Since returning to Japan from our honeymoon in Germany, Aaron and I have had to ask ourselves some serious questions. What does God want us to do here? How long are we going to be here? What are our longterm goals? What church should we immerse ourselves in?
I've engaged myself in some deep prayer and fasting, as has Aaron and we've slowly been getting answers here and there. We know that God does want us here in Japan for the time being. We don't know how long, but it seems that God doesn't really want to focus on that. Instead, He just wants us to be here. As for ministry and longterm goals... before we could do anything we had to tie up some loose ends.
It was pretty hard and sad for me to do. First, I had to say goodbye to Ayashichuo Christ Church for good. We'd been in touch with them ever since I left, and I had been regularly attending the hula ministry that I helped to start there. Unfortunately, God has been clear that he wants me to cut ties there. That meant quitting the hula class rather abruptly and dropping out of the hula performance the very next day. And not even showing up to support them. It had to be a clear cut. Very hard for me to do, but I had to do it and trust that everything was in God's hands.
Now that I've done that Aaron and I are free to dive deep into another mission. We've decided to go with Arise Sendai, a branch off of a church in Sano, where we have some Bluewater friends living there. In a way, it's nice that somehow we are still all connected. What God has in store for us there is still a mystery as we haven't yet dove in. One thing God has been certain about is that he wants me to be involved supernaturally. Something that I haven't really done in Japan yet. We will see...
As for work, I've put myself out there as a private English teacher, but we'll see how everything unravels over time.
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