Heart.

Konnichiwa from Nihon!

The hospitality of the church here, Toyohashi Hosanna Christ Church, has been amazing. There's no other way to describe it. They're so excited to talk to us, hang out with us, goof off with us...If I had a prayer request for the whole trip though, it would be:

Lord, take us deeper.

Take the relationships You are building way deeper. Take us all closer to the heart of God. Let us, the nine of us on this team, serve You by standing alongside this church, joining in with their struggle to go further to heart of God. Make us, the Japan Team, ready; make Your bride here ready. And let us see Your glory.

As soon as I landed, I had six hours to kill by myself in the Nagoya airport, and all I could think about was one of the last memory verses we learned, Jeremiah 32:17 - "Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You." And how true that is. All we need to see is the smallest glimpse of His glory here in Toyohashi, and this whole community would be transformed.

Please God. We're desperate for You. Hungry for You. Thirsty for You. And Your promise is that, in You, there is the fountain of living water, that would make it so we would never thirst again. Please, Lord. Let us all drink from it.