CMA Japan Update #2:
July 3, 2006

Praise Report!!

Praise the Lord! I am happy to announce that we have passed the half-way point in our fundraising! We only have $4,200 to go!
Please pray with us as we trust the Lord to provide the rest of what we need.
(Fund Meter as of 07/03/06 - see latest here)
 

"And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" Phil. 4:19

 

To Pray For

- While in Japan we will be dancing to many of our company pieces from over the past year. We will also be dancing to 3 different songs in Japanese. Two of the songs you may be familiar with. We will dance to "All in All" and "As the Deer" (both sung by Rocky and Marla Ayatsuka, the people we are working with in Kyushu). Please pray that the Lord would guide us as we choreograph these dances. May they touch the people there in a powerful way.
 
- On the evening of July 31st, we will have our purity seminar for girls in middle school and high school. Most of the students that will come are unchurched. Please pray as we prepare for this seminar. Pray that the Lord would give us the exact words that He wants us to speak to these girls. Also pray that the Lord would draw the people that He wants to come to this seminar.

 

"...no hope, and without God in the world" (Eph 2:12)

I was reading a newsletter from a missionary family, serving as church planters in Japan. In the letter they shared some statistics that tugged at my heart.

 
"A poll conducted by the Gallup Organization has yielded some surprising statistics on Japanese attitudes toward religion, morality and spirituality. Among the findings from one of the most extensive surveys of the country ever taken...a note of hopelessness is found in the responses to a number of questions. And there is little evidence of eternal hope..."

- 22% of US teens wondered why they existed
- 85% of Japanese teens wondering why they exist
 
- 76% of US teens see the reason for their being on earth
- only 13% of the teens in Japan see a reason for being
 
- 11% of Japanese teens wished they had never been born

  
Oh Lord, let us shine as a light to these people, bringing your hope.....where there is no hope.


Domo arigato gozaimasu (thank you very much),

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Web site:
CMA Japan 2006 - where we are going, strategy, schedule, study Japanese with us, updates, mission log, computer wallpaper, more... http://magnifythelord.org/cma/japan2006

Follow our fundraising progress on our "Fund Meter".
http://magnifythelord.org/cma/japan2006/Support.html

As of 07/03/06

Updates: Here is where you will find "News" about mission preparations, fundraising, prayer requests, and a "Log" of our activities while we are in Japan.
http://magnifythelord.org/cma/japan2006/JapanUpdate.html