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    Hallelujah! We thank you so much for your intercessory prayers and donations. I would like to report the blessings that I have got during my temporary return to Japan from the latter half of July, which I could not write in last month’s issue. Overall, my stay in Japan was full of blessings, protected from unusually intensive heat and the coronavirus, and we have enjoyed fellowship with many people.

    In the Hakuba camp, one of the things that impressed me the most was the praise competition.I felt like it was a professional concert, and I really enjoyed listening to them. Also, with the addition of the orchestra, I strongly felt that the congregational praise with TLEA church members was anointed with the presence of God. Among the messages, the theme: ”the Lord who works in weakness” particularly has impressed me.

    Also, when I visited my brother in Izumo, Shimane-prefecture, I was so thankful to have participated in the monthly TLEA Izumo church service. I also thanked the Lord that this time I was able to share the gospel with my younger and older brothers, my aunt, and my mother-in-law. I continue to pray for their salvation.

    Next, while I was thanking the Lord that my stay at my brother’s house in Shimane was shortened by one night for their personal reason, I was given the idea of stopping by Kyoto. At TLEA, I had heard that a couple who had been committed at the time of their marriage would renew their devotion and go on  their honeymoon via the Modori Bridge in Kyoto (where over 400 years ago the 24 Christians who were arrested in Japan had made a choice of obeying the Lord to death-known for the first 26 martyrs in Japan), but I didn’t have the time to visit it then. In our 13th year of marriage, we finally headed to Modori Bridge in Kyoto and offered prayers, worship and praise with the renewed determination to follow the Lord. 

    Please pray that more and more people will get saved in the U.S. and gather in the churches including ours and also pray that the praise and worship will be strengthened in our church.

<Prayer Requests>

1.For the foundation of prayer and the obedience to God

2.For the Internet (Church website), short film making and Praise bands

3.For messages according to God’s will and online services

4.For those who are in God’s will to be gathered 

5.For our temporary return to Japan / For a next U.S. team

6.For the work of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, salvation and healing

7.For cooperative relationships of God’s will, specifically with the Jews in NY; and for works in the U.S., Middle and South America, and Europe

8.For our health and finance, and protection from danger, accidents, crimes and terrorism

9.For the progress of our English skills