G.R.I.T.

Hey! Its Misti...

I haven‘t written on this in forever. Ok, maybe not forever, but since my first week in Japan. I got here almost 2 months ago. Crazy! Time really does fly when you`re having fun (and working really hard). So much has happened in the last two months that there is no way I could type it all up for this blog...so I`ll tell you about the last week or so. Since leaving Miyakonojo after working on the Sadowitz house, the pace here at Nagashima Grace Baptist Church has supposedly "slowed down." I don`t see it. Before Pastor Dean left we were doing a lot of rock climbing training and devo./sermon prep training. Now that Lee is here we have replaced that training with team building initiatives. We were supposed to run a 10K this morning (7/22) but the roads are flooded in some areas. It has been raining constantly and consistently since last night. It actually isn`t raining right now...interesting. Anyway, last week was our first week handing out tracts. The rain yesterday kept us from handing out tracts. Kishimoto-Sensei has a goal of handing out tracts to every home on the island every three years. I believe I heard he has been doing this for fourteen years. Amazing! I taught my last English class this past Tuesday. For those of you who didn`t know, I`ve been teaching the English class this summer to give Susan a break. I don`t think I really teach anything-I set it up and lead everyone through it. Everyone in the group pairs up with a Japanese person and teaches them the conversation and anything they don`t understand and then I`m around to answer questions and help where needed. Tuesday evening Peter will be teaching and then next Tuesday, Joel will be teaching. Oooo! This Tuesday (25th @2:30 pm) we will be singing at a nursing home in Nagashima. Yay! Please pray that we will be bright lights for Jesus and that His love would shine through us. Please pray for continued growth and love for everyone on the team. It has been a blessing to see people, myself included, grow in all of Norman`s goal areas, but also emotionally and as a team. Thank you so much for supporting us. Your prayers and interest are much appreciated. Have a wonderful day living in the love of our Lord!

Misti

posted by Norman @ 8:47 AM