Reporting in... only 2 weeks to go!!

Hi, I'm Kevin.

If you're reading this blog, thanks heaps for getting behind our team and this mission. Your support really means a lot to us and I hope that we can really partner with you all in this.

There's just over 2 weeks to go, and this time has come scarily fast - it feels like it'll be no time before we're on the plane to Japan! Please be praying that we keep diligent in preparing and raising support.

Well, I'd like to share with you a bit about why I'm going. I've actually been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. I've wanted to join a short term mission trip for a long time, where I can be on full-time mission in a place people haven't had the chance to hear the gospel as much as we have in Australia. It's an opportunity to serve God, be stretched in faith and to get a better idea of whether this is the sort of thing God wants me to do later on (especially in Japan). As for Japan, most people think that it's somewhere to go on holiday rather than mission, but it's actually one of the least evangelised nations in Asia, with less than 1% of Christians. It's a land of plenty, but without the most important thing they could have - faith in the One who made them, and the only One who can give them life to the full. I've been interested in Japanese language (I found it a lot easier to learn than Chinese), manga, anime, culture (I kind of associate a bit with their politeness), food, and people. I've met many Japanese international/exchange students through FOCUS and Barney's International Service, and have been blessed to be friends with them. So when it happened that the mission was during exams and I was doing internship (so I didn't have to do any subjects), and that the mission was to Japan, it was like, thank You God!

Please pray that I'll keep humble and reliant upon God, and seeking to give my all.
Please pray that as I finish my internship I won't become lazy or lose ownership but rather to work hard as if for God to the end.
Please pray that I'll spend more time on relationships (and less on not so important things), especially as I invite people to support us.

In Christ,
Kevin