We’re back!!!
Dear prayer friends,
I apologize that it has been so long since you have heard from us. Much has happened these past couple of months since our last update on February 21. Time flew by the last weeks of our STAS as we prepared to return to Japan, spoke in different church in different States. We returned to Japan on April 12 and have been busy with meetings as well as checking in with our folks here, both nationals and missionaries.
Some good news is E’s mother was able to be in one of the worship services at the Lotus coffee shop and is much more open to her daughter’s witness. God is using E’s loving works to soften her mother’s heart to the gospel. Here is E’s testimony: “Last week I was blessed because my mother came to one of our services. She needed a ride to a clinic and decided to join us to wait for me, but she had worship with us for the first time. I am going to buy a Bible and to give to her soon. Please pray for her to be saved.”
Some not so good news is that A-san who couldn’t meet for worship received a call from a church that she had attended once in the past and decided to go back to that church. She says she likes it because is nothing expected of her. After starting there, she quit fixing her daughter’s food, taking care of her home and became depressed. She even attempted suicide. She quit reading her Bible and praying, spent a lot of time at the church drinking and talking with the members, sometimes arriving at home at 2 a.m. Her non-believing husband decided that the church was bad and asked her to leave home. Pray that A-san will be healed, start reading her Bible again and apply what God teaches her. Pray for reconciliation to the group of believers that she was with as well as with her husband.
Thank you for sticking with us and praying. We see God at work and praise Him for answering your prayers for the Yo family. Also, your prayers for the leaders are being answered. They testified at leaders meeting this week of all that God is doing in their lives. Keep on praying and claiming the promises that God gives you for these leaders as well as for the lost the people of Japan.
Pray for me to faithfully write the prayer updates so you can pray for specific needs!! God answers those prayers and He is glorified as we share specifically how He has answered your prayers. Also, He is honored when we tell folks here that you are praying for them and they see God answering your prayers!!
Claiming His promises for His glory.
Tak and Lana Oue
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