From Japan

Ed and Nan write:
Dear Pray-ers,
Yesterday, Olive and Friends met. It was our last time in this 
particular borrowed room. I asked them what Bible stories they liked
best.

Shige: I like Jesus on the cross. He suffered so much for me. Of 
course, there are all those other good ones.

Toyoshima: Well, all I can think about today is my surgery. You know I 
have to have a hip replacement in October. It's going to be really 
hard and I won't be able to come here for a while. I will miss our 
time together but I want to come back.

Kohno: It's really important to remember that Jesus is the only one 
who can take away our sin. Only He can forgive our sin and make us 
clean. (She says she can't believe on Jesus because her entire family 
is Buddhist yet, she longs to have Jesus forgive her sins.)

Wysteria: You have told us so many stories. I thought the ones about 
Jesus were all good. However, it wasn't until I went to Israel last 
year and actually walked those streets in Jerusalem that it all became 
real to me. I walked the Via Dolorosa and we prayed at each picture
along the way. I saw how MUCH Jesus suffered for me. I had to believe 
on Him then!

Olive: I like Jesus on the cross--and of course, His resurrection and 
the Holy Spirit coming. Paul--that's a really important story. Here is 
this man who hated Christians and then turned completely around. I
like the story of those three men in that furnace when God came and 
took them out. God is really powerful!!

When I said, "This is the last time we will meet in this room 
together. It makes me sad to leave." They all said, "We are glad those 
people let us use their room for free, but we will all continue to 
meet together in a different place."

Prayer Requests:

Kohno -- that she will put her faith in Jesus Christ

Wysteria -- Her husband's brother died last week. She said, "He is the 
only living relative now. We are all caught up in doing all the 
Buddhist ceremonies and my husband hates it." Pray that his eyes will 
be opened to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Olive -- Is preparing food for the Buddhist altar in their home. "We 
don't do the candles and Buddhist prayers every day since I was 
baptized two years ago. However, my husband asked me to prepare the 
food for the ancestor's spirits when they come back Aug 13-18. I have 
to do food in seven colors for breakfast, lunch and dinner during this
time. I told him I would." Please pray that God will take this time 
and somehow use it for His glory.

Thank you for continuing to remember the Deaf of Japan.
Love,
Nan & Ed

DEAF OF GUANGZHOUC CHINA

More than 125,000 Deaf live in and around this megacity in southeast China.  Deaf from around the country come here to work and provide a livelihood for families for nearly 50 weeks per year.  These migrant workers have no access to the Gospel stories but could, if reached, take the Good News for workers to go and share His story of love and hope.

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One day a boy carving wooden idols in his family's business asked himself, "If I am making this idol, who made me?  How can this thing be my god when I'm the one making it?"  Lord we can't speak to every lost person in Batangas, but you can.  We pray that, like this boy, people here will begin to question their false beliefs, traditions and superstitions that keep them in bondage to darkness.  May Batangenyos seek you as their only hope, In Jesus' name.

Your partners in the harvest,
Dave & Ivette Daggett
http://batangas-batangas.blogspot.com