Christmas in Japan

It seems that life just keeps changing. But, why should that come as a surprise. God says in Isaiah, "Behold, I do a new thing." He's still doing new things. All we have to do is be willing to allow Him to do fresh and new things in our lives.

During training meetings in Bangkok in April, I was taken aside by Steve, the One Mission Society field leader in Japan. Steve said that the Lord had woken him at 5 am with the message to "ask Bob Warren to fulfill this ministry." The ministry is to begin a church planting ministry in Tokyo as he assumes the pastoral position at OMS Christian Mission Church. Bob was shocked.

Later that day, Bob spoke with the director over One Mission Society's work in Asia. John-Mark related that God hard done the same thing with him. Thus, the challenge for Bob & Suzanne was to discover whether this was God's plan for them. It's nice hearing from others, but it's critical to have a personal word from the Lord. The conclusion was, yes, it is God's plan.

We're going to spend most of December in Japan making preparations for our new ministry. We'll establish our residency, begin to form relationships and look for leaders who can form the nucleus of new churches. Our goal is that every man, woman, boy and girl can hear the Good News about the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ.