Update on Ya-san

So to give you an update on Ya-san...it went really well!!!! Thanks for your prayers!!! We had lunch at a nice lunch buffet, then went to her house to go deeper in our conversations about Jesus. I had to leave after 2 hours and I thought that would be plenty of time, but turns out she wanted to talk more, and so my coworker stayed another 40 minutes after to talk to her about Jesus! It was so great. The whole time I thought, wow God totally set this up! My coworker offered to lead her to the Lord to become a new creation in Him, all in Korean, but Ya-san said not yet. A typical Japanese answer :) But the whole thing went so well, thank you really for praying! Ya-san has called me multiple times since wanting to meet with me, and when we meet we strictly do Jesus talk/study hehe, so I'm so thankful, but our schedules haven't been able to match up!! She is moving at the end of this month to a new place, so we said that we would meet starting next month, except that is when the summer is in full swing with 30+ interns and volunteer teams coming and going that I am not sure when I will be able to meet her. Please pray that God will arrange our schedules so that we can meet again! Thank you!!

Something from the book of Daniel:

"'As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the message and understand the vision.'" (Daniel 9:23)

This verse made me sit in awe and wonder. God considered Daniel "highly esteemed" that his prayer was answered right away and made clear to him. It just makes me wonder how God views me. Yes of course, I know His love for me is unconditional, but does he view me with "high esteem"? Holy cow, I doubt that. Daniel was so faithful to God for all his life. I use the excuse of my sin as a crutch, but doesn't the Bible say that "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17) and that "we can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13)?? Man Sonya, buck up and be a REAL woman!!