This past Sunday marked the official start of Bro Hill’s “Bible Basics” series. About 30 minutes prior to the start of the service, we received a message from a man asking about the series. He came, sat through the message, and even asked some questions afterward. He seems a bit confused from having been to other types of churches, but said he will be back. I have had some correspondence with him since then as well.
Additionally, we received Rosie’s official Language school entrance permit this past week. We were extremely grateful how the Lord worked out the details for her to be able to enroll. Please continue to pray for her as she studies Japanese prior to entering language school.
As we continue to work on saturating the area around the church with literature, I snapped the above photo of the idol just down the street from the church. The white words engraved across the front translate “Traffic safety.” As you can see, flowers were placed at the foot of the idol. Idolatry abounds, but we know our God is greater.
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A new era is about to begin. Literally. See the news section for more information.
Praises
- One new visitor Sunday AM
- Received Rosie’s Language school paperwork
Prayer Requests
- Rosie’s language learning
- Church plant here and the Hill Family
- Yuko to get saved.
- Ten Hundred Thousand Churches (details here)
- Our Generation Summit in Ohio
From the News
At the end of April, the current emperor is going to abdicate his throne. Each time the emperor in Japan changes, the new reign is assigned a unique name. As the Heisei era (the current era) comes to a close, a new name had to be chosen for the next emperor in Japan. Can you guess what it is? Click here to read all about it.