This is for all of you who thought that I would never get around to putting up another post.
Today I spent the day making up business cards for Jim, Martha, and myself. I then spent the rest of the morning ordering books and cds for the ministry. I was then able to catch some coffee with a sailor named Gregg, that turned out to be a great conversation. Gregg is growing and desiring to learn more about what it means to follow Christ.
It has been a tough weekend overall. I was struggling with some relational conflict. God is good and I am having to turn more to Him to wrestle through . Funny how He works at times. I am soo excited about the ministry here. It has been so full and exciting I just dont even know where to start in telling you. Yet at the same time there are times of lonliness. It is a very interesting enviorment here. How does one take a day off? I dont know that I know how? I guess that I will have to ponder that for a while.
Rcommended Blogs & Sites
Recommended Books
- " Christ our mediator" by C J Mahaney
- " Don't waste your life" by John Piper
- " God is the Gospel" by John Piper
- " Humility" by C J Mahaney
- " Jesus driven ministry" by Ajith Fernando
- " Praying like Paul" Jonathan Graf
- " Prodigal God" by Timothy Keller
- " Sex is not the problem lust is" by Joshua Harris
- " Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" by Donald Whitney
- " The cost of discipleship" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- " The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification" by Walter Marshall
- " The Green Letters" by Miles Stanford
- " The Radical Cross" by A W Tozer
- " Why we love church" Deyoung & Kluck
- " Why we're not Emergent ( by two guys who should be)" by Kevin Deyoung and Ted Kluck
- "Concise Theology" by J I Packer
- "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan
- "Culture Shift " by Albert Mohler
- "Just Do Something" by Kevin DeYoung
- "Leadership and Self-deception" by The Arbinger Institute
- "Only One Way? Reaffirming the exclusive truth claims of Christianity " edited by Richard Phillips
- "Serving with eyes wide open" by David Livermore
- "Shadow of the Almighty" by Ellizebeth Elliot
- "Spectacular Sins" by John Piper
- "Spiritual Discipleship" by J Oswald Sanders
- "The call to joy and pain" by Ajith Fernando
- "The Gospel for Real Life" by Jerry Bridges
- "The Reason for God" by Timothy Keller
- "The Reason for Sports" by Ted Kluck
- "Walking from east to west" by Ravi Zacharias
About Me
- EH
- Chicago, IL, United States
- I am currently a student at Moody Bible Institute. I am majoring in pastoral ministry.
2 comments:
Hi Erik,
I can relate. Even though I had Sarah with me, there's a loneliness that comes from being away from your own civilization. I'm excited about your blog and being able to share in your experiences, thanks a lot. Also, just to let you know, I was hired today. It's amazing and better than I could have hoped for. It's freelance work, so I'll get an assignment Tuesday and turn it in Thursday and I work whenever and wherever I want. What a great answer to prayer, I just had to share since you've been praying for me.
-Andy
Hey Erik,
I'm with Andy, its really cool that your posting about your time there. I'm blessed to be able to keep up with how God's working through you guys there.
I was only in Japan on my own once for about 2 weeks but I felt it too...its strange having so few people whom you can easily communicate with. Take the chance to talk more with God when you're tired of practicing your Japanese! God bless you and we're praying for you.
Wes
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