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We have seen God do some awesome things in Okinawa since we last wrote to you and shared about the men coming to Christ.

The day after our last update, Mr. Miku led another man to the Lord. The next day two men accepted Christ. And then two days later, another man was saved. Wow!!! Six men came to Christ in about a little over a week. In fact just as I was about to hit send on this email, more news and a request came in to Tak from Mr. Miku. “Mr. Ueda was saved a little while ago. Please pray that he will come worship next Monday. Also, and keep praying for the children’s meeting this afternoon at 4:30”

Pray especially for Mr. Shiro who goes out with Mr. Miku to share the gospel as well as bring his friends to Mr. Miku to hear about Jesus. Pray this man will become a fruitful Christian and a spiritual leader.

The next week Mr. Miku took his wife and children to the park and witnessed to some elementary boys. Three were saved. Two were in the sixth grade and had been to church somewhere before. One was in the fourth grade. Pray for understanding from their parents. See the prayer request above.

Please pray for all these new Christians to follow the Lord in baptism and in a daily walk of faith. Most of them are poor; a couple of them are homeless. Pray for Mr. Miku to have wisdom, patience and much discernment as he gathers these new believers together as the body of Christ.

While we were rejoicing at what God is doing in Okinawa, we received word from E in Togane that Mr. To, for whom you have prayed and to whom we have witnessed, had committed suicide. We wept as we heard the news that he had died without Christ. He rejected the gospel, choosing to worship the creation rather than the creator. He his wife and three daughters also have no hope in Christ. Pray for this mother and daughters to come to Christ and know the comfort that only He can give them.

Lastly, we have a personal prayer request for Tak. Because of an increasing PSA count and a blood test in June that revealed a “bad” (according the dr.) free PSA ratio, Tak is entering Koran University Hospital on July 24 for a biopsy. Please pray with us that the test will be successful in detecting cancer cells should there be any. Of course, our desire is that there are not any cancer cells at all. But, we know that God is in control. We will get the biopsy report back on the morning of August 6th which is still August 5th (his birthday) in the States, so hopefully many will still be praying for him.

Thank you for praying with us.
Tak and Lana