Hang Tu | June 9

We had an outing / outreach on the beach Saturday and it was fun. A few English Connect contacts showed up, but we also made new friends on the beach and taught them frisbee. They loved it. We went to karaoke with the APCC team to bid farewell.

We flew to Osaka Sunday morning and worshiped with MSCC Osaka, met up with Kenji and pastor Shin from MSCC Tokyo at night. Kenji was so exited to show us his hometown.

It’s been an amazing trip. I am so thankful and proud of our team. We walked close to 20k steps a day. Kenji moved fast, (go go go!). Matthew and Ian did a great job following.

Talking to people – complete strangers – in Fukuoka was uncomfortable, but once we tasted a bit of a success, we wanted more. I can’t remember how many people we talked to exactly, but it was a lot. A few of them actually came to English Connect and hung out with us afterward. That was so rewarding. We will continue to pray for these faces, having developed a friendship with them.

The Japanese people are just so polite, disciplined, respectful, clean and organized. It’s hard not to like them. They made you feel welcomed and appreciated. On the outside, they are wonderful. But on the inside, they are very lost and broken.

The missionaries we met all said they appreciate the financial support and prayers, but what they really need is people moving to Japan to live sent.

They feel alone doing the work. They feel so happy and lifted when we come to visit. But they are sad when we leave.

The harvest is plentiful. The workers are few.

On average, there are 1200 people worshiping in 11 MSN churches across Japan. Time that by 1000, you will reach 1% of the population.

1200 x 1000 = 1.2 million (1%)

(Total pop is around 12 million)

We got work to do.

Thanks so much for praying for us. We’ll see you soon!