sharing

today i went with one of the American sinter teams to a university near-by to share the gospel with students there. although i was a bit apprehensive, everyone seemed so calm and excited that curiosity got the best of me and i found myself ready for whatever was coming my way.

upon arriving at the university i learned that it was a foreign language university, and that there were students from all over the world attending, although most of the students were Japanese. i was teamed up with Laura, the girl who i have been hanging with the last few days and we decided to grab some lunch at the cafeteria and have a chat before going out to talk with students. it was really neat because she invited me to ask any question i wanted about life as a stinter, and anything about the ministry or working in japan. it was such an amazing opportunity to hear her honest answers and talk to her a bit about what it was like to serve here in japan.

after lunch we cleared the table and walked around the cafeteria. we found two girls sitting at a table and went to go talk to them. although they had to leave strait away, over the next few hours we found ourselves engaged in heaps of engaging conversations about the gospel with the most open girls i have ever tried to share Christ with.

a typical conversation went like this:

after finding one or two girls sitting somewhere not really doing anything, Laura and i would walk up and say...

"do you speak English?"
if they said yes we would explain that we were on exchange with our international christian circle (club)and then from there either make some more small talk (dad... you should be proud i used the farm method) or ask them what they thought about or knew about Christianity.


the interesting thing is that most Japanese have never heard the gospel, and it was amazing to me how open they were and how easy it was to talk to them. in America i often feel as though i am fighting to keep the attention of those i am talking to and desperately trying to keep them from labeling me as another one of those "religious nuts" and totally discard everything i said to them. it was so refreshing!!

i even got to go through a bilingual version of the 4 spiritual laws with one girl who seemed very interested in Christianity and a relationship with god. we invited her to the Halloween outreach this week.

tomorrow i am going to a ladies college. i don't know what to expect and apart of me is... wondering....a whole 'nother day of evangelism...hmmmm... but today's experience of talking to 9 girls didn't drain me as much as talking to one would back home.


I'm still really enjoying japan... its so awesome here. i wish i was going to be here for longer....