Family and Friends,
Thanks for praying for Lima and specifically the Nikkei people.
This was an exceptionally good week...
We had an ESL student accept Christ this week at our Wed night group.
And this morning (Sunday, Oct 1) at our coffee shop English Bible study group we had one of our Nikkei friends share that he has made a decision for Christ. M was in our first ESL class and we have been friends ever since. God has really been working in his life this past year and it has been a blessing to see this happen.
Pray for both these new believers that God will work in the discipleship process of their lives.
Also, Luke has been sick with gastritis. Our doctor told us that this is fairly common to get this illness in Lima. Luke now has medicine and is getting better. (For those of you who don't know about this, it is a bacterial infection in your stomach. Many people in Lima have gastritis and eventually it leads to them contracting stomach cancer. Apparently, stomach cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Lima.)
Thanks for your prayers. We just wanted to share with you a praise report about how God is answering prayers in Lima.
The Mitchells
PS note: please don't use the earthlink email address.. you need to use the pobox, yahoo or gmail address....
Prayer Requests: We have several ESL classes that where we teach English and the Bible. We also have some Book study classes that we are currently using to build relationships and help people learn about God and help them with their practical issues of life. A couple of the books we are using are: The Purpose Driven Life and The Five Love Languages. We are using ideas like this to engage and build bridges to Nikkei people. We have several people that are reading these books or are studying the Bible with us. Please pray for them that they will not be trapped by the business of their lives. Many people in Lima are caught in a difficult place financially. There jobs demand a great amount of time and they work many long hours because of the fear of loosing this job. There are many things that the enemy uses to keep us trapped into a difficult situation and separated from God.
FYI: Our Sunday morning group is studying the Purpose Driven Life. This is the study that God used to touch M's heart and mind. He has been close to a decision for a long time. (We are extremely grateful for your prayers. This was truly an answer to prayer.)
Please pray that all of our students and friends will be open to God's word. Especially right now please pray for: A,K, E, P,S M,C, L, C, V.
Pray that we would be able to clearly present God's love and the plan of salvation and that each of these people would respond.
Thanks for praying....
