Prayer Points – Maiko Watanabe

Maiko writes from Japan (28 May 2008)

Dear Friends,

How are you? It is nice time of the year in beautiful spring here in Japan. We had ‘Golden Week’, public holidays from the end of April to the first week of May. I attended retreat of CMS missionaries in Japan for a couple of days in the week, when we had John and Cathryn Thew, Federal Secretary of CMS-A, for pastoral visit. It was blessing time of fellowship and learning from the word.

Praise God with me:

* For the pastoral visit by the Thews in Japan and their faithful service to God; they also came to have meetings with both Pastor Matsuda at Mukonoso Megumi church and with Takagi-san of KGK. Those meetings were very productive and Pastor Matsuda and Takagi-san appreciated so much of the partnership with CMS-A.

* Thanks for your prayers. My back pain is, now, so much better than last month.

* Those 20 students came to the KGK meeting for the first years on the 26th April. It was very good time of fellowship.


Please pray for:

* The partnership with CMS-A will finish in the end of February 2009. Please pray for my future path.

* My faithful service to God and being obedient to him both in church and KGK.

* Monthly meeting for uni students started at church in April. Please pray that those who come to the meeting would grow in their knowledge of God and in their faith and that this meeting might be good time of encouragement for them.


Thanks for your partnership with me in the gospel. I do appreciate your prayers and support.


Love in Christ,


Maiko Watanabe