When it Begins [Christina]

hello to the people back home! I am happy to say that I have made it here safely! :)

When I was on my way here, I knew I was going to being the work of the lord, but it didn't hit me. On the way here I wasn't as prepared as I thought I would be. I guess it was because I had came last year and I was expecting the same thing. I was thinking about how prepare I was when I was in Tokyo and I was reading John 14 and then it really struck me that I was about to do God's work. When I got here it was reuniting with everyone and catching up.

We were told that we were going to be doing MTL (ministering to the Lord) and I was not so sure that I could sit there for that long and just spend time with him because I had never done it before. When the time came I was surprised that I didn't have enough time; I wanted to keep going! Now I find it so easy and kind of relaxing to spend this time with God. :)

The past two days we have been doing an english camp at the Tsao Ya church and it has been amazing to see what God has been doing. To tell you the truth I was actually scared for some reason to be doing this camp, even though I had done this last year, though it was the first time that I was at Tsao Ya. As I was just hanging around I asked to give me courage and he did! Right away I just started to talk to the kids and I love them. We started in our different groups and there was one girl that I was praying for and asked God to give her the courage to speak up and when we were done praying I heard her speak to me. She didn't just nod her head, but instead she spoke. It was the plainest prayer I had prayed and God heard it and it was just awesome. I have been very encouraged the past few days because there are some kids that come daily and you can see the fact that they really want to learn more about God hand have that best friend in their lives. Through crafts, skits, and questions that they ask they want to know the awesomest friend, GOD!

We have also been doing praise nights and sharing to these kids who God is and how loving he is! We prayed for these kids and it was the first time that I had truly cried out to God to save these kids because their lives are so hard at such a young age and my heart once again was broken for these people. Last night we were sharing what our passions were and there were two girls that said they wanted to know Christ and wanted to go to church, but their families were holding them back. I didn't get a chance to pray for them, but I will be praying for them and I hope that you guys will help me pray for them as well!

I can feel God's presence amoungst us and his love for his people. IT'S CRAZY awesome! Once again thank you for the prayers and I hope that you continue to pray for not only us, but also the lost brothers and sisters in Christ!

Just a little side note...somtimes God gives us things and calls us to do something that we don't know about, which actucally happened to us. We were suppose to be doing and english camp for the church, but we are now doing it for the Tsao Ya church and for a school, which is really awesome, but sometimes things for me get a little stressfull, so please pray that if this happens again that I wouldn't be so stressed out. oh one more prayer request. Tonight is the last night for the english camps at Tsao Ya adn tonight we're going to have an alter call, so please pray that more kids would have open hearts to receive Christ. Once again thank you fo you're prayers and we'll talk to you soon! GOD BLESS :D