Please pray for follow-up from the Christmas events held by our network of churches. Kusatsu church are considering holding a Bible study for those who came along and are interested; pray for guidance about that.
Please pray for opportunities to establish gospel witness opportunities in the two areas of Kyoto outlined in this month’s article: Yamashina and Fushimi.
On July 24th. we had the dedication service for our new building. If I had to put the whole building process into four sentences, I would do it like this:
1. The most terrible thing - demolishing the old building
Uncertainty about the future has prompted spiritual searching.This is partly in response to many economic and social changes that threaten the status quo in Japan. The constant threats of a major earthquake, of economic decline, the widening generation gap and the feeling of social isolation (hikikomori) that so many suffer provoke widespread soul-searching.
Emi Matsumoto is a member of Higashi-Omi church. She also often helps the missionaries (in-cluding the field leader!) with their Japanese. Here she shares how she came to faith in Jesus.
