My (Tomo’s) mom, who was visiting us in California for a week and a half, flew back to Japan this morning. We enjoyed her company very much and we are very thankful for the blessed time we had together. She is a very busy woman with multiple ministry and family responsibilities, so I was glad to have her over for a little bit of a relaxing time. She enjoyed getting decent hours of sleep every night and not having to worry about all the responsiblities. We were also able to meet with some of the Master’s College graduates who came to Tokyo on missions trips in the past. I was very much encouraged and even surprised by the love and passion those young people had for the churches and people in Japan. Many of them expressed interests in going back to Japan either short term or long term to do missions work, and I’m very excited to see what God will do in Japan with these people. (“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” -Matthew 9:37-38)
Now things are back to normal, and I have to catch up on homework! for the Bible classes I’m taking three times a week. I’m working on these classes because it’s part of SEND’s requirement for a missionary appointee. I’ve been enjoying the classes very much.
We are also planning to send out our November newsletter this month. If you’re not receiving our bi-monthly newsletters or monthly e-mail update and want to receive them, just let us know and we’ll add you to our mailing list. Our e-mail address is: daveandtomo@gloryspeaking.com
Thanks for reading and I hope you will have a great week!