In the Classroom

Today we had the opportunity to join an English conversation class. One of the students that the guys have been meeting up with, Satoshi, asked his English conversation professor if we could come to class. So the teacher lets us go to his class and have discussion groups with the students, and we find out he is a Christian too! He is a Japanese-American from Hawaii and teaches English at Toyo University. It was such a blessing meeting him! He split the class into groups and we got to go around talking to the students. The crazy thing is that we had already met half of the class during our random evangelism times, and we had no idea that they were all in the same class when we had met them. So we saw many familiar faces. At the end of the class, the teacher said in front of the whole class of around 30 students, "I am not only connected to these group of students from America because we are all Asian-America, but we are also all Christians and brothers and sisters in Christ. This group of students came all the way from America to tell you that God loves you and that Jesus Christ died for you." Wow! Now I was amazed that he was saying this in front of the class at a secular university! That's such a bold step! And we were worried that he was putting his job on the line, which is quite possible. But wow, I was so encouraged by that professor! He's so cool! Hopefully, we'll be able to keep in contact with him. I believe that God is truly working in the classroom through that teacher, and that teacher has probably been praying for that class. So exciting to see!

Yeah, we've been having some really awesome stories. Brittany got to see a girl come to know Christ at the 4th of July outreach event. You can read more about it on her blog: http://brittanywong.blogspot.com/

Praise God for what He's doing in Japan!

Please pray for more hearts to be opened in Japan. We are praying a student from each university, Toyo, Todai, Tsuda, and Rikyo to come to know Christ this week. Please continue to pray for strength, boldness, compassion, and love.
Although today was a really good day, I really felt tired and a bit distracted even while talking to students. It was hard for me to focus on the conversation at times, and it takes alot more energy talking to Japanese students, initating with them, and trying to understand them.