Tuesday, June 10, 2008

GOD IS SOOOOO GOOD!!!

Okay, on Saturday I a group of us went to the Shibuya train station to do 5 min english lessons to attract Japanese and make friends with people. 5 min english is not my favorite thing to do ( I dislike it a lot actually lol) because I always feel awkward standing in the middle of the huge crowds holding a sign up, so I almost decided to not participate and just have a lazy day, but after talking to God about it, I was like "okay" reluctantly and went. After standing there awkwardly for about 30 min and meeting a few people here and there, two guys (Joshua and Immanuel-great names to start conversations with!) came up to me. Joshua was Japanese and Immanuel was German. We went through the baisc english lesson material I had and I said "hey did you know your names are great names in the Bible?" and joshua said no.. (Immanuel said he was part of the Mannonite Church and knew a little about everything) :) I asked Joshua if he would like to know about the story of Joshua and he said YES! We all ended up going to an area where we could sit and talk and we talked for over an hour and I went from Genesis to Revelation basically. Joshua seemed pretty interested, so I gave them both my contact info and this is what Joshua sent me today: Hello Erin, It is Joshua who met in the intersection of Shibuya. Thank you very much for teaching me about Christianity. Now I am interested in Christianity. I would like ask to you if you can help me to start being christian. Do you go to the church in Japan? If you go, could I go with you? I would like to see you again if you can teach me more about christianity. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Joshua I will be meeting with him soon! So please pray that Gd will speak through me and that he will feel drawn by the Holy Spirit (even though i'm pretty sure the HS is already working in his life)! I am so excited and so so so filled with joy!!! I just wanted to tell you all what happened so you could rejoice with me!!! I love you all so so so much. :)Erin

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well first of all Erin I am definitely rejoicing with you over that incredible story! I praise God for that so much.
Mostly for how powerful His Holy Spirit is working but also for what an encouragement and blessing that is to you.
It is so great to hear that you are getting out there and sharing His word with people and that they are being receptive to the Holy Spirit.
I am glad to hear that you have been able to find joy through that. What an encouraging thing to hear!

I will be lifting Joshua up in prayer for sure (and Immanuel). And I will be praying that God keeps showing Himself in amazing ways to both you and the people you are ministering to.

Keep up the great work Erin.

Shine like the Son.


Jared V