Support Raising Update

Yes- I'm going back to Japan on a mission trip. This of course means that I need to raise support in order to make it there. For those of you that have already agreed to support me, I just wanted to thank you, and to let you know how that has been going. I am now just around halfway to my goal of $5,800. Thank you all so much for helping me get to this point! Please continue to check in to keep up with how things continue to go and keep the Japanese people in your prayers! 

Thoughts about support raising: I really don't enjoy support raising at all. It's difficult having to ask other people to support me financially so that I can go do something I want to do. Yet I can't make it to Japan on my own-- I need other people to help me get there. As I do my best to raise support anyway, I see the beauty of the church--the church that centers around Christ. I couldn't support myself, but God has placed all my supporters (you) in just the right place to be able to send me. It is a perfect illustration of what Paul talks about in I Corinthians saying, "Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.... If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.... If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you has a part of it." (I Corinthians 12: 14, 19-20, 26-27). 

I could never do this on my own. Only thanks to your prayers and support could I ever have the privilege of serving Christ in Japan. Whatever joys or griefs take place in Japan, you all will share in that. Any miracles witnessed, any saved souls, any new friends and relationships will all be thanks to you. 

So despite my dislike of asking people for help, I realize God is calling me to go, and God is calling you to send me. Thank you again for being faithful to God's calling in your life, and pray that I may continue to walk faithfully on the path God has set for me.