Finally!

Hello Everyone!

I wrote just before we went to the Asaksu Temple on Tuesday, asking for prayers, and I felt them!
Walking into the temple gates, there was such a spiritual heaviness (only way I can describe it), but we prayer-walked around the Temple and inside it, and God revealed so much to us through prayer, watching the people worship, and scripture.
The morning before we went, I was pretty nervous, so I was praying for strength and boldness and God directed me to Isaiah 44.

1-2 The Lord says, "People of Jacob, you are my servants. Listen to me! People of Israel, I chose you. This is what the Lord says, who made you, who formed you in your mother's body, who will help you. "People of Jacob, my servants, don't be afraid. Israel, I chose you."

and then 9-20 was good.

10-11 that said " Who made these gods? Who made these useless idols? The workmen who made them will be ashamed because they are only human. If they all would come together, they would be ashamed and afraid."

Through Isaiah 44, God reminded me that I should never be nervous or afraid to go into any spiritual warfare because He chose me to do what I am doing and He is my protector, so He would never put me in a situation He hasn't prepared me for.
The second half of the chapter was ALL about idol worship and how the things made with human hands are worthless and the makers of idols will be ashamed. This applied to idol worship in the Temple and my own personal relationship with Christ. It was so eye-opening to watch hundreds of people coming into the Temple clapping their hands, throwing coins, and making extreme noise to awaken their gods. I couldn't say "How ridiculous" because Isaiah 44 had reminded me just that morning "He doesn't know what he is doing; his confused mind leads him the wrong way." 20a. God showed me exactly what I needed to prayer for.
Seeing this also made me want to praise my own Father for being a God that is near. I don't have to claps my hands and make noise to get His attention because I am always on His mind and in His hands. Sometimes I just forget and take advantage of the fact that Father is just a thought or a smile away and He shows His love to me in every little thing throughout my day. Their gods are known to be constantly angry with them and their gods are not even available to them. They have to wake them up any time they want to talk to them-even then its just a one-way communication. God showed me exactly what I needed to praise Him for.

In my opinion, the morning was successful :)

Then we went to the Shibuya train station for 5 minute english lessons on the street. We were out there for about 30 minutes (it was going pretty slow) AND THEN the police came and told us to stop...
We were bummed.
So at about 4:15pm we "stopped", but God had other plans. People pretty much bombarded us after that point..and our signs weren't even up! We weren't able to leave the Shibuya station until 6pm. God is good :)

So that was just one day.

Lots more has happened...lots lots lots..but I will have to fill you in later because this is getting wayyyyy too long and I'm sleepy.

I love you all! Thank you for your prayers.