Okay! 

Things are going great!

These next 10 days are going to be crazy.  Tomorrow 189 volunteers will be coming to Tokyo and the interns will be leading them around that whole time (that means me).  Luckily, tomorrow is my off day so I will miss out on the airport craziness, but on wednesday I will dive into the busy schedules prepared for us!  

Please pray for the interns and the volunteers-that God would help us work well together.  So that means we will need a lot of love and patience :) 

Joshua could not meet at 1pm on Sunday so right now we are just waiting for another time to meet.  That is going to be a little difficult for the next week since we have almost 200 high school students to lead so please pray that God will make time in our schedules.

My meeting with Waka-son went wonderfully!  I met so many other contacts that night too!  Waka-son is a cook at the restaurant I met her at so she introduced me to the entire kitchen.  I feel like everyone I met that night was so welcoming and friendly!  It felt like family which reminded me of how much I wanted them to be a part of my eternal family.  I am meeting her there again on Wednesday.  She is bringing a friend.  Please pray for that meeting.

My time is coming to a close here, so I am naturally feeling frantic, but God started a work in Tokyo waaaay before I got here and will continue that work waaaaay after I leave, so I don't think I should be worried about the time I have left.  I know that He has so much more to do in the next two weeks though.  I'm so excited!!!  

I will be updating when I can :)

I love you all!!!

God BLESS YOU!!!

Quick Prayer Request

Hello All :)

I just wanted everyone to say a little prayer because I'm meeting Joshua tomorrow at 1pm.

Also, please pray for me because I'm struggling with some things this week.  

Thank you all for reading this :) and praying for me.

Erin

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First of all, I just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to those of you who have been praying for me and for the Japanese people.   We are seeing God move in ways that we could never have imagined.  BUT thankfully.. it's just like God to be completely miraculous and in control when we are weak and faithless. 

Well, today you have something to praise God for!  We have 29 new brothers and sisters in Christ!   Since June 1st 29 people have decided to let Jesus Christ take control of their lives and let the glory of His name be the hope and focus of their lives.  I don't know about you, but this gives me a reason to praise God!!! Over these last couple of months it has become so obvious to us how insignificant we all are and how incapable we are of doing anything here, but God is moving and He is calling the Japanese people to Himself.  We are just servants trying to be obedient and we don't even succeed in that at times. 

Just an update about Joshua.. He has taken Jesus Christ to his university.  He is telling the club he belongs to about his decision.  He is being an obedient witness and sharing his testimony to other Japanese.  He is repenting of his old ways and reading God's Word.  IT'S AMAZING!!!

We are meeting on Wednesday night so please be praying for him and our Bible Study.

More exciting news.

My friend was leading a team in Shibuya (where we live) where we give free 5 minute English lessons to interested Japanese.   She caught the attention of one young woman and they went through the prepared english lesson and then she brought up Jesus and Christianity.   They talked for a while about it and the lady's response was "There aren't many Christians in Japan.  We are very Buddhist.. but I hear that there is a Christian movement happening in Shibuya.."

ummm... need I say more?  This means that it is not just us telling Japanese people about Jesus and Christianity.  It's Japanese people telling other Japanese people about Jesus and Christianity!!  A Christian movement is happening in Shibuya.. IN THE CENTER OF TOKYO!  

and it is only going to spread like in 1 Thessalonians 1.. God is so awesome!

If you are needing something to pray for please read the following:

Waka-son :  Waka-son and I met in Yoyogi Park on Saturday and we are meeting again on Friday.  She is so eager and excited to see me again.  Please pray that Father speaks directly through me and that she is open and receptive to whatever He may want me to say.  

Joshua:  That he keeps growing and reading and witnessing to his friends and family.  We are meeting on Wednesday so please pray for that meeting.  

E-son:  She is very close to salvation.  My friends have been meeting with her 2 times a week for more than a month and she is "trying to put the puzzle together".  She said that her heart believes but her mind is having trouble.  Please pray that the Holy Spirit just takes her over.  

The Interns:  we are going to have a VERY BUSY next couple of weeks.  For 10 days we will be in charge of 189 volunteers.  This begins next week so please pray for patience and endurance and GOOD SLEEP.

Thank you all so much!

I love you all!

Please email me if you ever want to talk!

Erin