Aaron and my student Koji preparing to lead worship
Aaron just left for the final short visit here until he comes to take me home next month. What a blessing to have a job with Delta that he can easily come see me and not have to pay a fortune, and be able to spend some quality time with him!
Here are a couple of amazing ministry days I would like to share with you:
On Sunday, Aaron played guitar for worship. Doing ministry with him is one of the greatest joys of my life! One of my Japanese students and friends coordinates a contemporary service once a month, and was in need of a guitar player for this one. Aaron played and my friend sang in Japanese. Aaron wanted me to sing too, so we had some English background vocals with worship. Words cannot express the joy I felt as I stood before the congregation and saw my Japanese brothers and sisters in Christ pour their hearts out to the Lord in worship. We concluded the evening with my church family here with an engagement party and snacks. What a blessing my church family here is to us both! They have truly embraced both Aaron and I and shared their hearts and their lives with us. I was so thankful to have a time to encourage them and thank them for their love for internationals. I enjoy being with them very much!
A few weeks ago, we had a new student come to our Saturday classes. He knows some English and is interested in learning more about God and the Bible. Since he started coming four weeks ago, he has been to church twice. Our last class during Bible time, he talked about how he can't feel God's existence. We did not have our Japanese translator that day, so my students patiently waited as I spoke to him in English, and my class spoke to him in Japanese to help him understand the Bible lesson for the day. I was amazed and impressed to watch my entire class help and minister to the new student, and give him a Japanese Bible. This class contains three strong Christians who understand God's heart for us to share His message with others, and look at their class as not only a time to learn English, but also a time to reach out to others! I know God will continue His work there after I go home!
As I enter my last month here, I have strong mixed emotions. I can't wait to be Aaron's wife, but I am sad to leave all of my friends and students here. One of God's greatest blessings is to love and be loved, and I have experienced much of the love of Christ through others while I've been here. Thanks for your prayers! My experiences happen when God's people pray:) I'm looking forward to seeing everyone stateside again soon!
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