My roommate Audrey showed me this video called interview with an Atheist.
you can watch it here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eo_sXQ4NMk
it was challenging :)
rejection isn't something i naturally accept, i dunno who does, and i know that when i am rejected i don't need to take it personally. the point is that they reject Christ. but every rejection, i'm going to need to be reminded of this. this video had a line that i liked, that me sharing the gospel with them is good (well duh) because "i gave them a fighting chance". so when i am rejected, i will remember not to take it personally, but that "i gave them a fighting chance"...
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Rejected
Yesterday during 5 Minute English (5me), a cute Japanese girl came up to talk with us. Her name was Minami and she talked with Samantha from the CBU volunteer team. They had a great conversation and it led to Sam sharing the Gospel to Minami by using Steps to Peace with God. The girl seemed interested and said she wanted to accept Christ as her Savior. Then Minami and Sam came to me and shared with me whats up. It was exciting and the girl wanted to meet up again the next day, but I wasn't sure she completely understood what she was saying. Like, Samantha asked her, where is Jesus? And the girl replied, In my heart? So I explained to her that if she believes in Jesus then she is Christian. So I've been texting with her back and forth, and usually if a Japanese person here doesn't REALLY want to be your friend, they never reply back to your texts, even if they say it and act like it in your face. Sad but true. So I was encouraged that maybe she did understand and we just kept texting back and forth trying to find a time we could meet up again. Well I asked her to come out to my area tonight because a group of Japanese non-Christians were interested in studying the Bible and I thought it would be good for her to join. She replied with a not mean rejection. It was like a stab in my heart. It was really sad for me. I've been told that I will be rejected all the time here in Japan, but for it to actually have happened the first time like this, a blatant rejection, it made me so sad. She rejected Christ. Well, at least it was a seed planted ne?
Yesterday during 5me, I got to share with a man the Steps to Peace with God from front to end. And his English was very good, and he understood me well, and was open to hear what I was telling him. That though, was my moment where I just had so much joy, to be able to share who Christ is for them! That's what I came here for ne? So desu ne! He didn't accept Christ but he took the things I gave him and later when I cast a look at him he was intently looking at the things I had given him as he walked up the stairs to the train station.
I realize I'm going to be rejected because of Christ. It's not ok because people are rejecting Christ, but it's ok because people will know I love Jesus and He is the Lord of my life ne? I think though and I accept it now, I dunno why this happened so late, that even friends from home, whether or not they are Christian, will accept or reject me because of what I'm doing, because I trust in Jesus. Once again, only for Christ, is this worth it. But I want to and I will choose to praise Him for who He is regardless!!! Thanks for you guys who pray for me and think of me and love me. :) I miss you guys.
Yesterday during 5me, I got to share with a man the Steps to Peace with God from front to end. And his English was very good, and he understood me well, and was open to hear what I was telling him. That though, was my moment where I just had so much joy, to be able to share who Christ is for them! That's what I came here for ne? So desu ne! He didn't accept Christ but he took the things I gave him and later when I cast a look at him he was intently looking at the things I had given him as he walked up the stairs to the train station.
I realize I'm going to be rejected because of Christ. It's not ok because people are rejecting Christ, but it's ok because people will know I love Jesus and He is the Lord of my life ne? I think though and I accept it now, I dunno why this happened so late, that even friends from home, whether or not they are Christian, will accept or reject me because of what I'm doing, because I trust in Jesus. Once again, only for Christ, is this worth it. But I want to and I will choose to praise Him for who He is regardless!!! Thanks for you guys who pray for me and think of me and love me. :) I miss you guys.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Start of a Busy Summer
So my busy season has begun. My schedule is crazy and I have to be flexible, but I know it's actually going to get crazier as the weeks go by. My first volunteer team has come into town and it's been fun and busy. But it is hard! The team is great, I love them, but when the day is over and I'm heading home, I am completely exhausted. This work is hard.
To give an overview: we have been visiting 2 university campuses, Gakugei University and Keizai Daigaku University; prayer walking around the campuses; meeting people, making friendships and sharing Jesus; doing 5 Minute English, we do this in front of a train station with signs and we converse in English with those people who walk up to us and share Jesus if we can; and Friday night we had a really fun friendship party, where we invite people we've met to dinner and just have fun getting to know each other and also sharing the Gospel if we can once again. It was very fun, but on my way home I was purely exhausted.
Please pray for me, the volunteer teams that come, and the Japanese we meet. We need prayer that we would be bold to share our hope in Jesus, have energy, joy, confidence, and encouragement, and that we will be able to find Japanese whom the Holy Spirit is already at work in and share with them God's love. Let me tell you, it can be so discouraging. You go through many people to find someone who is interested in hearing about the Gospel. And I am just so tired.
To give an overview: we have been visiting 2 university campuses, Gakugei University and Keizai Daigaku University; prayer walking around the campuses; meeting people, making friendships and sharing Jesus; doing 5 Minute English, we do this in front of a train station with signs and we converse in English with those people who walk up to us and share Jesus if we can; and Friday night we had a really fun friendship party, where we invite people we've met to dinner and just have fun getting to know each other and also sharing the Gospel if we can once again. It was very fun, but on my way home I was purely exhausted.
Please pray for me, the volunteer teams that come, and the Japanese we meet. We need prayer that we would be bold to share our hope in Jesus, have energy, joy, confidence, and encouragement, and that we will be able to find Japanese whom the Holy Spirit is already at work in and share with them God's love. Let me tell you, it can be so discouraging. You go through many people to find someone who is interested in hearing about the Gospel. And I am just so tired.
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