Monday, May 7, 2018

Prayer Road, Hachinohe

April 30th, 2018

The mission feels like a whole new experience in the spring. Love a good change though!
 
With our beloved Yamada San nad Kazuko San


DRIVING DOWN PRAYER ROAD
Yesterday we went out to lunch with our beloved Yamada San. She ended up bringing her friend Kazuko San and then afterwards we went on a little excursion along the coast of Hachinohe. I've lived here for 5 months and never realized how beautiful it is! (Pics included below). Yamada San took us to a place which is nicknamed "prayer road". It's a place where she often comes to converse with God and receive inspiration. It's interesting because its just a straight, narrow road. There's no "fork", no two separate paths. Just one.
 
Tanesashi! Famous for it's grassy beaches. Also wild horses.


Yamada San shared that when she drives down this road, she can receive direct, personal revelation from God. God is all-knowing. He know's the end from the beginning. When we receive true personal revelation from God, there's no if's and but's, no contradictons, no reason to search out all the facts. It's just one straight and narrow road to our answer. Isn't it wonderful that we have Him as a source relating to all things? Never underestimate the power of personal revelation.
 
Dogs
BLT
The mission is currently in the midst of a friendly competition entitled: Operation BLT (Bring lots of tomodati), which translates to bring lots of friends! Here's the rundown of how its going to go. Person A brings a friend (Person B) to an activity. We become friends with person B who brings their friend (Person C) to the next activity and so on. Whoever goes down the alphabet the farthest is the winner and gets the ultimate prize of steak dinner. It`s been a blast so far and pretty much gives us a reason to do fun activities all the time as long as we bring friends!

Patty's Birthday photo

FOOD FROM HEAVEN
So this past week random people on the streets have kept giving us food. Here's a list of what we've acquired.

- Strawberries
- Bananas
- Sweet red beans
- Three things of tofu
- Konyaku
- A can of sea urchins

It was the best! It goes to show that the Lord does send us His angels to keep us happy, healthy and full!

Senbejiru! A Hachinohe classic.

OTHER GOOD NEWS
Yamada San has become an official investigator! She's a solid person and we're planning on meeting with her again next week. Keep her in your prayers!

Thank you to everyone who actually read these emails hahaha. It's all for you! Love and prayers for you always!

Love,
Matsuura Shimai


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