Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. (I Cor. 13:7-8)
Dear Friends & Family,
Greetings! I hope that you and your loved ones are experiencing the love and grace of God in greater measures every day. I would like to share about a missions trip that I will be serving on this summer.
From July 27 to August 3, I will be serving on a missions trip with my church “New Philadelphia” (newphiladelphiachurch.com) in Japan for the second time! My team consists of 13 people with a burning heart for the nations and for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be shared with many unsaved Japanese people. We will be visiting churches, building even deeper relationships with the local ministries we have visited before, as well as evangelizing to the lost on the streets of Japan. Our desire is to spread the love of Jesus Christ and to see many hearts experience the abundant life that comes through knowing Him.
I cannot contain my excitement to go! My previous missions trip to Japan in 2011 was both personally life-changing as well as eye opening to how the Spirit of God was moving amongst the Japanese people. God was and is indeed powerfully working in Japan in ways we can and cannot see! I am excited to partake in the great and mighty harvest that the Lord will surely bring in from Japan. Although the percentage of Christians in Japan is very low, revival is sure to come for God so loved Japan that He gave His one and only Son to die on the cross that they may have eternal life!
I hope that you will share in my vision and my love for Japan. There are two ways in which you can partner with me on this missions trip. First, I’d like to ask you for prayer. Your prayers are powerful and effective! If you go to facebook.com/newphilly, there will be daily updates of our team’s progress from the field so that you can pray for our specific requests. Secondly, the total trip cost will be 1,000,000 KRW (around $1000 USD), but I will be support raising 800,000 KRW as I have personally contributed 200,000 KRW. If you’d like to support me financially, please visit the web site: http://support.newphilly.cc and you can support me directly there.
Thank you for your love and support!
Yours truly,
Lydia Ra
Lydia.e.ra@gmail.com
(010-8413-0801)