As it is exam time at Hokkaido University, and as many of
the students and young people will soon be winding down for the year and
returning home, we have the opportunity to do a number of special things. I would really appreciate your prayers as we
plan and prepare for these future events and trips:
This weekend (21st-22nd
July) the UK team, Delia and I will be helping run a children’s camp at
Hiragishi Minami (a suburb of Sapporo).
This over-night camp is organised by a missionary family living in this
area. Please pray that all the
organisation and preparation up to this point will prove successful. Please also pray for the children, aged
between 8 and 12, who will be attending.
That, even through the language barrier, they might hear of God’s great
love for them. Please also pray for protection
and safety for everyone attending.
Between the 28th
and 31st of July I will be travelling to Obihiro (a more rural area
of Hokkaido, about 4 hours outside Sapporo) to help with an English event for
teenagers. Please pray for my preparation
for this as I have been asked to lead a portion and to give my testimony.
The 3rd of
August is the final FMZero event before the summer holidays. This will be a farewell for Delia, Levi and
myself. Please pray that we might be
able to share God in an open and honest way at this event to the students who
attend.
From the 4th
to the 9th of August Delia, Alyssa, Karin and myself will all be travelling
to Iwate to help with the relief work there.
Iwate is in Honshu (the next island south of Hokkaido) and was one of
the worst hit areas in the tsunami. Work
is still ongoing to clear the area and help people return to a normal
life. One year on and people are still
struggling, however now their concerns are often in regards to anxiety about
the future, and how they will ever reclaim what they have lost. We will be helping the McGinty family (OMF
missionaries) with their outreach in this area.
Please pray for the work that is ongoing in Iwate; for the McGintys,
that they might have the strength to continue in a demanding and draining work. Please also pray for us, that we might be
able to help in whatever small way we can.
Rosslyn,
ReplyDeleteGood to catch up with your blog at last- I have been reading them but the technology of replying has been hitherto beyond me!
Tom had a word this morning at church and should me your prayer request- big options! But with prayer all will become clear.
Is life in Japan as frenetic as it appears in the media? You are certainly experiencing a proud noble land and yet a country that needs to hear the Gospel.
You remain in our prayers.
Graeme