Getting closer

Here is a note from Dana and Amy Shadburne who will be arriving in Japan in the fall to work in Okayama.

It is nice to be writing our first blog on the team website. It has been a long process getting to this point, but we can officially say we are now part of the team. Nothing makes us happier than to be serving the Lord through this team and to be His shining light in Okayama City. We still have orientation (eight weeks of training) to go through, but we should be in Japan on October 17th.

Thank you all for your prayers and letters as our family has gone through the preliminary process of becoming part of the JCTV team. We are all so excited to now focus on the task at hand. As it says in Psalms 108, let’s wake up making a joyous sound to the Lord that He would be glorified above the heavens and to all nations. Please join us in prayer as we make the physical move and learn how God is going to use us to reach His Japanese people.

Pray for the many travels we are about to embark on. We fly to Virginia, then back to Portland, then to Tokyo and have a drive down to Okayama. Please pray that we would be in good health and spirits and that God would be able to use us as we travel.

Pray for the cultural transition. Please join us in prayer, especially for our children as we enter a new culture. Pray we would adapt quickly, not resist change, and that we would thrive in Japan.

Pray for language acquisition. We are going to enter into language study soon after arriving in Okayama. Please be praying that we would learn quickly and that God would again use this special time of learning to bring glory to Him.