Spreading Out
Dear Praying Friends:
On February 16 and 17 Mrs. Now (not real name) will go to the city of Oita on the island of Kyushu to meet with her sister and friends. Our vision and prayer is thatthis will be the beginning of many house churches. Pray that as she shares about starting a house church that the Christians present will catch the vision. Pray she will be able to share the gospel clearly with the lost and that they will respond as the Holy Spirit’s speaks to their hearts. Pray that God will raise up believers with a desire to become multiplying disciples.
Thank you for praying for Mr. Sato to be able to come to worship. God answered your prayers in a wonderful way. He was able to attend worship the very next day after we sent out the request and has been there each time since. Tak has been discipling him on the phone in the evening and today they were meet together. In the closing prayer, Mr. Sato prayed for his friend, Mr. Na. whom he was going to visit later in the day. Pray that Mr. Sato will be able to witness to Mr. Na and lead him to the Lord.
Mr. Yo is growing each week and is faithfully attending worship. Pray for him as he is discipled that he will be obedient to the Holy Spirit and put into practice what he learns. Continue to pray that God will use him to reach the young men in the company dormitory where he lives and that a church will start there.
Monday we have leadership training. Pray for us as we train the leaders. Pray for the leaders to have wisdom and be faithful to pass along what they learn and be diligent in discipling the new Christians. There are several Christians that have not grown to the point of becoming a reproducing disciple Pray that they will become obedient disciples that reproduce.
Praise the Lord for Mrs. Koma who reads her Bible each night and says she now believes in Jesus and wants to share her faith with her adult children. Pray she will take a bold stand for Christ. She thinks her husband who is dying of cancer will not be interested because he is too tied to ancestor worship. Pray she will be able to witness to him and that he will be saved. Pray with us that he will be healed miraculously and that thousands will come to faith in Christ and churches will be started all through that town and prefecture.
Claiming His Promises For His Glory,
Lana and Tak