So now its been almost 2 months since I returned from being in Tokyo, Japan for 9 days! And what an absolutely amazing experience it was!! It was actually more than amazing!! The only way I can begin to describe it is to say that my heart is still in Tokyo! I will never ever fo;rget my experience there! I cannot wait to go back! I actually may be going back next summer for the whole summer, which I feel so blessed that God wants me to return!
God in the midst of my selfish desires gave me the opportunity to spread his name in Tokyo, Japan! It couldn't have been a better experience! the people in Tokyo are extremely friendly and very open to hear what you have to say. It was just mesmerizing to see God's ancient work in the hearts of the Japanese! In the days there we saw two people come to the Lord which was just amazing, because we weren't expecting any at all!! We (all 200 0f us on the trip )probably talked to close to 3,000 people or more about God's word! My heart is definently still there! But I have realized that I need to use my life here in the U.S. as my mission field. I don't have to go to the other side of the world to spread his word, i need to remember that I can right here where I am in Belton, Texas!
God also showed me to listen and obey him in all I do. Saying no will get me nowhere, but saying yes will open so many more doors. I say this because I felt God calling me to go back to Japan next summer and it totally messed up all plans I had, but I know I need to follow his will and not my own. I was ruined by him while in Japan, and I will continued to be ruined by him everyday, and know that his plans are waaayyy better than my own plans.
Another thing I learned was the power of prayer! Oh my word I never realized how powerful prayer was until I was on this trip. Yeah I have seen God answer prayers before, but I have never experienced such immediate responses from him as I did in Japan. We would be just standing there with our 5 min english posters trying to get people to come talk to us and somedays just nobody would come.. So then we would stop for a few minutes and pray that God would send people our way and sometimes immediately right after we prayed, people would come up to us , and sometimes it felt like they would just appear out of nowhere! lol All in all it was just absolutely amazing and I just feel so blessed I got to go! To God be the Glory forever and ever amen!!
"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted among the earth." -Psalms 46:10-
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