Thursday, July 10, 2008

another girl comes to know Christ!

This time, a girl from Tsuda University!! Her name is Kei. I am so joyful, and so is she!! But as this is just the beginning of her walk with Jesus, please be praying for her in this vital time in life. She has already received the word of God with gladness. Pray that she will become a disciple of Christ and bear fruit for the Kingdom. Pray for her to get plugged in with a church and with Student Impact (Japanese CCC) and to be discipled. Oh my gosh, I am so stoked!!!

I actually mentioned Kei before. She came to our last week's "Discover Friends" outreach and had dinner with some of our team. I invited her to come to tonight's Student Impact weekly meeting, and three girls from our Epic Tokyo team (Lauren, Erin, and Grace) shared the gospel with her using the Knowing God Personally booklet. I entered the conversation right as she was saying that she would like to be a Christian and have Jesus in her heart. We all prayed together, and she prayed for the first time for God to take her past, forgive her for any wrong, and to fill her life. It was a sweet and tender moment as we listened to her pray in Japanese.

From left to right: Grace, Lauren, Kei!!!, Erin, Anita (JCCC staff), me

This is a doubly-momentous occasion, since this is the first time that Lauren, Erin, and Grace have ever led someone to Christ before. These girls are so excited and have expressed that "they have never felt anything like this." We were all celebrating Kei's newfound faith. It is wonderful to be used by God and to witness miracles. Before this trip, some of them may have never shared their faith in a cross-cultural way until now. Pray for our team as more catch a glimpse of what it is like to be part of the Great Commission. I truly believe that these men and women on our team will be the future church leaders and missionaries of our day. Pray with me in faith that it would be so!

Also in light of all that has been going on, I sense a lot of spiritual battle. Pray for team unity and against distraction and tiredness. As the initial novelty of being in Japan wears off and stress and culture shock set in, I have been wary of conflicts and dissensions that may arise.

Blessings, and thank you for all your prayers that are advancing the Kingdom of God here in Japan! I can't believe we saw 2 people come to know Christ within a week!!! We are still trusting that students from Rikkyo, Toyo, and Todai come to experience the same joy of the Lord as our new sister Kei.

Tonight at the Student Impact Mtg, from left to right: Momoe, me, and Chihiro (the girl who accepted Christ last week)

3 comments:

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Kathy Tekawa said...

Brit...Thank you for this encouraging, exciting news! We are stoked too! Surely the Lord is using all of you. We are praying for you as you press on... thank you for all that you are doing for the Kingdom! Your blogs are such a testimony.

Anonymous said...

Woo Hoo!

I'm praying for you guys!