Good Thing! E-Mail Update*

"Wow!" : This is a very good word to use for attempting to describe
this past week in one word.

(Funny Note)
We have been here in Japan for over two weeks doing ministry on 6
college campuses. I personally am doing ministry on two campuses:
Todai and Toyo. Todai is "The Harvard of Japan." It's great! I bought
a Todai shirt (Written in Japanese of course!) and everyone that sees
me wearing it thinks that I'm a genius. I typically consider the
assessment correct....ha....Actually, the truth is a Todai student who
consulted me on an English essay that he was having trouble with ended
up stumping me in my native tongue!! Eek! That's a humbling feeling!

(Ministry On Campus)
Ok, so for a ministry update. "Wow" was chosen because of what the
Lord did this past week. We started our first 6 days on campus feeling
drained and slightly discouraged. Then, on Tuesday morning after a
prayer meeting I was thinking about soil. Yes, soil. The "soil" that
seeds either grow or can't grow in. I felt like the seeds that my team
and I had been planting were being planted in the later of those soil
choices. ...So, when a farmer wants better soil what does he need?
Rain! (or at least that's what I figured) I then prayed for rain. The
kind of rain that softens the soil of people's hearts. . .follow me
now. An hour later the sky was clear but after a half hour on the
train going to Todai the quick accumulation of storm clouds began to
saturate Tokyo with BEAUTIFUL RAIN....Two hours later two new
believers entered the Kingdom of God. The next day again produced two
more new believers. The Lord softened the hearts of 4 Japanese
students. He Reigns!

(Issues...but not really)
Our team has experienced an onslaught of spiritual warfare. Many many
nightmares and other evil. Fortunately, our God is so much more
powerful than Satan's sleazy attempts at scaring the children of the
King out of Japan.

(Prayer Requests)
-He would continue to unite and strengthen my team
-He would ROCK Tokyo! Show the people how they "need to need Him"
-Against bad dreams (For us here in Tokyo and the team in Russia)
-That the new believers here would start growing strong

Memories in the Making

Konichiwa from Japan

Hello friends!

We arrived safely in Japan on the 26th after a rather long flight. After a couple of hours on train we found some of the Japanese Campus Crusade team and they helped us find our apartments. We have been training and traveling to 6 different campuses in the Tokyo area this past week. The two that I am focusing on are Todai (Tokyo Daigaku) and Toyo (University of Tokyo). Todai is Japan's best university and it is slightly overwhelming.

I have met several students that are very cool. Amari, Motoki, Yuji, Komei, and Masayuki are all students that I have been blessed to talk with. Hopefully today I will be able to see a few of them at Todai. My team is experiencing difficulty after difficulty but the Lord continues to overcome and he continues to be glorified.

Please pray for guarded eyes and hearts for my team. Also, please continue to pray for these Japanese students. (Nihon gakusei)

Oh...and if you ever find yourself filled with too much joy, cans of Depresso are sold at all of the local 7 Eleven's.

Hello : From Atlanta

Countdown to L.A. is T minus 82 hours and 10 minutes.

I'm getting excited for SURE! These past couple of days I have basically been rounding up the couple of items I'll need like d'dorant, s'poo, t'paste, t'brush, OH!!! and a camera so I can show all of you Japan and other Japanese things like Okonomiyaki and udon. And Toyota and Honda and Mitsubishi! (only kidding...you see enough of that here)


It's time to go read. As of now I'm in the middle of Acts. I am continuing to pray Acts 2 (the fellowship of the believers) over my groups of friends. Why not be caught up in the greatness of God all the time?

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. His love endures forever! That's cool. The only unconditional love.

Gettin' ready to dress up "goth" and go to IHOP!

Hi. Tonight we had an awesome Campus Crusade meeting. We played a little bit o' bluegrass worship stuff! Woot! for whippin' the Mando out at CRU.

God is Good. I'm pretty astounded that God cares about me. Or any of us for that matter. But he cares so much that he shows us grace and offers us salvation and freedom!

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free, stand firm then and do not be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1


In the words of Queen Elizabeth II
"see ya later"



_bo

Hello Everyone...

HI, my name is Bo and you probably know me if you are viewing this. Just a little bit of background...I became a Christian in the 7th grade at Roswell United Methodist church in Roswell, Ga. I don't remember a whole lot about the transition except that I was simply given the grace to be able to choose to seek the Lord. And I did. Thank God!

So it hasn't been easy but it has been fun and joyful. Last year I was pretty set on never doing "summer project" with Campus Crusade here at the great and glorious University of Tennessee. This year, however, God has pulled me in a direction that has not necessarily been what I wanted or expected. In short, I have been called to minister to the Japanese people this summer. AHHH!!!!!!!

...A BIG TASK. 0.7% of the Japanese people claim to be Christians. (that's not a lot) But here is the deal...God is HUGENORMOUS and He can do all sorts of cool things.

MY PRAYER: To see Japanese students put their trust in Christ and experience the Joy, Hope, and Salvation that He offers.


Mandolins rock my socks OFF!

peace,
_bo