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Name: Pamela
Gender: Female
Interests: I love music! I cannot live without music. Listening to music, playing the guitar, worshipping God. I love star bucks, watching movies, chi/jap/korean dramas. Did I mention chilling at star-bucks? I love journaling and reading. I enjoy dancing and want to get better. i love nature, the sea, being close to God's creation. I enjoy traveling and trying new things! I like to learn scuba diving and driving if i have the chance.
Occupation: Missionary to Japan
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Member Since:
12/16/2006
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| Dearest Partners-in-Ministry & Friends,
Thank you so much for your continued support, prayers and encouragement that makes it possible for me to do what God has called me to do. I thank God for you and I pray for His blessings and guidance upon your lives. Please feel free to drop me an email if you have any specific needs that you like me to intercede and join in prayer.
I have started my MA Counseling course at Singapore Bible College (SBC) since January and seminary life is really busy and so far it has been stressful for me trying to keep up with heavy load of assignments & readings, while still adjusting back to Singapore and life as a student, as a daughter and sister to my family. I am taking 7 modules this term and I know now it's too much and will adjust accordingly next term. Meanwhile, I will continue to depend on His abundant grace for me.
I am thankful that even though the workload is heavy, God is ministering to me personally through each class and I hear Him personally in every lesson. I am grateful to be able to pursue my clinical counseling degree in a seminary because SBC offers an integrative and holistic approach in training counselors. My degree is not pastoral counseling but it is a clinical counseling degree. SBC offers courses that provide strong biblical foundations to integrate psychology/psychotherapy with biblical theology so that it is out of the depth of our relationship with God that we are equipped to help others.
The approach is holistic in that one of the most important lesson we've been taught is that the "real self" of the therapist is most important. For a counselor to be effective, the counselor must grow in self-knowledge and self-awareness of her own issues, so that she does not bring her issues into counseling relationships that can actually cause more harm then help, even if unintended. The counselor should take care to work on personal issues and be committed to her own growth towards greater wholeness and freedom in Christ. The emphasis is not on being perfect but being "authentic." Carl Rogers, counseling guru, would call it "congruence."
God has already began His work in me. He has surfaced areas of growth I need to work on and at times when it gets depressing, I am thankful for the theological classes that provide a God-perspective that brings comfort and hope. I learn from John of the Cross, one of the spiritual giants of history, that "the more we look at God, the darker our sight becomes because we are blinded by the purity of the God we worship. We are now in the dark night of the soul. But this darkness is not a place of failure and distance, rather it is a place of increasing intimacy with God."
I'm so encouraged and full of hope that God is the One guiding me on this journey and I'm His work-in-progress because He loves and cares for me. It is not just so I can become more effective for service, but at the heart of it, God cares for me and loves me so much His desire for me is to grow in wholeness and freedom as His child, so I can become all He wants me to be. I know that is God's desire for you and me. May this give us hope when we find ourselves in challenging times.
I, once again am humbled and amazed by His grace that He would choose, and He would rather use "wounded healers"-imperfect vessels to carry His glory in this world, so that "His strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in our weakness!" (AMP)
Thank you so much for journeying with me,
Your friendship is precious gift from God to me,
God bless,
Pamela Koh (Staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, Singapore.)
Prayer Requests and some Updates :
1) God has revealed to me areas I need to attend to in my family relationships. Please pray God will give me wisdom in ministering to my mom and sisters in His love. Pray for His protect upon my family, for my sisters to walk close with God and my mom's salvation. Also for grace to keep up and enjoy my studies.
2) One of my disciples, Kumiko Hayakawa has decided to intern for one year with the ministry in Japan. God has spoken to her personally and I am encouraged to see her willing to pay the price of obedience. She gave up the job offer she got after months of hard work, when she felt God challenging her to give a year towards God's work. She made the decision before I left Japan and she is now officially accepted on intern with blessings from her non-believing parents. Please pray for Kumiko as she prepare to start intern in April. Please pray for God's provision, salvation of her family members and for her to serve out of a deep, intimate and overflowing personal relationship with God.
Kumiko (left) and Ayumi (right).
 
3) Ayumi has been working with church as Youth Director in-charge of the youth ministry since last year. God has been using Ayumi to bless her church in ministering to the kids as well as helping the youth grow in their relationship with God. She shared she saw 2 baptisms over the last year. PTL. Please pray God continues to give Ayumi wisdom, vision and passion to serve the Lord. May God bring revival to her youth group in church and she can raise up disciples who love and live for Jesus. Kaji, who has completed his one year stint in Australia, is back in Japan. Please pray for him as he seek the Lord for his next step.
(Ayu and Kaji)
4) Mai and Mika visited Singapore last month and it is so refreshing to catchup with them and see how much they have grown in the Lord. Mai is going to move to Tokyo for 2 years for her job. Her desire is to be able to still serve God actively in church and share the gospel. Please pray for her transition and also for God to provide and lead her to a good church in Tokyo. For J-believers, being connected to a local church community is extremely important for their faith. Along with Mai, there are 12 students
who will graduate from Nagoya Student Impact this March. Please pray these students will continue to impact Japan for Jesus wherever they may go or work as after graduation.
(Mai and Mika visiting Singapore Crusade office and my church.)
 
5) Students who were overseas last term like Izumi, Shiho and Ko-chan are also back from their exchange program. Please pray they can smoothly assimilate back into the Nagoya SI community and these students will continue to love God and grow deep in Him.
(Pic on left- Shiho and Izumi back from exchange; Pic on right-All graduated and actively serving the Lord.)
 
6) Please pray for the Singapore ministry here as they prepare to send out student mission trips throughout this year. I hear there has been a lot of spiritual battle recently, so please pray for staff & students involve to not be discouraged but keep pressing on. May God's purposes be accomplished, nations be blessed and laborers raised through these mission trips.
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| Dearest Partners-in-Ministry,
Blessed Christmas to you and Blessings for the New Year! ^^
Really want to thank God for your precious partnership, prayers and support always.
Thank you for journeying with me and making a difference together. I pray that God will bless you back in His special ways for all you've given to Him.
"God will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times, so that many will thank God for your gifts which they receive from us. " 2 Corinthians 9:11 (GNT)
Sending a little "Thank You" video to You for Your partnership & friendship. It is a thanksgiving to GOD and to YOU for our journey in Japan for the last 6 years. Since my first mission trip to Nagoya, Japan in 2002, where God first put the seed of love & burden for Japan in my heart, He has been so faithful through these years. As I looked back with gratitude, He has done "superabundantly, far over and above all that I dare ask or think, infinitely beyond my highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes or dreams..." (Ephesians 3:20 AMP)
Glory to GOD and thank YOU so much for being a part of it. The video is 7:36 mins. Please open this gift when you have time. Some of you might be in the pictures, it also includes short testimonies of the lives you've impacted through your partnership. May you be so blessed and encouraged by that the Lord is doing in the nations. Please continue to pray that this new generation of Japanese Christians will continue to rise up, live lives that glorify God, & make a difference in their nation for Him.
Journey of Faith- Japan Mission 2005-2011 (7:36)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGIsCoQtWoI
He is always the God of Ephesians 3:20 in our lives and I look forward to our adventures with Him in a new chapter of life and ministry. Praying that you'll experience His promise in Ephesians 3:20. May the Holy Spirit help us to live in such a way that our lives, our dreams, truly reflect the size & greatness of our God.
Blessed Christmas & Happy New Year.
Thanking God for you,
Blessings to you,
Pamela Koh
Staff of Campus Crusade for Christ.
(Christmas in Singapore with sisters.)
Prayer Requests:
1) 26-29 Dec 2011 is Metormorphsis Conference for our student ministry. Over 360 students will gather at this conference for training and equipping. The theme this year is "For the King's Glory." Please pray for the campus staff who are working hard, and for students to be truly transformed to live for the King's glory through the conference.
2) I be sharing and helping out during the conference, at one of the seminars. Please pray that God will use that seminar to raise up & mobilize laborers for His kingdom purposes both in the market place & in full-time capacity.
3) School is starting for me from 1st week of January 2012. Please pray for adjustments to school life. I'll need to get used to more structure, and prepare for lots of reading and assignments. It is a demanding course but pray I'll not just gain knowledge, but that my heart be transformed to be like His, more and more.
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| Dearest Partners-in-Ministry and Friends,
Thank you so much for your love and support. You are making a difference in my life and the lives of the many Japanese students touched because of your partnership. After committing to the Lord's plan in Japan for 6 years, He has led me back to Singapore. Jesus said, "I have sent you out to Japan and now, I am sending you "on" to your next mission field. We often talk about missionaries being sent out, and then they are sent home. But those with a mission-heart will understand where 'home' really is. We are on a life-long journey of fulfilling His purposes for our lives.
(Farewell party with Nagoya staff family and campus farewell party.)
 
I thank God for the last 2 months in Nagoya. By His grace, I was able to close my apartment which was no easy feat, managed the many bureaucratic details of leaving; while still having meaningful farewells with friends and students I love and care about. It was really sad to leave but the Lord encouraged me that the work will never be finished and He who began the good work, it is He who will bring it to completion. (Phil 1:6) The apostolic ministry of Paul is such that he was not able to remain just in one place but he kept moving on to where the Lord led him; while keeping closely in touch with his churches and disciples through writing and praying for them.
Farewell with students at last weekly meeting.
Looking back I am really thankful to the Lord for His kindness and grace towards me. I'm thankful for the work He has done in my life, and through my life. Growth can be painful but yet looking back, I am grateful for the seasons of sowing in tears and reaping in joy. Thankful for the miracles of changed lives I've been privileged to be a part of. I trust that God will continue to grow these disciples and use them to impact others through their God-given dreams.
(Current batch of senior students, serving the Lord at Gaidai campus with some still studying abroad this term.)
Just to share some of their dreams- Ayumi who interned with us for a year in 2009, is now working full-time at her church as youth director has a dream for sharing God's love through Kids' Ministry. So does Izumi who also has a vision to unite churches in Japan through worship. Kumiko is planning to intern with Nagoya Student Impact for a year after she graduates. She hopes to use her talent in music and writing to share the gospel creatively in Japan some day. Sachie hopes to be a bridge between Protestants and Catholics, to help them understand the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus.
(Pictures from left to right- Ibuki, Y Mai, Kaji, Ayumi, Jody, Kahori and Gaidai girls)
   
Mai, Kahori and Shiho wants to impact their workplace with the gospel and help Japanese people understand life is more than "work" but finding purpose and meaning in God. Ibuki who graduated 2 years ago, is blessing lives as a medical doctor while Yamamoto Mai is a school-nurse counselor at a local school counseling problem-kids. Kaji, one of our first student leaders at Gaidai, is currently interning as a missionary reaching international students in Australia. And I know God will give His visions and dreams to the rest, who are still seeking Him about it.
(Teary goodbye with disciples and friends at airport.)
(goodbyes at airport.)
I'm also thankful for the encouragement I received from Grace City church family in Nagoya. Really thankful for some of the students that have been connected to church and are actively serving the church with their gifts. I was also glad for the opportunity to share ministry skills I learnt with them before I left.
(Church camp this summer.)
Another thanksgiving before I left, was the joy of seeing Joji, a seeker who attended church for more than a year, finally put his faith in Jesus Christ. God led a divine conversation after one service. His heart really open from much prayers and sowing of many in church. God helped him overcome his fear of what family and friends would think if he became a Christian.
I have also been blessed with the opportunity to minister to Kahori's mother before I left. If you remember Kahori, she has often suffered persecution for her faith. A couple of times, she had to stay over with me because she was shut-out by her parents, going home from Christian activies. I had a heart to heart talk with her mom and since then, God has been healing their relationship. Please keep praying for them.
All glory to God for His goodness and grace. And all this is made possible because of your precious partnership in the gospel.
And the journey continues as I'm "sent on"...
After much prayer and seeking the Lord, over the past one year, the Lord has revealed to me the need to further equipped myself for more effective ministry in the future. After 6 years in the mission field, He is leading me to take some time to study, to refresh myself in the Word, and be further equipped in the Word and in skills, so I can be more effective to serve His purposes in the future.
God has opened the door for me to pursue Masters of Arts in Counseling for the next 2 years at Singapore Bible College. As it is a seminary, while being equipped with counseling skills, I will also be taking theological modules. I would also be required to intern with a counseling agency during my studies to apply the skills I am learning. I'm looking forward to a very different kind of mission field & impacting lives through counseling.
I am still seeking God about what is after studies. My hope is to be more effective and better equipped so I can continue to impact lives and raise up disciples for the mission field, to help in mobilizing and equipping people for missions ; or even impact lives through using the counseling skills I learn.
Your continued support and partnership is needed ......
My prayer is to be an instrument of His love and comfort, to reveal Jesus by helping others heal and uncover their potential in Christ, so that they can impact their world. I cannot do this alone and so your continued support and partnership is precious to me.
In addition, I need to trust the Lord to provide $18 000 one time to cover my school fees, including textbooks for the course. If the Lord leads you to give a love offering, you can give via the following ways:
-For overseas contribution: You can give through online to me via website https://give.ccci.org/give (just key in my name-Pamela Koh)
-For Singapore: write a cheque to Campus Crusade Asia Ltd. (with my name "pamela koh"- written on the back.) Send to 152 Paya Lebar Road, #04-06, (S) 409020.
-For monthly contributions, please contact me directly.
I love to write you a thank-you card, so please let me know if you have sent in a gift.
May God bless you back generously for your giving. ^^
Prayer Needs ......
I'm still pretty tired from the leaving and readjustments back here. I love to meet up with you after some time to rest. Please send me an email if you would like to meet up, to catch up with me. Please be praying for God to refresh me, for smooth adjustment to life here and God to provide for my financial needs.
I cannot thank you enough for your partnership always, and as a "thank-you" to you, I'm currently still working hard on a video of my time in Japan, including interviews with students you have touched through your partnership. Please stay tuned and I hope to send it out to you soon.
Thank you for your precious partnership,
praying the Lord's blessings upon you,
God bless,
Pamela Koh.
Staff with Campus Crusade for Christ.
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| Dearest Partners-in-Ministry,
Thank you so much for your faithful support, prayers and encouragements. You are touching my life and also the lives of the many Japanese students here. It's my privilege to partner with you in what God is doing.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness....For when i am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 This is one precious promise that never fails to strengthen my heart through the good and challenging times in Japan these 6 years. And in these last 4 months of campus ministry here, I continue to experience God's unchanging faithfulness and His amazing grace.
It has been a very busy but fruitful last semester on campus for me. All because of His grace that is always more-than-enough for me, His grace that covers my weaknesses, His grace that strengthens, empowers and makes up for all that I am lacking. God is so gracious and I am so grateful for His amazing grace. I pray that this update will encourage you that wherever God leads you, His grace will surely keep you. Because He is faithful.
Please pray for me that in my last 2 months here that I'll continue to be sensitive His Spirit's leading and expect Him to move through me, by His amazing grace. Please pray for me to have good closure with friends and disciples I love, and also for God to prepare my heart to take the next step with Him.
Thank you for your precious partnership,
God bless,
Pamela Koh
Staff of Nagoya Student Impact.
That's the Amazing Grace of God.....
1) 3 Baptisms in a day
On 26 June, by God's grace, I was able to witness the baptism of Shiho, Mai and Kumiko whom God gave me the privilege to share the gospel and lead them to Christ 2 years ago, in 2009. It has been so encouraging to see them grow from babies to becoming disciples of Jesus. By God's grace, God has also given Mai and Kumiko a burden to raise up disciples on their campus. From next semester, they will serve as student leaders on Gaidai, along side the staff team, while Shiho spends the next 6 months on-exchange program at a Canadian Christian University. Please pray for these ones to continue to walk with Jesus intimately and be authentic disciples of Christ who will make a difference wherever they go.
(Mai and Kumiko- next semester's Student Leaders at Gaidai.)
(Student Impact students at Mai and Kumiko's baptism at Grace City with Pastor Tom and Julie.)
(Pastor Tom and Julie Eaton of Grace City Church with those who got baptized.)
(Gaidai Students at Grace City Church. Shiho on my right and Ryota, also a Gaidai student, also got baptised a week before at another church. Praise God for all these baptisms. ^^ )
(Baptism at Shiho's Church)
2)God's Amazing Grace in raising laborers for Gaidai.
Aussie Girl Power-Cecilia, Renee and Olivia.
(The Gaidai Staff Team- Me, Olivia, Takeshi (team leader), Nosuke and Renee.)
Thank God for providing laborers for Gaidai and Nagoya. I have enjoyed myself training both Renee and Olivia in ministry skills these few months and it is encouraging how God has used them to encourage and connect with the Christian students, and also thankful for how God used them to help us meet many new students, and it has also been so fun sharing the gospel with them and experiencing God's amazing grace together, as we see students put their faith in Christ as we step out in faith. We are also thankful for Cecilia who is here for 3 years and we look forward to her going on campus after she finishes her language school 6 months later. We are also expecting an Australian stint team of guys next year. Thank God for His gracious provision of laborers through the Nagoya-Australia Partnership.
3) God's amazing grace upon Gaidai as the land continues to yield its harvest.
It was really amazing to experience God's grace in how He has blessed me with divine opportunities to share the gospel and seeing fruit even in the limited time I had to meet new students, given my busy schedule and responsibilities in other areas. I saw how faithful God is in answering prayers when His people dare to ask boldly and pray specifically.
I was introduced to Rina by Olivia who met her randomly on campus. She had went to church in New Zealand and said, "church was the most incredible experience of her life." Her heart was so open and when we shared how Jesus changed our lives, we could sense how God has prepared her heart. Together with Mai, we shared the gospel and Rina gave her heart to Jesus.
New Babies of this term- (left to right) Mizuki, Tomomi and Rina. And also
Wakako and Erika not in picture.
Then a week later, Renee introduced me to Mizuki and Tomomi whom she also met randomly on campus.
I remembered that day I was feeling so exhausted before we met them. I just prayed simply to God for His grace to strengthen me in my weakness. Again, it was God's amazing grace that sustained me, and I was amazed how God has prepared their hearts too. Tomomi opened up her heart to share a personal hurt and trauma she experienced a few years ago. We shared our testimonies of how Jesus healed our hurts and about the power of forgiveness and healing in Jesus. We shared the gospel with them and the Holy Spirit led them to receive Jesus in their lives.
Biblestudy with new baby Christians Mizuki and Tomomi with Renee.
And since then, Tomomi has been able to release forgiveness to her friend who hurt her, she felt "God's love has made me more secure and I feel free to be me." Mizuki, who found going to school really miserable, has found strength to go to school every day and has began to enjoy school more and more.
The joy and peace on their countenance now is evident that Jesus is working in their lives.
4) Amazing Grace as God works in lives of the disciples
It has been really encouraging to see growth in different ones of the disciples this term. Seeing their desire to grow in God's word, their dependence on Him and seeing them step out in faith in different ways to trust Him has been a blessing.
The next generation of leaders at Gaidai-Sachie, Shiho, Kumiko and Mai. (Left to right)
(Friday Lunch: A fruitful last semester at Gaidai.)
5) God's amazing grace in providing me with great friends to serve along side with
and also for YOU, my awesome partner-in-ministry. Your partnership makes this all possible.
Our international staff team.
Ministry Prayer Requests:
1) Please pray for the senior students to continue to grow deep in God and His Word.
2) Pray for protection over the faith of the babies Erika, Wakako, Rina, Mizuki and Tomomi over the long summer vacation. Please pray that all of them will be able to join our Be One Camp from 1-3September, that nothing will stop them from coming.
3) Pray for the Be One Camp, that God will transform lives through this camp. The theme is "Shine Like Stars" Phil 2: 15-16. Bixia and Eun Hye are main-coordinators of the camp. This camp would also be my last project before I leave in early October.
4) As mentioned above, please pray for my closure, packing and preparation before i leave. Pray i can enjoy these last 2 months in Japan.
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| Dearest Partners-in-Ministry,
It has been more than a month since the historically worst earthquake of 11 March that ever hit Japan, unleashing a terrifying tsunami that swept away whole towns, claimed lives and even set off the 'nuclear time-bomb' ticking at Fukushima. To date the death toil is over 18 000, with about more than 11000 still missing and 126 000 still living in evacuation centers.
It is a really sad situation but God continues to assure me of His sovereignty and His love for JapanGod assures me through Psalms 95:3-7 that He is sovereignly in control, working out His good purposes for Japan. Japan needs our continued prayers and intercession. May the Japanese people to open their hearts and bow down to worship Jesus, their Maker, who gave His life for them.
Personally, it has been encouraging to hear from my disciples that through the recent disaster, they have been burdened to want to make their lives count for God, and to share the gospel boldly in Japan.need to preach Jesus in the unaffected regions of Japan is just as urgent and important. In this time of crisis, self-sufficient Japanese who have always found security in material possession; are shaken up to question about life, about what really matters, and many are seeking to find hope & security in these uncertain times. Please pray God will use the Christian students to share the gospel to their friends, family and those around them.
My 6-year term in Japan will be coming to an end in early October this year. Limited time becomes precious time. In these last few months, I'm intentional and focused in building deep into each disciple. I feel encourage when I think about Jesus who had only about 3 years of ministry. He could focused on a few disciples, but yet those few went on to change the world. I humbly pray that Jesus will use me to do the same. With God, all things are possible. Please pray God will use me to raise up authentic disciples who'll love and obey Jesus, and make a difference for Him wherever they are, throughout their lifetime.
When time is limited, it is easy to want to do many things and everything but, the Spirit constantly reminds me that "doing" is not more important than "being." Recently reading a book "Growing Deep in God" by Pastor Edmund Chan, has challenged me daily to live my life with a sense of having "nothing to prove, nothing to lose and nothing to hide." It is impossible to do so without a humble heart that is quick to repent and willing to surrender to His will, by the power of the Holy Spirit. I feel so challenged by how much I need to grow deeper in Him.
It is not in "the doing" but in the"being" that is the path to fruitfulness in ministry. I must constantly discipline myself to listen to the Holy Spirit and do only what He has graced me to do.
Please pray with me that I will finish my term in Japan well, I believe "the end of a thing is better than its beginning." Ecc 7:8
even in the midst of the disaster. While there is a great need to help in rebuilding the disaster damaged-areas, the
Thank you for your prayers and faithful partnership,
I thank God for you,
God bless,
Pamela Koh
Staff with Nagoya Student Impact.
(Our current international campus staff team of 2 japanese, 1 korean, 6 Singaporeans, 3 Australians and 1 American.)
Praise Reports and Updates:
1) Thanks for praying for the Graduates Sending Party of 2011, which I coordinated on the 10 March.
The theme God gave me was "Fighting the good fight of faith from 2 Timothy 4:7-8." Students and graduates were ministered by the worship, testimonies and challenged by Kodai-san's message about "Having a Vision and fighting the good fight of faith." We tried to do something special this year by making the event like the well-known TV program in Japan called ごきげんよ and it was warmly received and enjoyed by those who attended the event.
(Group photo at Graduates' Sending Party 2011)
(With the The Graduates of 2011- Kahori from Gaidai, Natsuki from Nanzan and Hikari from Kinjio. )
(Students who served together for this event.)
2) Change Conference 2011
Students came back from Change Conference, nation-wide Student Conference, passionate and excited to serve. The Nagoya students came back strengthened in faith. The Nagoya Camp was called "the Nagoya Dream Time." It was encouraging to see students stepping up to lead and depending on God. and growing through this opportunity.
( Nagoya Dream Time- a day camp led by Nagoya students.)
3) Tohoku Relief-Work
To date the Japan Campus Crusade for Christ's Love in Action project has sent out about 5 teams up to Tohoku to help to do relief work by partnering with churches in that area. They help to do cleaning up and also distribution of supplies. Nagoya also sent out a team of 8 including 2 staff, 2 student and 4 other volunteers for about 5 days in early April. They were able to share the gospel with some of the people they met and one of the student, Chiaki shared the gospel with a grandmother who put her trust in Jesus. Praise God.
4) Church Life here in Japan.
Thank God for leading me to Grace City Church in Nagoya. It has been really encouraging and refreshing for me personally to meet like-minded people who are passionate to expand God's kingdom here in Japan. It has also been encouraging to see students coming and some getting connected to church.
(Grace City Church family.)
Prayer Requests:
1) Please pray for me to focus to build and mentor deeply the students I'm working with. Please pray the disciples will grow to be authentic disciples who love God and His Word, and live life with sense of divine purpose for God's glory. I'm always encouraging my students to love God and challenging them to live for a God-vision bigger than themselves, and to live by His Word and Holy Spirit. God has burdened me to write a J- bible study series titled "Being an authentic disciple of Jesus." Please pray the Lord will use this Bible Study series to transform the lives of the disciples as we go through it this semester.
2) Thank God for sending us RENEE and OLIVIA, the 2 Aussie stinters that have joined our Gaidai Team. I have been training both of them in ministry skills and helping them orientate to working with students on campus. God has been using them to meet many freshmen. We have 2 students, Wakako and Ayame who will be starting CE (Christianity Explained) our seeker's bible study. Please pray for their salvation. We are trusting God many others will start CE and our senior disciples like Kumiko, Mai, Shiho, Saki and Sachie to be trained to teach and lead others. Please pray with us.
(Kumiko with our new friends Wakako and Ayame and Olivia.)
(Olivia, me, Erika and Renee. Erika trusted Christ with me in January this year. She is hungry to want to grow in God. Pray she will grow and join our weekly meetings.)
3) Please pray for Kumiko as she takes on the role of coordinating our weekly Christian time on campus. God has given her a vision to want to see a growing and dynamic christian community on campus. Pray for her to have a deep relationship with God and wisdom to lead well, depending on Holy Spirit.
4)Pray for Gaidai baby Christians (Asuka, Yuuka, Erika, Kurumi, Ryota and Yusuke) that they will grow in their faith and be assimilated into our community by joining our weekly meeting and be connected to a local church.
5) There be 2 main Evangelistic events this term for reaching out to pre-believers. Our Friday Night Live event (Live music-cafe held at Nisshin church) will be held on 3rd June and 8 July. Please pray many will come and meet Jesus. Sachie is the main student coordinator.
6) Pray for the Japanese in the Tohoku areas that God will provide for their needs, and they will recover from the crisis and also be healed emotionally and spiritually. Also continue to pray for God's comfort for those who have lost loved ones and also for relief workers, and especially workers of the nuclear plant, who are risking their lives for all of us here in Japan.
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