Time moves faster than expected when you're being blessed beyond imagination.
It's difficult to grasp the fact that a week has now gone by. 1/3 of our time here is done, and as one member of the team has said it, "I wish we could stay here longer." I believe this is the sentiment of the team as a whole.
It's extremely easy to love a lot of the people here. When we talk to them (try to at least), play with them, and are generally around them, it's so easy to really love them. Yet, Young (the team leader) challenged all of us by saying, "Beyond having a good time, getting to know them, and just having fun... does your heart break for them like God's heart breaks for them?" This is something that we as a team are striving for.
Does it upset us if we leave and the people we met aren't changed, grown, restored, saved, encouraged? Does it bother if we just have good times and that's it? Are we truly praying for these people and asking God to show more of Himself to them?
It's a challenge. It's feels so difficult. Yet, that's why we need to pray so much more.
So please pray with us that our hearts wold break for these people as God heart breaks for them.
-In Him-
Japan 09
Praying that you will see how much the people of Japan really need God (although they may not know that yet).
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