Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Update


And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that you may approve things that are excellent. . . Apostle Paul

There are more “things” in the world all the time, (ideas, philosophies, toys) but few that are excellent! I pray that God makes it my strong desire to judge what is excellent and spend my time on earth doing and thinking on the things that will get me closer to God.

The Japanese school year ends in March, and that seems to bring a time of transition in our Joy Club classes. Many of the children get old enough to study in “after school” schools called cram schools, so they can get a good high school education, so they can get into college, so they can get the all-important job and make the all-important money and obtain the all-important things of the modern age. As I meet new students and deepen relationships with others please pray that I will act as Jesus would have me act, and say what He would have me say.

I have ignorantly called a couple of my classes “impossible classes.” For me this has meant a class with around 7 children. If I have any number of people at all, then there will be two or three English levels in the same class. But these classes aren't impossible for God. (I'm not sure if He'd rather divide a sea, but He can teach English very well. He has vast resources for teaching, and can pull things together at a moments notice.) That's doesn't mean He always bales me out of problems I've brought on myself. God's been able to keep working on me, drawing me closer to Him through the tests of teaching and living in Japan.

It's important for the mission that I am able to drive. I drive to two churches and I pick up other members at the train station, which is down the side of the mountain. Now, I'm driving on an international permit, which cannot be renewed next year. So I must get a Japanese drivers license. The written part was easy enough. “Should you run over grandma in the crosswalk – or stop?” Well not that easy, but almost. However the driving test is very well-known for it's difficulty. This Friday, I take it for the third time.

I'm sometimes asked, why did you come to Japan? It seems to mystify some that someone would leave their home for no apparent reason. I hope it's a testimony that someone would come to share about Christianity and in particular, Jesus.
I'm challenged to be joyful in everything as the Bible instructs us. Everything we experience comes through the grid of God's loving oversight. Whether it's sickness or trial, God has allowed it, and He will use it for our greater good. Praise the Lord

My prayer requests: the salvation of the dear Japanese people, for myself, that I would know Christ. My deepest thanks to those who are supporting me in prayer and finances. I so hope that fruit for eternity will result to your account. God bless,
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Daniel Troyer
7-40 Monzen Cho
Ikoma, Nara 630-0266 Japan
Skype: danielmosetroyer

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