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Good News on the Answering Machine
By jpnnana | March 14, 2004
Dear Praying Friends:
March is Free Japan month; this is a focus on prayer to break down strongholds that hinder the gospel. Our JGPTeam joined this effort by prayer walking from March 3-9. On March 3, a volunteer arrived from California to join us in Prayer Walking in Chiba. When we were prayer walking, God opened doors of opportunity to witness. As we drove in front of M’s house on our way to a neighborhood to pray, we stopped to deliver a Bible and tracts. They invited us in and we had an opportunity to witness to them. In God’s plan, Mr. T, who has been witnessed to by the Christians before, was there visiting them. During the conversation, Mr. T asked to talk to Tak who spent the afternoon presenting the gospel to him. He wasn’t saved but listened with tears in his eyes. Pray for him to humble himself before the Lord and pray to accept Christ as Savior.
Our hearts ached as we walked among the rice paddies and the scattered groups of homes in the country side. In one isolated group of houses, Tak met a lady on the street who wanted to know what we were doing out in the country. He told her we had come to pray that people would come to know Jesus and trust him as Savior. The lady’s reply broke our hearts as she said, “Who is Jesus?” Tak was able to share with her but she is old and has lived among the shrines and the strongholds of Satan for over 70 years. There are many like her who are spiritually blind. Pray with us for their salvation.
On Sunday evening as we were debriefing our day, we received another “good news” phone call from E-san. She called to tell us that Mrs. N had led her eight year old son, Mi to the Lord on Sunday afternoon. This lady had been afraid for people to find out she is a Christian. But because of a crisis in her life recently that drove her to God’s word, she has now decided she wants to be follow the Lord in baptism and tell Christ’s message of grace to her friends. Pray that she and her son and husband can all grow in the Lord and be baptized together soon.
Good news on the answering machine came on Friday evening as we returned home around midnight. Mrs. Se had invited Mrs. M to come to Mrs. Sa’s house in the evening where three of the ladies witnessed to her. After hearing the gospel, she prayed to receive Christ as Savior. We have been praying for her since October. Pray that Mrs. M will be an obedient disciple and put Luke 9:23 into practice in her life.
The school year ends on March 24th and two weeks of spring vacation begins. Students are free from homework, attending graduation ceremonies, and looking forward to the new school year add excitement as spring arrives. We are in the midst of planning special worship times and a day camp for the children of the Christians. Pray this will be a special time for the children. Ask God to direct our thoughts and hearts and lead us step by step as we plan, There are now three Christian elementary aged children. There are 10 or 15 others who are not yet Christians. Pray that this will be a time to harvest the seed of the gospel that have been sown in their hearts already.
Claiming His promises,
Tak and Lana
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