graduation, we have
a three-week spring break. The first week, I'll be going along with a team from
church up north to the Tohoku area. It's been two years since the tsunami and
they've come a long way. But there is still much need there. This time we will
be staying in a fishing village and helping to harvest seaweed!! Should be a
very interesting experience! There's a local pastor who's been working in that
area since the tsunami and there's a lot of openness to the
gospel. I heard that recently people have even opened their homes to a Bible
study! Please agree with us for opportunities to minister and for a harvest in
that region! Also some people said there's still concern about effects of
radiation, so please pray for protection from that, and for health and
protection the whole week.
The next thing on the
schedule then is Philippines!! A
very good friend of mine is there for two years interning at a school of midwifery. It's a
Christian organization who works with women, helping with the delivery of their
babies and bringing the hope of the gospel. I'll just be there for less than a
week. It will partly be a vacation with a little ministry squeezed in there
where possible... I may even get to help deliver a baby! Oh my!
I'll get back from
Philippines just in time for the entrance ceremony and start of the new school
year! And the beginning of my tenth year here in Japan! :o I can hardly believe
it!
God has also opened up the door for me to
go to Africa this summer! My dad and sister have been going to Malawi,
Africa for, is it 16 years?! Maybe more? Anyway, a long time! And ever since
they first went, I've been waiting for a chance to go along. This year I really
had it on my heart to go and was trying to make it work, but it didn't seem
possible. I finally gave it over to God and said, "OK, I won't mention it
again!" The very next morning I had about 5 texts from my mom and sister saying,
"Call NOW! We found a good ticket and we're getting you one, too!" I asked the
pastors here if it was OK, and they said, "As long as you come back!!" :) So
within 24 hours of surrendering it to God, I had permission to go AND a ticket!!
God is good!
Well, thank you all for your continued prayer and support! God bless!
