Every year we have GRIT, God uses the young people to open doors to make new friends and contacts. He also gives opportunities to share our faith with others. This year is no different.

Because the GRITers joined me at the Gingira conversation time, I was able to meet a Christian woman who is searching for a good church. She knows an American guy who is also looking for a service in English, and she wants to introduce me to a friend of hers who’s interested in homeschooling. One meeting with this woman, and our network of relationships could be exponentially expanding!

At the children’s event yesterday, the GRITers provided games and English activities. Because of the GRITers presence, a man in his 50’s came to join in the fun and to practice his English. Norman was able to share with him the gospel and tell the difference between religion and the relationship we can have with God. God directed Norman to speak about the hope we have in Jesus, and the man said he was interested in that.

Please pray that God will work in these people’s hearts, and give us more opportunities to reach out to the lost Japanese people around us. My heart was breaking when I sat across the table from an elderly Japanese man, who does not have much time left on this earth, and hear him say, “I’m Buddhist,” and disregard the talk about Jesus. There is such a great need here. Only God can crack open hard hearts with His glorious light. Nothing is impossible with Him!