Apologies for the shortage of updates. This week has been really busy and quite a blur. Thanks to Christina for updating about Monday. This is Tim updating for the rest of the week.
Tuesday was spent with the OPU (Osaka Prefecture Univ) students again playing sports. They picked which sports we played, which were dodgeball and soccer... definitely not our best sports. We did beat them in soccer though, which is amazing even if we suspect that they were barely trying. On Wed. and most of Thurs. we were at OCC (Osaka Christian College) in their classrooms, and then we visited OPU again on Thurs. afternoon to have an iron chef type cook-off. Today was spent at OCC and then we had a BBQ with Mr. Perry and some students (American teacher at OCC) for 4th of July. Happy Independence Day everyone!
We were able to share testimonies about how we became Christians at every class we visited at OCC this week. We also took our opportunities again with the OPU students to share the Gospel actively with them. Tomorrow we will be going to Kyoto with the OPU students. Kyoto is notable for its many Buddhist and Shinto temples, so we hope to share Christ more with them then. Also, some students will be coming to our Sayonara (Goodbye) Party on Sunday.
I was told that the Japanese don't really have a word for "sin" in the Biblical definition. It is defined more like a crime or any physical act which is against the law. Righteousness, or being without sin, before God is far more than that. Any thought, word or deed that is unholy is sin. Even more so, failure to worship God as He deserves to be worshiped is sin. Everyone has failed to do that in some way or another, and therefore has been separated from God. Our hope is that these students will see that Christ is the only hope for reconciliation with God. His blood is the sacrifice that was paid to redeem for all the sins of those who believe in Him.
Thanks for praying for our team! Please keep it up.
We were able to share testimonies about how we became Christians at every class we visited at OCC this week. We also took our opportunities again with the OPU students to share the Gospel actively with them. Tomorrow we will be going to Kyoto with the OPU students. Kyoto is notable for its many Buddhist and Shinto temples, so we hope to share Christ more with them then. Also, some students will be coming to our Sayonara (Goodbye) Party on Sunday.
I was told that the Japanese don't really have a word for "sin" in the Biblical definition. It is defined more like a crime or any physical act which is against the law. Righteousness, or being without sin, before God is far more than that. Any thought, word or deed that is unholy is sin. Even more so, failure to worship God as He deserves to be worshiped is sin. Everyone has failed to do that in some way or another, and therefore has been separated from God. Our hope is that these students will see that Christ is the only hope for reconciliation with God. His blood is the sacrifice that was paid to redeem for all the sins of those who believe in Him.
Thanks for praying for our team! Please keep it up.