Saturday, November 27, 2010

Less than 24 hours to go...

before I am on a plane to Japan! It finally feels real now that work is over. I am really thankful to be able to meet the deadline for work today. Feeling tired but blessed!

Just wrote this email to ppl I know...

Dear family, friends and fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,

So back in Jan/Feb this year, I went to this mission conference organised by Reachout and I was really inspired to go on a mission trip myself! When the opportunity came to go on a mission trip to Japan in April, I jumped at the opportunity. Japan is a country I really wanted to go since high school and I was really curious to learn what God is doing there after a long term missionary from Japan, Sarah Piper, came to the church to share with us back in Feb. Tomorrow night, I will be getting on a plane to visit Sarah in Sapporo, Japan. :)

A lot of people have asked what I will be doing there!

Purpose of the trip

OMF (mission organisation) is sending a team of three including myself to serve in the fmZERO (OMF spelt backwards) ministry for three weeks (30/11 to 22/12). Basically, this is a pretty new ministry that aims to bring the gospel to uni students. Having heard the gospel presented to me when I was a uni student myself, I am keen to share with many young people about God’s love. :)

The team of 3 consists of Sam, Clare and me. We only just met each other this year.

Some of the things we will be doing: building friendships with the students, sharing with them our faith, teach them about Australia, English, Bible studies, helping Sarah & Karin (another long term missionary), organising events, observing the Japanese churches, praying, cooking..lists goes on.

Two big events are already being planned.

1) Australian Outreach Night – 7th Dec

2) Christmas Night – 21st Dec.

About Japan

Christians are a minority in Japan making up only 1% of the population. Surprisingly, Japanese people are the second largest unreached people group in the world. Japanese culture and traditions meant that many follow Shintoism and Buddhism. Many practice ancestor worship. Status is one of the most important things in their culture, too.

Japan is a country of great beauty too and the Japanese people in need of knowing our creator – the God of the whole world.

Journey

I would really like to share with you about this trip and would really love to have you pray with us. Or perhaps, you may be encouraged to go on a mission trip yourself one day. Opportunities are plentiful! :)

I don’t really know whether I will have the chance to write emails much when I am over there.

The team have a blog. Here’s the link

http://daikondiaries.blogspot.com/

You can follow us. There is another team also going to Sapporo who will also write in this blog.

Prayer points

* Praise God for all the sharings at people’s houses and the NS church over the past few weeks. It had been really awesome to pray together for Japan! I was personally really encouraged.

* Praise God for the newly formed fmZERO ministry. That God would use this ministry to bring people to him.

* Pray for opportunities to connect with students on a “deeper” level and for students – the curiosity to hear, learn, know the creator and Jesus.

* For Sam, Clare and I to work well together as a team. That God would use us as a blessing to the students. Praise him for the opportunity to serve there and teaching us as we prepare for this trip.

* For Sarah and Karin, the long term missionaries – for strength and wisdom – they are very busy people. They are holding their first ever orientation course for the Japan OMF teams next Wed.

* God’s protection re: Safety and health. Sapporo is heaps cold!

* For me personally, praise God for this final week of preparation. Work was really hectic and I was really thankful that all work was 90% done by 7pm this evening.

I better get back to the mundane task of packing soon.

In him,

Ada

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