Thank you all so much for praying for us on our trip to Oklahoma, Texas, and Chicago! God provided us with two new financial partners, with a number of others still praying and considering financial partnership, as well as blessing us with ten new prayer partners. One church is considering supporting us in the future, and God may be opening the doors for us to partner with another church in Northern California, through one of our friends we were able to spend some time with out there. Praise God for all He did on that trip, and for keeping us safe throughout! All in all we had a wonderful time connecting with old and new friends, and at every turn were encouraged by the love of our brother’s and sisters in Christ, and their support and partnership as we seek to bring the gospel to Japan.
Our big prayer request in May is for God to bring us up to 50% of our monthly promised support by May 31st, in order for us to be able to go to Japan within the next year. Currently we are a little over 36%. Please be praying for the following:
- Pray for those who we shared with on the trip that are themselves seeking God’s will te determine if and how they can support us.
- There are still five people that we are trying to meet with in this area. Pray that we will be able to schedule times to meet with them this month.
- We have a number of new contacts that we would also like to meet with, pray that we can get a hold of them, and that they would be eager to hear about the needs in Japan.
- Pray for good time management. God has blessed us with a lot of people to follow up with and contact, but between working full-time and taking care of Titus, we’re really struggling to find the time to meet with everyone we would like to.
- Pray for wisdom, particularly in regards to this coming May 31 deadline for SEND’s member orientation. Whether we make it to 50% or not we feel more certain than ever that serving in Japan as church planters is the ministry that God has called us to, and due to the unique opportunities and doors which God is opening in the disaster area of Tohoku, we feel that it is urgent that we get there as soon as possible. Pray that God will give us patience to trust Him and wait on His timing, and the wisdom to know the path He wants us to take to get there.