Shunoske

I am SO ENCOURAGED. One of the freshmen, Shunoske, met some people from a Hillsong church here in Sendai about a year ago while he was at an arcade. They invited him to their English class and also encouraged him to attend church. Against all odds, he became a believer and is now attending Guy's Club meetings and our Bible discussions. He lives with the pastor of the church and is growing in his walk with the Lord! His family does not know that he is a Christian. They practice a new Japanese religion that has many gods (apparently including Jesus) and is vehemently opposed to Christianity. He will almost certainly be cut off from his family if he tells them that he is a Christian. In fact, when he goes home he has to pretend to be part of their religion. He hopes to tell them soon about his conversion. I promised to pray for his family, so please join me in doing so. He told me that although his family would not approve, he wanted to follow Jesus "of his own free will." It was unbelievable to hear him talk about how he wants to share Jesus with the students at TGU and then one day become a pastor. When we leave here in July, he will stay behind and labor for the kingdom! We have been praying for students to love Jesus and labor here, and God has shown us that it is possible. Trey showed Shunoske his Bible verses that he is memorizing and got to practice Scripture memory with him. Shunoske hadn't really known about Scripture memory until Trey showed him! It was so exciting to see God at work using Trey to equip Shunoske. I sneakily took a picture: